Lapworth Story

Hi, All. Well, the beautiful snow is falling, and the Severn River at my place is frozen across. Frostbite races are in hiatus. We had near record low water due to 35-40 knot (gust to 50) NW winds blowing the water out of the Chesapeake Bay. We had some really stressed dock lines at CAL 25 Row. Water was so low that it was dangerous to try get on the boats (much less get off the boats). As a recent retiree, I am cleaning out the attic (but, of course). I came across a card from Peggy Lapworth that I want to share. The history is that the Lapworths moved from CA to the Northern Neck of VA on the Chesapeake in the early 90s. In 93 or 94, I invited Bill and Peggy to our CAL 25 Spring Luncheon at Riordan's (the basketball player and great guy) Saloon on City Dock in Annapolis. Just about dropped my teeth when the Lapworths accepted. They were just about to undertake a tour of the Great Lakes on their CAL 46, and timing fit in to be in Annapolis. For Christmas, Peggy and Bill sent me this card. A little hard to read. Ahhhh, Nostalgia. I have a few stories about the luncheon and a gift we gave to Peggy at the event, but I'll save those for another time if anyone is interested. Cheers Charlie CAL 25 and CAL 40 Annapolis

Very cool Charlie! And yes we'd (at least I) would love to hear stories about your lunch with them. Paul From: 'Charlie Husar' hu… [at] gmail.com [Cal_Boats] <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> To: Cal_Boats <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Sent: Mon, Feb 16, 2015 9:39 pm Subject: [Cal_Boats] Lapworth Story Hi, All. Well, the beautiful snow is falling, and the Severn River at my place is frozen across. Frostbite races are in hiatus. We had near record low water due to 35-40 knot (gust to 50) NW winds blowing the water out of the Chesapeake Bay. We had some really stressed dock lines at CAL 25 Row. Water was so low that it was dangerous to try get on the boats (much less get off the boats). As a recent retiree, I am cleaning out the attic (but, of course). I came across a card from Peggy Lapworth that I want to share. The history is that the Lapworths moved from CA to the Northern Neck of VA on the Chesapeake in the early 90s. In 93 or 94, I invited Bill and Peggy to our CAL 25 Spring Luncheon at Riordan’s (the basketball player and great guy) Saloon on City Dock in Annapolis. Just about drop ped my teeth when the Lapworths accepted. They were just about to undertake a tour of the Great Lakes on their CAL 46, and timing fit in to be in Annapolis. For Christmas, Peggy and Bill sent me this card. A little hard to read. Ahhhh, Nostalgia. I have a few stories about the luncheon and a gift we gave to Peggy at the event, but I’ll save those for another time if anyone is interested. Cheers Charlie CAL 25 and CAL 40 Annapolis

On 2/16/2015 9:39 PM, 'Charlie Husar' hu… [at] gmail.com [Cal_Boats] wrote: > > Ahhhh, Nostalgia. I have a few stories about the luncheon and a gift > we gave to Peggy at the event, but I’ll save those for another time if > anyone is interested. > Interested, of course. Any way you could increase the contrast on your scan of the card? As a retired guy, you've got time on your hands.... Grand Traverse Bay has just frozen officially. In the old days it would freeze about 7 of 10 years. More recently it has become very rare, although the last two winters have seen official freezes. I need to go out to the storage yard and rake the snow off the cover of good ol' Cal 20 #1220 again. Chris Campbell Traverse City, MI > >