November 2013
Calendar
Please keep this listing and refer to it often.
December 5 | Thursday 7:30 p.m.
Executive Board Meeting
December 8 | Sunday
Annual Christmas Party
January 2, 2014 | Thursday 7:30 p.m.
Executive Board Meeting
June 7, 2014
Lipton Cup Auction
The auction is listed early so you can think
about what you can donate to help out.
Any Sunday the Patriots are playing
come on down and share some
munchies and social chatter.
A great group for the Left, Right, Center tournament
Christmas Party
Commodore Lewis and the SYC Fun Raisers cordially invites all children young
and old to celebrate the season at the
Squantum Yacht Club
Annual Holiday Party
Sunday, December 8
1PM at the club
Santa will be a very special guest at our party.
If you wish, please bring a wrapped gift with your child’s name on it
for Santa to hand out.
We will be having a Yankee Grab for the adults. Please bring a $10-$15 wrapped
gift if you are interested in participating.
1PM kick off for your New England Patriots will be hosting the Cleveland Browns.
Please bring your favorite holiday dish or dessert to share at this pot luck event.
One Club
Paul Lewis
Fun Night
The Fun-Raisers had a really fun night for
us. More than a dozen joined in playing
Left, Right, Center. At times things got
really spirited and noisy as Scratch Cards
were included in the pot.
Closing Night
A good turnout for our closing night. We
all partook of a Chinese Feast that our
Commodore Bruce Anderson had arranged.
Our Red Sox games however took over
the interest of most so the planned games
were postponed to another time.
November 2013
From the Commodore’s Locker
Even though it is only November, I wish to welcome everyone to the 2014 boating season. Thanks to all for your support
and well wishes. I look forward to working with all of you this season in ensuring Squantum Yacht Club is the club we all
envision.
Your Bridge and Executive Committee have been hard at work since the elections. This November, our membership
approved a fair and progressive budget for the 2014 season. Thank you to all elected officials and committee chairs for
volunteering your time, efforts and commitment.
I love our club. I have been involved since the age of 12 through the sailing program in racing turnabout # 2501. The
memories I have of those summer days sailing with good friends; Rob Healy, Susanne O’Neil, and Pat Breen kept me
involved with SYC through the years with the hope that someday my children will be lucky enough to experience all the joy
and love of sailing on Quincy Bay. My three children will begin sailing at SYC this upcoming summer.
I became a life member in 2013 and really wanted to become more involved and give back to the mission of our club.
I began my “give back” to SYC by working on the Lipton Cup Regatta. Through Lipton, I had the good fortune of being
mentored by Don McGilvray PC. Little did I know that all along, he was preparing me for this leadership role in our club.
Thank you Don, you are the leader who I will strive to become. I also want to thank Past Commodore’s Reid and Anderson
for their ongoing education and support.
My vision and hope for our 2014 boating season is to create our “One Club” by bringing our club together as a whole
and building upon the family atmosphere created through the sailing program, Lipton Cup, The Dave W. Page Fishing
Tournament, and the very successful Friday Night Dinners at the Sunset Bar and Grill. I hope to bridge our club by bringing
sail boaters together with motor boaters, the cribbage players together with the sailing program and the anglers together
with the twilight racing.
Throughout the season I will be hosting ongoing events in partnership with Vice Commodore Powers and the SYC Fun
Raisers. We have our annual Holiday Party scheduled for December 8th, February Super Bowl Party, St. Patrick’s Day pot
luck in March and Commodore’s “Ride the Wave” night in August. I hope to increase participation in our opening night
festivities in May by keeping the cost to members down. I have appointed Past Commodore Anderson as Fleet Captain.
Bruce will be coordinating a number of on the water activities to increase the One Club philosophy. We will be working on
creating a consistent summer twilight racing series for both children and adults.
I welcome any ideas and feedback in person, phone and email. I can be reached at 781-849-0019 or through
[email protected]
Again, thank you for all your support. Without you, our club would just be a building on the water.
One Club
Paul
MBYCA
At the last meeting the following items were included:
1. A presentation by Sea Plan about the latest boater survey. Get it
on-line at .
2. Rising Tide conference Dec 11 at 11:00 AM at Black Falcon
Terminal. Please contact Frank Hart, PC if you are interested in
attending. 3. Boston Harbor dredging to accommodate larger ships
estimated to cost $130 million for dredging and $150 million for
infrastructure.
