Welcome to the Mount Sinai Sailing Association!

HEY CRUISERS! Join us for a "Long Cruise" planning meeting on Wednesday March 10th at 7:30pm!!

This meeting is to discuss proposed destinations and possible stops on the way as we strive to attract more cruisers. Please mark your calendars and plan to join!

ZOOM info for the meeting will be sent via email after after the March 8th general meeting.

HEY RACERS! It's time to sign up ONLINE to serve as Race Committee in 2021!

We're planning a full race schedule for 2021, so now's the time to go pick the race(s) for which you'd like to serve as Race Committee! Due to COVID considerations, this year we're doing the signups online. To sign up, please go to https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4ca9af22a0ffc07-mssa and do the following:

• Choose from the available races (those that don't already have an RC) and click the "sign up" button
• Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the "Submit and Sign Up" button
• On the next screen, enter your info. The "Preferred Contact" allows you to specify how you'd prefer to receive a reminder of your RC service; if you'd prefer a phone call, please indicate "phone" and your number, if a text, "Text" and your number, if email, just enter your email address.

As usual, if you raced last year, you are required to serve as RC for at least one race this year. But for those of you who didn't race in 2020 but DID in 2019, we're asking you to step up as well. Signups are first come, first served, so go sign up NOW for the best chance of securing your preferred event. (Participants in the Feb 10 Racers Meeting got first choice, so you'll see some already taken. You snooze, you lose...)

That's it! If you have any questions, please contact the Vice Commodore at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Here's hoping for a successful 2021 racing season!

Our 2021 Racers Meeting was held on Wednesday, February 10 at 7:30 PM. Due to COVID restrictions, we conducted this meeting via Zoom. Our stalwart Vice Commodore Lenoble walked us through the planned race schedule for 2021, spent some time discussing the "Introduction to Racing" series, and opened up the online signups for Race Committee (see above).

It was an informative and enjoyable session - it was good to see many of our racers, even if only virtually!

We opened the 2021 Cruising season with a Zoom Meeting on January 25th. Participation was great with approximately 17 boats represented.

Our Fleet Captain, Carlyle John, reports that six Cruise Captain slots were quickly filled leaving only three vacant. If you're interested in serving as Cruise Captain for any of the open cruises noted below, please contact Carlyle at your earliest convenience!

The discussion then moved to the long cruise, and this year's long cruise will take us to Block Island and Bristol RI, home of the Herreshoff Marine Museum & the America's Cup Hall of Fame. The itinerary on getting there is being worked out, but it will include legs of moderate length allowing boats of all sizes to join the flotilla.

Here is the 2021 cruise schedule:

• Cruise #1 - May 22nd - Milford 1, CT  -  ***Cruise captain needed ***
• Cruise #2 - June 12th - Bridgeport, CT - Cruise Captains Norman & Judy Berhannan  S/V L'Esperance
• Cruise #3 - June 26th - Branford, CT - ( 4th July fireworks celebration) - Cruise Captains Geoff & Jen Pendergrast  S/V Serendipity
• Cruise #4 - July 10th - Port Jefferson, NY or Northport, NY - ***Cruise Captain needed ***
• Cruise #5(Long Cruise) July 24th - August 1st - Block Island & Bristol R.I. - Cruise Captains John & Debra Baker  S/V Lively Up 
• Cruise #6 - August 7th - Essex, CT - (Essex Lobster Bake) - ***Cruise Captain needed ***
• Cruise #7 - August 21st - Stratford, CT -  Cruise Captains Kevin & Kim Ross S/V Lena 
• Cruise #8 - August 28th - Milford 2, CT -  Cruise Captains Curtis Polly & Kelly Craig S/V Heaven Sent
• Cruise #9 - September 4th - Labor Day Cruise - (Huntington Harbor Lighthouse Music Festival/Northport) - Cruise Captain Mike Sawka S/V Full Circle

Special thanks to all the Cruise Captains for volunteering and also all who attended! Points will be awarded. 

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. is now in possession of the actual 2020 MSSA awards (as you see above), and he would very much like to get them into the hands of the members who earned them! If you're one of those so honored, please contact Barry to arrange a pick up plan.

It has certainly been an unusual year, to say the least. Even so, the unprecedented events we've all experienced in 2020 couldn't prevent us from honoring our MSSA members who excelled on the race course or in the cruising program, along with those select members who we recognized for superior sportsmanship and for distinguished service to MSSA.

Given the current restrictions on group gatherings, this year our intrepid Bridge elected to present the awards virtually, via an online Zoom meeting, the evening of November 21st. For all of you who were able to attend, thanks for joining!

If you'd like to peruse the Awards Program to review MSSA's superstars for 2020, just click here or on the cover page displayed above.

Especially notable awards are as follows:

• Bob Zumft Memorial Distinguished Service Award: Bob and Jeanne Hall
• Stewart Arnold Sportsmanship Award: Mike Sawka

Congratulations to all our 2020 award winners, and to every one of our members - you all made 2020 a memorable year! WELL DONE, MSSA!!