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Issue 31 Fall 2018

51ST NEWPORT RACE DIVISION WINNERS NAMED

Grundoon, Wizard, Orca, Girl, Kawil, Elvis, and Lighthouse Trophy, the main prize awarded to the first Maverick top the seven divisions in 2018. finisher on handicap corrected time among the 85 entries Most of the division silverware in the 2018 Newport in the St. David’s Lighthouse Division. Grundoon completed Bermuda Race was in doubt until the bulk of the fleet finished the course in 112:12:19. Grundy sailed with his daughter Tuesday night and Wednesday morning after a slow and and two sons in the crew; his father purchased Grundoon as relatively uneventful race. Five big boats had finished on a new boat 50 years ago, in 1968, and first entered it in the Sunday night and Monday morning, starting with George in 1972. “This win,” said Grundy, “is for the family!” Proving that is for and crews of many sizes, speeds and styles, Orca, an Island Packet 38 skippered by Harold Guidotti, of Westbrook, Conn., won the Finisterre Division—a 40-boat fleet for amateur entries using sails—and Wizard, a Volvo Open 70 owned by brothers, Peter

Photo by Daniel Forster Askew of Riderwood, Md., and David Askew, of Sandy, Utah, won the 22-boat Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Division, for high- performance, professionally crewed boats. Orca completed the course in just over five days, finishing in the early hours of Thursday morning with a time of 123:19:13. Making the trip in less than half that time, Wizard finished with an elapsed time of 55:37:02, correcting ahead of New Yorker George David’s Rambler 88, the first boat to cross the finish line, in a time of Class15-GibbsHill-Rambler-et-al 50:31:51, just before sunset on Sunday night. David’s maxi, Rambler 88, crossing the St. David’s Lighthouse Topping the 15-boat Double-Handed Division was finish line just before sunset. One other boat finished late on Yankee Girl, a Morris Justine 36 sailed by Zachary Lee and Monday night and then it was a further 18 hours before the Leif Counter, of Vineyard Haven, Mass., and Pelham, N.Y., rest of the faster boats reached Bermuda. That’s how intensely respectively. Yankee Girl sailed the racecourse in 116:30:12 and windless the high-pressure zone was that enveloped the rest finished first on corrected time by less than eight minutes of the fleet for more than 24 hours in the middle of the race. ahead of Corvus, another Morris 36. This was Lee’s second The good news was that nearly all of the 169 boats that consecutive double-handed win aboard Yankee Girl. started in Newport on June 15th completed the 635-mile race; there were only three retirements. And after making very slow progress in light to non-existent winds in the middle of the racecourse, most finished quickly on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning. Cruising Club members fared well in several classes: Ronald Rossetti’s Selamat and Rick Oricchio’s Rocket Science Photo by Daniel Forster won Class 13 and Class 7, respectively. And Dreamcatcher, the donated by Stephen Kylander to the Mudratz program, flew a CCA flag with John Winder sailing aboard as an advisor to a youth crew that earned a Class 5 win and 7th overall in the St. David’s Lighthouse Division. The Grundoon, a 50 skippered by Jim Grundy of Doylestown, Penn., received the St. David’s Selamat.60589.Class13 continued on page 5 1 LETTER FROM THE COMMODORE

Dear Fellow CCA Members!

Soon after returning from Pete and Harriet Pallette’s fun Cruise in ’s Hauraki Gulf, many of us set about summer sailing plans.

Jonathan Brewin, Chairman of the Bermuda Race Organization Committee (BROC), organized a very successful 51st Newport-Bermuda Race. It’s worth noting BROC has 45 members, 40 from CCA who represent another nearly 250 other CCA members who help organize all facets of the race. Ten of thirty-one CCA boats finished on the podium! Congratulations to them all:

Firsts: Rick Oricchio’s Rocket Science Ronald Rossetti’s Sealmate John Winder’s Dreamcatcher Commodore Brad Willauer Seconds: Richard Born’s Windborn Jay Gowell’s Temptress Tony Parker’s Reindeer And lastly, Lenci organized and conducted the Mark Stevens’ Corvus first of his redesigned Safety at Sea Seminars at Roger Thirds: Williams University in Bristol RI last week. We suspect Douglas Abbott’s Flyer these will be conducted by CCA members on both coasts. Fred Allardyce’s Misty Howard Eisenberg’s Isola Our sincere thanks to Rear Commodore Barbara Watson and Fall Meeting Organizers Pam Wall Others won Glenn Family Participation Prizes. as well as Eric and Elise Thyrre, for their extraordinary efforts which were enjoyed by all. Ron Trossbach has mailed 1000 Safety for Cruising Couples books to interested yacht clubs who have performed this essential seminar in their own settings as Commodore Brad Willauer far away as Freemantle . He has ordered another 300 to meet demand.

Our own Rich Wilson, the only American to finish the prestigious Vendee Globe twice, is busy organizing and raising funds for Collegiate Offshore Sailing Circuit, and also trying to acquire a fleet of 30 foot French Figaros for collegiate offshore competition.

Vice Commodore Bob Medland’s Communication Committee is busy organizing how we present ourselves to the outside world – especially to those who may not know us, reviewing all external communication methods.

I’m pleased to announce Joe Harris BOS has agreed to become Chairman of the Environment of the Sea Committee. We saw his environmental work for BROC, resulting in the Newport Bermuda Race being awarded a Gold - an achievement which makes us all proud. We thank Past Chairwoman Jen Haddock and are pleased she wishes to remain on the committee.

2 COMING UP… CRUISES AND MEETINGS

SKI GAM 2019

The CCA GAM Welcome to the 11th annual Ski Gam of 2019, where a Published for the members of group of sailors will trade their sails for skies to The Cruising Club of enjoy a week of skiing and friendship. Our week of festivities www.cruisingclub.org will begin on February 2 and will include a week of skiing in the world class resorts of Park City, Deer Valley, Solitude : Wendy Hinman Editors (as of April 1, 2018) and Alta. The group will be sorted according to ability and Dennis Powers Elisabeth Bohlen provided local guides to enhance their enjoyment of the Robert Beebe mountains. In the evenings we will gather in the club room to enjoy libations and Hors d’ Oeuvres, accompanied by lively discussions of the day’s events. Also scheduled are New Members Editor: Dianne Embree two dinners at excellent local restaurants and a Super Bowl party. For those movie buffs, this will be the last weekend of the Sundance Film Festival, http://sundancefilmfestival.com, and the beginning of the World Cup, Commodore...... W. Bradford Willauer where competitions will be held in Park City as well as other Utah ski resorts, Vice Commodore...... J.W. Robert Medland http://2019worldchamps.com. In addition to being home to two world class Secretary...... Christopher L. ski resorts, Park City also boasts of a charming historic Main Street, two live ...... Otorowski theaters, many venues of fine dining, and alternate winter sports which include Peter L. Chandler Treasurer...... Nordic skiing, skate skiing, shoeing, and snow biking. It is truly a ski town Historian...... Jack F. Towle dedicated to the enjoyment of visitors and locals alike. Fleet Captain...... Paul J. Hamilton Web Master...... Michael Moradzadeh Johnny Martin, 2019 Ski Gam Co-Chair

Rear Commodores Bermuda...... Les Crane 2019 STOCKHOLM ...... Timothy R. Surgenor ARCHIPELAGO CRUISE Bras d’Or...... Gretchen McCurdy j une 27-j u ly 13, 2019 ...... Cary W. Thomson Essex...... Robert A. Green We are now fully subscribed, with over 200 people and more than 45 boats - Florida...... Barbara N. Watson ...... Robert T. E. Lansing member-owned, chartered and motherships. All participants desiring to charter ...... Sandy Vietor boats have been accommodated. Registration is closed, with a wait list, except that Pacific Northwest...... Douglas Cole a previously-booked (and paid for) double cabin on mothership Havet has become San Francisco...... William S. Foss available and there are also two single berths in mothership Loyal’s common room. So. California...... Peter C. Palette We have collected non-refundable deposits of $350 per person, being about 1/2 the expected Cruise Fee, and almost 100% of the non-refundable mothership fees; Post Captains Buzzards Bay...... Robert L. Rosbe, Jr. most of these funds have been converted to local currency in order to minimize Gulf of ...... Frank Cassidy foreign exchange risk. We remain optimistic that all who want to join the Cruise Narragansett Bay...... Steven M. McInnis will be able to do so. Cruise co-chairs Ernie Godshalk and David Tunick were in the Stockholm Archipelago this past summer fine tuning Cruise arrangements with Please email CCA news, photos and items assistance from members of Royal Swedish YC and The North American Station. of interest to editor Wendy Hinman: In order to make sure the fleet does not overwhelm smaller anchorages, there [email protected] will be three Divisions, with the entire Fleet together on five of the 14 nights. The Wendy Hinman first two days of the Cruise will be land-based in Stockholm, where the Grand 478 Winslow Way West Hôtel Stockholm and the entire Museum, ’s largest tourist attraction, Bainbridge Island, 98110 will be the sites of the welcoming reception and registration on June 27 and 206-335-6756 opening-night dinner on June 28. We have negotiated discounted rates on blocks

Published semiannually for distribution to of rooms at four central hotels without obligation by the Cruise. There will also be members of The Cruising Club of America. a tour in Stockholm on the 28th. The Fleet will convene at the island of Sandhamn mid-Cruise for a Fleet dinner and again at the harbor of Saltsjöbaden for the Closing Dinner. There will also be a couple of informal Division lunches or dinners ashore. Most of these events have been contracted. We are very pleased with the prospects for an outstanding cruise! Ernie Godshalk and David Tunick Co-Chairs

3 2019 BOSTON STATION FESTIVAL OF SAIL – CORK300 FALL CRUISE Mid-July, 2020 september 14 - september 21, 2019 The Royal Cork YC has an BOS is planning a fall cruise which will focus on a invitation to the CCA along with historic tour of southeastern Massachusetts’ historic other yacht clubs to come and whaling sites. The cruise will run from Saturday participate with them in a festival of September 14th to Saturday September 21st, 2019, and sail and a cruise in company on the will feature stops in Mattapoisett, New Bedford, and SW coast of Ireland. They will arrange Nantucket where we will learn from museum curators, for a variety of events including historians, and current researchers about the history of a number of parties. Organizations are invited to develop whaling and the current state of various whale species. groups of special interest under this umbrella. The CCA is Some events may be limited in attendance. For further planning on contacting the “sister” cruising clubs to explore information, contact Chip Johns, Sailing Committee Chair possibilities for participation with them. Further early information is on the CCA events website and at https:// at [email protected]. www.cork300.com/ or by contacting the cruise chair, Dave Clint Bush Curtin (BOS) at [email protected].

BOSTON FALL MEETING 2019 MALLORCA CRUISE 2020 october 10-12, 2019 Mallorca Sept 12 – 25 2020

The Boston Station is looking forward to hosting the Plans are coming together for our Cruise CCA’s Fall Meetings from Thursday October 10 to Saturday, around Mallorca in September 2020. The Cruise October 12, 2019. The meeting headquarters will be at the will start and finish in Palma, go counter Battery Wharf Hotel, which is located on the Boston harbor clockwise around the island with anticipated events in waterfront next to the Coast Guard Station and a water taxi Porto Colum, Alcana and Soller. Winds are typically ride away from Logan airport. The organizing committee light, the water warm and highs in the low ‘80’s. Crowds consists of co-chairs Dev Barker and Ann Noble-Kiley as have diminished and well as Jilda Barker, Dave Curtin, Liz and Jay Gowell, Nancy charter opportunities are excellent. Look for McKelvy, Maggie Salter, and Kathleen O’ Donnell as trea- a preliminary sign up surer. Activities are being planned in and around Boston to on the CCA web site by take advantage of a number of historical attractions within a Thanksgiving. short distance of the hotel. There are a number of Marinas on the harbor which can provide guest dockage. Les Crane

CLUB ETIQUETTE REMINDERS Members are reminded that the only proper and approved way to the CCA burgee is either from the truck of the on a or from a staff on the bow of a power vessel. Be sure to fly the burgee as shown above. The proper size of the burgee for your yacht can be found in the yearbook. In the case of a sailboat that cannot fly the burgee from the truck of the mast, it is permissible to fly a rectangular “Member Aboard” flag from the starboard spreader. Burgees and Member Aboard Flags are available from the CCA official supplier, The Sailbag Lady. Our wonderful yearbook has a wealth of information about this and other things, including member owned moorings available exclusively to CCA members. Our courtesy and seamanship traditions are central to the high standards and reputation of our membership. Paul Hamilton, Fleet Captain

4 BERU M DA RACE continued from page 1 100TH ANNIVERSARY REPORT “A high-pressure area slowed most of the fleet significantly,” said The 100th Anniversary Committee Race Chairman Jonathan Brewin, of St. George’s, Bermuda, has been meeting several times per “but it made for a very strategic race. We were delighted to see all the year. Members of the Committee boats arrive in Bermuda safely, maybe not too swiftly, but ultimately include Jack Towle, Shawn Otorowski, all were successful in arriving. Hopefully everybody had maximum Peter Stone, Garry Fischer, Kin fun. On behalf of the Cruising Club of America and the Royal Howland, Sheila McCurdy, Bob Bermuda , I’d like to congratulate the fastest in the fleet— Morris, Steve Taylor, Bjorn Johnson from our traditional lighthouse trophy champions to the first winners (sadly deceased), Brad Willauer, Steve in the Super Yacht and Divisions.” McInnis. Sheila McCurdy is well underway working with authors and developing plans for two books to commemorate our in Newport, RI in 2022. The date of Sunday Sept. 18 - Thursday Sept. 22 is our target week which will include a rendezvous, educational component, rum keg get togethers, various tours of sights in Newport, a commemorative video and a concluding

dinner at Harbour Court at the NYYC. We are seeking Photo by Daniel Forster to add some younger members to the Committee. The Committee will also be looking to involve each Station and Post so that there will be appropriate observations around the country of our Centennial. Your 100th Anniversary Committee

Dreamcatcher were invited to join the race for the first time in 2018, with three boats competing. New Yorker Carroll on Elvis, a 62, not only won the division but completed the Chart Loaning Service course as the fifth finisher in a time of 63:25:32. Two competed, with the 112-foot Kawil, The chart loaning service was established in 1991 skippered by Harold “Spook” Stream of Lake Charles, La., to collect, store and distribute charts of northern winning on corrected time by more than five hours. The European waters to be used by Cruising Club members who intend on sailing in those waters. In 2000, the service was expanded to include the Mediterranean and both coasts of . Currently the collection contains over 1000 charts. The charts are to be loaned out, to be taken on board and used. They are to be returned as soon as practical, made ready for use again by someone Photo by Daniel Forster else. Should they be damaged during use, so be it. The collection will expand and be updated with contributions by users who fill in the gaps. Charts are available on a first come basis. Check the CCA

web site to identify who is the chart coordinator for Temptress various countries and areas. The chart coordinators satisfaction of crossing the line six minutes ahead of Kawil on are cruisers themselves. Don’t wait until the last elapsed time went to Daniel Van Starrenburg, of Bedford minute for they may be off cruising themselves. Hills, N.Y., who sailed his 110-foot Aurelius in an elapsed For those heading to Nova there is a new time of 104:27:32. edition (2012) of the Cruising Guide to the Nova First of the two boats in the Open Division was Maverick, Scotia Coast. For those headed further north there an Infiniti 46R DSS skippered by Quentin Stewart of Guernsey, is also a new edition (2012) of the Cruising Guide to GBR. The light conditions did not favor the radical 46-footer, The Labrador. which is outfitted with lifting foils that provide extra stability Sandy Weld, Chair and speed when the wind is up, but the sleek British boat nonetheless completed the course 10th fastest, in 97:03:56. Story courtesy Newport Bermuda Race Media Team ([email protected]).

5 CCA NEW ZEALAND CRUISE 2018

“Kia Ora” (Maori “welcome”) chartered boats, passing Rangitoto beckoned Rangitoto, Auckland’s once more which beckoned “Haere Ra” landmark volcanic island one (“farewell, come again”). So concluded encounters upon departing or entering our Hauraki Gulf “circumnavigation.” Waitemata Harbour. So, after our We have had several very positive Opening Reception at the Royal New comments on the Cruise from those Zealand Yacht Squadron on Friday, 16 who attended. We were fortunate to March, some 135 of us in 27 boats set sail have good weather, no significant on Saturday for our next landfall, Kawau glitches in the plan, and no mishaps Island, about 30 miles north. Many of us of consequence. After traveling 7,000 watched the start of the New Zealand- miles (or more in the case of our east to- leg of the Volvo Round-the- coast colleagues), 24 of us spent a couple World Race sailed by seven 60’ one design . Very exciting more days in Auckland checking out any “hospitality venues” – Sort of like sailing in a blender because most of Auckland we might have missed previously, then – being far from home jumped into their boats to offer the competitors a suitable – continued to NZ’s South Island for a land tour arranged by send-off, and the associated wake turbulence was prodigious. Jim Morgan. Twelve days and a couple thousand miles later, Next stop, Bon Accord Harbour for a Rum Barrel based we had spent a night in Christchurch (where a 2010 earthquake cocktail party at Lidgard House and dinner party at the Kawau destroyed 70% of their commercial buildings and killed 264 Boating Club on Monday evening, followed by a couple of people), traversed the NZ Alps by train, bussed our way to victory-at-sea days sailing 28 miles east to Port Fitzroy at Great Franz Josef Glacier Township, proceeded to Queenstown, Barrier Island, where we enjoyed some hiking, cocktails, and spent a night aboard a ship in Doubtful Sound, traveled (via dinner on Wednesday. We then worked south for a couple of bus and ferry) to Stewart Island (at 47 degrees south latitude) days, stopping wherever our wanderlust took us along this for a couple of nights, bussed our way to Dunedin for a night, 36 mile leg, gathering for lunch at Coromandel Township’s jet-boated up the River, headed to Mt. Cook National Park Pepper Tree Restaurant on Saturday before dispersing to where we landed on glaciers in an airplane and helicopter, one of the many enticing anchorages in the vicinity like Te then bussed back to Christchurch for our 10 April flights back Kouma Harbour. Sunday saw most of us west about 12 to Auckland and home, or – in a few cases – points west. miles toward Waiheke Island, home to Man O’ War Winery’s Suffice it to say that covering New Zealand’s North and beachfront event center, where a remote control model regatta South Islands as we did, fulfilled any bucket-list notions most and impromptu beach party preceded our Closing Ceremony of us had. For those who weren’t there, put it on your radar. The Monday evening under a starlit New Zealand sky and light country, the people, and the hospitality are the best. breezes. Tuesday the Cruise disbanded, and most of us had a delightful 20 mile sail back to Auckland to turn in our Pete Pallette, SOC Rear Commodore

SAFETY FOR CRUISING COUPLES, INCLUDING “SUDDENLY ALONE”

The CCA Safety at Sea Committee recently published an updated version the highly regarded Suddenly Alone workbook now titled Safety for Cruising Couples — Including “Suddenly Alone”. The workbook revisions incorporate lessons learned from giving the Suddenly Alone course to approximately 2000 people, the experience of CCA members and the technology and techniques of safety and safety equipment that have evolved since it was first published about 15 years ago. Safety for Cruising Couples Seminars are geared to short-handed coastal cruisers, both sail and power boaters. They give the less experienced partner the basic tools he/she needs to become a competent partner on the boat. Competence and mutual confidence leads to a partnership on board that makes cruising safer and more enjoyable. The workbook focuses on the essential onboard teamwork of preparing for emergencies, such as Man Overboard Recovery, basic navigation skills, identifying the boat’s location, boat handling and radio communications. The workbook is also a handy reminder to both experienced and less experienced partners of safety procedures that should be practiced every year. The art of safety is increased when both individuals are confident in knowing what to do when the unexpected happens. Early feedback from reviewers recommend that a copy of this workbook should be aboard every boat operated by a shorthanded crew. To purchase a copy of the workbook or receive information on how to set up and conduct a Safety for Cruising Couples Seminar at your CCA Station, yacht club or sailing organization, contact Ron Trossbach at [email protected] or (703) 403-8408.

