An addition: How could I forget that "The Nudge" aka Bill Buck himself is
also doing RC?
~Mike
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 10:40 PM, Michael Heinsdorf <mheinsdorf at gmail.com>wrote:
> All,
>> I'm not sure if everyone knows at the moment, but the Presidents/Leukemia
> Cup in Washington, DC this year is honoring someone who has been actively
> involved in the US Albacore Fleet for several years. Bob Bear was recently
> diagnosed with and is currently undergoing treatment in Baltimore for
> Leukemia. He's has not let Leukemia stop him from sailing this summer and
> according to a synopsis of his recent update from Peter Duncan, may actually
> win the Albacore Summer Series at West River (see update below my signature)
> despite only sailing two days of the series. Yep, he's that good.
>> As long as I have known him, Bob has always been very active in the
> Albacore fleet, sailing in most of the regattas I have attended, and several
> I haven't. He's also always been active in the Class leadership and most
> recently is the Vice President of the North American fleet, responsible for
> organizing our regattas, such as Nationals and North Americans. This year,
> there is a regatta for him.
>> Unfortunately, before many of us in the local fleet knew about Bob, we had
> already signed up to do Race Committee. I'm the PRO, Jim Graham and Nathan
> Marsh are helping out and Scott Snyder is the Regatta Chair (though he will
> still be sailing). This would be a fantastic regatta to show our support
> for Bob and even though many of us are doing RC, I'm still convinced there
> is a way we show our support. And that's getting as many boats out on the
> course as we can.
>> To that end, I'm offering up use of my boat for the regatta to whomever
> makes at least a $100 donation to the Leukemia and Lymphona Society and if
> you can do better than that, that's fantastic. There are of course a couple
> caveats- email me before you just make a giant donation to the Leukemia and
> Lymphona Society. You'll have to at least have skippered in a regatta
> before and bring your own sails though we can work around that if that's an
> issue. There's a good party afterwards and if you aren't from the area, we
> can put you up somewhere. And if you don't mind trailering your boat down
> to the Potomac, why not do it? If you haven't sailed in one or two or three
> or four years, what better plans do you have for that weekend than dusting
> off your boat and put it to use? I'm know Bob would really appreciate
> seeing everyone out on the race course. And if you have an Albacore at the
> marina, there's really no excuse not to be sailing. See here for more
> details and to sign up:
>http://potomacriversailing.org/PresidentsLeukemiaCups/2009/>> So the big question is, who's in? Let us know! And don't forget to read
> about Bob below.
>> ~Mike
>> *Bob Bear continues his treatment for leukemia which he was diagnosed with
> at the end of May. His initial rounds of chemo have been successful, and
> while temporarily out of the hospital, he and his Indefatigable teammate,
> Kelsey Avrill racked up enough bullets in two weekends of the West River
> Albacore Summer Series that they may win it in spite of Bob's return for
> further treatment. *
> *
> *
> *As of a
> recent report, Bob is in the final stages of being matched with donors for a bone marrow transplant. He was optimistic that he would have
> a match by the middle of August and would undergo the marrow transplant
> before the end of the month. This is a risky procedure, but the only one
> that can lead to a cure, so Bob is courageously moving forward with the team
> at Johns Hopkins who does over 400 marrow transplants a year.*
> *
> *
> *Following the transplant, Bob will have to remain in the hospital for a
> lengthy period to recover and rebuild his immune system before he can be out
> and about. While recovery will keep him from sailing the rest of the
> season, he hopes to make some of the year end festivities and be back in
> 8095 next season.*
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