COMMODORE Brian J. Murphy VICE COMMODORE Peter Towner REAR COMMODORE John Cataldo SECRETARY Raymond Magnan TREASURER Donald Kearney

May 2018 Tel. (617) 846-CPYC Web site: www.CPYC.ORG

Seawall and Winter Storm Damage Addressed

In mid April work began to repair the winter storm related erosion behind our seawalls. For those members who did not see the pro- gression of the work, the following pictures will give an overview of the scale of the work, First the youth sailing boats were moved to the pier and the Windjammer to the upper parking lot. Considerable soil and debris were excavated from the both the easterly and westerly sites leveling and cleaning out the areas before filling the areas with crushed stone.

▲ A trench was dug and curbstones were installed along the parking lot edge to delineate the parking area from the boat storage area.

A compacted layer of fine finishing stone was installed as a top layer once the curbstones were installed.

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(Continued from page 1) The undermined area in the westerly parking lot was addressed in a similar fash- ion, removing debris, filling the holes with crushed stones and topping the area with compacted fine crushed stones. This is a temporary repair with replacement of the westerly seawall expected this fall.

FROM THE COMMODORE……...

Commodore’s Ball 2018

June 9th As the 62nd Commodore of the Cottage Park Yacht Club, I’d like to thank the nominating committee and the membership for your 6pm Cocktails, Raw Bar and Steel Drums trust and faith in my leadership. I look forward to working with the many talented board members, committee members, and vol- 7pm Opening Ceremony and Awards unteers that make up this wonderful club. When my lovely wife, Jane and I joined the club several years ago, we joined mostly for Dance the night away with our love of sailing and the water. We did not realize at the time music by The Crush all that CPYC represents and has to offer to boaters and non- boaters alike. Invitation to follow As many of you know, this was a difficult winter for our club, our marina, and perhaps our spirits. With spring’s arrival and warm weather around the corner, our collaborative efforts can accomplish much to rebuild and strengthen the infrastructure of Mother's Day. our club. Work has already begun on repairing the seawalls, Sunday, May 13th grading the parking lot and rebuilding the marina. 11am to 3pm

Moving forward, I’d like to build on the positive work by Com- Great day to bring your whole modore Schlichting in maintaining responsible fiscal manage- family for a brunch buffet and ment and preserving the club’s deep roots in tradition. My goals spoil Mom. include improving communication between the board, commit- tees and membership and enhancing the membership experience. $15pp//Kids under 10 $5pp//kids under 3 free. Boating may be the club’s primary focus, but we also do an ex- ** Mother's Free** (Members only) cellent job balancing members’ experience with educational op- portunities, varied social events, family get-togethers, leadership development and friendly comradery. Our committees represent a Live background music, raffles and vital part of the club. We need as many people as possible to step take home centerpieces!! up and take part. Each member has something to contribute to the success of our club; your membership is immensely valued. Reservations are required now being accepted Please do not hesitate to contact me at any time commo- by emailing [email protected]. [email protected].

Sincerely, Commodore Brian J. Murphy Spring Marina Weekend—CPYC Work Weekend

This year Marina Weekend was expanded to be a Work Weekend for the club in general. Because of the extent of the winter storm damage, it was also expanded to two weekends, with additional work parties needed. Several floats had to be towed to the easterly beach, barnacles scrapped, broken up and ferried to a dumpster for disposal.

Sawzall's buzzed. Reusable fittings were removed. Scraping the bins before being demolished - a messy job

▲ Two finger floats were hauled and repaired. ▲ One new float was built

There was repair work done to numerous fingers, redecking and stabilizing them while still afloat, even working from a dinghy.

Within the next couple of weeks four new 24 ft fingers and two new camels will be delivered and will need installation. Additional work was also accomplished around the club property .

(Continued next page) Marina and Work Weekend Continued ……….

Outside work …. Inside Work …

The ballroom chairs were sorted for repair. Left over nails, tape A new section of outside etc. were removed from the ballroom beams. locker doors and sur- rounds were made. The snack bar door, dam- aged from the storms, was realigned. Under the club, underpinnings were checked and supported as needed. The basement was cleaned from storm water damage. Siding was re- paired. Window boxes were cleaned out. Paint was touched up on the Woodside property.

