September 2003 Tel. (617) 846-CPYC Web site: www.CPYC.ORG

COMMODORE

Michael K. Gahan VICE COMMOCORE

John R. Condon REAR COMMODORE

Daniel C. Mullane SECRETARY

G. David Hubbard TREASURER

Norman P. Hyett

SPECIAL MEETING HELD AUGUST 7th Commodore Gahan called the meeting to order at precisely 7 PM Thursday, August 7th. He gave a brief overview of the purpose of the meeting before turning the floor over to Secretary Dave Hubbard to read the call of the meeting to the 83 members in atten-dance. The first matter before the membership addressed approving the additional 2003 Capital Improvement Expendi-tures as set forth by the Capital Im-provement Committee and funding of these expenditures by $130,000 in Member Bonds. Capital Improvements Committee Chairman, Gerry Nocton told the members that the current committee, consisting of L. Ball, M. Carney, D. O’Brien, E. Hardy, S. Merola, and R. Clark, was formed in May and has already had 6 meetings. Gerry re-viewed the capital expenditures com-pleted thus far in 2003, (roofing and gutters, Pilot house roof and HVAC, and Head Pier/Snack Bar fire and safety needs). He also described expen-ditures that have been authorized by the Board of Directors, (an engineering survey of the club underpinning and foundation, and sprinkler/fire needs for the main building). Lastly Gerry and Bob Clark described the condition of the Woodside property and accompa-nying corrections that are needed. A slide presentation helped the members understand the problems which include -numerous holes in the siding making it necessary to replace the siding, -windows leaking, rotting, or broken requiring replacement, -voids in the foundation, -porch underpinnings rotting causing it to sag and the need to be brought up to

code, -deterioration of front hall ceiling requir-ing correction, -1st floor bathroom and kitchen need total renovation, and -waste pipe deterioration requiring cor-rection. The second floor is in much better shape but the bathroom and kitchen need spruc-ing up. Treasurer Norm Hyett reviewed the Capital Improvement financial forecast, outlining the 2003 expenditures and pro-posed spending shortfall. Dave Aloise outlined the plan for funding the capital improvement shortfall with member bonds and reviewed the proposed bond issue terms. The bonds are to be 5% fixed with simple non-compounding in-terest payable over 10 years in ten equal annual payments. Member bond sub-scriptions have a minimum of $3,000 and a maximum of $10,000. If the bonds is-sue is oversubscribed, there is to be a lottery. Discussion before voting on the bond issue covered many areas. There was clarification that the engineering survey was being done because there are some problems that are developing under the club, not because of any existing plans to change the location of the pilot house. Considerable discussion took place with respect to the Woodside avenue property. The discussed areas included whether or not is would be better to sell the property in the current high market, whether it would be advisable to hold onto the prop-erty, which has no debt against it, to fund future capital improvements, the question of water rights, future rent structure, and details of renovating the property. Nu-merous comments were made on the pro-posed bond issue especially with regard

to the rate of interest. The Capital Improvement Expenditures and Bond issue passed with 73 votes in favor, 8 against and 1 abstention. The next matter before the membership was an amendment to the By-laws making the interior to the club house a non-smoking area starting September 1, 2003. Discussion centered on whether making the pilot house non-smoking would effect revenues favorably or adversely, on smoker verses non-smoker rights, on the time frame to begin the no smoking policy, and on doing the right thing. Points were made for either side of the question. There were 59 yes votes and 25 no votes making a 68% in favor of non-smoking. As 66% was required to pass the by-law, the club interior is NON-SMOKING as of Septem-ber 1, 2003. The last item on the agenda was the sale or disposal of club furnishings. The majority of items listed were abandoned by a Wood-side tenant upon moving. None of the arti-cles have any historical significance to the to the club.

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PIPELINE UPDATE According to the Tuesday August 12, 2003 Globe, (page F 1) Duke Energy Corpora-tion “is abandoning, for now, a $100 mil-lion proposal to build a seven-mile natural gas pipeline from Winthrop to Everett that could have required tunneling under run-ways at Logan Airport. “ The reasons Duke is putting the proposal on hold are reportedly financial problems for the Ex-elon power plant in Everett, a lower than anticipated demand for liquefied natural gas, and major safety concerns from the communities that would be effected by the pipeline. Massport had expressed some serious concerns, specifically catastrophic explosion or sabotage, and had asked Duke

Energy to provide them with comprehensi-ble risk assessment for the construction phase as well as the operations. While Duke energy has said that it is con-sidering other routes for the pipeline, the article implies that once the new owner of Exelon is known, there will probably be renewed consideration to building the pipe-line as the existing energy plants are not going away. While under a reprieve, it behooves CPYC and Winthrop to continue to be aware of what is happening with the pipeline pro-ject. Thanks to Dick Dimes for the heads up on this information.

