Seguin to Bid Farewell Price Bend: Cruisers Cook —Gibney Patterson the Fateful Day We Never Thought Would Come and Party, Then Drift Off Has Arrived

Vol. 27, No. 6 August, 2006

Seguin To Bid Farewell Price Bend: Cruisers Cook —Gibney Patterson The fateful day we never thought would come and Party, Then Drift Off has arrived. Murray Buttner is saying sayonara to —Paul Kueffner Seguin. Although not listed with a broker, the Price Bend is a delightful anchorage in North- yacht is on the internet (www.seguin1821.com) port Bay, well protected from the prevalent south- and Murray has told friends of the anticipated sale. westerly winds and a pleasant day’s sail (about 12 Murray acquired Seguin in 1968 and kept her at miles) from Southport. This year the Black Rock PYC for thirty years, until he moved to Pomfret, Yacht Club fleet was invited to join us on our an- Connecticut. nual cookout and overnight rendezvous. Racing Her first ocean race was the Marblehead- to Target Rock in Huntington Bay were Pequot Halifax in 1969 in which Seguin placed first in its boats Vigor, Delphi, Grace and Eclipse. They class. Having been aboard, we remember it well; were joined by the Black Rock flagship Elysium after the start, most of the fleet headed southeast (an Island Packet 42) and the C&C 41 Second towards Provincetown, but Captain Buttner opted Wind. During the race at least two boats anchored to go North towards Cape Ann. At dawn when the to avoid the adverse tide before the variable light Nina passed us, we all commented that Nina must southerly petered out completely. Everyone ended be doing really poorly in the race if it was back up powering at least the last half of the trip. with us. (It should be explained that Nina was a Once there, a cool breeze sprang up to greet us, Class A yacht with an enviable ocean racing re- along with the Pequot boats Rambunctious, Alac- cord, including a first in a trans-Atlantic race and rity, Sandpiper, Kaylee and Kingfisher. Additional arrivals from Black Rock included the Swan 44 (Continued on page 5) Moondance, the J/105 Playstation, and the Express

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Co-Chairs Trisha Mihan and Dave Frasco. Principal Race Officer parents and siblings for the better part of an afternoon. afternoon. of an the better part for siblings and parents visiting of number a out took Smith, Hugh Commodore PYC Spectator boat, Dave Frasco. Co-chair and Karen Sallick with member race meeting operated by Past Commodore Hop Perry (right), a pre- Tradition: Endurance Aboard additional Committee boat boat Committee additional Aboard CharlieReynolds, and OptiRumble , graciously hosted by former Scamp II, Alaska Club Offers Yachting The Prince Privileges to Pequot Sailors William Sound For the convenience of PYC yachtsmen cruis- Yacht Club ing Alaskan waters, the Prince William Yacht burgee and, Club offers our club reciprocal privileges unlim- below, the flag- ited. ship of the fleet. This generous offer comes direct from the club’s commodore, W. Murray Buttner, Jr., distinguished doctor son of a distinguished PYC past commodore. In his own words, he explains: “Any PYC member visiting the area, arriving of course on their own bottom would be granted the use of all the facilities of the PWSYC.” (That the PWSYC has no facilities does not diminish the generosity of the offer. Ed.) The validity of the Alaskan offer depends, of course, on the reciprocal grant of reciprocity by PYC. The hierarchy is mulling a response.

In the Wake of the Rumble Barely two weeks after the Opti Rumble, Pequot plays host to the Pixel/Blue Jay Invitational Re- gatta. As this issue of the Pilot goes to press, the wind has picked up and the regatta is underway.

Above, Pixels idling at the dock. Junior instructors Evan Brown and Brett Lyall (green nose) share a laugh while waiting for the call. Below, Regatta chairman Tim Clark and Head Junior Instructor Amanda Lyall.