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9 CCA FALL MEETING 2018

FLORIDA STATION GAM REPORT FOR FALL MEETING 2018

The 2018 Cruising Club of America Medland. Just as the membership Annual Fall Meeting has just ended could not wait to start the festivities and I was sad to say goodbye to all 145 on Thursday, they were just as wonderful CCA attendees who were at reluctant to end them on Friday. As the 2018 Fall Meeting. they say at these meetings, ‘A Good The three-day event, hosted by the Time Was Had By All’ and it was a CCA Florida Station, began on October perfect night to enjoy the bounties 25th at the lovely Coral Reef Yacht Club of South Florida along with all the in historic Coconut Grove, Florida. The Cruising Club of America members superb weather, a light easterly wind, the and friends. clear blue sky, and temperatures in the low from the different stations resulting For our final Fall Meeting 80’s, proved to be a perfect time of year to in everyone coming out of dinner gathering on Saturday we cruised come to Florida and enjoy the sunshine. with new friends and potential around Biscayne Bay on the Island Just inside the doors of the cruising companions. Queen departing from Bayside Mediterranean styled yacht club, Friday morning, while the Marina downtown. The narrator greeters from various CCA stations committee members met, Bill Munroe pointed out local landmarks including directed attendees to the registration with assistance from his bride, Bicentennial Park where the Volvo desk manned by local members. Right Irene Munroe, along with Sennett Ocean Race stopped and homes of the from the start the atmosphere took Duttenhofer, gave a wonderful tour “rich and famous” from Al Capone on the feel of a giant party where old of Bill’s grandfather’s home, The to Gloria Estefan. The cruise proved friends were reunited and new ones Barnacle. Built in 1891, this unique a relaxing finish to a substantial and introduced. Commodore Brad Willauer home offers a glimpse of frontier life pleasurable Fall Meeting. arrived to find the lobby a sea of hugs, on the bay complete with replicas of From the many kind words of handshakes, and fond embraces. two of Commodore Ralph Middleton appreciation the committee received While awaiting the Thursday night Munroe’s sailboats: Egret, a 28-foot in the following days it is apparent Gala Banquet, members caught up with (8.5m) , designed in that those who attended the CCA each others’ adventures either outside 1886, and the Flying Pro, designed 2018 Fall Meeting came away with on the veranda, or inside the Yardarm in 1898. Over 40 CCA members a stronger sense of camaraderie Bar. The original plan was to start the counted themselves fortunate to coupled with the information and evening event at 19:30, however the have experienced this Coconut Grove inspiration to continue moving the attraction to come together was so great treasure through Bill’s eyes. Cruising Club of America towards a all members were present and accounted After a morning of tours or relevant and vital future. for by 18:30! The responsive staff of meetings, the Coral Reef Yacht Club My heartfelt thanks go out Coral Reef Yacht Club handled this in veranda with it’s cool bay breezes, to the committee and the many stride and simply moved the dinner proved an ideal location for a buffet members, particularly the local (a sumptuous feast of key lime salad, lunch created in the spirit of South South Floridians, who assisted in conch chowder, Florida grouper and an Florida, with conch fritters, fried creating the perfect framework for innovative key lime pie) up 45 minutes. plantains, mahi mahi and a host our 2018 Fall Meeting. In the words Upon entering the dining room of other wonderful local dishes to of Michael Caine, the committee and members were greeted by a slide show choose from. volunteers were like a duck, “Calm depicting various CCA adventures and Friday evening found over 140 on the surface, but always paddling dinner tables were artfully adorned CCA members and guests enjoying like the dickens underneath”. Thank with floral creations hand made by cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at you Milt Baker! local members Pat Montgomery and the Biscayne Bay Yacht Club while After a long voyage we’ve reached Sally Willits. During dinner the Florida watching the full moon rise over the the shore and proudly pass the Station’s Rear Commodore, Barbara bay from the upstairs of this 1932 torch to the Boston station. Looking Watson, and Commodore, Brad coral rock clubhouse designed by forward to hearing of all your new Willauer, gave short speeches, and the famed architect Walter C. DeGarmo. adventures at the 2019 Fall Meeting. Bell was rung 25 times in remembrance During the party Commodore Brad of our fellow CCA members who have Willauer and his lovely wife Ann Pam Wall ‘crossed the bar’ since our last Annual were surprised with a 50th wedding Cruising Club of America 2018 Meeting in New York. Assigned table anniversary cake followed by a Fall Meeting Committee Chair places intentionally mingled members toast given by Vice Commodore Bob

10 FLORIDA STATION GAM REPORT FOR FALL MEETING 2018 PHOTOS

All photos this page by Barbara Watson

CCA Members Tad Lhamon, Jeb Embree, Barbara Ellis, Joyce Lhamon and Patti Young and Paul Hamilton Dianne Embree

Heather Chalmers Brooke and Joel Taliaferro, John Robinson and Karin Campia Heather Lalanne and Brooke Taliaferro

Suzie and Jim Binch Lisa Laing and Miami waterfront. Pam Wall telling Dev Barker all about running a Fall Meeting

Mark Ellis, Les Crane and VC Bob Medland John Robinson Ann Willauer and Charles Westropp

Eric Thyrre and Jeff Wisch Rob Beebe, Mark Ellis, Gerry Douglas Noelle Leca, Peter Stoops, Kate Wilkinson and Elise Thyrre

11 FLORIDA STATION GAM REPORT FOR FALL MEETING 2018 PHOTOS

All photos this page by Karin Campia

Sandy Vietor, Bob Green and Doug Bruce Marty and Paul Rogers, Karyn James Elise Thyrre, Pam Wall and Margy Robfogel

Dianne Embree and Carol McBee Barbara and Mark Ellis, Gaynelle Templin and Mags Crane James Phyfe, Tad Lhamon and Peter Darbee

Barbara Watson with the cake for Commodore Brad and Ann Betsy and Bob Baillie Dianne Embree, Jack Towle, Gaynelle Templin, Willauer on this their Golden Wedding Day! Gerry and Tina Douglas

Lisa Laing, Bill Munroe, Charles Westropp Munroe Yacht Design display at the Barnacle Patti Young at the Barnacle

Paul Hamilton and Patti Young, Mike McBee, Lisa Laing, Ed Henry, Elisabeth and Frank Bohlen Steve Calhoun, Gerry and Tina Douglas Pam and Chuck Cook 12 NEWS FROM STATIONS & POSTS

BERMUDA The weather cooperated and the An Island Setting. food and reception were fantastic. We The Bermuda Station is always enjoyed the spectacular location as we thrilled to host the Newport to heard from CCA Commodore Brad Bermuda Race, which has been a Willauer, Race Chairman, Jonathan major addition to the local calendar Brewin and BDA Rear Commodore

for over 100 years. I remember the Photo by Ralph Richardson Les Crane. The highlight of the spectacle in Hamilton Harbour when talks was the success of this year’s I was a very young boy, long before race, with the 169 vessel fleet and CCA members at the home of Alex and Sheelagh Cooper. the racing success of several CCA One of the highlights for the Bermuda Station is the privilege to host the CCA race reception. We have always had wonderful sea side residences for the reception where we could attend by car or boat, however Photo by Les Crane

Photo by Ralph Richardson 2018 was different. This time we were hosted by Alex and Sheelagh Cooper at their beautiful location on Hinson’s Island in Hamilton Harbour. As the RBYC is now without the Rear Commodore Bermuda Les Crane, Commodore Brad Willauer Ferry with the CCA members aboard. Cleopatra, one of the challenges for us the RBYC had a marina to host the this time was getting 150 people over skippers in the event with 38 CCA event. There would be scores of to the island with no option to travel vessels participating. Congratulations anchored across Hamilton Harbour, by land. It was decided to simply use to Chairman Jonathan and the BROC providing a most spectacular scene. the Government ferry which runs team for a job well done. Later, I served as a young fire officer regularly to the island to service the On behalf of all those who when the fire service was required to residents there. Each of the guests attended, I’d like to thank Alex and provide fire coverage for the yachts was handed two ferry tickets for the Sheelagh for their wonderful location at anchor. Some of our seasoned return trip. Seniors in Bermuda are and hospitality. It was indeed a members will remember the Police given a card which allows free bus pleasant evening with great company. Boat, Blue , which had to be and ferry passage. Some of us were We all look forward to the fitted out with a portable fire pump able to take advantage of the ride free. continued success of the Bermuda As there is no land transportation on Race and hopefully another opportu- the island, we all enjoyed a beautiful nity to visit the Coopers. walk along the scenic grassy path to Bermuda Station CCA, the lovely Cooper home. Ralph Richardson Photo by Ralph Richardson

Rear Commodore Bermuda Les Crane, Commodore Brad Willauer and Bermuda Race Chairman Jonathan Brewin Photo by Ralph Richardson and a fine selection of hoses, nozzles and life-saving equipment. I am not sure that the vessel was ever used in an emergency related to the race but we were certainly well prepared. Things have certainly changed since those days. Reception hosts, Alex and Sheelagh Cooper, standing with Commodore Brad.

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Bedford which was set up through BOSTON BOS Sailing Committee Chair Chip The Boston Station has over 440 Johns and executed wonderfully by members, many of whom are affiliated Jeff Gonsalves BOS/BUZ and Andy with one of its three Posts. These are, Herlihy BOS/BUZ. Jeff writes…… from south to north, the Narragansett Charlotte by Photo Cuttyhunk Island was the first stop Bay Post (BOS/NBP) with Post Captain of our Gam cruise on the Saturday Steve McInnis, the Buzzards Bay Post evening. It is at the western most end (BOS/BUZ) with Post Captain Larry of the Elizabethan Island chain which Hall and the Gulf of Maine Post (BOS/ extends from Woods Hole on Cape GMP) with its Post Captain Frank Cod westward for some ten miles Cassidy. Station Rear Commodore, and forms the southwest shore of Tim Surgenor, coordinates Station Buzzards Bay. It has a good anchorage activities with the Post Captains in the prevailing south westerlies and and the Station Officers. Gams are a a good protected inner pond mooring significant highlight and reported on Onwards to Padanaram with Emaline, Tim and Madeline Surgenor. field featuring a delightful Raw Bar below and in the following Post news. clubs. An attendance with broad boat that comes right to your mooring Next year’s hosting of the Fall meeting interests was facilitated by direct or anchorage. Cuttyhunk population in October in Boston and a major outreach to both members and other of some 20 people in winter swells to Station cruise are large forward events clubs with a personal invitation, a near 500 during the summer. Until in the planning stages. The Cruise will learning for future special events. The recently, it sourced its power from a have a whaling theme and feature the discussion, led by Ernie and Mark, diesel generator on the island. A recent four major historic whaling centers for was very well received with a number development was the startup of a 350kw our anchorages around the Cape and of great Q&A interactions. The solar field and battery bank for storage Islands with informative tours and talks. mixed audience had a high interest placed out of sight on a hillside facing The Boston Station held an after- in how the CCA is approaching new south - photo. This has significantly work Gam on Monday, April 30, and more stringent requirements reduced the islands oil demands and at “The Living Room” restaurant, for offshore race participants and noise level for local residents. 101 Atlantic Avenue, Boston from organizers. Many members also Cuttyhunk is conveniently situated 17:30 – 19:30. This event featured expressed an active interest in being for an easy day sail from all points in a discussion led by CCA members involved as instructors and sponsors Buzzards Bay as well as Narragansett Ernie Godshalk, Chair of the CCA’s of local programs. There was also a Bay, allowing for members from Safety & Seamanship Committee strong interest in safety “stories” that both the Narragansett and Buzzards and member of US Sailing’s Safety communicate practical tips about safety Bay Posts to conveniently join in the at Sea Committee and Mark Lenci, especially from younger members. For Gam. Some 35 participants arrived who would soon lead CCA’s safety example, when Mark discussed his on ten boats. The BOS/BUZ rum keg training programs. Mark writes experience of trying to get his chart duly arrived on Avatar having been that …….some 45 members braved plotter’s MOB function to work. appropriately blended and tested by a cold wet winter evening and were Our summer season commenced crew, Geoff and Kristin Marshall and joined by an enthusiastic number of with the Memorial Day Gam to myself, Jeff Gonsalves. non-CCA members from area yacht Cuttyhunk and Padanaram / New A group hiked the half hour walk out to the west end of the island to tour Seth Garfield’s Cuttyhunk Shellfish Oyster farm and all agreed it was a highlight. Seth invited attendees onto his oyster raft in West End pond and described the process of farming, tending and harvesting the oysters and littlenecks. Everyone got a chance to sample the offerings directly from the water. Seth and Dorothy Garfield started farming Oysters in West End Pond on Cuttyhunk in 1981 and since that time have grown

Group gathered at Hadley Harbor: Gian Luca Fiori, Joan Dalton, Dotte and Geoff Jenkins, Steve Taylor, Nancy McKelvy, Ellen the business from the dockside and Watson, Jack Towle, Sally Curtin, Don Watson, Victor Pinheiro.

14 NEWS FROM STATIONS & POSTS floating raw bar boat in the harbor were available for easy viewing. visited the harbor multiple times, most to lobster bakes and beyond to Station Treasurer Kathleen O’Donnell had only imagined what lay inside of catered events on the mainland. On graciously welcomed many members the deep red sheds at the head of the returning from the shellfish farm, the as well as non-members and answered pier on this very private compound. Garfield’s kindly hosted the group on questions about the start of the race. Thanks go to Jeff Gonsalves for their lawn overlooking Cuttyhunk The Gam extended to a cruise to Point arranging for his good friend Dick harbor for some delicious raw bar Judith and Block Island utilizing the Howland to host us and lead the and chowder washed down with the Club moorings off Bonnell Beach in tour. The inside of the shed didn’t Buzzards Bay Post rum keg. Geoff New Harbor. The Keg ensured that a disappoint. A freshly varnished and Kristen Marshall’s son Dylan who good time was had by all. H12 1/2 sat on the single marine had a summer job with the Oyster August saw activities move to railway that led out the front doors Farm helped serve out chowder. The Maine with a joint BOS/GMP Gam at and down the few yards to the water. weather and setting were perfect and Wooden Boat in Brooklin led by Frank Around the well worn but orderly the oysters were delicious. Cassidy, Post Captain. See the writings shop with its time honed patina and The weather turned a bit spicy on of GMP for details. in the rafters overhead were all the Sunday giving everyone who sailed The last of the sailing season spare parts, worn out bits and pieces, on to Padanaram an exhilarating on water Gams was the Columbus and tools and materials needed to sail across Buzzards Bay whilst Weekend Gam and was held in maintain the community’s active fleet some headed back to Newport. The Buzzards Bay with Post Captain Larry of small traditional boats. It was just New Bedford Yacht Club welcomed Hall and Jeff Gonsalves coordinating the sort of work in which all of approximately 70 members on Sunday events at Hadley Harbor and on the us could dream of happily doing our evening, May 27th. The choice of second night at Beverly Yacht Club. off-season nautical puttering. Outside a land-accessible second night Tim O’Keeffe (BOS/Buz) recounts…… on the dock were the other four of the destination is helpful in facilitating With bright sun and temperatures five Herreshoff 12 ½’s. Together, these members that yet have to launch in the low 70’s the Boston Station were in the first delivery of the new their boats. Hors d’oeuvres were members attending the fall Gam in “Buzzards Bay Boys Boat” delivered in planned outside under the tent, but Hadley Harbor on October 6th could 1914 from the Herreshoff Manufacturing with a chilly evening they were be forgiven for mistaking it for a Co. in Bristol, R.I. and continue in moved upstairs to the main dining perfect July day in that delightful remarkably original condition. room and were followed by a family anchorage. However, knowing how From there we headed over to style dinner featuring salmon and rare such days will be in the weeks the moored three boat raft made steak. An excellent time was had ahead added an upbeat note for the up of Larry Hall’s Gunsmoke with followed by a talk on the Right roughly 50 CCA members on about 20 Paul Busheuff’s Hussar to port and Whale. The speaker was Dr. Michael vessels that attended the final on the Bob Morris’s Apogee to starboard for Moore the Director of the Marine water event of the BOS 2018 season. chowder, BYO appetizers, and dueling Mammal Center at the Woods Hole Of particular interest was an rum kegs. The camaraderie and Oceanographic Institute. Michael invitation to tour the side by side refreshments were made all the more is an expert in the North Atlantic Naushon boat and machine shops. enjoyable by the ensuing sunset on Right Whale and spoke about whale While virtually all of the gang had this soft fall evening. entanglement and new technologies which could be implemented to prevent whales getting caught in line-based fishing gear. Michael did a similar talk at TEDxProvincetown which you can access at https:// youtu.be/vhkY_Ny-sBA. In June the BOS Station along with the NBP held a Gam at Castle Hill during the start of the Newport Bermuda Race. Post Captain Steve McInnis writes...... the NBP established a club table at the Castle Hill overlooking the start area with its great vista. A generous supply of scratch sheets and race documents Cockpit conversations on Paul Bushueff’s Aage Nielsen’s , HUSSAR, rafted alongside of GUNSMOKE for the Gam: Bill Cook, Harriet Linskey, Nancy McKelvy and Tim O’Keeffe.

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The Sunday was again a fine day and Nancy joined Ernie Godshalk’s while the crew returned to enjoy the though a little cooler and with a dying Golden Eye and David Tunick’s North, summer in Nova Scotia. breeze. The Hadley party broke up poised to take part in the Stockholm Judy, David and Nick returned as the morning wore on and found Archipelago cruise in 2019. to the in early September various routes to Marion for a fine and sailed/motored to Cascais, near Dave Curtain, Historian evening with dinner at the always Lisbon, arriving eight days later. welcoming Beverly Yacht Club. Rear The plan had been to go to Vigo Commodore Tim Surgenor thanked all BRAS D’OR but Hurricane was fast present for making the weekend such approaching so a southern route a pleasure and for contributions to the The 2018 Bras d’Or station sailing prevailed. Judy noted, “It was very hard activities of the station. He closed with season began with the return in early to leave Semper Vivens for the winter a safety moment flagging the values May of Hans Himmelman’s Delawana but another adventure is awaiting the and opportunities for training in first to her dock in St. Margaret’s Bay crew. A huge thanks to Dennis and his aid skills such as first responder, EMT after a winter of cruising around wisdom and Phil Wash for all his hard and CPR courses. Guadeloupe. Making up part of work to prep the boat. Bonnie and Rick In closing, a number of passages his crew for the voyage home were Salsman also provided guidance and are worth flagging briefly for interest. CCA members Reg Goodday, Sandy advice along with Hans Himmelman and Andrew Kallfez BOS/NBP made MacMillan and Gene Gardner. our ever-faithful weather guru, Sandy a cruise and delivery trip starting in On May 12 station members MacMillan. As Dennis always says, ‘We March in Wisconsin for the inshore gathered on the Aspotogan Peninsula, all need each other!’” passage to Newport via the lakes, east of Chester, for a spring hike to In June Wilson Fitt and his son canals, Hudson River, New York and Castle Rock. Everyone participating in Jason (who completed a double- Long Island Sound in his newly- the hike commented on the spectacular handed transatlantic together a few purchased Arcona 46, Safir. The rig was views of Mahone Bay. After the hike years back) delivered Christina Grant trucked from near Buffalo to Catskill other members joined the group to from Chester, Nova Scotia to the NY while they worked the canal enjoy the warmth and hospitality of a Wooden Boat Show at . system. They report a good Spring trip meal at the home of Rear Commodore Wilson’s wife Thelma drove down arriving in Newport in mid-June. Gretchen and Kit McCurdy. with another son and two grandkids. Tom Kiley (BOS/GMP) and his wife Judy Robertson’s Advance 40, The youngsters stayed aboard the Ry Hills completed a 50 week Atlantic Semper Vivens, is snuggled away for boat during the weekend of the show, Circuit on their 37’ Aage Nielsen the winter in Rota, . On May 29, enjoying the Seaport’s atmosphere, Snow Star in June. Their route was 2018 Judy, her 19-year-old daughter the crowds of people and all the from home base Camden to the Azores Marine, fellow Bras d’Or Station wonderful boats, large and small, in time for the CCA 2017 Club cruise member Dennis Linton, and Judy’s with their acres of gleaming varnish. and onto the Canaries. Their passages partner David Sawatzky quietly sailed Skipper and crew were especially continued via the , Bahamas out of the Northwest Arm headed for gratified to win a first prize in the and back to Camden in June. A valued Horta, Azores. After 17 days (two and privately maintained sailboat category. feature was the inclusion of many a half days being hove to due to quite After the show ended, Wilson and young people in their crew including nasty weather) the crew was greeted Thelma spent an enjoyable (although their two daughters who stood their on the wharf in Horta by Marine’s hot and generally windless) two own watches on ocean legs. beau, Nick. Semper Vivens stayed weeks cruising back home to Nova Steve McInnis completed a successful in Horta for the next two months Scotia, seeing places they hadn’t transatlantic from Newport’s Harbor visited for fifteen years or more. Court to Cowes in 19 days (17 to Cruising in New England was a bit Lizard) with a crew of five onMaverick , of an eye opener after years in the a Hanse 505. At the halfway point, relatively remote waters of Nova they held a brief ceremony in memory Scotia and points east. With only a few of Bjorn Johnson, who had been the exceptions, the harbors were crowded first one to sign on for the trip. They Photo by Mary Filbee and lobster pots were like colorful scattered some of his ashes and tossed sprinkles on cake icing. Tourists overboard a tribute to him sealed in a were starting to arrive in droves as bottle. On arrival in Cowes, Steve and the 4th of July approached and small crew were joined by Nancy. Maverick boats buzzed around everywhere. then spent the summer and early Fall An encounter with a high-speed cat cruising to Stockholm where Steve L-R - David Archibald (balancing), Peter Watts, David Stanfield, ferry in tide-swept Woods Hole on Rear Commodore Gretchen McCurdy, Kathy Greenwood.

16 NEWS FROM STATIONS & POSTS one of the few , rainy days will race Bill was called to the podium to be seared into Wilson’s memory for receive several awards for Airborne a long time! But everyone along the IV’s strong showing in her class. way was very friendly and the warm Airborne then returned to Nova Scotia welcomes and meals offered by CCA in time for Bill to prep her as lead ship members Ted and Liz Brainard in for our station’s 100 Wild Island cruise Photo by Mary Filbee Marion, Massachusetts and Peter and to the eastern shore of Nova Scotia. Liza Chandler in Small Point Harbour, The carefully planned and much Maine were memorable. anticipated 100 Wild Island Cruise On June 23 the station rafted became a highlight for our station this up in the protected anchorage of summer. Bill Greenwood (Airborne IV) Glooscap II Christina Grant Gifford Island, Mahone Bay. Barbara and Judy Robertson (Semper Vivens) Woodies leading the way, and and Peter Watts’ Katahdin acted have been instrumental in the very a week they only progressed about as mother ship for the event with successful 100 Wild Islands Campaign twenty miles along the coast as far as members gathering for dinner and a established by the Nova Scotia Harbour and then back to Shelter social aboard the vessel’s generously Nature Trust to acquire and preserve Cove. They saw only two other yachts accommodating saloon table. a long swath of the offshore islands, not a part of the CCA cruise. When Kit and Rear Commodore Gretchen described as an ecological treasure, the time came to get back to the west, McCurdy sailed their Kehaar IV to the gods smiled again and provided the Bras d’Or Lakes in July. The first a clear day with a moderate north- week was energized by the presence easterly breeze. As Bill exclaimed, “It of three grandchildren under seven does not get any better than that!” years of age, along with their mother. Respected high latitude sailors John Rear Commodore Gretchen noted, “It Harries and Phyllis Nickel, aboard Photo by Mary Filbee was fun to watch the young ones fall in Morgan’s Cloud, circumnavigated love with boating and become comfortable Newfoundland this summer. John with being around the water. It was a writes, “Over the past 25 years Phyllis particularly rewarding and heart-warming and I have visited Newfoundland many week for the proud grandparents. The times on our McCurdy and Rhodes , Supper aboard Philharmonic. Gifford’s Island. L-R - Erwin Morgan’s Cloud Bras d’Or Lakes never lose their charm Wanderer, Charles Westropp, David Archibald, Thelma Costello, , but almost always Wilson Fitt, Kathy Greenwood, Liza Chandler, Peter Chandler, on the way to or from cruising grounds Jim Evans, Bill Greenwood further to the north. So we decided to largely undisturbed by humans make this year’s cruise a leisurely three since the last ice age. This stretch of month counterclockwise circumnavigation Nova Scotia coastline running from of “The Rock” visiting some old haunts Halifax east to Canso is guarded by but most of all spending time in places Photo by John Harries intimidating rocks, deeply indented that were new to us, particularly in Notre with islands and coves and is very Dame Bay. And so it was. Highlights sparsely populated. included Little Bay Islands, Fogo Harbour, Last year Bill proposed a station the ever-friendly town and marina at cruise through these waters but was Lewisporte, and the new bomb proof Dinner aboard Katahdin, Gifford’s Island. L-R - Phyllis Nickel, Beth Apold, Will Apold, Mary Filbee, Kit McCurdy, Hans defeated by weather. This year the federal fishing wharves at Fermeuse, Himmelman, Dani Himmelman, David Archibald, Barbara Watts, gods smiled, the sun shone, and a where we weathered the remains of Peter Watts, Rear Commodore Gretchen McCurdy Bras d’Or station fleet (augmented Hurricane Chris in perfect shelter.” and provide endless anchorages, both by Peter and Liza Chandler (BOS/ familiar and new. It was a beautiful hot GMP) aboard their Lord George) set summer in Nova Scotia with light winds out in a good south-westerly breeze making for very easy sailing and lots of to a first rendezvous at Owls Head motor-sailing.” Bay, about 35 miles east of Halifax. From there they spent a very leisurely Bras d’Or Station’s Bill Greenwood time working east, creeping through and crew, including fellow CCA narrow rocky inshore passages, Photo by Mary Filbee members David Stanfield and Phil anchoring in sheltered coves, Wash, sailed Airborne IV in this year’s swimming at white sandy beaches Newport-Bermuda race. Following the and sharing fine foods and wines. In East Beach Shelter Cove

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CHESAPEAKE The Chesapeake Station said “Hats Off to the Sailing Season” at the kick-off event of our 2018 Spring

Photo by Colin Speedie Cruise on May 18th. Hosted by Doug and Becky Firth in their beautiful home overlooking LaTrappe Creek the sometimes rainy weather did not dampen the spirits of all in attendance. The evening was capped off by a “Hat Contest” featuring a parade of head coverings judged in

Fall Raft up Scott Cove On September 8 the Bras d’Or Station fall raft up was held in Scott Cove, located northwest of Prospect and north of Clarke Island. A record turnout of fifteen vessels, including sail and power, mono and multi-

Photo by John Harries , rafted together in the quaint sheltered cove. Those in attendance were rewarded, over cocktails, by a spectacular sunset. A potluck

supper followed, with seating for Bill Read tells the story of his N2B hat at the all easily accommodated aboard CHE Spring Cruise Hat Party Delawana and Katahdin. Winter plans are underway for the categories of “Oldest Hat” – (an 1887 some station members to head woven hat worn by Sten Rasmussen, south, including Sandy MacMillan a guest of the Firths)”, “Best Hat with taking Manana to the Abacos and a Story” –(a well worn, frequently Fred Voegeli returning to Frisco repaired, brimmed and rubberized which is currently hauled in Jolly sailing hat sported by Andrew Harbour, Antigua. Armstrong) and “Royal Wedding- Morgan’s Cloud alongside Fermeuse Ready or Preakness-Prepped” –(Bev David F. Arenburg, Historian Crump’s Top Hat bested a colorful assortment of ladies hats.) Photo by John Harries

Whale off Bonivista Bev Crump and a bevy of beauties were Royal Wedding Ready!

