CLIPPER June 2019 The magazine of Queen City Yacht Club BOARD Commodore Genia Vanderkruk
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[email protected] From the Editor Fleet Captain Andy Oakes
[email protected] Linda Mote
[email protected] Treasurer Boris Ziger
[email protected] Secretary Nansi Thomas
[email protected] In this issue, along with key Board updates, are House Chair Mark MacRae
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[email protected] feature articles by Mary Partridge, Richard Slee, Grounds Joanna Kidd
[email protected] Peter Ashby, Katherine Baker-Ross, John Fursdon, Membership Sandy Mandel
[email protected] and Robin Spurr. One special contribution is the Planning Dan Smith
[email protected] Entertainment Chair Vacant
[email protected] Clipper cover, a painting entitled Alerion 2, by Nancy Communications Linda Mote
[email protected] Moore, who has been a Senior member since 1983 Learn to Sail Robert Eckersley
[email protected] Yard Chair Roel Vanderwal
[email protected] and is an Island resident. Though in her time she has sailed a Folkboat, a Cheoy Lee Offshore 27, an Past Commodore Jacqui Cook
[email protected] O’Day Tempest, and a Cape Dory Typhoon, she says Manager Laura Manganaro
[email protected] that if she had pots of money her next boat would be an Alerion 26 with lots of wood. When not busy painting, Nancy can be found snooping around the island in a 1959 Peterborough wooden runabout COMMUNICATIONS named Scout. You may have seen her lovely, nauti- The Clipper is published four times a year: approximately May 1, June cally inspired work in various exhibits on the Island.