4. NOAA to stop printing charts mid-April next year. Paper charts
will still be available from other sources.
5. Legislation - It was leaked by the DCR that there will be four
levels lease costs for yacht clubs. Leases will be 30 years. MBYCA
is suggesting that the yacht clubs challenge the first lease
agreement. It is expected that it will be possible to negotiate a
decrease in the cost.
6. Still trying to get a phased in mandatory boater education law. The way that the current one is worded MBYCA is against this bill. It is missing things like a way to show education from a non-State
sponsored course or for those that have a CG license. Next meeting Nov 22 at Winter Hill Yacht Club.
November 2013
Meet your newly elected Bridge members!
Commodore Paul Lewis
Vice Commodore Maureen Powers
Rear Commodore Jack Swanson, PC
Past Commodore Bruce Anderson
Secretary Susanne O’Neil
Financial Secretary Joe Wallace, PC
Treasurer Jack Wilk
Our newly elected Executive Committee!
Food for thought!
If you judge people, you
have no time to love them.
–Mother Teresa
Paul Astrella
Frank Hart, PC
Mike Kelly, PC
Ken MacLeod, PC
Kate Orchard
Other officers will be listed in
the next issue of the Barnacle.
Stay tuned.
Kip Orlando
November 2013
Leo Coyne Cribbage Tournament
The long standing, annual Cribbage Tournament was a resounding
success with everyone thoroughly enjoying the fun. Jack Wilk
emceed the beginnings with a reminder of fond memories of Leo
Coyne who instituted this Tournament. After a moment of silence
for both Leo and the late Tony Allessi, another cribbage player, we
got down to serious (?) business.
The winners this year were Bill O’Brien, Carolyn Marks, and Mike
Sample. Mike had to win a playoff game with Missy Robinson and
Judith Coyne for third place.
Winners Bill O’Brien, Carolyn Marks, and Mike Sample
The original women participants. We had more women than men this year.
I think half the Coyne families were there with us.
More players in the tournament
November 2013
Congratulations!
To our steward Nicole Nixon who passed
the Massachusetts State Bar Exam.
To Lee Gullage who passed the
Massachusetts State Police Captain’s exam.
Well done ladies! You make us all proud to
know you.
Lee Gullage
Nicole Nixon
Update
BoatUS
In response to my email, I received the following reply from Doug
Griffin that I wish to share with everyone. It is indeed good news.
Get 50% off when you join the nation’s largest Association
of recreational boat owners. You pay one-half of the regular
BoatUS dues of $30.00 - only $15.00 a year! You can renew your
Membership at the low $15.00 rate, too! BoatUS has another
organization called BoatUS Angler. This group is for the salt and
fresh water fishermen. They have similar benefits as BoatUS with
boat insurance, towing insurance, trailer insurance, a magazine
dedicated to fishing, West Marine Advantage Program, and more.
Hi Carolyn! Yes, it’s me. I’ve been back doing some moderating
for the SYC email server. My condition is improving from
complete quadriplegic to now being able to walk slowly and I
have some use of my arms and hands. And I have this Dragon
software that does speech recognition and allows me to
dictate text - like this email.
My progress is good and I’m encouraged. Thank you for your
“welcome back” greeting!
Editor’s Comments
All members who wish to advertise herein must supply a hard
copy of your ad. Prior advertisers can use the image that is still
on file. Cost is $7.00 per issue for a space the size of a business
card. Members who want to sell/swap/buy an item can do so at
no charge. News items are welcome. Please contact the Editor.
Carolyn Marks
617-328-5735 [email protected]
Anybody interested in joining this should check out www.
boatusangler.com. If you’re al- ready a BoatUS member, you can
request the BoatUS Angler magazine for a cost of $6.00 per year.
If you want to join BoatUS/BoatUS Angler there are applications
in the Tap Room. Just ask! Contact Frank Hart 617-302-3910 or
[email protected] if you have any questions. If you are renewing
your BoatUS Membership, be sure to mention our Co-op *Group #
GA83398Y* to get the special $15.00 rate. Application forms also
at the Tap Room Bar.
Maureen E. Powers
Independent Agent
Advantage Global Logistics
41 Highland Avenue, 3rd Floor
Randolph, MA 02368
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Since 1990
Realtor
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Serving Quincy & South Shore, MA
Since 1990
www.EdCalabro.com
(617) 448 - 4968