The MarinerSailors Yahoo! group had become obsolete as all other Yahoo! groups had, and it’s only to be expected that Yahoo! would make the decision to no longer host user-created content on all of its Group sites starting last month.

I added the last few pictures of this year’s sailing season. Besides little afternoon sails here and there, I had a great sail around Black Point and a final sail in the Niantic River with my father.

I finally finished a write-up of the 2019 Rendezvous that happened back at the beginning of August! I wanted to be sure to get it completed while the event was still relatively fresh in my mind.

I added a couple new pictures to the 2019 Sailing page after a little trip to Turkey Point to go swimming with my family.

Steve Hock, a professional photographer, had sent me something, and it was waiting for me at my local CVS. When I went to pick it up, I was blown away.

148 pictures are now available at my 2019 Mariner Rendezvous Google photo album. Most of them were taken by me, but a number of them were taken by Steve Hock and sent to me so I could share them.

Roger and I kept in touch throughout the years following the 2010 Rendezvous, and it was clear he certainly loved sailing his Stuart Mariner.

We had front-row seats to a spectacular fireworks display with nine (!) people aboard ORION out in Niantic Bay.

There are eight new pictures posted on the 2019 Sailing Page, but for a whole lot more, check out the new Google Photo Album of the recent trip Liz, Harry and I took to Fisher’s Island and Turkey Point.

I updated the 2019 Sailing page with a few more pictures after a leisurely sail in the Niantic River yesterday afternoon.

I received a couple of nice e-mails from Eric Daniels of Frederick, Maryland who is the new owner of Mariner #3449 built in 1977. He has started tackling some projects and even used a 3D printer to make new Mariner logos to put on either side of the cabin!

I updated the 2019 Sailing Page after a great sail last week to the Niantic Bay Yacht Club and another great sail just today to Jordan Cove.

In its heyday, the MarinerClass Yahoo Group was a valuable resource, and I remember seeing postings by Steve Clark in Michigan of his beautiful Mariner, #560 COOL BREEZE.

I began a new Sailing 2019 page and added a couple of pictures taken last week to get things started. I plan to add many more as the weeks go by.

This Wednesday, registration for the August 2-4 Rendezvous from Niantic to Mystic Seaport will begin! Take a look at the flyer for all the details.

I finally finished my recap of the 2018 Mariner Class Association National Rendezvous to Essex.

I was pretty surprised to walk in the door and find the place practically empty. A gentleman politely informed me that Dwyer hadn’t been there in about a year.

Now that the holidays have come and gone, I’m able to think a bit more about all things Mariner. I’ve been making a mental list of the things I need to do this winter.

It’s a great opportunity for Mariner owners to have fun, check out the incomparable Mystic Seaport and enjoy sailing together.

Finally, I have uploaded and captioned all the pictures in my new photo album for the 2018 Rendezvous which happened at the beginning of August.