My apologies to the CPYC membership for the lateness of this the September Windjammer. In spite of our moving I had the best intentions of getting this issue out in a timely fashion. I did not succeed. Please note that you can now get informa-tion to the Windjammer at Windjam-mer@CPYC.org I am now linked to club website. SSH

ADULT SAILING LESSONS END

The very successful Adult Sailing lessons ended with an evening of sailing on some of the larger sailboats at the club. The students got to drive as they toured Boston Harbor while others enjoyed the views, beverages and snacks. Thanks to all of the students and instructors for making this such a successful CPYC program both on the water and socially. It harbors well for future years. In September students and instructors got together for a final dinner.

Gold Cup Results 1st Screaming Beagle Larry Bradley, Dick Dimes, and Jim Rudser 2nd Red Dog Mike Gahan, and Joe Griffiths 3rd Spar Thersea Herbert, Carol Dolan, and Steve Buckley Race Committee—Sue and Larry Buote

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Terry Ware— Week stay at Round Hill Resort in Jamaica. Bob Baum—Hotel Commonwealth, din-ner at Anthony's, Aerosmith Mary O'Brien—Red Sox tickets & signed shirt David Aloise—American Airlines tickets Dick Lawton—"Irises" watercolor by Joanne Bagley Bob Baum— 'Stars sailing in Boston harbor' photo by Tom McHugh Tom Reilly—'USS Constitution' photo by Tom McHugh Rick Guertin—'Nobska Lighthouse' photo by Tom McHugh Bob Porter—Ford Escape, weekend rental Mike Cochrane— Christmas center-piece from Ron Wasson/Ruttle’s Florist John *ppyc—Christmas centerpiece from Mary Lally Peggy Gray—World Gym - 1 month-Larry Bankart—2 pizzas from Sully's Pizza Ann Caulfield—Lighthouse wall quilt by Marilyn Van Tassel Jane Fenlon—Golf bag

MAKE-A-WISH RAFFLE WINNERS

L. to R. Event Coordinator Rick Roberts, Betsy Gahan, Rear Commodore Dan Mullane, Commodore Mike Gahan, Vice Commodore Jack Condon, Make a Wish

Executive Director Charlotte Beattie, Maureen Doherty, and Christine Carr.

CPYC Raises $30,000 at Regatta for Make a Wish Foundation

Tom McHugh serves the wines at the August wine tasting event. After serious tasting and considered voting, Talus Pino Grigio was the white of choice with Woodbridge

Chardonnay second. Woodbridge Merlot was the favorite red wine and Mondavi was second. Everyone attending had a good time.

ATTENTION ALL New Member’s Night Saturday October 4th

COME, MEET AND MAKE OUR

NEW MEMBERS WELCOME

Long time member dinner price $10.00

Music by Tim McHale

CHASE RACE Racing Division

1. Jaguar—Ernie Hardy

Cruising Division 1 1. Slowplay—Bob Smith

Cruising Division II

1. Mahem—Tom Bailey

Multi-Hull Division 1. Froe— John Zisa

MAKE A WISH REGATTA MEMORIES 2003

Just Some of the 100 + Boats Heading to the Start Areas

An Uncooperative LNG Tanker Delayed the Start on the Outside Line

The Multi-hull Association joined Make a Wish for the 1st Time

RACE RESULTS Laser– Full 3 Entrants

1. Phillip Disciullo 2. Chris Disciullo 3. John Sousa

Laser—Radial 18 entrants

1. Joseph Panza 2. Matthew Gaucher 3. Chris Hanks 4. Paul Koeniger 5. Caitlyn Russell

420’s 6 Entrants

1. Teddy Pierce & Andrew Alletall 2. Drew Wajtasinski & Brock Pilgrim 3. Stewart Craig & Meghan Morrissey

N-10’s over 11 yrs age 19 Entrants

1. Eric Ronan & Kevin Randolph 2. Sam Roberts & Matt Cesario 3. Maggie Craig & Joe Jarvis 4. David Lessard & Michael Lessard 5. Robert Dresser & Charlie Vangel