The coat room was cleaned. Any clothing, helmets, or shoes left there will be held for a couple of weeks before donation. See the New fiberglass CPYC club tender has arrived. manager to retrieve any property left there. The trophies were polished. It is a 10’6” Puffin . Excess furniture and equipment were removed from the exercise Members using the tender are requested to take room and offices. The treasurers office got a new rug, The Regat- care of it and return it appropriately. ta office was cleaned. A team worked on preparing the envelopes for the new membership cards to be inserted when they arrive.

The Entertainment Room was cleaned out and reorganized. This has to occur on a semi-annual basis because items used do not tend to get back to their correct storage location.

A Bit of Trivia History. Polishing the bell over the ball- room entrance door on Marina weekend revealed an interesting inscription which read Cottage Park Yacht Club Coot Class Championship. Who knew? The Coot Corsair Class was raced in Boston Harbor in the 1930’s and 1940’s. and is an important part of our sailboat racing history. First Aide Class Held Monday Night Trivia By Nancy Corbett Trivia ended in April for the winter sea- On April 12 , club member and local firefighter Mike son in a tie between two teams. The tie Lopez and his wife Tanya, conducted a first aid training was broken with the team knowing the class for club members. The well-attended session covered most Monopoly Streets. The last night topics such as the ideal way to call 911; recognizing the also featured a picture round of past signs of someone needing ( or not) cardio-pulmonary re- commodores—with clues. suscitation (CPR); the importance of high quality , CPR chest compressions for adults; CPR approaches for chil- dren and infants; the value of early and proper use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)*; relief of foreign -body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants; first response to signs of strokes or seizure; and the im- portance of a designated leader and concurrent teamwork during the rescue efforts.

The class was a blend of verbal instruction with accompa- nying overhead slides, and a hands-on session where members had the opportunity to practice what they learned, and receive instructional feedback on their technique.

In thanks Patrice Berk and Janine Stan- ton were given thank you gifts of a throw with the Boston Harbor Chart on it.

Brush up on your trivia over the summer and play come play next fall.

Father's Day BBQ

Sunday, June 17th Thanks go out to instructors Mike and Tanya, volun- 12 to 2pm. teer subject Johnny Cataldo, and John Cataldo, Rear Commodore who spearheaded the effort to bring this Any famous grill vital training to the club. masters out there? (volunteers needed) *AEDs, complete Lets make Dads feel with written and audible just as special as instructions, are currently Mom's!!! located on the back wall ( by pool tables) in main hall; More details to follow!! Watch your emails. and in the pilot house, below television closest to exit $15pp//kids under 10 door. Efforts are underway $5//kids under 3 free to secure an additional AED ** Dads Free ** (Members only) for the marina area.

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Adoption of the ORR-ez Rating System Congratulations to Adam Since at least 1997, handicap racing across Mass Bay has been Crombie who recently won conducted using the Performance Handicap Racing Fleet the Newport Marathon. To (PHRF) system. PHRF was developed sometime in the mid right Adam is breaking the 1970s and thrived as an easy to use scoring system. However, tape at the finish line more recently as new boat and sail design emerged, PHRF has struggled to provide ratings that allowed boats of different de- signs and vintages to fairly complete. Over the past two years, Mass Bay Sailing Association (MBSA) has reviewed alternative handicapping systems and after careful consideration, decided to support a more modern rating system known as ORr-ez.

Starting in just a month, handicap racing in Mass Bay, including CPYC’s Wednesday Nights, Constitution Cup, JFK and Make-a -Wish Pursuit regatta will, for the most part, be run using the Congratulations also to Vice new handicapping system that overcomes many of the limita- Commodore Pete Towner tions of the PHRF system. who ran the Boston Marathon in 4 hours 23 minutes 31 sec- ORR-ez relies upon a sophisticated velocity prediction program onds in a pouring cold rain at (VPP) that has been proven and validated over many years of 3:33 PM. On left, Pete is re- use. VPP and as a result, ORR-ez is based on objective science hydrating at CPYC after the and independently run by an outside organization thereby elimi- race with his medal and race nating subjective biases that can occur with other older systems. number. Additional benefits include the ability to adapt to the effects that different course configurations and wind speeds have on the Innovations at Work outcome of a race (some boat reach better and some boats do better in lighter or heavier air than others). In Mass Bay each boat will receive six ratings based on three wind ranges and two course configurations (windward/leeward and random) ORR-ez can also provide customized ratings based on boat-specific cus- Changes in ways to lift tomizations and sail inventories thereby eliminating the generic and secure the gangway to adjustments. the youth sailing dock for the winter certainly im- ORR-ez is administered by the Offshore Racing Association proved the lowering pro- (ORA) that began as a consortium of clubs from the West Coast, cess this spring. Instead of Great Lakes and Annapolis that wanted to apply the latest tech- having to round up a large nology to handicapping boats. The ORA technical committee, group, the process this which adjudicates ratings appeals, is comprised of boat design- spring required only a few ers, surveyors and sailors from across the country with no re- workers and was a much gional conflicts of interest. simpler process.