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It was a good thing everyone Officer Ted Parish. In August, Tony ESSEX brought their competitive ‘A Game’ Parker placed 2nd in the J24 Nationals to the Friday night festivities, as once in Casco Bay, Maine On March 16 the opening again this year the Spring Cruise Avoiding the typically hot, calm, gathering of the Hauraki Gulf CCA Race for the Goldborough Trophy was and, this year, rainy weather on the cruise 2018 was held at the Royal called because of weather. Instead, Chesapeake, many CHE members New Zealand Yacht Squadron. And the fleet occupied themselves with headed north to cruise in Maine, what a fantastic time it was. The naps, the chance to explore historic including Chase and Josie Anderson, cruise is covered in detail in a Cambridge, MD, leisurely, sometimes aboard Bonnie Rye after a winter separate article, but our station was wet, trips from La Trappe Creek to in ; Jon and Dorothy well represented by the Bohlens, Slaughter Creek, and the last of the Goldweitz, who sailed with NYS and Connors, Embrees, Fords and McBees. Rum Keg. That evening we gathered BOS friends; and Margy and Jim It is a long way to go from the East at Famous Palm Beach Willies for Robfogel who cruised Ping to Lake Coast, (if you go any further you cocktails and dinner and shared plans Champlain. Others headed north and start to return), but we would all like for summer on the water. east to Scotland, including Ted and to do it again. Clucas on Manxman (Ted along Given that your scribe was in New with Bill Read, Jonathan Goldweitz Zealand, and RC Bob Green was and Doug Rollow delivered Manxman at his son’s wedding, Past RC Dick to Isle of Mann last summer). Joining Holliday reported on the March 24 Ted and Annie this summer as they special luncheon held at the Cottrell cruised from Dublin, Ireland to Brewery in Stonington – Westerly, Northern Ireland and Scotland were RI. Our speakers were twin brothers CHE Fleet Captain Margy Robfogel, Chuck and Art Paine. We had guests Bill Read and Barbara Ragan, and from both NYS and BOS. Steve Jonathan and Dorothy Goldweitz. Taylor’s (BOS) yacht Meridian was Manxman is now hauled for the winter designed by Chuck Paine, as was Bill Hord, Roel Hoekstra, Jeff McCarron, Martha Thomson, near Oban, Scotland. Tom and Dorothy Wadlow’s Joyant. and Kate Hoekstra enjoy cocktails on the CHE Spring Cruise The 2018 Star World Championship The Paine brothers were lots of fun came to the Region and kept the audience with them the The CHE fleet kept busy racing in early October, specifically Oxford, whole time. Art and Chuck brought and cruising this summer…mostly , home of several CHE their paintings with them and may way, way off the Bay. In June, the CHE members. The Regatta Chair was even have sold one or two. Lunch was well represented in the Newport Andrew Parish (CHE) and several was served after the talk, the room to Bermuda Race, on the water and station members from both sides of the was cold, but there was lots of food, in the winner’s circle. In July Phil Bay took active roles to make and the hot soup was a hit. Parish and his crew aboard Grey Ghost sure the event was a success On May 15th a celebration of placed 1st in class, ORC Full Crew, In early May, before we suspended life was held for former National in the Halifax-St.Pierre Race and our monthly CHE luncheons for the Commodore Robert E. Drew. It took winning the Trophee Marie de Saint- summer, Rear Commodore Cary place at the Club in Essex, Pierre! Crew members included Tyler Thomson and wife Martha, along with and was attended by numerous CCA Johnson (CHE) and Austin Parish, Margy and Jim Robfogel shared photos members from many stations. Past Phil’s grandson and son of CHE Safety and stories of their America’s Great Commodores, as well as our present Loop Adventures. On September 11, Commodore, Brad Willauer, came 2018 the luncheons resumed with a great distances to say a few words roundtable recap of summer sailing and pay their respects to this man and cruising, and on October 9 we who gave so much to our Club. Bob’s returned, after nearly 2 years, to the family brought several examples of his newly renovated, post fire Annapolis fine woodworking for us to admire. Yacht Club, where we will hold our The Dauntless Club , a Strong Annual Meeting and Dinner on 2-gauge which Bob loved, was fired October 21, 2018. twice in his honor. He will be missed. We changed the venue of our May Cary Thomson, Rear Commodore monthly luncheon and spent the 17th in Newport, RI. Dan Biemesderfer Margy Robogel, Ellen Crawford, John Devlin and Susan Devlin at Famous Palm Beach Willies, did a fine job organizing a great on Slaughter Creek, MD

19 NEWS FROM STATIONS & POSTS day. We met at Fort where Midtown Oyster Bar. We had a large we left our cars and took the water room to ourselves where we enjoyed taxi across the harbor to IYRS a gourmet meal, after which it was (International Yacht Restoration back to Fort Adams and the Volvo School) School of Technology and Village. There were many interesting Trades. Here we were given a guided exhibits and videos as well as the tour of the facilities starting with Volvo open 70’s. They are fascinating the shops for boat building and restoration. This included a walk around the , the 131 foot yacht designed by William Townsend and built in 1885 for Rufus T. Bush. It is Sean Saslo and Janet Reisman CCA ESS at their home in Maine when they hosted a lobster and steak a massive project which is taking dinner for the ESS Maine Cruise Photo by Ami Green years to complete. Then it was on to Dorothy, who is terrific and made each the Brooks Building, a new 4-floor search fun. The day started out very facility. One of the floors is dedicated foggy, but cleared in the late morning. exclusively to fiber technology, and In the afternoon when the WH15 races another to 3D printers and the lathes were about to start, it got rather dark that mill the objects designed. It was Dennis Powers at Peggy’s Cove lighthouse and the heavens opened. There was absolutely fascinating. What they can thunder and , and strong wind do with these totally leading edge sailing machines. Boy those guys and gusts. Visibility got down to 30 feet. machines is almost unbelievable. gals are a hardy lot! Carol Connor and Dick Holliday were IYRS is where the CCA trophies are Amelia Louise Green (Aimee), on the race and got drenched, the fleet on display, and although most of the our Cruise Chairperson, made the wound up all over the harbor, and the items were on their way to Bermuda, following report on our spring cruise race was called. the Clingstone Cannon trophy was which she had so nicely organized. there. This award was given to the Little Narragansett Bay in Watch Museum of Yachting by the Wharton Hill, RI, was our destination for the family in memory of those loved ones Friday, June 1 Spring Cruise. Six boats enriched by the experience of yachting – Ceilidh, Cloud Racer, Everbreeze, on Narragansett Bay. The trophy is Felix PDQ, Lilly and Scallywag II – awarded annually to the boat and shared two outer moorings in the quiet its owner which, and who, personify harbor, with Felix PDQ providing a the ideals, spirit and sportsmanship of classic Corinthian yachting. When the award was first organized in 1997, our own Chris Wick volunteered to be on the Selection Committee, but was told he could not be a member of the Committee, as he was going to be the Dianne Embree at Perry Creek, ME first recipient! Photo by Charles Starke After the tour of IYRS, we moved Participation in the cruise down the street for lunch at the increased on Saturday evening as Maine GAM Breakfast at Jones Cove, ME many members arrived by car to steady platform for the potluck dinner. enjoy the Pub Menu at the recently This took place after our in-house ‘elevated’ Watch Hill Yacht Club. The ornithologist, Dorothy Wadlow, led us Club had a major rebuild in 2006, on an informative bird watch to Napatree however two years ago it became

Photo by Ami Green Point. With scopes and binoculars necessary to lift the Clubhouse 15 wrapped around our necks, we saw additional feet due to rising water Skimmers, Ruddy Turnstones, Willets concerns. The nine-month project and the nearly invisible Piping Plovers can be viewed in QuickTime at which magically appeared. Yearning for www.sailingscuttlebutt.com. Search more sightings, we returned to the mile- ‘Raising the Watch Hill Yacht Club’ long ribbon of sand on Saturday with and enjoy this fascinating video. Chris Wick with the Clingstone cannon trophy

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On June 7th, Louis Meyer left of July most of the 38 sailors who learned about Hurricane Island Stonington, CT and single-handed signed up to participate in the and its important mission from the Strummer, his 1967 Hinckley August 6th Maine Cruise were staff, who gave us a tour to the top 35 to Horta on the island of Faial in underway to Jones Cove on the of the Island. This was cut a bit the Azores. The trip took just over 3 Damariscotta River as Cruise short when our guide stepped on a weeks, but when he arrived he had Co-Chair Janet Riesman, and her yellow-jacket nest! Staff members to anchor off the harbor for 2 days were invited back to Intrepid to join as the seas were too rough to make a in a fenders-over-the-side pasta landing. Once on shore he met David dinner and liquid refreshments. It Bridges (FLA) on Blue Yonder. From would be an understatement to say the Azores Louis continued on to that the cruise was a success – all participants were extremely well cared for by our welcoming hosts, in Photo by Carol Connor a perfect Maine setting. Also in August, Dennis Powers spent 11 days cruising in Nova Scotia

Spring GAM in Watch Hill with Tom Wadlow, Jeb Embree, Paul Connor and RC Robert Green

husband Sean Saslo, prepared and hosted a fabulous lobster/steak cookout under a tent at their home in South Bristol. For those arriving by boat – Cloud Racer, Everbreeze, Encore, Pastime, Dawnpiper and Windermere – secure moorings were made available Tom and Dorothy Wadlow’s Felix at Mark Ellis’s in Jones Cove near the Saslo’s Dumfounder Island in the Thousand Islands yacht Intrepid; transportation was provided from the waterfront to the aboard a friend’s 1996 Hinckley activities. Not a single detail was Southwester 42 Jacqueline IV. They overlooked by Janet in her planning left from Northeast Harbor, ME, of the week’s activities, which on August 23 and sailed across to made everything flow beautifully. Lunenberg, NS, where by chance Breakfast the next morning was they met Ray and Wendy Cullum of Stan White’s ashore at the Riesman cottage, BOS/BUZ. Dennis and his friends Madeira, which took another 7 days. and after a buffet breakfast which then traveled down the coast, visiting There he met Steve and Karyn James included the promised ‘fabulous Peggy’s Cove and Mahone Bay. They (FLA) on Threshold. Strummer is now blueberry muffins,’ no-one left the also enjoyed Lunenberg’s many on the hard in Madeira, and Louis harbor hungry. Two days later, with attractions, including the new single plans on returning single-handed to the rum keg refilled and secure batch rum distillery. They sailed back the U.S. in January 2019. in the hands of Dick Holliday and down the coast to Shelburne, and the On July 13 Stan White participated Mike McBee aboard Everbreeze, Janet Cape Cod Canal, where they cleared in the Off-shore 160 single-handed arranged a history/sustainability in, before returning to Bay Shore on race held in Newport, RI. The race tour of Hurricane Island. Our group the south side of Long Island. As in is a qualifier for the Bermuda 1-2 previous trips, they saw a whale off which he plans on doing in 2019. Fire Island (this time a humpback) The turning marks of the race are 25 but a bit too close, as it nearly hit miles beyond Montauk, NY, then off their centerboard. Gay Head on Martha’s Vineyard, MA, The Wadlows spent January and back to Newport. The distance through March in Stuart, FL living is about 142 nm. Sailing his 2017 aboard and working on their new-to- Xc38, Niels Jeppesen sloop Lark, Stan them PDQ 41 power cat named Felix. took second place in Class B, behind Photo by Richard Holliday She is 10 years old and was in need Murray Beach (BOS). of a refit. They started out north from As Aimee reports, by the end Stuart on the ICW in early April to do Everbreeze

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FLORIDA Florida Station members have been busy cruising again this past summer. The GAM didn’t hear from all of everyone, but here’s a good sampling Photo by Dennis Powers that shows beyond question the station still has its cruising chops. Atle Moe and Kristina Thyrre returned to their Nordhavn 57 in for the summer and sent this report:

The 2018 cruising destination for the two of us aboard Summer Star was western northern Norway, and fjords, family, friends and fun dominated our Whale off Fire Island summer cruising. Our starting point was the Great Loop, i.e. to circumnavigate On arrival in Alton Illinois, Tom and our northernmost stop was in the eastern portion of the U.S. was honored as being a distant Tromsø. At 69 degrees north, that’s a bit Tom and Dorothy took a two month relative of Robert Wadlow, the tallest north of the Arctic Circle. ‘time out’ from Looping in May and man in the world (8’11”), who hailed The two of us typically live onboard June to spend some time at home in from Alton. The water level there our boat for half the year and at our home CT with friends and family. A high was very low, resulting in some in Florida for the other half. For obvious point was joining the ESS Spring vessels getting stuck or having their reasons our cruising season has been cruise to Watch Hill in June. strainers and pumps filled with spring through fall during the last few In July they returned to the Loop muck, but Felix’s 3’ draft avoided that years while cruising in Northern . and headed north on the Hudson problem. Just a few miles further from New York. They did half of south the water was 17’ above normal the Erie Canal, then the Oswego for that time of year. Canal, and crossed Lake Ontario. When last heard from on Another highlight was visiting September 24, the Wadlows were Mark and Barbara Ellis at their in Kentucky, where they are seeing cabin on Dumfounder Island in the more sailboats than previously. 1,000 islands. Next came several They were in time for the Paducah Photo by Kristina Thyrre weeks transiting the Trent-Severn annual BBQ contest, which attracted Waterway from Lake Ontario to Lake 40,000 visitors, and Dorothy had Huron doing 44 locks, including her moment of fame when she was some engineering wonders. The interviewed by the local paper and The island of Espevær was one of our first stops on the western coast of Norway. The wharves are all privately fascinating thing about the Loop is had her photo on the front page! owned, but visitors are welcome to tie up in exchange the variety of cruising experiences. They planned to leave Lake Barkley, for a small dockage fee. After beautiful scenery and KY and head upstream on the anchorages in Georgian Bay and the Tennessee River. North Channel, they experienced an Jeb Embree, Historian entirely different scene in Mackinac Island, and traveling south on the Photo by Atle Moe east coast of Lake Michigan. The lake had a constant stream of weather challenges to bestow. After exploring they headed south on the Illinois River. Locks here were primarily for commercial traffic, with PCs (Pleasure craft) being secondary. REMEMBER TO So they learned towboat and barge Many of the coastal ports we visited in Norway are not very PAY YOUR DUES large, and the dockage fees are often paid on the honor system. lingo and rules. ONLINE! Here, on the island of Espevær, Kristina is seen dropping our dockage fee into a literal “hole in the wall”.

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Norway’s coast has many small fishing harbors. Just 10 The water of northern Norway is so clear it reminds us of the Carib- Bob Baillie and Steffan Agnetun enjoy one of people live on this island in northern Norway, and one of the bean, but take our word for it: it’s a lot colder. Our guest Stephanie Bermuda’s great vistas. locals came out on his boat to tell us that we were more than Morris is out exploring the surrounding islands by kayak welcome to use the old fish processing dock since it was no longer in operation. As fishing boats have gotten larger and larger, the receiving and processing of fish has become more centralized in Norway, and many smaller fish processing operations have closed down. Photo by Bridges David Photo by Kristina Thyrre Photo by Greg Allard

Many people enjoy cruising with their pets, and we are no exception. Our cat MoMo has cruised with us since 2012. Here A running downwind. MoMo is out on the dock inspecting an old fishing boat docked next to us - he decided that Summer Star is more comfortable

Yes, there really is the Midnight Sun. This shot was taken at the stroke of midnight in the town of Henningsvær part, of the Lofoten Island chain. From left: Vivian Johannesen, Atle Moe, Kristina Thyrre, Barbara and Greg Allard. Photo by Greg Allard Photo by Bridges David Photo by Atle Moe

OK, two happy cruisers in their dinghy in Lofoten Islands in northern Norway. Do we need to say more?

Here a report from David Bridges Many of the ports we visited in Norway are used mainly by and Marilyn Doughty cruising in the local fishing fleets. Here Summer Star is docked in the town of Sørvågen amongst a fleet of fishing boats. We found the local Azores and points east aboard David’s fishermen to be super nice, and all were curious about our Valiant 40 Blue Yonder: Marilyn Doughty hiking along the aqueduct in the Faial rainforest. boat and our cruising plans. We love meeting local people as we travel, and it is a big part of our pleasure to meet and learn The two of us had a wonderful 13½-day from the locals about their lives and traditions. In the Bahamas last winter, my mate, passage from St Georges, Bermuda, Marilyn Doughty, and I made the decision to Horta on the Island of Faial in the to cross the Atlantic this summer....and we Azores, arriving mid-June, just in time did it! An OCC friend, Staffan Agnetun, for an OCC Rally and the celebration sailed with me in May to Bermuda, while of the 100th anniversary of the famous Marilyn enjoyed family events in Norfolk. Peter’s Cafe Sport, one of the world’s top In Bermuda, we got to spend time with ten sailor bars. There we found 46 OCC fellow CCA friends Bob and Betsy Baillie

Photo by Stephanie Morris boats including CCA member, Mark Scott (BDA) of Belair, enjoying island life, (NYS) aboard his 38-foot sloop Lone including the first Fitted Dinghy races of Rival. While we were there another CCA the season. Summer Star’s member, Louis Meyer (ESS), sailed in crew, Kristina and Atle, out hiking on the Staffan headed to Sweden, and Marilyn island of Senja. If you look closely you’ll see Summer Star from Connecticut in his lovely Hinckley docked at the harbor below. Yes, we are still north of 69 degrees rejoined Blue Yonder for her first-ever 35 Strummer. north, and the weather was unusually warm so no need for ocean passage longer than a single night. sweaters and jackets on this day.

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We spent the next 2½ months exploring six of the Azores’ nine beautiful main islands, taking a wonderful quick trip home to for a week on a fresh water lake with my two daughters, their husbands and the grandkids. We survived Photo by Bridges David that and had a blast!

Early September found us heading to Photo by Lauren Chodkowski Morocco, but a mechanical issue diverted The giant Horta Marina, best-known marina in the Azores, is a A canal stone marker bearing a Tinker Bell image greeted Straight On Till Morning great summer cruising crossroads for cruisers. us to the Madeira Island group with the in Metz. first stop in Porto Santo for a week. The engine repairs are in process and we hope to be off again soon, continuing our excellent summer of cruising adventures. Ken Hege and Pat Montgomery sent their report and beautiful images

Photo by Bridges David from the Swedish town of Henan on

the western island of Orust: Photo by Lauren Chodkowski Our summer began at the crossroads The island of Pico’s 7,713-foot Mount Pico, the tallest mountain in , as seen from Horta Marina. Mount Pico is more of French canals, St. Jean de Losne than twice as high as any other mountain in the Azores chain. on the Soane, and took us through Origami boats lined up in neat rows on the canal of Metz. the canals of northeastern As evening descends, the simple vessels illuminate. and and into the Baltic Sea. After covering 800 nautical miles, 166 locks and 2 tunnels, our Shucker 43 Straight On Till Morning arrived at the mouth of the Baltic Sea near Lubeck in northern Germany. Photo by unknown passerby Photo by Lauren Chodkowski

David and Marilyn show off their newly-painted sign for Blue Yonder at Horta Marina. Leaving behind a sign is a tradition for cruisers calling at Horta. Tradition has it that if you leave Temple Neuf as seen from our slip in Metz. When the sun behind a sign, you’ll definitely return to Horta to revisit it. goes down the city turns on its lights. Photo by Lauren Chodkowski Photo by Bridges David Photo by Lauren Chodkowski To protect the grapes from the winds, Azorian viticulture uses mostly terraced vineyards like this one on Sao Jorge. A typical medieval town on the canals. Typical of the medieval cities lining the canals, the cathedrals of Metz house art and stained class by Chagall and Cocteau. Photo by unknown sailor Photo Montgomery by Pat Photo by Maire Montgomery

David, Marilyn and Mark Scott (NYS) enjoy a meal in Horta. The proverbial light at the end of the tunnel: Ken steers Straight On Till Morning thru the 650-meter Souterrain de Savoyeux tunnel on the canal de Vosges. Cochem, Gemany, on the Moselle River.