N-10 under 10 yrs age 6 Entrants

1. Chelsea Goll & Ginna Famolare 2. Casey Goll & Brendon Ronan 3. Paige Burns & Maddy Lally

OPTI Green 2 Entrants

1. Brenna Morrisey

210 Class 3 Entrants

1. Richard Partridge

Rhodes 19’s 4 Entrants

1. Barry Lawton 2. Mike Gahan

Snipes 7 Entrants

1. Jim Bowers 2. Bob Coyle 3. Adam Rousmaniere

Star Class 10 Entrants

1. Bunt Collins 2. Cindy Olsen 3. Jim Kuluts 4. John Siljander 5. Bud Elsadsser

Thistle Class 3 Entrants

1. Todd Rake

OPTI White 3 Entrants

1. Willie Dresser

OPTI Blue 1 Entrant

1. Kristina Reid

OPTI Red 4 Entrants

1. Julie Davis

CPYC HOSTS 2003 Midgets by Christine Carr

On August 5 & 6, the Cottage Park Youth Sailing Program hosted the annual N-10 Association Midgets Regatta for sailors age 13 and under. Held only two days after the CPYC’s Make-A-Wish fundraising regatta, over 60 sailors and 30 sailboats from surrounding yacht clubs returned to Cottage Park Tuesday and Wednesday to com-pete in this event. The Cottage Park youth sailors paused only long enough for a quick photo with Club Commodore Michael Gahan (above top) before cooling off in the cold harbor waters. The Cottage Park youth sailors were well represented in the regatta. With 12 boats racing, CPYC secured six of the top ten positions. First Place winners, from CPYC, are Skipper Sam Roberts and Crew Matt Cesario; Second Place winners, also from CPYC, are Skipper Jessica Curley and Crew Gabrielle Gosselin. The coveted Merriman Trophy for the top-placing skipper age 11 and under went to Paige Burns of Hull Yacht Club. CPYC Commodore Mike Gahan, Youth Sailing Mentor Hatch Brown, N-10 Association President Ted Burns, CPYC Youth Sailing President Connie Goll, and Regatta Chairperson Kathie Roberts presented the trophies to the youth sailors. Regatta chairmen Kathie & Rick Roberts were assisted by many volunteers and parents from the Cottage Park Yacht Club including instructors Dan Vannoni, Chris Aiello and Liz Doherty, crash crew Chris Carr, Derek Curley, Matt Murray and Eric Ronan, and the Race Committee Hatch Brown, Dan Mullane, Dev Blodgett,,Jim Fraser, Pudgy Lally and Dave O’Brien. The Cottage Park Youth Sailing program is an eight-week program providing sailing

MIDGETS RACE RESULTS

1st Sam Roberts, Matt Cesario (CPYC) 2nd Jessica Curley, Gabrielle Gosselin (CPYC) 3rd Robert Dresser, Kyle Petrucci, (HinghamYC) 4th John Randolph, Tyler Pettee (CPYC), 5th Paige Burns, Brooke Johnson (Hull YC) 6th Courtney McKinnon, Angela Pettee (Hull YC) 7th Casey Goll, Kevin Randolph (CPYC) 8th Julia Vannoni, Kaleigh Marcotte (CPYC) 9th Maggie Craig, Joe Jarvis (HullYC) 10 Tom Swanton, John Dulurey (WinchesterBC) 11 Chelsiea Goll, Brendan Ronan (CPYC) 12 Lilla Cosgrove, Caroline Fador

(Winchester) 13 Jay Spry, Martha Cosgrove Winchester) 14 Cameron Fraser, Mackenzie Fraser

(MedfordBC), 15 Fiona Laughran, Morgan Beals

(Winchester), 16 James Fitzgerald, John Sousa (Medford) 17 Jake Corbin, Stephen Spry (Winchester

BC) 18 Luigi Guarino, Katie Cochrane (CPYC), 19 Robert Norris, Connor Hegarty (Winthrop YC) 20 Kathleen Partyko, Patrick Marsto (Lincoln Sailing Club), 21 Gianna Guarino, Kayla Famolare (CPYC), 22 Steve Needham, Danny Needham (Medford), 23 Meris Armenia, Maddy Lally (Hull), 24 24-Dan Roberts, David Ford (CPYC) 25 Mike Cassidy, Peter Hanson (CPYC) 26 Andrea Lessard, Michael Lessard (WinthropYC) 27 Chris Mullins, Paul Hanson (CPYC) 28 Patrick McCarthy, Daniel Govoni

(WinthropYC) 29 Shawn Harvey, Frank Tranfaglia

(WinthropYC) 30 Brad McNulty, Michael Ferrino

(WinthropYC). _____________________________

CPYC Youth Sailors, Instructors and Commodore Gahan

and seamanship instruction to over 60 local children. Registration for next summer’s program will be held in the spring 2004.