A junior dance held the evening of the first day of the regatta prompted one sailor to bring a shirt and tie. Above right, galley staff Lisa Rinta-Tuuri. Lisa, Junior Commodore Laurel Hofrichter and junior sailor Tim Clark prepared over 100 lunches for sailors and Page 4 volunteers to take out with them on the water. Seguin to Bid Farewell Price Bend Cruisers (Continued from page 1) (Continued from page 1) 37 Mandalay. Two runabouts from Black Rock, several Vineyard races. PYC member Rad Daly Green Eyed Lady and Bottoms Up also zipped over was a regular crew on Nina). It was not until we to join the festivities. Once the boats were se- rounded up for the finish and there were very few cured, shore parties set up the barbeque grills and large boats already in the harbor that we realized the party began! Special thanks are due to Will & the lovely Seguin had done very well indeed. Crandy Wheeler aboard Sandpiper for their help Subsequently Seguin sailed in eight Bermuda transporting the grills and charcoal, and to Jim races, usually with Murray’s two sons, Murray and Harman on Eclipse for helping set up and break Craig plus other PYC members aboard as crew. down the equipment. All told, close to 40 adults Every year around Christmas time Murray and 10 or so children enjoyed the beach, shared would say: “Let’s get the old crew aboard with a hors d’oeuvres, and each other’s company as the bunch of young bucks to do the night watches and sunset provided an almost tropical backdrop. the foredeck.” Then he would rattle off the names: The fact that no boat finished the race did not Ainsworth, Kueffner, Carter, Moffitt, Patterson, mean there was any lack of competition. Foresee- Buttner, Stu Ingersol from Essex, and others of ing a possible wind shortage, the Cruising Com- that vintage. Fine, but where do the “young mittee prepared two other opportunities for re- bucks” fit in? Virtually all of these have sons who sourceful Price Bend participants to earn trophies later joined the Seguin crew. for their skills. Winning a cutting board/serving Seguin is not just a racing machine: Murray tray for the best shared hors d’oeuvres prize was and Carol, often together with their children, have Black Rock Commodore Pam Ireland. Her spe- cruised up and down the New England coast for cially cooked shrimp and sauce won by general years. Its varnished hull has become a common acclaim and accolades from all present. A pair of sight in harbors from Southport to Maine. tickets to the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie Seguin was designed by Sparkman-Stevens and was the prize for the best story of the evening. Dr. built by Paul E. Luke in East Boothbay, Maine. Joel Kunkel, skipper of Alacrity won this, also by Luke was one of the top firms of fine downeast general acclaim, for his rendition of a large portion craftsmen, having built many prominent yachts. of “The Cremation of Sam McGee”. His eloquent For many years Seguin was given TLC by the Es- performance was cut short by the rising tide. After sex Boat Works in Essex, CT and later by the Seal it doused the barbeque coals in the sand the din- Cove Boatyard in Seal Cove, Maine. ghies began nosing at our feet as if to say it was Some fortunate buyer is going to get a truly re- time to leave. Settled back aboard our vessels, a markable yacht which is still in tip top condition. bagpipe serenade was a delightful close to a won- derful day as the anchor lights swayed gently and we all drifted off to sleep.

Carole and Murray Buttner sailing in Prince William Sound, Vice Commodore John Watkins, son David and wife Ann arrive at Price Bend. Alaska in April 2006. Page 5 Sea Scouts Ship 84 Com- Fall Sailing at PYC Means pletes Inaugural LI Sound We’ve Only Just Begun The dog days of summer are here now but soon Training Cruise enough the rustle of leaves will replace the linger- —Ann Cathcart ing afternoon chirps of the cicada. And while the In an inaugural event for the Long Island Sound pool may get covered the day after Labor Day, region, Sea Scouts Advanced Leadership (SEAL) PYC plans on keeping the Ideals out for an addi- training was conducted on Resolution, the group’s tional three months before we sound the autumn 40-foot Hinckley Bermuda yawl (known as “Ship retreat. 84”). Six scouts from as far as California and the For the first time in 2006, the One-Design Midwest, together with five instructors, departed Committee will offer a complete schedule of sail- from Southport Harbor on July 21st for a week- ing activities that will take us straight through until long “at sea” experience designed to enhance lead- Halloween including a Saturday Fall Racing series ership skills in young adults. Different ports were for Team, Fleet and dinghy sailors as well as visited each day under the direction of an assigned women’s, co-ed and after-school sailing classes. boatswain-of-the-day. The ports-of-call included To round out the schedule, we are putting together the Coast Guard Academy in New London, the a continuation of our popular weekend clinic cal- Connecticut River Museum in Essex, a working endar that could carry us all the way through the Coast Guard station, and West Marine in Branford winter months in preparation for what is expected where the scouts were asked to evaluate various marine products. SEAL training is available to Sea Scouts who have earned the Seaman Ordinary rank and covers such topics as goal-setting, commanding and com- municating both on a ship and in adult life on- shore. The Southport squadron is one of only five locations nationwide where SEAL courses have been offered this year. To qualify, scouts must be able to perform basic coastal navigation, know the points of relative bearings, be familiar with stan- dard helm commands, and know the basic nomen- clature of a sailing vessel. They must also be able to demonstrate the ability to tie 15 different knots in three minutes!

Betsy Hulme and Nancy Foote competing in Spirit. Club Clambake

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Pequot Pilot ISSN 1078-1943 Pequot Yacht Club, Southport, CT 06890

Art Gravanis, editor pro tem. Ann Cathcart, Tom DeLong Charles R. Sprowl Jr., Commodore, Steve Galpin, Norman Marsilius, Gibney Patterson, John W. Watkins, Vice Commodore Pat Randolph, committee. W. Bruce Kueffner, Rear Commodore Wendy Macbeth, editorial assistant and production.

Photo Credits: Ann Cathcart, Jeff Engborg, Susan Kunkel Web site address: pequotyc.com Hugh Smith, and other unknown heroes and heroines. Administrative email: [email protected]