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freighters acknowledged by lowering small Swedish town of Henan on the their own. A parade of vessels zoomed by western island of Orust—perfect staging to port and starboard, winking with their for exploring the open beauty of the blueboards and we steered clear. Skargaard, crossing the Gota Canal and • . Most people are joining the 2019 Swedish cruise. greeted by the iconic statue, but we were greeted with buff boys

Photo by Maire Montgomery (mermen) perched atop the cruise ship pilings—how they arrived there is anyone’s guess! We squeezed ourself Steep vineyards line the Moselle River, where every vertical inch is planted. down the canal of Christianshaven, narrowed by boats moored 2-3 deep. Once parked we sat for a week and watched the Danes boat and bike by the waterfront, enjoying life, rain or shine. • Helsingor. Situated at the narrowest point between and Sweden—only three miles separate the

Photo Montgomery by Pat shores—stands a large castle erected to collect tolls for passage north or south. The castle was made famous in Shakespeare’s Hamlet and conducts Canal Life in Copenhagen. reenactments of the play throughout Our mast (stored in Marseille) was tours. As we sat beneath the fortified ’s 2018 Cruise. reunited with the boat for the first time walls the castle began to sing...literally in four years, and we set out to sea with sing! Our stop coincided with the From Charlie and Heather LaLanne the last 364 miles unencumbered by annual Shakespeare festival and we were came this report: lock queues, rental boat havoc and speed serenaded nightly. limits...a whole new world of cruising • Marstrand. After winding Our Hinckley 49 Nellie spent the awaited, providing we remembered to through a narrow canal, we emerged summer cruising from Lubeck, Germany, look up (bridge clearance), watch the with the castle of Marstrand and tall- through Denmark to Sweden and Norway. depth, check the weather and dust off our masted in the background. The In Lubeck, we met CCA member Evans navigation skills! sun was shining brightly (every town in Hoyt (NYS) and his wife, Rebecca in their High points of this summer’s Sweden improves with sunshine) and a 48-foot cutter . They live aboard include: boat show was in full swing. their boat full time, have great stories about • Metz. A colorful artsy city • Friends. One of our guests their wide ranging cruising adventures, and northwest of Strasbourg. Our boat was named Pat the “ambassador” as she was were a lot of fun to be with. moored in a park-like setting with a always meeting, greeting and collecting In 2017, on the canals of Europe, we perfect view of the old town. Evenings acquaintances to be recruited for future met a Norwegian man named Ola and brought choreographed light shows translation needs. We made many new made plans to cruise together in 2018. We projected on the looming cathedral, while friends that we hope to call old friends water shows could be enjoyed from our in the future. joined him in Mou, Denmark, where he stern. Adding to the enchantment of The weather was perfect: locals was having his boat, a Nauticat, worked Metz, was the ancient canal stone at our (French, German, Danish, Swedish) all on. From there we crossed the Kattegat to mooring. Tinkerbell imprinted on the agreed that this was the best summer in Sweden, visiting several places, including stone was a welcome greeting for Straight 10 years. Cool at the start, increasing the island of Flallbacka, Ingrid Bergman’s On Till Morning. temperatures were welcomed as we hometown. From Sweden to Norway • Moselle. Slow going, but vine- climbed north. In reflecting, our four we followed Ola, whose only crew on studded hills punctuated with castles and, years in the canals of Europe allowed Speranza was his Pomeranian, Romeo. fortified with Reisling, proved rewarding. us to immerse ourselves in local Ola led us through some very tight and • Rhine. Nonstop action. Ken culture, food and history. Canal travel, interesting inside passages where we were compared this to travelling down Interstate by construct, is a slower pace. The protected from the weather. 95 without brakes. The current running open waters of the Baltic, dotted with We said goodbye to Ola and Romeo at at 3-5 knots was challenging. Upstream tiny islands and changing seas are a Uvar Island and crossed the Skagerrak freighters displayed blue boards (starboard welcome contrast. back to Denmark, arriving in a gale to starboard meeting) and downstream We ended the summer in the that forced us into a fishing port named

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should begin after the first of the year. We will chronicle her build and early miles in the 2019 issue of Voyages. Photo by Heather Lalanne Photo by Heather Lalanne

Charlie and Norwegian friend Ola arriving in his Heather and Romeo, Island of Laeso, Denmark. Photo by Scott Flanders hometown of . Hansetholm where we had to wait three days. A one-day passage to the entrance to the Limfjord, which cuts through the Scott and Mary’s new Adventure in NC with her tubes partially inflated. She has since been covered and put away Denmark peninsula, was followed by a awaiting her metamorphosis.

Photo by passerby by Photo second gale, apparently not uncommon on the west coast of Denmark. From Gus and Carol Hancock’s summer the Limfjord, we made our way south cruising plans were interrupted to Svendborg, where we hauled Nellie suddenly when Gus underwent at Walsted’s boatyard, recommended by unscheduled open-heart surgery to David Tunick (NYS) who has kept his boat repair a ruptured mitral heart valve here for many years. May 25th. This followed a collapse while he was carrying his single Scott and Mary Flanders are back racing shell up to the boat racks after at it with the beginnings of a new his regular morning sculling workout. adventure, this time taking a different The surgery was a success, and he approach to multi-month cruising. spent the summer in cardiac recovery Here’s Scott’s report: programs at home in Vero Beach. Gus and Carol tell us that everything is A fellow long distance cruiser and I progressing well, and Gus expects to soon return to sculling and other Charlie and Heather at Egeskov castle, Fyn Island, Denmark. were kicking around ideas about trailerable boats, and each of us settled on a large normal activities. inflatable because it’s the lightest, small- large boat that can be easily trailered with a simple tow rig. After many twists and turns Mary and I ended up with a Protector 28 Targa, a RIB built in New Zealand to be an all-weather coastal patrol boat. We Photo by Heather Lalanne had seen Protectors in Auckland during Egret’s time in NZ, and we’ve also come across them here and there over the years, most recently in Newport, RI, as chase Charlie overlooking Nellie rafted with Ola’s Nauticat, Gus and Carol Hancock at home in Vero Beach. Uvar Island, Norway. boats to racing sailboats. After an Internet search Mary found This helped with their decision to one in South Florida that met our needs, end their cruising life on Indigo, after a 2003 model refurbished in 2015 with 18 years of owning her, including 15 new twin 200hp Yamaha four-stroke years of living aboard year-round, 14 of outboards, new tubes from Protector, fresh them spent outside the U.S. cruising the Awlgrip, and new teak decks. As I write Caribbean, South America and the Med. this our new-to-us Adventure sits in Gus and Carol donated Indigo to

Photo by Heather Lalanne North Carolina at the shop of my former The Maine Maritime Academy. They boatbuilding partner, awaiting a deep report that they’re looking forward cleaning and transition from a day boat to seeing their many CCA friends at to a multi-month cruiser. The transition upcoming Florida Station events. Charlie sailing his Dyer dink at Uvar Island, Norway.

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Tracing Our History XIX 1962 The sixties were busy years and the inside passages and head offshore from Norway to the without good ones as well. Many events were for a distant point of land and unknown making use of a pilot anywhere”. happening within the Club and 1963 was destination. (Copies are still available on The four were warmly received. no exception. The following paragraphs several of the internet shopping sites and The village turned out with festivities, of interest preclude some of the Club a good read for anyone who has been dancing and tours. Nutting was events of the year: bitten by the ‘Lure of the Labrador’.) attempting to retrace the basic track North to Adventure, by member William Nutting, a founding father of the boat’s namesake had made 900 John T. Rowland, was published in the Cruising Club of America, has been years previously. Altering the original 1963. It detailed Rowland’s adventures profiled and discussed in past articles. while working for Dr. Wilfred Grenfell Nutting, his crew, and their ship the delivering Pomiuk from Cohasset, Leif Eriksson, (several spellings occur in Massachusetts to Battle Harbour, the literature) were lost off the coast of Labrador. This delivery was the first of Greenland on their return transatlantic several that Rowland and a classmate, passage from Norway. While little was both freshmen at Yale, would make ever known of the tragedy, additional during summer vacations. The Pomiuk information was published in the 1962 was a thirty-five foot high-sided Cruising Club News. with plumb bow and stern, powered by The following account as told by A.C. Rasmussen, Governor of the Royal a “Remington Hot-Bulb kerosene-burning Liev Eriksson Danish Colony, Godthab, Greenland, engine that avoided the unreliability of an navigational plans, they began to make electric ignition and the weight, compression sheds some light on the mystery. Then -Governor of the colony of preparations for a departure to Labrador. and cost of diesel. Starting was accomplished Departure was scheduled for 0900 hours by injecting kerosene onto a red-hot spud in Julianehaabe, Greenland, Rasmussen was returning home in September of but by the time all of the farewells and the cylinder, the spud required pre-heating gifts were exchanged, it was 1500 hours with a blow torch for about fifteen minutes 1924 when he spotted a small sailing vessel in the fjord near his village. Only before Nutting raised anchor. Hearty before starting.” songs from the ship and the shore were Rowland’s subsequent deliveries six small sailing vessels existed within six hundred miles of the village and the exchanged as the ship cleared the point included the Yale and the Daryl that were outside the harbor, destination Battle delivered to Hudson Bay posts along governor knew each vessel well. When he spotted the Stars and Stripes flying at the Harbour, and never to be heard from the Hudson Strait and into Hudson Bay. again. These deliveries were made more stern he knew immediately that vessel The Leif Eriksson was well founded remarkable since there were no was not local, but, where had she come from? Across the Atlantic Ocean seemed with ample supplies of food and water. navigational aids in the uncharted waters. With several rifles and a shotgun on Their source of “local knowledge” and impossible! Since she had arrived from the south, having crossed the ocean was board, fresh seal meat and birds could the only answer. be taken along the passage. Although of questionable use in that area, the Once the Leif Eriksson had set her anchor, Rasmussen went on board radio was inoperable. The weather was to meet the strangers – soon to be unusually benign at that time of year, nicknamed “the four Vikings” (Nutting, but a sudden storm with hurricane-like Hildebrandt, Toldahl and Fliescher). winds soon developed. The storm’s They had traveled from Reykjavik, existence was reported by Commander Iceland, enjoying good weather except Donald MacMillan onboard Bowdin after for a gale of two days during which they returning from the Arctic. Speculation lay hove to, eventually arriving at a small abounded concerning the demise of settlement on Greenland near Cape Nutting and his crew ranging from a Farewell. At that point they borrowed large sea that overpowered and sank a local map of the coast from Cape the vessel to high winds from the south Farewell to Julianehaab and continued forcing the ship northward and on to their voyage. The Governor queried the their fate in Davis Straits. Although group regarding the use or help of local the Governor had only known Nutting and his crew for a few days, he felt a Cover of North to Adventure pilots in navigating the rock bound coast deep loss with the disappearance of his the only adult on board, was George to which Nutting replied that “… no pilot new friend … “a good friend and I shall Ford, a local who would become totally had ever been on board the Leif Eriksson and always remember him as a noble gentleman- dismayed when Rowland would forgo it was his ambition to be able to sail the vessel sportsman. I feel his death as a personal

CCA HISTORY PAGE 71 History of the CCA sorrow and I believe that (the) amateur sail many times in these articles as he was being blown about fifty miles toward sport in him has lost one of its best men. He CCA Historian from 1960 to 1973 with Bermuda. Parkinson was quite a man is dead, but his memory will live. May his the Parkinson Trophy Award being and Willauer concluded his article with memory be honored”. created in his honor. It was interesting the statement “I adored Jack Parkinson”. Continuing on with “Company” to see his name mentioned recently in (Note – a good example of a senior business, Entertainment Chairman The Concordian, a publication of and by member mentoring a young sailor with Walter Flowers began the year with some Concordia owners. The recent article positive results! In 1963, Parkinson’s of the most popular events of the year, a was from an interview with CCA book – Nowhere Is Too Far was published, series of talks by P/C Henry duPont, Bill Commodore Brad Willauer and entitled the hardback edition selling for $12.50.) Snaith, Norry Hoyt and Monk Farnham “Working for Jack Parkinson on ‘Winnie An oil painting of P/C White, paid concerning preparations for off-shore of Bourne’. Willauer was attending The for with donations from CCA members, cruising and blue water racing. The talks Noble and Greenough School in the was displayed in a place of honor at the were taped by Yachting Magazine and early 60’s and fell into the ripe job. The museum. CCA members have always used in future publications. job paid $300 per month with free room been involved with the activities of the Norry Hoyt’s was the first to be and board plus the use of a Jeep. Said museum with P/C Henry B. duPont condensed and reprinted in the Cruising Willauer, “Parkinson was a great raconteur acting as chairman of the museum’s Club News where he reported on potential and I recall his stories … I remember him Future Planning Committee in 1963. problems with and other boat- saluting the race committee every start with The article in the Cruising Club News related problems. Norry also commented great fanfare as we passed by the stern of made a plea for all CCA members to on suitable clothing for off-shore sailing the RC boat. We’d sail under the RC stern not only endow money to the museum, recommending a long list of items to be and he’d doff his captain’s hat and bow, and but equally important (then as now) included in your “kit”. The list ranged he’d yell, ‘Thank you. Well done. Carry on.’ their boats, books, articles, photographs from extra gloves, long underwear, And so forth, all done with great pomp and and anything that could be historically sweaters, foul weather gear to the “toque circumstance and humor.” significant. The Cruising Club has always dickey” or “balaclava helmet”. Hoyt had Brad raced with Parkinson in the had a close relationship with the Seaport convinced his mother to knit seven of 1962 Newport to Bermuda Race with and with the Cruising Club dock in close the “helmets” for his previous passage Parkinson doing the celestial navigation. proximity, this was an opportunity for on Cyane during which the weather was Parkinson rotated his helmsman every members to visit. (Note: The Blunt White miserably hot. Hoyt especially liked the thirty minutes as he felt no one could Library with recently razed to make new duofold long underwear and stated, maintain their concentration for a longer room for their new facility.) “ … we now have this magnificent foam stuff time. In spite of the skillful navigation, The 1963 August sailing of the Jeffrey’s which is so porous that whatever collects in one of Willauer’s fondest memories Ledge Race was started in thick weather the way of moisture will air right out! You is being thirty to forty miles from with twenty-three boats. This race has can actually blow smoke through this stuff.” Bermuda and looking overboard and been mentioned before; but, finally, a The extensive list could be purchased by shouting, “Hey Skipper, I can see bottom!” little background information was found contacting Mr. Cleary at Abercrombie Parkinson’s navigation had taken him in the 1963 Cruising Club News. The and Fitch. The entire set of gear could way west of the rhumb line. In spite of the race was one of the oldest continually be custom fitted in color of choice for ‘slight’ navigational error, Winnie, out of sponsored races in Massachusetts Bay, $115.00, a ten percent saving. a fleet of 130 boats, placed about 25th on dating back fifty years and in 1963 Other talks included a discussion of corrected time and 9th in class. The crew sponsored by the Cruising Club of fiberglass yacht construction chaired by encountered a strong northerly front on America. Handicaps were assigned Les Goodwin, a spectacular underwater their return passage and was forced to which allowed cruising boats to compete color film Inner“ Space” narrated by Dr. run under bare poles, streaming anchor with an engine time allowance and a Dimitri Rebikoff and Cruising in the rodes for about thirty-five hours while staggered start based on design handicap West Indies by Bill Richardson, Carleton theoretically allowing all boats to finish Mitchell and Harry Kline (author of at the same time. The engine allowance “Yachtsman’s Guide to the Bahamas”). was based on the boat’s handicap and as Cruising Club News announced under such, each boat was allotted a specified the title of, “Home for Sailors Books”, fuel allowance. The engines could be that ground would be broken in March run at any time during the race until the at Mystic Seaport for the new Blunt fuel allowance was consumed. Some White Library, named in honor of past boats carried an official “Fuel Director” Commodore Blunt White. This new to ration the fuel and decide when the library was to be the largest and most engine would be run. Starting from extensive repository of sailing books and anchor in Manchester Harbor, rounding literature in the world with a capacity of Peaked Hill “whistler” off Provincetown, 40,000 volumes. Cruising Club member on to an unlighted “whistler” marking and past Club Historian Jack Parkinson Jeffrey’s Ledge, twenty-five miles east was named Library Committee Chairman. by south from Boone Island (location of Jack Parkinson’s name has appeared Winnie of Bourne an infamous act of cannibalism – read

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“Boone Island: A True Story of Mutiny, the past year, plus ten. Inasmuch as five departed Newport Beach on an east-west Shipwreck and Cannibalism”) past Cape of the additional ten were filled in May, course and crossed the Pacific ending in Ann and finishing 138 miles later off there were five vacancies remaining plus Australia. Near the Cape of Good Hope Manchester. seventeen deceased members (during the Adios was caught in a severe storm losing CCA members from Boston year) or a total of twenty-two. Also, the her mizzen mast, , all booms and considered this a “fun” race. “What a Board had previously provided for the dinghy. Limping into Knysna, South fun race, even the starting gun wounds addition of six new members from the Africa, Steele then went to work utilizing backwards” commented one of the Pacific Northwest, if properly qualified his third-mate’s license accumulating committee members after the 10 applicants were available. Membership enough money to facilitate the repairs gauge starting gun parted her lashings now stood at 725 as opposed to 711 the and continue on his odyssey. Leaving following an overzealous tug on the previous year. Capetown and continuing through the lanyard and careened into committee Caribbean he returned to Newport Beach chairman Richard Preston’s belly. First via the Panama Canal. aid was applied but there were no serious Two years ashore felt like enough consequences. Member Ted Banks while Steele made important summed it up pretty well … “What is improvements, installing refrigeration the Jeffrey’s Ledge Race? An opportunity to and electricity and acquiring a new wife, renew friendship with the sea, in company Janet, who accompanied him on his next with men who love it; a chance to try your voyage. In the interim, Steele and his vessel and your skill against others when, new bride spent their time living aboard and to the extent that it seems appropriate Adios visiting Balboa, the Panama Canal and convenient; time off, a turn and a half of Zone, where he worked as a “mule” the old world, to spend time with congenial driver bringing ships through the canal. friends in that most satisfying of all places, Steele’s second circumnavigation was at sea.” In that paragraph, Banks seems more tranquil and relaxed, perhaps as to sum it up for all of us who go to sea. a of having Janet on board. Bad

However, another member once quipped Mistress weather struck once off Tonga when …“ they were forced to run with bare poles Whoever conceived such a race, the only Past Commodore George E. Roosevelt dragging 300 feet of anchor and rode for resemblance this has to a sailing race is that sailed his last voyage on September .” three days. In the Torres Straits the crew we are using a batten to sound our gas tank 4, 1963. Roosevelt was a well-known At the New York Yacht Club Fall of two was able to anchor every night offshore sailor, a beloved member of Meeting on November 15, 1963, the and found cruising in the Red Sea to be the Cruising Club and the yachting Cruising Club elected Robert Hall as its especially enjoying. Their navigational community in general. Many club new Commodore and Fred Adams as aids were spartan, using only Bowditch, rendezvous were held on board his Vice Commodore. Hall was no newcomer a sextant and the Nautical Almanac 60-foot schooner, . Roosevelt to the sailing community having sailed Mistress while lacking a depth sounder or radio was a banker, philanthropist, and first seven Bermuda Races and owned six direction finder. With Janet on board, cousin of Theodore Roosevelt. “ ” since 1937. Steele found having set watches to Nimrods Commodore Roosevelt was one of the Membership Committee Chair most influential railroad financiers of Henry Scheel reported that the club the time. He was involved in no fewer than 14 railroad reorganizations and held directorships in several prominent companies including Morgan Guaranty Trust Company, the Chemical Bank, and the Bank for Savings in New York. The 1962 Blue Water Medal was presented to a man who had previously made two circumnavigations, Thomas S. Steele of Newport Beach, California. Steele bought the unfinished hull of his thirty-two foot double-ended Tahiti ketch, Adios, and completed the final construction himself.Adios was Adios rigged with a gaff main, club footed , Bermudian mizzen and a removable be tiresome and instead relied on the Nimrod square yard. The square yard became one discretion of the person on watch to had received thirty-eight applications. of Steele’s favorite sails and by sheeting determine when it was time for a change. According to established practice, the the clews to the tiller Steele created a The medal was presented in Panama quota for the year would consist of the very efficient self-steering rig. to Steele on the evening of February 16, number of deceased members during Steele’s first circumnavigation 1964 by CCA member J. Carl Baquie.