Finally, MBSA has worked with Regatta Management Systems over the winter to integrate ORR-ez into Regattaman to simplify the conversion to the new system for both boat owners and race organizers.

Mitch Wiest, Regatta Committee Chairman

CPYC/Boston Handicap Racing Spring Meeting

Wed May 2, 2018 7PM CPYC Ballroom

Open to all sailors and potential race committee 2018 schedule and summer program Acquiring a handicap certificate

Craft Beer Night— A Successful Fundraiser for Youth Sailing

The Craft Beer Night was a sold out crowd. There was a line out the front door for check-in. The evening featured beer and wine tasting, a pulled pork buffet plus more, and an impressive raffle. Kudos to the organizers and workers for this event, as it raised funds to be able to purchase new racing sails for the Youth Sailing boats replacing the existing tired sail inventory.

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The line out the door waiting to get in.

Youth Sailing is looking forward to a strong 2018 season. Katie Houstle will be returning as the program administrator. Emma Montgomery will be the head and race clinic instructor with Cecelia Moreira returning part time to assist. Registration for the program is scheduled for April 30th from 6-8 PK in the ballroom. However it will still be possible to sign up. Parent Orientation which reviews program objectives and procedures will be June 7th. June 16th there will be a Youth Sailing Marina day when the boats, equipment and space are readied for the start on June 25th. Many hands are needed. Open day will also feature a familyGenoa BBQ.

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Regular Membership

Jonathan Schuster and his wife Lainie reside in Hopking- ton. Jon is a plastic surgeon and his wife an educator. A fly fisherman, Jon will moor at CPYC for salt water fly fishing. He is also a guide and member of the Maine Professional Guide Association and the Southborough Rod and Gun Club.

The son of long time members Bob and Pat Connors, Kevin Connors and his wife Valerie reside in Winthrop with their children Liam (6) and Michaela (4), Kevin is in the merchant marine and ships out of Houston.

Jonathan (Jothy) Rosenberg and his wife Carol Hohl live in Wayland. Jothy is the CEO of Dover Microsystems, Inc and has served on the board of directors at the Piers Park Sail- ing Center. He owns a 12 1/2 Hereshoff.

Sailing out of Courageous Sailing Center, Raymond Clark- ston and his wife Deborah are about to take advanced sailing lessons in San Diego this spring and anticipate becoming fu- ture sailboat owners. They live in Medford . Ray is a network ADULT SAILING LESSONS BEGIN JUNE 21 security engineer and Deb is a real estate appraiser.

An active Star Boat sailor, Thomas Hurwitch recently Have you always wanted to learn to moved to South Boston and is looking forward to being closer sail, or just want to refresh your skills? to CPYC. He has also raced 505’s and 210’s and is the Vice The CPYC Adult Sailing Program gets president of the Bulls Bay Group. you into a boat and out on the water

Young Adult every Thursday evening, beginning June 21 at 6:00 pm. Instruction is done Having recently moved to Winthrop and falling in love with by experienced sailors, who want to the town, Sean Sattler and his wife Catlin have become share their knowledge and passion for Young Adult members. Sean is in the USCG and is based in sailing. Students need to sign up in Boston for his first tour of duty. He grew up sailing and rac- advance, and bring a PFD. Fee is $100 ing off Long Island. for 10 weeks of lessons. Applications

Trail Membership will be available in the beginning of June, inside the door next to the members' bulletin board. Having spent many years of his youth sailing and racing in Narragansett Bay, Frank Mooney feels at home in Winthrop. We are always looking for volunteer sailing instructors, with or He is the owner of Lundy Sales Inc in Waltham and is mar- without boats. Generally, we teach in 19' to 25' sailboats, with the ried to his wife Helen. opportunity to try bigger and smaller boats as the season progress- Social Membership es. You need not commit to all 10 weeks. Any and all help is ap-

Bernadette Mujica is no stranger to CPYC. She and her hus- preciated. band, Hugo, were regular members for years, and sailed their 44 foot wooden sailboat, Windsong, in New England waters For more information, contact Pamela at [email protected]. and beyond. Bernie recently retired, and especially enjoys attending our parties and the Make-A-Wish fundraiser. She and Hugo look forward to spending time with many of their longtime friends here.