Downwind Spinnaker Leg Start of One Race

Youth Sailing Season Ends with Cup Night Awards

Sam Roberts received the Fulham Award from Hatch

Brown

John Randolph Receives the Baker

Award form Dottie Merrill and

Commodore Mike Gahan

Derek Curley Receives the Loomis

Award from Rear Commodore Dan Mullane

Most Improved Advanced Sailor

Matt Evans

Most Improved Laser Sailor Miles Herbert

Most Improved Intermediate Sailor Chelsea Goll

Most Improved Beginning Sailor

Paul Hanson

Hatch Brown Club

Championship

Sam Roberts and

Matt Cesario

Thomas J. Donovan, currently # 14, has been a member of CPYC since July of 1956. A sailor, over the years Tom has been an active member of CPYC involved in many different capacities. Often he has been seen adorned with apron doing kitchen duty for one affair or another. Tom is one of the CPYC cooks extraordinaire. He also has been known to delight those in the Pilot House with an Irish story or song.

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Member Spotlight

Congratulations to Kelly and Steve Braverman on the early birth of their son Benjamin in May.

*** Congratulations to Greg and Laura Sulli-van on their July wedding. Congratulations also to Greg’s mother, Elaine Sullivan, on becoming grandmother to Catherine and Thomas. Sadly Greg and Laura are mov-ing to FLA.

*** Congratulations to Jeff and Melinda Cook on the August birth of their son, Daniel.

*** Congratulations to Eric and Christine Higgins on the birth of their son Dylan.

*** It is great sadness the we extend our sym-pathies to Marie Wolf on the passing of her sister Florence ‘Sis’ Nolan. Sis was one of the great ladies of CPYC over the years.

***

Welcome to Marsha Cutting who lives on her 26’ Sailboat, Resolute, in East Boston. A psychology intern at B.U., she will be sailing her Thistle at CPYC. Director of International Admissions at Endicott College, Carlos Rivero y Hornos will be sailing a Star from CPYC. He lives in Marblehead. Taryn Pittman has been a member of the Frostbite Race Committee and is now join-ing the yacht club. Living in Somerville, she is a nurse and is in the U.S. Naval Re-serve. Scott Knowlton, his wife, Julie and son Aedan live in Winthrop. He sails a Hobie 18 and is interested in youth sailing when his son becomes old enough. From Brookline, Naton Parsons, his wife Amy, and children Michelle and Ariella enjoy their powerboat Sacobella. Naton is president of a technology company. From Winthrop, Michael DeBonis, is a firefighter and local businessman. He is married to Elke, and had three children Jessica, Christina, and Mishelle. Jack Brugman, wife Patti and son Con-nor hail from Winthrop. Jack works with

MEET THE NEW MEMBERS

Federal Express. Astronomer Yousaf Butt joins CPYC from Cambridge. He will be sailing his 34’ boat, Pitaloosee. Philip Todisco, his wife Denise, and sons Matthew and Partrick live in Winthrop near the yacht club. Philip is in the travel industry. Winthrop resident, Donald Kearney is an accountant and is very active in the town. He is currently Chairman of the Winthrop Advisory Committee. He is married to Evah and has two children, Heather and Patrick. Eric Larsen joins the growing ranks of CPYC Star sailor members. A project specialist, Eric lives in Bedford. Michael Lane, his wife Stephanie and sons Michael and Charles live in Win-throp. They enjoy their power boat Four Winns. Welcome all of you to CPYC.

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Our best wishes for much happiness to the newly wed Blake Beddington’s. Ask Sue Hardy how her swim was at the N-10 Midgets. Better yet, ask Rich McKinnon.

*** A well done to John McCrae for finish-ing mid fleet in his first International Championships.

*** Congratulations to Dan Benson and Tasha Przybyszewski on their recent engagement.

*** Our condolences to Carly Lanza on the loss of her sister.

*** Our best wishes to Maureen Ford for a speedy recovery.

OCTOBER Oct 4 New Members Party Oct 11 Intercollegiate Regatta Oct 12 Intercollegiate Regatta Oct 18 Marina Weekend Oct 19 Marina Weekend Oct 24 Friday Night Dinner Oct 31 Halloween Party

NOVEMBER Nov 2 Frostbite sailing starts Nov 7 $10,000 Dinner Nov 15 Adult Cup Night Nov 19 Nominating Night Nov 21 Friday Night Dinner

Nov 22 Turkey Roll-Off

DECEMBER Dec 3 Ladies bowling roll-off Dec 10 Ladies Bowling Banquet Dec 13 Breakfast with Santa Dec 13 Members Christmas Party Dec 19 Friday Night Dinner Dec 24 Pilot house Sing-Along Dec 31 New Year’s Eve Party

JANUARY Jan 16 Friday Night Dinner