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The event was taped and, due to the San Francisco, Southern California, Hall, Quissett. anti-American riots over the sovereignty Chesapeake, Florida and Essex Stations. The year was sadly unique with of the Panama Canal, gunshots could The Club welcomed the Pacificthe loss of two members’ boats. Carl be heard in the distance. In answer Northwest Post as a new addition. The St. M. Heinz of California abandoned to Baquie’s wife’s question regarding Francis Yacht Club was the venue for the Wanderlure and declared her a total the significance of the medal, Baquie dinner on February 7 where Commodore loss after she struck a reef off the coast commented, “…Hell woman! Don’t you Hall congratulated Post Captain Dr. Phil of during the last leg of his know what that is? That is more important Smith and the members of the new post. east to west circumnavigation. Closer than the Nobel Prize. There have been a lot Even though it has never been operated to home, M.B. Littlefield was beating to more Nobel Prizes than Blue Water medals!” on a formal basis, the Huntington Post windward in September off Horton’s In the 1964 yearbook there was a once again reminded everyone that they Point in Long Island Sound when his 52 recapitulation of the Blue Water Medal were the oldest Cruising Club Post. foot gaff-rigged schooner, Blackfish, lost Awards during the forty-one years of its The Florida Station reported on her iron . Blackfish rolled over onto existence with thirty-three awards being its recent cruise to the Exumas with her beam ends and was abandoned by given to that date. thirteen boats involved intermittently. captain and crew. She drifted ashore and, The weather forecast predicted severe sadly, broke up in the heavy surf before The breakdown of boats, courses and weather especially in the Gulf Stream she could be salvaged. Tragic as these crews included eight singlehanded and several boats dropped out but events were, there was no loss of life. and eight double handed awardees; those who persevered met for their first ketchs (12) and cutters (10) being the rendezvoused at Norman Cay. Rear most popular boats; Americans (17) Commodore Jim Becker held a cocktail and British (8) sailors dominated the party on Jim Turner’s Jamel. The fine awardees; circumnavigation via the Bahamian weather finally prevailed and Cape of Good Hope was chosen by 9 the cruise continued under sunny skies sailors, while 2 circumnavigated via and the rest of the boats arrived as the Cape Horn. Two of the Blue Water fleet moved on to Staniel Cay. The fleet Medals were awarded under the gunk-holed through the usual spots category of heroism – The British ending in Georgetown with a closing Yachtsmen at Dunkirk and the crew dinner at the Peace and Plenty Resort. of for the rescue of the crew The Florida Station had a busy year of Andriana. including the Miami to Palm Beach Race in December with twenty-eight The Rules Committee, under the boats entered. The station’s mid-winter stewardship of Chairman Arthur Homer, meeting was held at the Bahama Room of Blackfish continued its ongoing efforts to improve the Columbus Hotel in Miami where Mr. the rule. All rating certificates were F.G. Walton-Smith gave a spellbinding Many of our “Greybeards” remember recalculated accompanied by the sounds dissertation on sea monsters. Wirth M. these years and their stories and of owners gritting their teeth and bearing Munroe was elected Rear Commodore at experiences would contribute to our it – the race results in 1963 supported the December meeting. narratives. Enough time has elapsed the consensus and the efforts deemed Other stations were reporting allowing you to embellish your tale at worthwhile. The committee further activities as well with the Southern will with no repercussions. Please come decided that after January 1965 all California Station cruising to Catalina forth and help us trace our history. competing yachts would be weighed to Island in August. Ten yachts attended the receive their rating. This new requirement gam on the island with five yachts from * * * would preclude some of the lengthy and five from Los Angles- calculations required to obtain a portion Newport. The Fall Stag Cruise attracted The material for this review of 1963 was of their rating. The 1963 Yearbook, six yachts for the November gathering. obtained from: CCA yearbooks, Cruising under “Special Notices”, carried an The membership of the station had Club News, Wikipedia, Mystic Seaport advertisement that the Measurement grown to thirty-five. Museum, Cruising World, Motor Boating Rule was now available from the The Quissett Station again emphasized Magazine, 1934, and The Concordian. Secretary’s office for $2.00 per copy and the existence of its heavy-duty guest Jack Towle, Historian the Instructions for Inclining Yachts would mooring and the fact that they had no be available for $1.00. Under the same active committees nor planned events heading, members were advised that – that surely keeps things simple and while visiting in Great Britain they had allows for more time to enjoy the the privilege of temporary membership sport. Proving that there were some in the Royal Cruising Club and the Royal organizational abilities at the station, Thames Yacht Club. Mety Moore and Art Herrington hosted The Cruising Club News contained more than forty Cruising Club members detailed reports from the Boston, for cocktails on the lawn at Hurricane

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FLA ORID ... continued We explored the markets in Rabat without being pestered by locals till Karyn and Steve James spent seven we showed interest, and what a joy to weeks in Lagos, Portugal, completing find so many locally made products, winter’s maintenance aboard their wonderful leather and ceramics. Then Chuck Payne-designed aluminum came a moonless three-nighter off to

Kanter 55 sloop. Charles Starke (NYS) Madeira with an afternoon landfall at the Photo by Barbara Watson and Heather Chalmers assisted and attractive designer-built Quinta do Lorde lived at the boat yard for several days. marina. We were joined by Louis Meyer (ESS) aboard Strummer, who had single Threshold set sail for Cadiz, Spain; Threshold enroute to Funchal. Rabat, Morocco; and the islands of handed in from Horta and Connecticut. Madeira, Lanzarote, Grand Canaria, We explored the north coast before Steve and Tenerife. Florida Station rear helped Louis take Strummer ‘round to the “covered” haulout (under the airport runway), where she will await his planned homeward voyage next February. Katie Christie (CCC) and Alex Booth (ICC)

then joined. We had a lovely afternoon sail Photo by Barbara Watson around to Funchal then much exploring. Steep and twisty were the roads, apart Katie Christie, Sonja Martin, Karyn and Steve James, with from the new ones that simply whizzed Agustin Martin, OCC port captain for Gran Canaria. straight through mountains and over

Charles and Heather aboard their Trintella 49 Dawnpiper valleys. Phone GPS oft pointed to cross

sailing Penobscot Bay. Photo by Jonathan Goldweitz, (CHE) roads, only to have us find that one was commodore Barbara Watson joined 60 feet higher than the other. Steve’s hill them in Rabat, and Katie Christie starts were exemplary. Alex departed, (CCC P/C) joined them in Madeira, and we had a two-nighter with wonderful making great company, crew, and tour moonlight to Lanzarote in the Canaries. guides through to Grand Canaria. Lanzarote is so desolate and dramatic Photo by Barbara Watson Steve and Karyn say their plan is to with huge tumbled areas of black lava and continue the season by sailing south to oases of brilliant white buildings and date palms. A local artist, Cesar Manrique, Cabo Verde, then cross to South America. Louis Meyer (ESS) entertains the Threshold crew aboard his had succeeded in preventing any huge Hinckley Strummer. Florida Station R/C Barbara advertising so all one saw was the Watson offered more details and landscape. His houses were visited and the pictures with this report: volcanic Timanfaya National Park. Next came an overnighter to Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, where the harbor was filled with Check out the Website: How lucky I was to have five weeks on www.cruisingclub.org board Threshold with Steve and Karyn oil drilling vessels. James this summer! All along the weather had been The CCA website is remarkable I joined the crew in Rabat, the capital remarkably comfortable and only on our for its clarity, ease of navigation of Morocco, where Threshold was docked final visit to the south of Gran Canaria and the wealth of information it at a splendid modern marina. My hosts did we encounter any real heat--how dry contains. Michael Moradzadeh had already visited Marrakesh and spent that part was! But a warm welcome from has done a truly amazing job a night in the desert along with a camel in putting together a website ride that was not the most comfortable. We that functions so well. You can took the train to Casablanca to visit the find out almost anything you huge Hassan II mosque that had been built need to know about the CCA, in only seven years, the fifth largest in the its cruises, officers, committees world with the world’s highest minaret- Photo by Karyn James and members on the site and -even the roof retracts! Then lunch at download important cruising the famous Rick’s Cafe, where the movie information. Casablanca runs continuously. Karyn and I found the Archeological Museum along GAMs from the past seven with some Roman Gold. Barbara Watson, Katie Christie, Steve James, and Alex Booth years can be downloaded. aboard Threshold bound for Funchal.

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Agustin Martin, the OCC port captain, Bermuda Race meteorology fame. who was a great source of information After a few pleasant days in Block, and guide to an excellent local restaurant. we were off to Cuttyhunk, catching a Much seafood have been enjoyed, huge bluefish en route. On to Edgartown, especially limpits, that rather like snails, Martha’s Vineyard, which we enjoyed for seem so much more appetizing abroad five days. The local bus system is a great

with lashings of garlic butter. Potatoes way to get around to see the island. Photo by Andrea Dowling with special sauces, sardines, and Katie’s least favorite, squid and octopus. We left Steve and Karyn with a hefty Edgartown is a real sailors’ harbor. to-do list in preparation for the voyages jaunts. The weather blew through and we south. Mark Scott, (NYS), and Chris were off again to Block Island. We found Coulter, John Robinson’s son-in-law, were Mark Lenci (BOS) with his Beneteau joining in Tenerife to head to the Cape Photo by Andrea Dowling 52 Sunflower on one CCA mooring. Verdes, where John (PNW), would join for He invited us to raft, but warned he the voyage on to Uruguay or was having a boisterous bachelor party Ron Schaper and his wife Andrea aboard and it may be noisy! Soon Jack Dowling cruised New England aboard and Glory Wills returned to their their 40 sloop Endurance for the Wauquiez 45 Jetstream on the other summer and sent this report: CCA mooring and invited us alongside. We all loved the idea of two south Florida How many times this summer have station members being rafted up in Block we heard the rhetorical question put forth Island! Jack, of course, commented “Isn’t by fellow CCA members, “Isn’t this the Ron Schaper shows off a big bluefish he hooked this greatest club?” We agreed that by greatest sailing club in the world?” enroute to Cuttyhunk. sharing a mooring, you got to really get Flying the CCA burgee, we’ve found, to know other cruisers, sharing stories With Labor Day weekend approaching, opens so many doors. and information and a NE blow in the forecast, we left After a storm-tossed passage from We left Block Island reluctantly, but it Edgartown for the anchorage in the lagoon Jones Inlet, Long Island, nearly running was time to start our journey back south at Vineyard Haven. We found a great over a whale, we felt our way into the so we headed over to Shelter Island. spot close to town near a fish market to Block Island channel at 1 am in rain and Referring to the Blue Book, 2018 CCA secure the dinghy for our Vineyard Haven 30 knots of winds. Andrea and I had been Yearbook, we found that my old shipmate there before, but it was many years ago from the Stad Amsterdam, Charlie in perfect daylight conditions. Groping Weiner (NYS), was steward of a mooring our way in with spotlight and GPS, we at the Shelter Island Yacht Club. Though finally picked up any mooring we could I hadn’t talked to him in years, a short find at 1:15 am. phone call and email had us set up on a In the morning, we dinghied over to guest mooring. the lovely Eastbay 43 motor yacht Lily With an early start into a foul tide at Tiny picturesque Cuttyhunk’s crowded harbor. Photo by Andrea Dowling laying on one of the two CCA moorings. Plum Gut, we fetched the anchorage in Paul and Carol Connor (ESS) welcomed Port Jefferson, guided by my brother- us to raft up alongside, which we soon in-law, SeaTow Captain Gary Nilsen. did. What a relief to have experienced The CCA book referenced Bob professional sailors take our lines as we DeNatale (NYS) as mooring steward at pulled alongside…we have had way too Oyster Bay’s prestigious Seawanhaka many “dock boys” at marinas vigorously Corinthian Yacht Club. A phone call and haul on the bow line on approach to confirming text to Bob had us set up with a dock, throwing the planned docking Photo by Andrea Dowling askew! Paul and Carol and their active family were busy taking advantage of all Block Island had to offer and shared their local knowledge with us. On the other Block CCA mooring was the Ohlson 38 Tattler, owned by Frank

and Elisabeth Bohlen (ESS), of Newport The entrance to Cuttyhunk’s little grocery store is framed Photo by Andrea Dowling with whalebones. Shelter Island Yacht Club.

28 NEWS FROM STATIONS & POSTS a mooring and a warm welcome. Club’s Maine cruise, we were stranded in “land yacht,” a large SUV for a trip Watching the tropics, we are slowly Belfast for 10 days thanks to what seemed out west. They report spending five making our way home to Florida, with a like a simple coolant leak but proved more weeks traveling the coast from Florida little help from our friends. complex. That caused us to use up the to Oregon, covering over 10,000 miles CCA…Is this a great club or what? safety days for our planned trip to Nova before returning home. Along the way Scotia’s Mahone Bay. Instead, we decided to they visited many cruiser friends and retrace the Passamaquoddy cruise organized took in songwriter-performer Larry by the Boston Station two years ago. Jo Taylor (“coastal & western”) in On our way, we stopped at Roque concert at the infamous, Back Porch Island Harbor – a must in our opinion – Bar in Port Aransas, TX. For their and found there already snuggly anchored taste, they found Morro Bay and two other CCA boats. One was Dog Star the Reagan Library to be among the

Photo by Andrea Dowling with Bob and Mary Rubadeau (BOS) and most interesting places in California. the other one was Wanderer with John The Oregon coast drive, along with Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club in Oyster Bay is and Wendy Richards (ESS). Cocktails on the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone, steeped in old school tradition. board Pastime revealed the true identity offered the most dramatic scenery. Pieter De Zwart and Joanna Miller- of Bob Rubadeau which earned us a copy The most fun for meeting local people, DeZwart sent us this report from of his most wonderful book Bound for families and dogs were local breweries Maine: Roque, which we both promptly read. that seemed to be everywhere. We started our second season on The reason Bob and Mary were there with After returning to Punta Gorda, Pastime by sailing her in delivery mode his old, old friend Bob Tannery (aboard a the Tuttles headed to St. Petersburg with two friends from Brooklin, ME, to good-looking Paine designed GPR Able aboard Tothill. That was during Threshold Noank, CT, to spend seven weeks there 52/ look alike) was to celebrate the peak of the red tide and algae catching up with our old Mystic and his 70th birthday. outbreak that hit Florida’s SW coast Noank friends. As many can attest, your We had a great Passamaquoddy hard this year. Although Ft. Myers new boat, whether newly built or 2nd or time and ended up in the St George’s and Sarasota seemed to have the 3rd hand, needs about a two-year period for a wonderful dinner. largest problems due to this outbreak, before she is truly all yours when it comes Service was a tad slow, but it paid back Charlotte Harbor and other areas to understanding and outfitting, sailing, in spades because when we walked out we north were spared. The Tuttles found equipment and tools. ran into Larry and Anne Glenn (BOS) themselves the only boat anchored Our first trip this season was one of stepping into the elevator. Timing is in beautiful Bay and at times adjusting for the new autopilot compass, everything! On our leisurely way back to calibrating and adjusting parameters. So, our Brooklin winter storage destination, we had some unexpected hand steering we again stopped in Roque and found Hound that actually made us appreciate the boat’s (BOS) and Steve Dashew’s Cochise good handling even as the wind started (NYS) also anchored there. Our last stop was Northeast Harbor to do some

to blow a bit during the night and took passerby by Photo Pastime from a gentle trot to a full gallop nice hiking after a forced lay day due to in the northwesterly winds. In Noank heavy rains and to have dinner with Milt we changed out our charger/inverter--a and Judy Baker who were aboard their Bluewater success after trying to fit two different in SW Harbor. brands into the tight space. As we write this we’re just now We left our comfortable floating dock at finishing the season with a thorough Eddie, Pamela Jean Arnold, Glenn and Peppino Pastime at the Back Porch Bar, Port Aransas . the end of July and headed out for Maine cleanup of before she is hauled in cruise mode, seeing for the umpteenth and put away for the winter in Brooklin. time no sign of any whales east of the Cape A very good season, with overall nice Cod Canal. We then cruised in Casco Bay weather, good sailing and motoring to meet up with the Essex Station cruise destinations and seeing a lot of old friends gathering in Jones Cove, just one river and making new friends. east of Boothbay, at Sean and Janet Saslo’s After spending most of the winter Photo by Glenn Tuttle Glenn by Photo (ESS) wonderful place. in the Bahamas aboard their Grand Why is it that engines always quit on Banks trawler Tothill, Glenn “Tut” Friday afternoon after the mechanics have and Eddie Tuttle, with their trusty departed the premises for the weekend? water dog, Peppino, returned home Morro Bay is an artificial harbor built by the Army Corps of After taking part in the New York Yacht to Punta Gorda, and loaded up their Engineers, the only all-weather small craft commercial and recreational harbor between Santa Barbara and Monterey.

29 NEWS FROM STATIONS & POSTS the only boat on the water. After and Judy had experienced on the Bras owned and operated by Wytie and Sally returning home in late August, Tut d’Or Lakes, with water temperatures Cable (SOC). Wytie’s drone is almost spent much time helping with Ham reaching 75 deg. F—plenty warm identical to Milt’s DJI Mavic Pro, so radio service during the hurricanes. for swimming. But warm waters the two fledgling pilot-photographers Tut is the manager and net controller also brought more jellyfish. In one had a great time comparing notes for the Seven Seas Cruising High small harbor Milt counted more than over the summer. Frequency Service, KPK, which two-dozen jellyfish along the port Most boats bound for the Canadian broadcasts every day, among other side of his boat. Milt and Judy beat Maritimes have the prevailing duties with the Hurricane Watch Net, a hasty retreat to a larger, deeper, sou’westerly winds on the quarter Homeland Security and the U.S. Coast cooler harbor! heading farther east, but heading back Guard Auxiliary. For the first time since acquiring For Glenn and Eddie it was an a drone close to a year ago, Milt says interesting summer, and they look this summer he had time to learn to forward to seeing CCA members out fly the tiny aircraft with confidence on the water this winter when Tothill and that he also learned to shoot returns to the Bahamas. better pictures with it. For now he’s concentrating on still shots, and he For the fourth year Milt and Judy brought home what he feels are some Drone photo by Milt Baker Baker led a cruise to the Canadian nice ones. “I’m feeling more comfortable Maritimes. This summer’s had 16 and more confident flying the drone,” he boats, 11 of them Nordhavn motor Bluewater at “dress ship” in honor of the first day of Baddeck yachts from 47 to 78 feet. As Milt told Regatta Week on the Bras d’Or Lakes. participants up front, “This is not an organized cruise but, rather, a group of boats cruising in the same area at the

same time. There’s no fixed schedule, no Photo by Milt Baker fleet admiral, no must-do events, just a group of like-minded cruisers looking forward to leisurely cruising in one of North America’s finest cruising grounds.”

The cruise recipe worked well. A slice of the Lunenburg waterfront, shot from Milt & Judy’s Bluewater and four other Nordhavns Bluewater at Zwicker Wharf. headed out from Southwest Harbor to Nova Scotia with fair winds for the overnight passage. After a few days enjoying picturesque Lunenburg and its World Heritage Site offerings, Milt and Judy Baker (foreground) and Wytie and Sally Cable they moved 50-miles on to downtown (SOC) enjoy a night out at the lobster pound. Halifax for a terrific week on the wharf, then another overnight to St. Drone photo by Milt Baker to Maine it’s usually a different story: Peters and the lock into the lovely fighting against those same winds Bras d’Or Lakes. Some of the cruise’s to get home. This year returning to boats passed right on through the Kids outing aboard the Nordhavn 64 Maine, Milt and Judy say they had Gratitude on the waterfront. lakes and out the Great Bras d’or a wonderful downwind trip back Channel, bound for the south coast said. “And I’ve learned that the basics thanks of a little-known weather of Newfoundland and on to St. Pierre of photography still apply: get the sun phenomenon pointed out by highly- and Miquelon or over to the Gulf over your shoulder, composition counts, regarded cruising guide author, Capt. of St. Lawrence. Most, including consider the background, and shoot a Cheryl Barr. Here’s what Cheryl said: Bluewater, spent the next month just lot of pictures then pick and choose the (One) secret is the ‘August 15th’ front. hanging out on the lakes. Milt says it best.” He said he’s also learned that Within a day or two of August 15th (each was a wonderful, laid-back but very post-processing can turn a poorly year), a weather system usually moves social summer—great camaraderie exposed image into a winner. Practice, through the region followed by northerly with many new friendships made practice, practice! winds. These winds may or may not be and cemented. Bluewater’s buddy-boat again this strong depending on the severity of the This summer was the warmest Milt summer was the Nordhavn 47 Happy, front. The August 15 norther signifies

30 NEWS FROM STATIONS & POSTS a change from the prevailing summer in tranquil coves, beckons us back. To the Pacific Northwest are much bigger, pattern to the start of the fall weather fill this void, we purchased a Down East and the currents in the various passes pattern. With this change there is a further weekender, a Back Cove 32.” Their first demanded attention. Presently, Raven is reduction in the amount of fog along the adventure was bringing her back to tucked in for winter at Port Edward just coast, from approximately sixteen days Toronto from NJ on her south of Prince Rupert, BC. Next May in July to only seven days in September. own bottom. They cruised the Hudson Local and transient boaters alike are River and Erie Canal system, spent a always delighted with the wonderful late few nights anchored in the Thousand summer conditions that bring warm to hot Islands, and explored the Rideau Canal. daytime temperatures, cool evenings and Then on to Toronto. Next spring, they very little fog or rain. will do the Trent Severn Waterway to Bluewater and Happy had NE winds Collingwood on Georgian Bay. on the quarter all the way from St. In March, Bob and Sally Medland Peters to Southwest Harbor, 396 miles sailed aboard Escape Artist with Ann and 53 hours, and Cheryl’s August and Brad Willauer, Tad and Joyce 15th front lesson provided a great Lhamon, and Jeb and Dianne Embree Bob Medland on Medland Beach New Zealand learning experience. Milt says he for the CCA Cruise in New Zealand. they plan to return and keep heading hopes to use the Aug. 15 norther again During the cruise they journeyed to north, spending time in southeastern next summer for another “free ride” Medland Beach on Great Barrier Island . Sarah famously once said, back to Maine. But he says he’s always that was a delight to visit. Following “When you are in Alaska, you may as well mindful of the wisdom about there this wonderful sailing adventure in keep going through the , being no free lunch! the southern hemisphere Bob and follow the west Greenland coast, turn east One reminder for CCA members Sally enjoyed the summer close to and we’ll have Raven back in Norway.”. from all stations: the Florida Station home with many outings aboard their Rob Emery has purchased a new offers a full round of luncheons, at own Aphrodite. boat, Flamingo, a Beneteau Oceanis 45 least one a month, from November Bob and Sally attended many that the family had christened and through April, and all CCA members events and festivities for the Start boarded in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. and significant others are invited. and Finish of the bi-annual classic Along with their daughter Tory (4), You’ll find the schedule for our Newport-Bermuda Race sponsored Lisa and Rob set off on a cruise across luncheons and other events on the by the Cruising Club of America the Bay of Fundy for Coastal Maine CCA website. We have luncheons in and the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club. and Bar Harbor. Amongst other sea life, Stuart, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and Bob Reports that the highlight of his St. Petersburg. Please come and join summer was to observe the dedication us over the winter! and commitment of so many CCA members to the success of the Race. Milt Baker, Historian The Royal Canadian Yacht Club was represented in the Race by old time GREAT LAKES RCYC member Jim Binch (NYS) and his crew, Andrew McTavish (GLS) and It has been a busy summer for many Rob Emery (GLS) along with Michael members of the Great Lakes Station. Millard (NYS). We enjoyed a great summer season that Dean Rau and Sarah Lund, L to R: Rob Emery (GLS), Michael Millard (NYS), PC Jim Binch has challenged us with extreme gales From Bayfield Wisconsin, trucked (NYS), and Andrew McTavish (GLS) to non-existent winds. A lot of us have their Crealock 40 Raven to Olympia they were lucky enough to come up skipped the Great Lakes and have gone . Their first stop was Gig close and personal with a Great White to the oceans. Harbor where they met fellow CCA Shark, which was tagged shortly after Mike and Donna Hill, after member, Dan McDonough and wife their encounter. It was quite a once-in- 45 years of sailing, including a Pat aboard his beautiful wooden yawl, a-lifetime experience. While cruising 50,000 nm circumnavigation on . The San Juan and Gulf west from Bar Harbor, they were lucky Baccalieu IV (Oyster 56), thought they Islands were crowded in early July so enough to meet up with Rob Beebe and had ‘swallowed the hook’ in 2011 and the Raven moved on. From Campbell family, and to use Stafford Keegan’s took a seven-year break from yacht River half way up the east side of CCA mooring ball in one of the ownership. They have missed it. “The Vancouver Island there were fewer prettiest mooring fields overlooking beauty of the North Channel, along with boats and the countryside increasingly Southwest Harbor. 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joined in as the evening progressed. GULF OF MAINE Phin commented on the need to get In March, the days were beginning young people involved in all aspects to lengthen and those of us in the of the sport and the marine trades north were starting to think about our business and proudly introduced boats and looking forward to a great two grandchildren as a step in that sailing season. What could be a better direction. That set the tone and was way to get excited about the upcoming followed by Bob Scott describing summer than to enjoy a good boat the Storm Club’s program to

Rob Emery and family on Flamingo show? The 31st annual Maine introduce sailing to new and younger Boatbuilders Show was held March people and Alex Agnew of Tall Ships 23rd through the 25th, the second Portland described the CCA/GMP year at its new venue at the Portland youth sailing pilot program for this Sports Complex in Portland, Maine. summer in conjunction with Tori Not your ordinary boat show and one Willauer and The Apprenticeshop that people return to year after year in Rockland. This pilot project to see friends with a common bond would offer 13 to 18 year old future and to talk with exhibitors that you offshore sailors a chance for a five-day won’t find at most other boat shows. training program aboard volunteer

Baccalieu V docked at Jones Falls. The Hotel Kenny, a 138 year This year did not disappoint with CCA-member boats along with a old Inn, is in the background. exhibitors displaying everything from trained instructor. In August, this of Maine, the extreme FOG of Maine, finely crafted wooden boats to solar pilot program came to fruition. The and took down considerable weight in panels and Lithium batteries. A major CCA and The Apprenticeshop teamed Lobster and Oysters. They loved Maine attraction of the show is a series of up to test a new 5-night program so much that they returned at the nearly continuous one-hour seminars, aimed at giving teenagers the chance end of September for a week in Casco and this year the range of topics was to go cruising under sail. Matching Bay. Rob and Lisa will continue their wide and varied – electric propulsion, a volunteer CCA skipper and boat cruising next summer with planned connecting kids to the Maine coast, with a sailing instructor and tuition- visits to Marblehead, Nantucket, celestial navigation, Harvey Gamage paying teenagers, the program Martha’s Vineyard and ping-ponging in , marine trades education, seeks to provide a sustainable way up Long Island Sound with stops building a 38-foot Aktins Ingrid, the for local sailing organizations to planned at Old Lyme, Seawanaka, and fundamentals of sea keeping in hull provide enthusiastic teen sailors with American Yacht Club, before making design – the list is long. exposure to cruising on larger boats. their way up the Hudson and The Erie Barge Canal and home to Lake Ontario. They hope to see CCA Members along the way, and are definitely open to suggestions of stops along the way. For the month of July, Jock Macrae with Les Crane (BDA), along with our wives Val and Mags, met up in Terceira, Azores, and sailed to Sao Miguel where we met Judy Robertson (BDO) aboard her Advance 40 Semper Vivens, which Attendees at the 2018 Maine Boatbuilders Show she had sailed over from Halifax. James Watlington (BDA) and two great Phin and Joanna Sprague, who Our endlessly generous Commodore sailing friends joined us (less our organize and run the show, expanded Brad Willauer departed August 6th, wives) to deliver a Little Harbour 53 to their hospitality this year with the aboard Breezing Up, for the first of Cowes, England. We had light winds traditional after-hours CCA Gam these cruises. Below is a description to Falmouth, but absolutely the best by inviting members of the Ocean from Tori Willauer, Sailing Director sailing ever along the south coast of Cruising Club and the Storm Trysail at The Apprenticeshop, about the England. It was perfect picture sailing Club to attend, all with the idea of departure of Voyage 1 of the CCA with blue skies and strong westerlies. creating as wide a community as Teen Cruising program. possible of like-minded people. In all Jock Macrae “Four students (ages 12-16), two more than 55 people signed up and more instructors and one captain/boat owner

32 NEWS FROM STATIONS & POSTS set sail onboard Breezing Up (J46) out of to , and Peter had met the felt the seminar succeeded in these Rockland harbor, headed East. This hearty Griffiths during his cruising in the objectives while reaching a capacity group of boys will focus on seamanship, Pacific. Also in attendance was Marina crowd of 50 attendees. The follow-up sailing and the skills of cruising while Passano’s father, Bob Dale, who had survey showed that seminar attendees exploring their local waters off the coast been stationed in the Antarctic during gave the sessions high marks in of Maine. They will also delve into what virtually every category. In addition, it is to be a leader both onboard and in a numerous letters from attendees were community heeding to the phrase ‘take received saying how enjoyable and care of ship, shipmates, self’ in that order. effective the seminar was in meeting They started the day with a ‘duffle shuffle’ their individual needs.