Tammy Perry is a friend of Diane Economides. A home- owner in Winthrop, Tammy works in manager investors sup- port for Boston Trust and Investment Management Co. Tam- my wants to get involved in lots of activities, including bowl- ing and adult sailing lessons. From the Membership Committee: Jean Basia Wilson is from Charlestown. She is a computer programmer for Partners Healthcare and attended our 2017 Friday, May 18th open house. Jean is interested in attending our events and Members Party from 7 to 9:30pm participating in book club. Live Entertainment, delicious food. great company, and free!!! Maureen Smith is a Winthrop resident and a friend of social member, Chris Flynn. She is a project manager for Partners Find out all that the club has to offer.

Healthcare, and is looking forward to enjoying all that the Its a great way to meet new members. club has to offer. Information and representation of our various committees Joan Whelton also attended our 2017 open house. A resident will be available for those who have questions or want to join a of Revere, she is the executive director of the Cabot Founda- committee tion. Joan is eager to enjoy the many activities at the club. The Ear Hears…… Book Club Sadly the Windjammer has to report the Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly is the May 22 book club se- passing of two life members. lection. It is a tale of three women at the beginning of WWII and how their lives were effected by events at the time. It spans Our condolences to the entire family on New York, Paris, Germany, and Poland. the passing of member #1, Ted Jeveli. The June book will be The Marching Sea- Ted had been a member since 1952. son by Daniel Silva. Described as histori- *** cal fiction, the story encompasses politics The entire sailing world here at CPYC, and conflict between Northern and South- MIT and beyond are saddened with the ern Ireland. death of member #8, Harold “Hatch”

Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn is Brown. Accomplished sailor, sailing dark, atmospheric thriller. The main char- coach and mentor to our Youth Sailing acter. Anna Fox is humorous, fascinating, Program, Hatch will be missed but his unreliable and an alcoholic. legacy will live on in the many he taught. His Memorial Service will be at The August selection is White Houses by the M.I.T Sailing Pavilion on May 13th. Amy Bloom. The book depicts the specu- *** lated love affair between Eleanor Roose- Our condolences to Commodore Brian velt and “1st Friend” Lorena Hickok. Murphey and his wife Jane on the re- In September the book club will venture cent passing of Brian’s mother. into science fiction with The Mechanical by Ian Tregillis. Descriptive and specula- tive fiction, this A memorable moment and testament book looks at ro- from the winter storm whose waves bots or slaves and moved the dumpsters into the parking their human mas- lot. ters. Attendees are free to participate or just listen. For information please contact Nancy Corbett at [email protected]

Mark you Calendars

Blessing of the fleet

July 7th

PILOT HOUSE SPRING/SUMMER HOURS Begin April 29, 2018 Friday & Saturday Noon - 1:00am Tuesday -Thursday 12 Noon - 12 Midnight Sunday and Monday 12 Noon to - 11:00pm The kitchen will be open for dinner every night until 9pm. Appetizers will be available until 11pm or until Pilot House closes. Last call is 30 minutes before closing Cottage Park Yacht Club 76 Orlando Avenue Winthrop, Massachusetts 01252

MAY June 9 Commodore’s Ball May 2 Ladies Roll Off June 16 Youth Sailing Marina Aug 16 Last day Youth Sailing May 2 Boston Handicap Racing Day Program Spring Meeting June 17 Father’s Day BBQ Aug 19 JFK Regatta May 5 Men’s Roll Off and June 21 Adult Sailing Begins Aug 28 Book Club Banquet June 25 Youth Sailing Program May 9 Ladies Bowling Banquet begins May 13 Mother’s Day Brunch June 26 Book Club May 18 Membership Mixer PLEASE JULY May 22 Book Club (Lilac Girls) UPDATE YOUR May 23 Wednesday Night Sailing July 7 Blessing of the Fleet EMAIL ADDRESS Begins July 14 Constitution Cup July 31 Book Club We are trying to use less paper JUNE

June 7 Youth Sailing Parent AUGUST Send information to Orientation Aug 4&5 Make-A-Wish Regatta [email protected]

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