(making sure they packed only the gear Photo by Dale Bruce In August, 90 of us gathered at they needed and nothing extra), they the WoodenBoat School in Brooklin set in on their first task of provisioning. for a joint BOS/GMP event. It is a As a group they created a menu with a gorgeous setting right on Eggemoggin shopping list and made their way to the Following Seas Film Showing. L-R: Brad Willauer, Bob Dale, Reach. Many came by boat, a few by Chris Knight, Teno Griffith, Peter Passano local super market. They also created a car, and a good time was had by all. team charter – a list of behaviors they the Griffiths circumnavigation of Garry and Leslie Schneider offered want to bring with them on their voyage that continent. All three added to the launch service to boaters. Many -which they have written on a burgee that event with memories of their own. The enjoyed a tour of the campus led by they will fly on the starboard spreader. film itself was beautifully edited and WoodenBoat’s own Rich Hilsinger. All They stowed their gear, got oriented and made for a fascinating and impressive set sail.” Much was learned by all. showing. Most of the attendees opted At the end of May, 62 GMP to stay for a meal at the Frontier Café members and friends gathered at in a lovely setting overlooking the the Frontier Theater and Café in Androscoggin River. Brunswick for a showing of “Following The GMP holds a license for the public showing of this film and will be happy to share it with other groups for additional showings. Please contact Frank Cassidy if interested in arranging this. JP Smith in Lifesling at Safety for Cruising Couples Photo by Doug Bruce & Alison Langley A Safety for Cruising Couples

Photo by Willauer Tori (SCC) seminar was held at Camden Yacht Club on May 27th. This was organized by Doug Bruce and Galen Todd, a new GMP member also from Commodore Brad Willauer and crew Camden. This particular SCC event Seas” released in 2016, it is a film set out to be a little different from telling the story of Blue Water Medal typical seminars. Galen and Doug winners Robert, Nancy and Reid worked hard to recruit younger Griffith’s many years of remarkable cruisers to attend, in line with the cruising adventures which covered club’s long-term goal of attracting Galen Todd teaching medical topics at Safety for Cruising Photo by Doug Bruce & Alison Langley over 170,000 miles. Our evening began a younger generation of qualified Couples - Gust Stringos (GMP) on left with a social hour in the theater’s cruisers. In addition, they wanted were impressed by the schools courses café with drinks and hors d’oeuvres, to involve a significant number of and quality workmanship. A few followed by the film showing. We GMP members as instructors and discovered fun offerings in their store. were honored to have Robert and attendees, some of whom might be With thanks to all who contributed to Nancy’s son Teno with us and he motivated to organize additional the event, the GMP was able to make added a great deal, both before and seminars in the future. They wanted a $1,000 donation to WoodenBoat after the film, through storytelling to enhance the instructional process School’s scholarship fund. and recollections about their family to have attendees feel a greater The highlight of the gathering was life. CCA members Chris Knight and sense of personal involvement and a presentation made to the club which Peter Passano were also in attendance. commitment to learning the essentials had been thoughtfully masterminded Chris had shot some of the footage needed for their specific sailing by Stocky Smith. I quote Stocky: used in the film during a passage ambitions. Happily, the organizers “I have asked my first cousin, Henry B.

33 NEWS FROM STATIONS & POSTS du Pont, IV to join this Gam in his boat, wife Meg came out of retirement N’oreaster. When our Grandfather, Hank to renovate the old Snow Shipyard du Pont, was commodore in 1957-1958, property in Rockland to create the he commissioned a jeweler to fabricate a Sail, Power & Steam Museum and lady’s brooch in the shape of a CCA burgee Children’s Museum. with the white part made up of diamonds The museum is a treasure trove of nautical and mechanical gear, working and the blue stripe as sapphires. When he Photo by Emaline Surgenor died in 1970, the brooch was handed down boats in running condition, and to my mother, Peggy. And when she died operating steam and diesel engines. in 2009 it was then handed down to Scilla. Circumnavigation pennant And an entire area is devoted to the As there is no logical lady to pass the brooch Brad Willauer, Ed Van Keuren, Tim Surgenor, Frank Blair Bowdoin – a schooner many CCA on to, either as a member or the wife of a Garry and Leslie Schneider had members are familiar with. member, Scilla has decided to gift the brooch a good “safety moment” dockside at By the time this issue comes out, to the Club to be worn at official events by evenings end, testing the power and our boats will be tucked in for the the wife of the incumbent Commodore, or by effectiveness of a traditional flare winter… or traveling south… and a lady Commodore herself.” vs the new Coast Guard approved we hope to see you all at a variety of This brooch is stunningly beautiful ‘flashlight’ version. The old-style flare upcoming events - including our ever and is an enormously thoughtful won hands-down. popular lunch at the Damariscotta and generous gift to the club. Sadly, Garry and Leslie have for several River Grill. Our presenter will be Stocky passed away four days after years been administering CCA’s Mark Lenci, USN “A Day in the Life Safety at Sea seminars. Offered to of a Nuclear Attack Submarine” Newport Bermuda racers and the accompanied by his son, Lt. Nicholas general sailing public. On June 14th Lenci presenting “An Update and Garry and Leslie were honored prior Comparison to Today’s Surface Navy” to the start of the Newport Bermuda Please join us if you can - it’s always a Race by CCA Commodore Brad fun event. Willauer for their work. Frank Cassidy, Secretary

Photo by Agnes Danzciger Garry and Leslie are handing the responsibility for these courses over to Mark Lenci, and they expect to put their NEW YORK teachings into practice as they cruise Brad & Ann Willauer - brooch presentation aboard their Mason 43, Rising Wind. The NYS has had an active 6 Our October event will be held months since our last update. at Rockland’s Sail, Power & Steam In May Peter Becker and Rob Museum where we will be hosted by Alexander spoke about their future the museum’s founders Captain Jim plans for the Young American Sailing Sharp and his wife Meg. The evening Academy and their preparations for event will include hors d’oeuvres this year’s Newport Bermuda Race. and beverages in the museum where Photo by Agnes Danzciger we will wander about and have the opportunity to hear the history of CCA Burgee Brooch Rockland and its shipbuilding. the gam but was able to enjoy seeing a Captain Sharp is a local legend video of the presentation that was taken and has been part of the schooner by his dear friend Sandy Andrews. world since the 1950s. He was one Congratulations were given to of the early members of the Maine Frank Blair on his circumnavigation Association. After a award presentation. Ed Van Keuren lifetime of rebuilding more than 30 (BOS /BUZ) also joined us at the vessels and showcasing the coast Gam and had been awarded his of Maine as a schooner captain, Jim pennant in the spring. Sharp enjoyed a 20-year retirement A large grill was on hand, two that allowed him to focus on writing, rum kegs were present, and everyone cruising and donating his beloved enjoyed cooking out, and sharing a schooner Adventure to the city of meal together. Gloucester. In 2009, Jim and his

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They have great plans for YASA, we are working to see if we can Hauraki Gulf welcomed PNW members which we were excited to hear about. begin to vary our monthly meetings John and K Robinson, Dave and Mary Following on the success of High Noon, and change the routine in order to Utley, Tad and Joyce Lhamon, Doug for this year’s Bermuda Race, YASA reinvigorate our events and increase and Susan Adkins, and Walter Smith entered a 63-foot race boat named participation. Ideas include a lunch and Kathryn Crossland. Gambler. Of significance is how this meeting, more rendezvous, visits to Other far-flung cruisers included team was made up of sixteen young various maritime museums, etc. Don and Sharry Stabbert on Starr in sailors male and female – all under the their loop from Honolulu to Seattle Sandy Vietor age of 23. Visit www.yasailing.org to via the Kenai Peninsula. They might learn more about their activities. In June we had a terrific Clambake PACIFIC at David Tunick’s house with a large NORTHWEST contingent of CCA and NAS members. Luckily the forecasted rain seemed to The PNW Station enjoyed an split right over David’s house and the unusually warm and dry sailing Photo by Doug Adkins weather turned out to be almost perfect. season…dry, that is, until our Fall Due to forecasted thunderstorms, Cruise, carefully scheduled for the the Oyster Bay rendezvous was most reliably sunny week of the year… postponed 24 hours to August but more about our cruises later. 5th. Under the able leadership of The Station held our normal The Haka at Weihiki Island Ian Gumprecht, there was a good monthly luncheons on the shoulders have crossed wakes with Mark Roye turnout of 7 boats that rafted up. of the summer. Speakers included on his adventures in Prince William To paraphrase Ian, ‘it was a wee bit Phil DiNuovo and Leslie Linkkila Sound aboard Tamara. Kaspar and hot…and plenty of swimming and who recounted their cruising and Trisha Schibli ranged further east huddling up in the shade of those humanitarian adventures in the Pacific in the Mediterranean this summer boats which had awnings’. I believe it and New Guinea aboard their 33’ aboard Starfire. Bob Cadranell, who was much more than a wee bit hot! In Mason cutter Carina. Peter and Ginger is really an SAF member but who fact, when I asked if there were photos Niemann delivered a remarkable we like to claim, brought his new 85’ to put in the GAM, Bob Darbee’s account of their transit of the Northwest Adjutor north from San Diego for a comment was….’IT WAS A REALLY passage aboard their Herreshoff ketch quick visit and then scooted right back HOT DAY! Maybe someone has a down the coast for the St. Francis YC pic of wilted guys hiding under that Stag Cruise. The Niemanns continued awning . . . ‘ No one could supply such across the pond from the east coast to a photo. Next year we are thinking of Androssen, Scotland in Irene. Howard moving the Oyster Bay Rendezvous to and Stephanie Conant found their way either June or September to hope for home to the Pacific Northwest onHoly Photo by Doug Adkins more moderate temperatures. Grail after many years away and Bill In October, Rich DuMoulin and Cathy Cuffel reported in from discussed the ‘Evolution of Safety Sardinia aboard Jarana. Finally, at this at Sea over the past 50 years’. writing, John Robinson was aboard Dianne Embree, Bob Medland, Brad Willauer, Tad Lhamon Rich’s vast experience including 25 and John Robinson intently racing radio controlled Threshold with Steve and James on Newport Bermuda Races gives him yachts in the Hauraki Gulf their way from Cabo Verde to Buenas an unique perspective of safety at sea Irene during the summer window of Aires. As an important final note, new which made for an informative and 2017. Bob Brunkow, founder and past member Haley Lhamon competed entertaining evening to kick off our president of ICOM America discussed notably with an all- women crew in this winter events. trends in communication technology. summer’s Race to Alaska, the R2AK. During dinner, Rich was regaling Our own guru of photography, Chuck We await her report later this fall. his table about his and wife, Ann’s Guildner, provided a wonderful update This year our Cruise Director John summer cruising activities around of techniques and composition in McCartney, along with Gail of course, the Great Lakes. In November, our the making of digital images. We are worked very hard while keeping us entertainment will be the film, NY40“ blessed with really great speakers. relatively close to home. The Spring MARILEE: Restoration of a Herreshoff Stations members enjoyed part- Cruise titled “Island Time” began on Classic” and followed up by our Annual icipating in the New Zealand Cruise May 13th in Anacortes and meandered meeting at our December meeting. in March and brought back wonderful through the San Juan Islands with a For events after the New Year, stories and vivid memories. The stop at Hunter Bay, a terrific dinner in

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Friday Harbor and a final-final with The following night was the men’s chowder, song fest and rum barrel on appetizer contest and rum barrel to Mike Brown’s iconic and grand Double close out a wonderful and memorable Island in West Sound on May 19th. A time together.

good many cruisers took a wonderful Photo by Doug Cole side-trip to Dan and Kathy Schwartz’s beautiful home at Cattle Pass for a deck-side lunch followed by a lookout for native foxes. In the fall our cruise

took us north to Howe Sound and Photo by Doug Cole the Sunshine Coast just to the north of Vancouver from September 9th through 13th. “Howe Sound Sojourn” was planned to coincide with the best weather of the summer and linked to Gray skies, bright trousers! Baird Tewksbury and Dan Schwartz the week after school begins in order rustic and welcoming ambience had to maximize our enjoyment of quiet never allowed another group to use The PNW Station is represented by cruising. However, the Gods had other their facilities. We could not have many Transoceanic and Circumnav- plans and the rain began in the days felt luckier to be the first. The rain igation veterans. The photo above before the cruise started and pelted us continued but it never dampened our shows a group of ‘round-the-world’ spirits or diluted our rum barrel. The sailors who were awarded their fleet of 13 boats continued around pennant during a recent Station Gambier Island for a Guest Night luncheon. They are Paul Baker, Suzette aboard the Conant’s Holy Grail, the Connolly, Mary Alice and Brian O’Neill, Pat Mondloch, Neil Sirman,

Photo by Doug Cole Kurt Mondloch, Garth Wilcox, and Sue and Jim Corenman. In the “Intra-Station Cross Cultural Department”, Doug and Susan Adkins were privileged to call on Ross and Lhamons and Stabberts aboard Lyric Photo by Joyce Lhamon Kathleen Sherbrooke in Cohasset, MA for the early part of our time together. and be given a tour of their fantastic But, no worries really. We are the PNW and historic beach-bound boathouse. Station after all! What a treat! We began at Gibson’s Landing for a far better than usual Pub Dinner and then headed north through the rain and abundant drift to the marvelous and snug Thunderbird Yacht Club on Gambier Island. This tiny club with Photo by Doug Adkins

Appetizer Runners-Up Charlie Stillman and Joe Golberg The Sherbrookes in their element Photo by Doug Cole with the Rum Barrel Stabbert’s Starr, the Middleton’s Far Out, The PNW Station meets at the and Rondy and Dorothy Dike’s Moxie. Seattle Yacht Club on the second Our cruise finished up with two nights Monday of each month except July, at Rondy’s terrific Union Steamship August, and September when we Company at Snug Cove on Bowen are out cruising. We are always very Island. The first night was a unique happy to have members from other Crab Boil with the whole crew eating posts and stations join us, whether for fresh seafood with our hands at a very luncheons or our fabulous cruises. long table followed by a seated dessert. Douglas Adkins, Historian The Snug Harbor Crab Boil

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SAN FRANCISCO from Hawaii, Bill was just coming onto in the Pac Cup. The course is 2070 his midnight watch when he heard a miles, more or less, from San Francisco It’s not news, but summer’s over (at huge BANG. Arriving topside, he saw to Kaneohe Bay, Oahu. He went fast, least in the Northern Hemisphere), so it’s the mast tilting aft at about 45 degrees. finishing first in his class. Also going time to report on the doings at the San Never mind his first reaction – his along, but at a much more relaxed pace, Francisco Station. As is often the case, second reaction, only seconds later, was was John Swain aboard his Mason 44 this past summer our members shot out to see if he could salvage the situation. ketch, Lyric, which was well suited for of the Gate for places near and far. Well, Earlier he had attached a to the the Fun Race to Hawaii. John also took actually not so near. forward pulpit, which was still attached along some garbage-tracking gear in Although she hasn’t reported in, we and keeping the mast from coming all case he might be able to put it to use. know that Sylvia Seaberg and partner, the way down. “We then, in a frenzy, John said it was slow going, but he had Tom Condy, were out in French Polynesia rigged more forward and started to a great time, which is what he’d wanted. somewhere having a grand time. And slowly crank the mast back into place. We And, over on the other coast, Peter how, you might ask, do we know that? were able to get it back upright and secure. Noonan took his Defiance, a , Bill and Sandy Edinger bumped into We dodged a big bullet, as once the mast falls out to Bermuda with the other Newport them (not exactly, but wicked close) all the way down it is almost impossible to Bermuda Race participants. as the photo from Sylvia attests. They raise at sea.” The mast had crushed the Todd Hedin and Liz Baylis had an coincidentally were anchored near each hard top for the dodger and Bimini top unexpected meetup with Commodore other in Fare, Huahine. as well as tweaking the new . They Brad Willauer in Rockland, Maine. The were able to continue – on the port tack Commodore had noticed that Acquaviva and making okay time although with was in a state of improper dress – uncomfortable seas. After a couple of specifically, that the burgee was not days, Bill noticed that “Wavy Gravy,” flying from the masthead position as the hydrogenerator, wasn’t keeping up required in the Blue Book, page 488. He with the loads. The boat felt ponderous did acknowledge Todd and Liz’s fears

Photo by Sylvia Seaberg and the autopilot was working harder about the well-being of their gear up than it should sucking up the juice. At there, so, off he (the Commodore) went, around this time, he also noticed that the soon to return with a pig stick to solve starboard ama seemed to be riding lower the problem. With their concerns allayed, That’s Bill’s Defiance, in the distance, and Sylvia’s Cinnabar in the water. “I went down and opened the all retired to the Commodore’s Breezing hatch and looked forward and found that Up for a pleasant evening. Here’s the Bill and Sandy had left for the the forward section was totally flooded! The Commodore’s solution at work: Marquesas in mid-April to pursue much forward section of the ama (about 25% of the the same loop as they did four years ago. total) has a lexan cover that is removable so By May 1, they were nearly in Hiva Oa, that you can store a few things in there and 17 days out. And who should they see also see in. It wasn’t leaking a drop even but Station member Marc Gounard, with though the compartment was full to the top.”

Doreen, aboard their cat, Imani? Marc Bill normally carries a big 12-volt pump Photo by Liz Baylis and Doreen had arrived from Sausalito and was able to rig it to drain the 700 or in December and had been cruising the 800 gallons of water in there. “They say islands since then. the best bilge pump is a scared man with a From Hiva Oa, Bill and Sandy went bucket, but we would still be bailing without on to Fakarava, an atoll in the west of that pump!” In due course, they found the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. that the leak had been from a fitting he’d Fakarava had it all: beautiful tropical used to attach one of the halyards to raise scenery with vibrant sea and bird life … the mast, which operation had put a fantastic clear water … abundant rich horrendous load on the fitting, damaging and healthy coral. But they pushed on its caulking seal. Once fully caulked, – to Rangiroa, then to Moorea, Tahiti. however, Defiance was able to make it And on they went (at one point Sandy safely back into the Bay. And to think and daughter, Annie, flew back to San that exactly all of this had previously Francisco and Bill took on fresh crew). happened to Bill four years ago! Sue and Mike Proudfoot put some And then, just as happened four years On less heart-pounding, but still miles on. Hoping to repeat their voyage ago – another all-hands-on-deck scenario noteworthy voyages, Jim Quanci took of 18 years ago, they departed the Bay – on the way back to San Francisco his Cal 40, Green Buffalo, across to Hawaii in May and made Cape Flattery in five

37 NEWS FROM STATIONS & POSTS or six stops. Then on to Puget Sound Tomales Bay, which is a long narrow bay not at all. And here’s Robby’s account of and north along the inland passages created by the San Andreas fault, the their departure from Tomales Bay aboard of British Columbia and Alaska, and mouth of which is about 50 miles to the his 80-year-old Spaulding 38, Nautigal: around Revillagigedo Island, Alaska, north of the Gate. The cruise, to which “Saturday evening we moved the boat with where Ketchikan is located. They then many members come by car, starts off two others to White Gulch anchorage with returned to Bellingham where they left on a Saturday morning with a beach plans to leave at the morning tide 0615. Got Farida, their 38-foot Colin Archer ketch, cleanup effort. Here are the early risers: up at 0400 – yuck, cold, very dark, etc., and to be picked up next summer. Then there was the picnic organized off we went around 0500, 4 ½ miles later, Stan and Sally Honey had previously by Jason and Candice Deal. It was a feast. onto a mud bank (I draw 6 feet). Did that arranged to have their Illusion moved Did anyone know that Jason had been three times. Another boat, Rowena Carlson’s south by friends and family, but the a chef in a fancy restaurant in London? Cal 40, Nozomi, tried with same effect. One time had come for them to take charge, Well, he was, and the results were on boat, Richard Schaper’s Ebeneezer II, with so they did. After departing from display. And picnic goers also brought two feet less draft, did make it through. Back Costa Rica, they took advantage of the certain delights. Here they are (Jason and to White Gulch with plans to try again on opportunity to explore Panama’s Pacific Candice are on the far left): the evening tide about 1715, which was a foot islands, which they found absolutely magnificent. From there, they transited the Canal, and left Illusion on the east (north?) side, as Stan would be off preparing for the Sydney Hobart Race aboard . Next year, they plan to Comanche Photo by unknown move along through the Caribbean and up the East Coast to Newport. Moe Roddy was fortunate enough to sail along the Irish Coast, Scotland and the Scottish Islands and canals aboard Nora and Bruce Slayden’s 66-foot Gunboat, Moondoggie, and Dick Enersen Station boats included Contesa (Clark higher. White Gulch is a great anchorage, 6 was back in his usual stomping grounds, Beek), Deguello (Jason Deal), Ebeneezer miles from the entrance, with herds of Tule Vancouver Island, with his daughter, II (Richard Schaper), Nautigal (Robby Elk wandering around making whistling aboard Brass Ring. Robinson) and Nozomi (Roweena noises. They are really, really big. Males In early October, Station member Carlson). Bill Edinger showed up aboard have big racks. Anyway we did make it out Jeanne Socrates departed on an effort Bill Mittendorf’s powerboat. successfully, Nozomi leading, with about 9 to complete a solo, non-stop, unassisted As it turns out, Tomales Bay is a little inches in one spot, and were headed to Point circumnavigation. She completed such like a lobster trap: somewhat easy to Reyes, again, motor sailing in light wind a voyage in 2013, becoming the oldest get into, somewhat harder to get out of: (reach) with just the main. Wind stayed woman to do so. Her exploits can be Here are some folks thinking the trip out light until we passed the Point Reyes Light followed at www.svnerida.com. would be a breeze: and had just turned left when it picked up. At the end of every summer, the The trick is to get over a bar at the I swear there is a machine buried in Point Station has a cruise up the coast to mouth of the Bay at the top of the tide, or Reyes that generates wind, fog and cold air. It is always miserable there.” After spending the night in Drake’s Bay, Robby and his crew made it back to San Francisco Bay late on Monday afternoon. We continued to hold our regular monthly luncheons with speakers at various yacht clubs in the Bay Area, except for the months of July and Photo by passing beach-goer August, when we take a summer break. In June, in place of mid-day lunch meetings, we held the first of two dinner meetings in an effort to see if this scheduling might make it easier for those still working to attend. The first of these dinners was held in the boatyard

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SOUTHERN and Stan and Sallie Honey on their CALIFORNIA voyage to Antarctica aboard Skip Novak’s Pelagic Australis. The June luncheon attended John L. Cahill, M.D., Historian by some 35 members, was held at the Balboa Yacht Club on June 21 Photo by Robby Thompson and featured our own famed yacht designer and member Alan Andrews. He talked about new yacht designs and foiling for the upcoming Nautigal Libations aboard AC event. Most of us were left at Spaulding Marine Center in Sausalito, somewhat amazed at the anticipated BONNELL COVE and turnout was high. Spaulding is a speeds that were predicted among FOUNDATION wooden boat yard and has a lot going other aspects of the newer designs. on, so it was enjoyable being there The annual Spring Cruise to among its “works in progress.” The Catalina, hosted by Bob and Corky Bonnell Cove attracts a second dinner meeting will be held in Winters, began with a kick-off dinner fascinating assortment of grant November 7, also at Spaulding. Our in Newport Beach June 12. Members applications from studies assessing new Station member, Ashley Perrin, and boats participating included Bill marine protected areas to the testing of boat building materials to will speak on her extensive experiences and Jeri Barsz on Bel Ami, Steve and the purchase of emergency rescue as an ice pilot in Antarctica. Amanda Calhoun on Psyche, Gary and Reporting on happenings at the San Sandi Hill accompanied by Duffy and equipment. This past spring the Foundation Francisco Station during the summer Terry Duffield onPeter B, John and granted over $34,500 to 10 months would be deficient if mention Vicki Frank on Melelai, Carl and Kary organizations. The grants ranged weren’t made of the progress that our Fuller on Rocket. Gil Jones and Rick from $2,500 to $5,000. Most of the Station member, Alan Olsen, made on Wempe on Cat Tracs Ric and Monika organizations are relatively small his years-long construction project along Sanders on Ambivalence 2, Larry and have excellent track records in the shoreline of Sausalito. I’m referring, Somers and Lisa Laing on Amorita, accomplishing their goals. Seven of course, to the building of the Matthew further joined by Seymour Beek and grants were for environmental Turner under Alan’s leadership. He’s Bobbi, John and Adrienne Garrison, and really close to finishing up, and here’s Tod and Linda White along the way. projects and three were for training the proof: The group first gathered at or equipment related to safety. Moonstone Landing and the NHYC Eight were given to East Coast and station for cocktails and Bocce Ball two were to West Coast non-profits. games highlighted by Gary and Sandi This fall we have received seven Hill inviting the entire group aboard grant requests, five for safety at for a dinner cruise to Avalon and a sea and two for the environment of night ashore at the Blue Water Grill. the sea. A total of $72,800 has been Photo by Alan Olson Further stops included Cherry Cove requested. The Board of Trustees is and winding up at the LAYC facility likely to consider funding part of at Howland’s Landing and a beach the requested amounts depending barbeque and the famous Larry and on the pool of donations received Lisa chili and dogs. through the year. The annual Summer Party held Once again we ask that CCA at the still to be finished Newport members steer worthy not-for- Harbor Yacht Club was held on profit organizations to the Bonnell August 26 was well attended and Cove website to find our application hosted by Rear Commodore Pete policies and forms. And, as always, and Harriet Pallette. The newly we are most grateful to you who constructed yacht club will hopefully allow us to help inspiring programs be ready for the annual dinner to be achieve their missions. Your held November 28. donations are put to immediate use. The next luncheon meeting will be at the San Diego Yacht Club, October Stafford Keegin, Historian 18 and will feature Rowena Spencer

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Being in the AC Hall of Fame is a big honor. I found the photo in the Americas Cup news today. Two of the men in this photo are CCA members. Marshall was one of four inductees at the gala; the others in the photo are already members of the Hall of Fame.

FINAL VOYAGES

Hugh Caldera

Ron Chevrier

Robert Drew

G. Waddy Garrett

Tom Gochberg

James Gourd

Left to right: Bruno Troublé, John Marshall, Patrizio Bertelli, Tom Schnackenburg and Gary Jobson George Hartmann Jakob Isbrandtson CCA AND SAILORS FOR THE SEA Bjorn Johnson WILL COLLABORATE TO PROMOTE OCEAN STEWARDSHIP John Letcher Robert McWerthy

The Cruising Club of America, through its Environment Henry Marx of the Sea Committee, and Sailors for the Sea, a prominent ocean conservation organization, have entered into Jack Moffly an agreement to work together to encourage sailors to become Bradley Noyes stewards of the oceans. The collaboration will build upon Sailors for the Sea’s Clean Regatta Program and the CCA’s “leave no trace” Michael O’Flaherty standards for dealing with trash at sea. Sailors for the Sea and the CCA have worked together Humphrey Simson on the certification of the last two Newport Bermuda Stockton Smith Races as clean regattas. In 2014 the race was certified at the Gold level. An issue of particular interest to both Peter Ward organizations is the reduction of the use of single-use plastic bottles by sailors. Daniel Walker , Jr. is a founding member and the current Chairman of Sailors for the Sea and Rick Burnes is a Director and the Treasurer of that organization. Both are long-time members of the CCA. Rick is a veteran of 18 Newport Bermuda Races. On the signing of the agreement, Commodore Tad Lhamon Voyages will continue to carry noted that “The CCA is committed to stewardship of the oceans full remembrances with photos. and this collaboration with Sailors for the Sea will help us further this commitment.” Bill Foss, Chair, Environment of the Sea Committee

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WILLIAM C. BALLARD ALEC BRAINERD CARL BUCHAN St Petersburg, FL Rockport, ME Seattle, WA Spouse: Marion Spouse: Erin Spouse: Carol Yacht: Osprey, Mainship Pilot 34 Yacht: Nora, 1961 41’ Yacht: Madrona, 40’ Custom sloop Station: FLA Sparkman Stevens yawl Station: PNW Proposer: Donald J. Krippendorf Station: BOS Proposer: Thomas O’Brien Proposer: Jeffrey Gonsalves Prior to attending the US Naval Academy, Bill had extensive one design and offshore racing experience (two St. Petersburg to races, one complete SORC) sailing out of the St. Petersburg Yacht Club. At USNA he was a member of the offshore racing team, qualified as a Luders 44 skipper as a plebe, crewed in the 1957 Annapolis-Newport Race and served as midshipman sailing master in the 1958 Newport to Bermuda Race. Following his commissioning, he served on BARTON (DD 722), Carl’s father Bill was a Star attended submarine school, served A Maine native, Alex’s coastal and World Champion and Olympic Gold on HARDER (SS 568), and qualified sailing skills crewing and captaining Medalist. Inevitably Carl sailed from for command of submarines. After various windjammer childhood, was an All American five years of sea duty, he returned landed him a position as full time and Collegiate Sailor of the Year at to Florida, and practiced law in St. crew aboard the William Fife 94’ the University of Washington, and Petersburg for 38 years. He owned and ketch Sumurun, which he was aboard won an Olympic Gold of his own in raced a variety of MORC and PHRF for her first place finish in the 1997 the Class in 1984. boats, a J24, an MC , and recently, transatlantic cup. From England, Carl has also won multiple world a J70. In 1999 Bill was navigator and a Alec carried on as Watch Captain on championships, and trimmed the watch captain on a 45 foot sloop for a Sumurun’s passage to Gibraltar and wing on the America’s Cup Stars and transatlantic cruise from St. Maarten Sardinia. In April 1999, Alec set off on Stripes in 1988. Although to Puerto Sherry (Bay of Cadiz), a 82’ cold molded sloop from Antigua best known for his one-design Spain. He served as Navigator on to New Zealand, as Mate/Watch championship wins, Carl, along three SORC circuits in the 1980’s, and Captain, transferring to a 100’ 1939 with Carol, has enjoyed coastal and as Navigator on yachts participating Camper Nicholson as Watch Captain offshore sailing for many years in in the St. Petersburg-Isla Mujeres on that vessel’s voyage from Auckland vessels of all sizes. In recent years they Races of 2005, 2013 and 2014, and the to Fiji and return. Alec’s love of boats have taken up racing and cruising on 2017 St. Petersburg to Havana Race. and boatbuilding led him to establish Madrona. In June 2016 Carl skippered Since 2007 he has been active in race his Artisan Boatworks in 2002, Madrona in the Race 2 Alaska, from management and is presently (2018) a where he and his crew build, restore, Victoria, BC to Ketchikan, AK, which US Sailing certified Race Officer and maintain and broker an amazing array is a non-stop race, with no use of Club Judge. of classic wooden yachts. He and Erin power permitted. Once the engine Affiliations: St. Petersburg Yacht Club, are active members of Camden YC, was reinstalled, Carl and Carol Past Commodore where they are frequently to be seen sailed Madrona back home. Besides Military Service: US Navy 1960-1965 sailing on Nora with their two young innumerable Swiftsure and Southern daughters. Straits races, and a 2017 Transpac Affiliation: Camden Yacht Club on Merlin, Carl has also enjoyed chartering for many years with Carol REMEMBER TO and their children in various corners of the world from New Zealand to the PAY YOUR DUES Caribbean. ONLINE!

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situations, such as dragging anchor shadow of external threats. In 2017, they DAN G. COIT in the dark on a rocky lee shore on departed from Pohnpei and crossed the the south coast of Newfoundland, North Pacific, making US landfall in New York, NY or coping with the sudden loss of a Sitka, AK, a trip of 46 days and nearly Spouse: Kate backstay in a blustery nor’easter. 4,700 nautical miles. They maintained Yacht: White Wing II – an insightful and interesting website Hinckley Sou’wester 42 Affiliations: Kollegewidgwok Yacht and blog throughout the years https:// Station: BOS Club, Blue Hill sv-carina.org, and those CCA members Proposer: Blake Cady who encountered them en route were impressed by their thorough preparation PHILIP J. DINUOVO and the extent of the assistance they provided. They have written dozens Kingston, WA of articles and offered educational Spouse: Leslie Linkkila workshops at many cruising venues. Yacht: Carina, PAE Mason 33 Philip is an amateur radio operator, Station: PNW K7PAZ. Proposer: Frederic T. Lhamon (Tad) Affiliations: Port Madison YC, WA; Seven Seas Cruising Association (Commodores and Cruising Station Hosts, and recipients of the Association’s Clean Wake Award) Dan grew up sailing in Maine on his father’s 43’ Alden schooner, and was the under 18 Maine Sears Cup champion for two years running. During his undergraduate years at Yale, Dan was a member of the Varsity Sailing team, finding time during those college years to deliver boats on the east coast and the Caribbean, and take part in a Newport to Bermuda In August 2003 Philip, and his wife, race. In 1980 he was crew on the Leslie, set off in Carina on a voyage which transatlantic delivery of a 56’ ketch would ultimately cover over 41,000 from Florida to Majorca. Dan’s highly miles and take 14 years. They left Neah successful professional career as a Bay, WA on their first leg to San Diego, surgical oncologist, based in New thence to Central and South America, Check out the Website: York City, has taken up much of his and the Galapagos before reaching the time. However, summer vacations in Marquesas in April 2009. Along the www.cruisingclub.org Blue Hill always allowed Dan and way, Philip and Leslie became actively The CCA website is remarkable his family to spend many pleasurable involved in local community work, even for its clarity, ease of navigation days on the Maine Coast. Since 2010 organizing other cruisers to help fund and the wealth of information it when Dan purchased , and build a kindergarten in El Salvador. White Wing contains. Michael Moradzadeh he has single-handed her in the Bay They spent two cyclone seasons in has done a truly amazing job in every day possible, and has taken her Tonga and Fiji before jumping off from putting together a website that round trip from Blue Hill to Bermuda. Vanuatu on their first trip to Micronesia functions so well. You can find out Dan has also enjoyed heading north in 2011. They crossed the a total almost anything you need to know to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and of twelve times, visiting the Solomon about the CCA, its cruises, officers, Newfoundland. In 2017 he left Blue Islands, Palau, the Philippines, Indonesia committees and members on the site Hill to circumnavigate Newfoundland and Papua New Guinea. In 2016 they and download important cruising clockwise, taking 60 days to complete launched and executed a humanitarian information. the 2,500 mile passage. Dan’s project in support of the isolated Seimat crewmates are in agreement as to people of the Ninigo Islands who are GAMs from the past seven his calm, positive and encouraging struggling to survive by retaining years can be downloaded. demeanor, even in challenging their sailing canoe traditions in the

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testing initiative and is an amateur gear to be adopted for production. As LESLIE E. LINKKILA Extra, WZ7LL. Leslie has shared young adults Gerry and Tina cruised tales of their sailing adventures with the east coast aboard their 23’ bilge Kingston, WA local philanthropic groups and at keeler, leaving her in various ports to Spouse: Philip DiNuovo events such as the Seattle Boat Show return to school and work between Yacht: Carina, PAE Mason 33 and Wooden Boat Festival. She has legs. Gerry and Tina now spend their Station: PNW expressed an interest in contributing to time either cruising with family and Proposer: Joyce Lhamon the Voyages magazine and volunteering friends on the California/ coast for the Safety at Sea course. or on their new Catalina/Morgan 440 in St. Petersburg, Florida, when Gerry is not racing with customers and friends aboard their yachts. Gerry and Tina GERARD B. DOUGLAS also have a Shamrock 22 which will be kept in Christmas Cove, Maine. St. Petersburg, FL Spouse: Margaret (Tina) Affiliations: YC; St Yacht: Spartina, Catalina Morgan 440 Petersburg YC, Board Member; Long Beach Station: FLA YC, Honorary Member Proposer: Barbara Watson

NICK EVERETT Rye, NY Leslie grew up in rural Spouse: Nancy northeastern Connecticut, where Yacht: , J100 she was an active equestrian. She Station: NYS has been sailing for pleasure most of Proposer: Dod Fraser her adult life; and besides having a Masters degree in Microbiology, she is also extremely adept at maintaining and running their yacht, including extensive experience in sail repair. She has recently completed exams for a USCG Master’s Near-Shore license. As indicated in the bio of Gerry grew up in a sailing family her husband, Philip, they became on Barnegat Bay, NJ, and cruised involved with local communities the east coast as a youngster. At age during their 14 year blue water cruise. 12 he bought a sailing duck boat for In Micronesia, for example, Leslie $50.00, which he rebuilt and sold for a served as adjunct faculty of Math/ handsome profit. A spark was ignited. Science at an accredited college, After a brief career in industrial design replacing a faculty member who had and architecture, Gerry returned to Nick grew up in a family of premier taken an extended leave of absence. his passion, studied naval architecture Long Island Sound sailors – his Leslie was the dedicated navigator and engineering, and pursued a life as grandfather (elected to the CCA in aboard Carina and sourced weather a yacht designer. Over 50,000 boats of 1947) won many class championships, and routing information via Saildocs his designs have been built by Catalina as did his mother and aunt. Nick and with SailMail and Winlink. She has Yachts over the past 40+ years, winning Nancy have been active on the waters organized and presented seminars numerous Boat of the Year awards, of Western Long Island Sound since on the use of satellite imagery to as well as domestic and international their teens, when Nick was a JYRA supplement charts to ensure safe design competitions. Gerry currently Sailing Instructor. They have also navigation in areas where charts designs from the Largo, Florida enjoyed many cruises downeast, as are limited or inaccurate, and is Catalina plant where he is the GM. His well as chartering in the Caribbean organizing webinars for Seven Seas personal yachts tend to be veritable and Scandinavia. Nick has been University. She is currently the petri dishes of sailing innovations, as Watch Captain on four Newport to co-national Chair of the Seven Seas he is dedicated to personally testing Bermuda races, a couple of Annapolis Cruising Association ham radio every innovation and new piece of to Newport races, and many Vineyard

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and Block Island races. Nick is a Past Besides her sailing and navigation Cruz sailing team, it was the USC Commodore of the American Yacht skills, Dorothy’s training as a registered Cruising Club which introduced John Club, he has been Presiding Race nurse has been invaluable on many to the more distant destinations of the Officer at many major regattas, and occasions, and have made her a sought- Channel Islands off the Santa Barbara Chair of the American Yacht Club after crew member in several return coast. John moved to New York to Race Committee. The sailing/racing trips from Bermuda to Connecticut follow his career, and eventually gene is definitely prevalent in the and Rhode Island. Dorothy has discovered the joys of cruising the Everett family – Nick and Nancy’s assisted with the medical aspects at many islands of the Maine coast, which daughter Clemmie is a winner of the several Safety at Sea seminars prior to he has been exploring ever since. John U.S. women’s keelboat championship. Bermuda Races, as well as presenting has also enjoyed taking winter cruises Affiliations: American Yacht Club, Past Safety and Navigation classes at the on charters out of St Martin, and Commodore Stamford Yacht Club. Dorothy and calling on some of the lesser known Jonathan are between boats for the Caribbean islands, and has enjoyed moment, pondering their options for delivering boats from Bermuda or DOROTHY GOLDWEITZ future voyages Tortola to New York, and vice versa. He recently had the pleasure of being Oxford, MD Affiliations: Tred Avon Yacht Club, aboard a yacht being delivered from Spouse: Jonathan (CHE) Oxford, MD; Ocean Cruising Club - Charleston to Acapulco through the Station: CHE Associate member Panama Canal. While John continues Proposer: Edward Clucas to enjoy racing, his heart still belongs JOHN W.M. GOOD to the cruising life. In the summers of 2016 and 2017 he crewed for the late New York, NY Stockton Smith aboard , Spouse: Judy Weather Gauge alongside Schofield (Sandy) Andrews Yacht: Revelever, Alden Caravelle 42 on , as they made Station: BOS Here and Now passage for Battle Harbor, Labrador. Proposer: Stockton Smith John credits dodging icebergs in the Straits of Belle Isle as being the most magnificent cruising experience of his life. John only recently found his dream yacht Revelever, which he finds beautiful to behold and a joy to sail on Dorothy and her husband Jonathan – or perhaps she found him? have been familiar sights for many years as they made double-handed passages around the east coast from CCA MISSION their home base on Long Island Sound. They originally co-skippered Abaco, a 40 STATEMENT foot Concordia yawl which they owned from 1988 to 2011 then they acquired The mission of the Egret, a Bristol 45.5 which they owned John began sailing when he was Cruising Club of America from 2011 to 2017. In both vessels they 8 and his Dad came home with an is to promote cruising and voyaged frequently to Maine, Bras D’Or 8-foot plywood kit for a and Nova Scotia, where Dorothy’s skill , which was very popular at that racing by amateurs, to in sailing and navigating in pea soup time in Southern California where encourage the development fog was a much-admired attribute. they lived. The family moved on to of suitable types of cruising Aboard Egret, they expanded their ever larger boats, until they acquired craft, to stimulate interest sailing horizons northeast to the south their first keel boat, a Cal 20, which in seamanship, navigation coast of Newfoundland and south to was their introduction to cruising. and handling of small the Ragged Islands in the southern The then 16-year old John took 3 of Bahamas. Dorothy and Jonathan have his friends on her for a week-long vessels, and to gather and been welcome guests aboard CCA circumnavigation of Catalina Island, keep on file all information boats in the PNW, and have chartered and was hooked on the cruising life. which may be of assistance in the Caribbean and French Polynesia. While he raced for the USC at Santa to members in cruising.

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PAUL J. GRIMES ANDREW HERLIHY STEFAN R. HOLMGREN Portsmouth, RI South Dartmouth, MA Kullavik, Sweden Spouse: Kim Spouse: Elizabeth (Liz) Spouse: Maria Yacht: Breakaway, J35 Yacht: Migirl, Columbia 9.6 m Yacht: Penelope, S&S Nautor Station: BOS Station: BOS extended to 44 Proposer: John (Jay) R. Gowell Proposer: David W. Johns Station: BOS Proposer: A. Chace Anderson

Andy sailed with his parents aboard a series of ‘Gut Feelings’, Paul grew up sailing on Narragansett was a junior sailor at New Bedford Stefan sailed into the world of Bay, and continued racing through Yacht Club, and later taught sailing the CCA through his membership college. Since then he has worked as during his college years. Along the and active participation in the a boat builder, engineer and marine way Andy has raced all kinds of North American Station of the Royal surveyor, although he has now shifted boats in local and coastal regattas, Scandinavian Yacht Clubs and out of the marine industry. Currently including 420s, Solings, 505s, Sonars, Nylandska Jaktlubben (NAS). He and most of his sailing and racing is being and diverse big boats. He has been Maria sailed Penelope on the NAS done on Breakaway with his children Master and Watch Captain on several Denmark cruise in 2014, and in 2017 Alden and Megan, and family friends. voyages on Kinship, a Baltic 52 on her Stefan chaired the NAS cruise on the In those races the kids are now the passages between Massachusetts, west coast of Sweden, a delightful afterguard and the adults have moved Bermuda and the USVI, and has also event in which many CCA members to the rail. Paul also enjoys racing short- been Master and Watch Captain for participated. Stefan’s energy was handed in events such as the New Peter Bent (BOS) on Salmagal (a Sabre unflagging throughout the cruise, for England Solo-Twin, and the Off-Shore 425) between Norfolk and Eleuthera, which he had organized many special 160. Aside from racing his own boat, and West Palm and Green Turtle events. He dealt with adverse weather Paul has been Watch Captain and crew Cay. Andy and Liz and their two conditions, which required itinerary on Newport to Bermuda and Marion young children took a four month and harbor changes, episodes of to Bermuda races. In 2017 Paul sailed Caribbean sabbatical on Salmagal ill health and pesky rocks which Breakaway (which he restored) to first in the winter of 2016, and think the popped up unexpectedly, all the while place in Class 2 in the Bermuda 1-2. toughest part was coming home! handling Penelope short-handed with This doubled as a great family ‘cruise’, Andy is the Executive Director of the no difficulty. Stefan has captained as Kim and their children joined him not-for-profit Community Boating Penelope on several occasions from his on the boat in Bermuda. Center (CBC) in New Bedford, Mass, home port of Gothenburg to Inverness, Affiliation: Conanicut Yacht Club which introduces sailing to young Scotland, was Watch Captain on a children who might not otherwise transatlantic crossing from Annapolis have the possibility of enjoying our to La Roche via the Azores in 2013, sport. The CBC, with Andy in charge, and has taken part in many Swedish and Chip Johns and Sam Vineyard coastal races during the abbreviated (both Buzzards Bay Post) on the Race Swedish summers. Stefan’s wife Maria Committee, organized the 2017 ‘505’ and their sons, James and John, are all North American Championship, excellent sailors, as is their beloved which was regarded as extremely seadog Jenny. Having extended successful. Penelope a few years ago, Stefan’s plan Affiliations: New Bedford Yacht Club; for the winter of 2017-2018 was to Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club modify her rig, adding ten feet to the

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mast, a project he anticipated with his February 2017, and enjoyed cruising several passages to Maine and the usual infectious enthusiasm. in Sicily and Grenada this past Caribbean, as well as from Halifax Affiliations: Gothenburg Royal Yacht spring. She is planning a January to the Bras d’Or Lakes. In 2017 Larry Club (Past Commodore, now Senior 2019 crossing from the Canary and Elisabeth were aboard Nick Commodore); NAS Islands to Grenada with 2 friends on Brown’s yacht on the NAS cruise a . on the west coast of Sweden, where Affiliations: New York Yacht Club; Larry’s navigational skills were much Stonington Harbour Yacht Club in evidence. Affiliations: New York Yacht Club; Bristol Yacht Club LAWRENCE D. LAVERS Bristol, RI Spouse: Elisabeth Station: BOS RUSKIN T. LHAMON (RUSTY) Proposer: Nicholas Brown Bainbridge Island, WA Spouse: Haley Yacht: Lyric, Alden 44 sloop Station: PNW Proposer: Brian O’Neill DR. ANNE KOLKER New York, NY Yacht: Etoile, 52’ S&S Stellar Station: NYS Proposer: Virginia Vought

Anne grew up sailing on her family’s Rhodes 47, and has never stopped sailing, both racing and cruising. Anne and her late husband acquired Etoile in the early 2000s, and after he passed away she Larry was one of a group of twenty committed herself to understanding individuals who purchased the New the boat’s systems and to improving York 40 designed by Doug Peterson As a son of Tad and Joyce Lhamon her sailing skills. She has since in 1977. This became the New York (both PNW), Rusty inevitably grew skippered Etoile in 4 Marion to Yacht Club’s one design offshore up sailing, spending a summer Bermuda races, with an all-female boat, and on his vessel, Singoalla, and sailing, and standing watch, from crew who have undergone rigorous on a sister ship, Larry participated Seattle to Alaska at the age of 13. At spring training and ‘man overboard’ in many Newport to Bermuda races, the age of 14 he and a 14-year old drills in the worst weather. Etoile as well as the Stamford-Vineyard friend co-skippered a 26’ Galatea placed 4th in class in the 2015 and Block Island Race week events. for a week around the San Juan race, and Anne was elected as a Larry and his wife and children also Islands. Rusty went on to Captain the Trustee for the race in 2016. She is enjoyed cruising on Singoalla in the Stanford Sailing team in 1993, and has an advocate of women sailors, and Caribbean, spending the winters of circumnavigated Vancouver Island has been a speaker at the National 2007-2008 and 2008-2009, visiting on two occasions. When his parents Women’s Sailing Conference. many Caribbean islands before were making their circumnavigation Anne retired from her position as returning to Bristol. After retiring during the 1990’s, Rusty often flew anesthesiologist at Memorial Sloan to Bristol in 2010, Larry was asked to join them and stand watch on Kettering in 2016, and was medical to help the Herreshoff Museum at a Lyric in the , Maldives, officer on V, an Alden 54, in time of crisis, eventually becoming Mediterranean, Scotland and the the 2016 Newport to Bermuda race the Museum’s Executive Director Caribbean. Rusty and Haley lived and and the 2017 Marblehead to Halifax and restoring its viability. While sailed in Michigan for a while before race. Anne was a Watch Captain on a carrying out this worthwhile task, returning to Seattle in 2003. They voyage from Key West to Havana in Larry managed to find time to make began racing Thistles, coaching young

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sailors, and cruising the northwest on the junior sailing program at Port so that from the mid-80’s onwards, Lyric. When Tad made his pilgrimage Madison Yacht Club, where she is Atle cruised with the family on their around all the CCA station during Commodore. Haley and Rusty and Huckins 64 motor yacht, Romar, his tenure as Commodore, Rusty was their two sons have been named covering the east coast between Maine on board for the legs to San Francisco Sailing Family of the Year at both and the Bahamas, and getting to know and Boston to Nova Scotia, as well as the CYC and Port Madison Clubs. many CCA members en route. In 1995 the Port Huron/Mackinac race. Tad Haley joined Rusty and his parents on Atle and Kristina co-founded and and Joyce have now passed ownership various legs of their circumnavigation, managed Stars Signatures, which was of Lyric to Rusty and Haley, who have as well as on Tad’s journey to the CCA selected by the CCA as its exclusive plans for many more cruises on her stations. Haley was most recently provider of CCA logo merchandise. with their own family. No doubt Tad in the news after she co-skippered They sold the business and retired in and Joyce will be welcome aboard to the all-women boat, Sail Like a Girl to 2012, since when they have enjoyed take their turn as Watch Captains. victory in the Sail to Alaska, without cruising on Summer Star, often in Affiliation: Port Madison Yacht Club; engine power according to the rules of company with other CCA cruisers, and Corinthian Yacht Club the race, but with bicycle power! have put over 20,000 miles on her over Affiliation: Port Madison Yacht Club the past 6 years. Since 2014 they have (Commodore); Corinthian Yacht Club been sailing in Northern European waters, between Norway, Denmark, HALEY K. LHAMON Sweden, Finland, England, Holland and France, with many more cruises Bainbridge Island, WA planned. Spouse: Ruskin T. Lhamon (Rusty) ATLE MOE Yacht: Lyric, Alden 44 sloop St. Petersburg, FL Affiliations: St. Petersburg Yacht Club; Station: PNW Spouse: Kristine Thyrre North American Station of the Royal Proposer: Suzette Connolly Yacht: Summer Star, Nordhavn Scandinavian Yacht Clubs Station: FLA Proposer: Barbara Watson

JOHN W. MOFFITT Palm City, FL Spouse: Baldwin Yacht: Apria, Morgan 41 Station: FLA Proposer: Stephen W. James

Haley has also sailed since early childhood in a variety of vessels, racing in both dinghy and keelboats. Atle was born into a Norwegian Haley was on the winning team at family of fishermen and seamen, the 1988 Sears Cup, and in 1988 was spending his childhood summers named Yachtswoman of the Year at sailing and fishing with his both St. Francis and Santa Cruz Yacht grandfather on the west coast of Clubs. She went on to Stanford where Norway. Atle learned to steer a good she was Captain of the Women’s compass at an early age under the Sailing team, and met Rusty. In 2002 stern eye of his grandfather. Atle John’s life as a young adult centered while living in Michigan, Haley and and Kristina met at Florida Atlantic around fishing and scuba diving off the Rusty co-skippered their new J35 to University, and are both ocean coast of Delaware. He became a dive victory in the Mackinac race. Since engineers, with Atle specializing in master and acquired his Coast Guard their move to Seattle in 2003, Haley acoustics, and Kristina in offshore license, which allowed him to captain has continued to race competitively, structures. Kristina’s late father, Rolf charters, all while maintaining a career both locally and nationally, and leads Thyrre (FLA)was a keen CCA member, on shore. John also found time to deliver

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yachts, both sail and power, along the especially enjoyed a passage on Amour time cruising in Maine, as well as east coast, and to the Bahamas and from Newport to the Abacos, where voyaging from Maine to Antigua in Caribbean. In 1982 he purchased his they spent the winter of 2014-2015. November 2016, returning in May 2017, first sailing yacht, also a Morgan 41, on Affiliation: New York Yacht Club; via Bermuda. In the summer of 2017, which he made coastal passages, before Barrington Yacht Club Peter and friends took Passage from setting off for Bermuda in 1984. He Maine to Saint John, New Brunswick navigated using a sextant and towing and return after a 3 week cruise. a taffrail log for the entire round trip PETER NOYES passage. In 1996 John acquired Apria, on Falmouth, ME which he has covered the east coast from Spouse: Lynn ERIC V. PIERCE Maine to Florida, and to the Caribbean. Yacht: Passage, J/46 Marion, MA In 2002, he completed a transatlantic Station: BOS/Gulf of Maine Post Spouse: Mary passage from Florida to Ireland, via Proposer: Jonathan Knowles (Jon) Yacht: Ping , 44’ Cutter Bermuda and the Azores. He followed Station: BOS that with voyages to the Arctic Circle, Proposer: Lawrence Hall the Lofoten Islands, around the Baltic, thence to Turkey where he and Priscilla joined the Eastern Mediterranean Yacht Rally. They have now twice completed the EMYR from Turkey to Egypt. John has since wintered Apria in a variety of European ports, returning each summer to explore further. While they spent several mastless seasons travelling through the canals of Europe, they now have resumed sailing back in Scandinavian waters. Peter has spent most of his life on, or near, the ocean, since his father ROBERT NORTON purchased land on Casco Bay, ME over Eric has sailed since childhood, and 50 years ago. They built a cabin on the grew up sailing for pleasure, racing Newport, RI land, and spent entire summers on the and teaching sailing at his local yacht Spouse: Dianne Savastano water in skiffs, duck boats, and various club. On one of his earliest blue water Yacht: Peace, Lagoon 450F center console outboards, exploring cruises from Kinsale, Ireland and Station: BOS Casco Bay throughout high school and on to Cadiz, Spain in 1992, Eric was Proposer: Steven K. Thurston college years. These years on the water a key crew member in very rough created Peter’s passion for sailing and weather, unflappable, and able to turn Bob has been sailing out of the cruising the coast of Maine, along a hand to whatever task was needed. Barrington Yacht Club for over 40 with some racing. The skills Peter He and Mary have enjoyed seeing years, in a number of boats, each one acquired operating these early small their children grow to love sailing meticulously maintained and handled. boats, be it mechanical, fabrication at the Beverly Yacht Club. Between Prior to Peace (to be delivered in or old school marlinspike work, have 1994 and 1995 they took the children, November 2018) Bob owned a Bristol made him an excellent skipper and then aged from 4 to 14, on a one year 46.6 Amour. Before that, Bob owned invaluable shipmate on larger cruising cruise on Ping to the Bahamas from a Pearson 36, Orion, for many years, boats. After sailing in the Azores in Marion, and a few years later from finishing first overall in the 1991 2013 with the Knowles family on their Marion to New York, up the Hudson Marion to Bermuda race, and third in J/46, Peter and Lynn acquired Passage, around to Chicago, down the Ten class in the 1989 race. Bob’s son David which Peter maintains to the highest Tom Bigbee river system to Mobile, is also an avid sailor, and is now the standards. They have since spent more AL (the northern loop), then on to happy owner of Orion. Bob is now teaching his grandchildren safe sailing and the basics of navigation. Since his retirement as a healthcare CEO, Bob REMEMBER TO PAY YOUR DUES ONLINE! has had more time to go cruising, and

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Their return offshore to Inverness, the BVI and back to Florida. Eric has the Community Boating Center of Scotland began with a leg from Alesund taken part in the Caribbean 1500, New Bedford, putting many hours to Lerwick, Shetland. This year, 2018, and was Watch Captain from Marion into bringing at risk children to enjoy they have sailed from the Orkney and to Shannon, Ireland on a Kanter 55 time on board both power and sailing Shetland islands to Rorvik, Norway, and in 2000. In 2001 Eric helped deliver yachts. back down the Norwegian Coast to Oslo a newly-acquired classic Herreshoff Affiliation: New Bedford Yacht Club for winter dockage. power yacht from Norfolk, VA to Padanaram, MA, with one of his principal tasks being to keep her afloat BRAD SMITH CHARLES A. TARBELL off of Atlantic City around midnight, West Bath, ME New Castle, NH due to a problem with clogged bilge Spouse: Christine Spouse: Dusty pumps. In 2014/2015 Eric was Watch Yacht: Robin Leigh, Trinitella 49 Station: BOS Captain on a Westsail 43 on passages Station: BOS Proposer: Peter E. Driscoll between Tonga and New Zealand, Proposer: Edward C. Tarlov and skippered Ping from Marion to St Petersburg and return in 2016/2017. Affiliations: Beverly Yacht Club; Ocean Brad grew up in Nahant, MA, Cruising Club; American Great Loop learning to sail from age 7 in Turnabouts Cruising Association at Nahant Club. He spent a Sea Semester while at University, and went on to own a 42’ wooden schooner, and VICTOR C. PINHEIRO a French 44’ ketch. Finally in 2011, Brad and Christine acquired the Dutch-built New Bedford, MA aluminum sloop after a multi- Spouse: Maria Robin Leigh year search, which included sailing Yacht: Miss Red, Valiant 50 aboard other aluminum boats in the Station: BOS Caribbean and French Polynesia. Then Charlie began messing about Proposer: Peter Holmes after a year refitting and shakingRobin boats as a lad, and cruising on the Leigh down with extensive cruising up family’s sloop , a Herreshoff Victor was born into a sailing the east coast to Nova Scotia, St Pierre Fisher’s Island 31. By the time he family, which has deep roots in the and Miquelon and Newfoundland, was 16, he was adventuring with New Bedford maritime community, and down to the Chesapeake, Brad and his younger brother Mark down the and close family ties to the Azores. Christine set off from Maine to Bermuda Maine coast on a 16 foot Nova Scotia- He sailed throughout his collegiate in the fall of 2015, visiting Antigua and built Whitehall Rowboat fitted with years, and has three Marion to Grenada. In May 2016 they left Bermuda a Dyer Dow sailing rig. Once he Bermuda and one Newport to for the Azores, covering almost 1,900 became useful aboard, Charlie stood Bermuda race under his belt, as well miles in 12.5 days, before completing Watch or took command of Kestrel as numerous Newport Yacht Club their transatlantic with a crossing to and other family and friend’s boats. Solo/Twin races with his father, John, Dingle, Northern Ireland. In 2017 they Since 1978 he has sailed with his uncle winning those races in 2008 and 2011. sailed 3,300 nms north up the English Ed Tarbell(BOS) on many distance In 2014/2015, Victor skippered his Channel and the North Sea to Scotland, voyages and local races. He has also then vessel Maravilha in an ‘Atlantic continuing into the Norwegian Sea, been Watch Captain on Peter Driscoll’s Circle’ between New Bedford, the making landfall at Alesund, Norway Reindeer on off-shore races and cruises, Azores, Madeira, the Canaries, the before cruising as far north as Tromso and was on board the late Cy Sweet’s Caribbean and back to New Bedford. and returning through the Lofotens. on her voyage from Michigan Victor is very active in the New to New Hampshire, and in later years Bedford Whaling Museum, is a from Florida to New Hampshire. He founding member and past President comfortably handled his watch alone of the Azorean Maritime Heritage on Weather Gauge for the late Stocky Society, and has been Chairman of Smith in 2017 when they became the International Azorean Whaleboat short-handed in Nova Scotia after a Regatta held in New Bedford every crew member had to be taken off due four years. For many years he has to illness. All those who have had the also worked as a Board Member of pleasure of sailing with Charlie attest

49 WELCOME NEW MEMBERS to his willingness to take on any job, England, where they still can be found his competency, and most of all, the in August 2018. As those who know GALEN D. TODD fact that he is fun to have on board. Bermuda well can attest, the residents Camden, ME He also has followed in his father’s of Hinson’s Island, such as Stuart Spouse: Susan footsteps by serving for 10 years as and his family, have their watercraft Yacht: Tango, J-42 an EMT-1/Firefighter in New Castle’s skills tested on a daily basis as they Station: BOS Volunteer Fire Department. commute to the mainland. Proposer: Douglas Bruce Affiliation: Royal Bermuda Yacht Club

STUART THOMPSON Hamilton, Bermuda ERIC THYRRE Spouse: Dinah Pinecrest, FL Yacht: Meg, Herreshoff 12 ½ Spouse: Elise Station: BDA Yacht: Heritage, 51’ Ocean Alexander Proposer: Nicholas Weare Station: FLA Proposer: John Towle

Eric grew up in South Florida sailing and coaching Optis and 420s. While still in his teens and early twenties, Eric crewed in several SORCs and races on Long Island Sound, as well as racing and delivering the 68’ ketch Inverness, owned by his late uncle Robert McCullough (NYS). Galen started sailing and racing Eric spent 25 years in the USAF and in his early teens. He added to his Air National Guard flying F-15 and sailing skills with mechanical and F-16s in command positions, with maintenance experience learned additional qualifications in survival during summer stints at a full service training. During his USAF and boatyard in . Besides coastal commercial airline flying years, Eric racing and cruising out of Camden often skippered for his father, the late Yacht Club, Galen has also been Stuart has been sailing and racing Rolf Thyrre (FLA), on his 64’ Huckins Watch Captain on a variety of sizeable in Bermuda for almost 40 years, and 75’ Burger on numerous cruises racing yachts between Maine and initially on Solings and Etchells and deliveries. After retirement, Bermuda, Massachusetts and Nova out of Royal Bermuda Yacht Club. Eric reconnected with his roots as a Scotia, Connecticut and the BVI’s and He has sailed extensively between member of the Coral Reef and Biscayne around the Caribbean. In addition to Bermuda, St. Maarten, Antigua and Bay Yacht Clubs, where he has shown many Caribbean charters, Galen and the BVI’s, in addition to passages his commitment to volunteerism Susan have sailed together with Tom between Bermuda and the eastern at both clubs as flag officer. Since Babbit (BOS) and his wife on their J/46 seaboard. For many years Stuart also acquiring Heritage 6 years ago, Eric from Camden to Canada, and more maintained a 50’ trawler in the state and Elise have enjoyed cruising on notably on a very sporty passage in of Washington, which he used as a her in the Bahamas, as well as the 2015 from Hampton, VA to Tortola. platform to explore the west coast as Chesapeake and New England waters. The foursome have since repeated far as British Columbia. Stuart and Affiliations: Biscayne Bay Yacht Club this voyage in 2017, but from Camden Dinah have also enjoyed cruising (Vice Commodore); Coral Reef Yacht Club directly, and then cruised together in Scotland and the Mediterranean, (Past Commodore) around Antigua and Guadeloupe. and took part in the CCA Ionian Galen has spent 13 years with the local cruise. This summer Stuart was Volunteer Fire Department and is a Watch Captain on a passage from National Ski Patrol Alpine Ski Patroller Bermuda to the Azores as he helped and medical instructor. His safety a friend deliver his newly acquired training and rescue expertise led him Little Harbor, and then he and his wife to be invited to help run the Safety for continued by cruising the south of Cruising Couples seminar in Camden

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in early 2018. Galen is a past President which took them almost 3 years. of Hurricane Island Outward Bound They sailed through 32 countries, School, and past Chair of the Coastal leaving Australia via the 580 mile Mountains Land Trust Darwin to Ambon race. Sweetwater Affiliations: Camden Yacht Club, Board was the first non-Australian boat to Where to get and flag officer positions finish in a fleet of 100. Except while CCA Burgees circumnavigating, Jim raced regularly on the Jenneau Selection 37 Goldeneye The Sail Bag Lady is the JAMES L. WOODWARD as Navigator, tactician and pit, in such supplier of CCA burgees. There races as the Halifax, the US National is a separate page for them Boston, MA Offshore and several PHRF New on the CCA web site: CCA Yacht: Fintry, 79’ Expedition Trawler Englands. In 2003, Jim and Dee took Burgees – sailbaglady.com or Spouse: Deborah (Dee) on something completely different call Bettina (the sailbag lady Station: BOS when they purchased a 79’ Royal herself) at 203-245-8238. Proposer: Robert L. Rosbe Navy Fleet Tender named Fintry. After initial renovations they brought Jim learned to sail and navigate, her back to Boston via the Azores in racing in the fog, at Seal Harbor, 2005, and have since converted her to ME. In their late twenties John and a delightful pleasure yacht, adding a Dee owned two wooden boats – a full interior with paneling recycled 40’ gaff schooner and a 30’ Crocker from Shamrock V, a new engine and cutter. In his thirties, Jim founded a completely new electrical, plumbing boatbuilding and restoration company and wheelhouse systems. Cruises on with 10 employees, with himself as Fintry have included Rhode Island, principal mechanic and machinist. Maine, Bay of Fundy, Cape Breton, and Jim raced Antigua Sailing Week in the summer of 2018, a 5,200 mile four times on a C&C 37 named Sweet 40-lock trip to all five Great Lakes via Stuff, as Navigator and pit, scoring the Saint Lawrence River. a first in class in 1991. John and Dee returned Sweet Stuff to Maine in 1993, and were bitten by the offshore bug. They set off on their Sweetwater on a circumnavigation via Panama, the Torres Strait and Suez,

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