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Bourne Community Boating, PO Box 3157, Bourne, MA 02532
A 501(c)(3) Public Charity
From the Bridge: Message from the
President
Can you do a flying jibe standing on the gunnel of an opti, sail on a windy day
with just a trash bag for a sail, or conduct a coordinated dance routine on the
bows of a daisy of opti's ? Check out Bourne Community Boating !!
Each season starts with great promise and renewed energy. Lead by Amy
Wright and Sarah Bouchie, BCB got off to a great start.
In the Spring, Dave O’Hara coached a joint high school sailing program with a
combination of BCB and Sturgis High School sailors. Dave Fallon led power boat
instruction which continued to draw youth and adult students with several mother-daughter, father-son combinations participating. This two day classroom and
on-the-water course ,developed by US Sailing, is the best program available. Students leaving with confidence and enthusiasm, having mastered basic power
boating skills. Dave Fallon also conducted a US Sailing Level 1 certification class.
Our Mummichog program, lead by Melissa Meara, is fast becoming one of
our most popular programs. Just take a 6 or 7 year old graduate for a walk on the
beach. You will be amazed by what these young students will teach you as they
turn over rocks to identify the marine life underneath.
A grant from the 11th Hour Racing Foundation helped fund our highly successful Belly Biology program led by Cheryl Milliken. BCB strives to educate our
students on the importance of being good stewards of our marine environment.
Thank you Monice and all the participants who made Phinney's Harbor Day,
once again, a huge success. Because of this success, our scholarship funds for
Bourne year round residents is assured for 2015.
Generosity of our BCB family continues to support our programs. Assisted
by a matching fund challenge grant from an anonymous donor, we are $20,000
away from our matching goal or $100,000. These funds will be used in part to
start a permanent endowment for BCB. This challenge grant ends December 22.
So please consider donating to BCB.
I would like to thank our all volunteer Board, Advisors, volunteers, instructors, Fleet Captain, the DNR, Highway department, fire and police, and of course,
the parents for trusting your children to BCB's staff.
To see the confidence and self esteem demonstrated by our young sailors is
what it is all about. To see our kids on the honor role lists, excelling in other extra
curricular activities, and now off to college, makes me proud of them. To have
the opportunity to write recommendations for our former students/instructors is
an honor.
I think this program is the community program we had all wished for and we
will continue to strive to make improvements.
P.S. A special thanks to Sarah Bouchie for her many years with the program,
She will be missed by all. BCB wishes you the very best in what ever direction the
wind takes you.
May your boots be dry and the wind at your back!
- Paul Bushueff, Chairman & President
2014 Fundraising
Match Challenge
A generous anonymous benefactor of Bourne
Community Boating has issued a " Matching
Challenge Grant" to BCB to help promote
financial support from the community we
serve. The challenge goes out to the families,
extended families, and friends of BCB. As of
December 4th we are 80% of the way toward
reaching our goal of $100,000 ..This is a
unique opportunity to help establish a permanent endowment for the program. This
challenge ends on December 22nd, 2014.
If you have a child, relative, instructor, or
friend who has benefited from any of Bourne
Community Boating’s programs, please take
this wonderful opportunity to make a tax
deductible donation that will be matched.
Your donation could help us achieve our
goal. Thank You!
Honor Roll 2014
BCB Donors 2014:
Talbot Baker
Robert C Bock
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Willian & Katharine Bruce
Bushueff Family (Boris,
Catherine, Elizabeth,
Paul)
Cape Cod Senior Residences
Kristyne M Cortes
Kathleen Cronin
Stephen Cucchiaro
Patricia Cura
Paul & Alicia DiBara
Jen Donovan
Kingsley & Joan Durant
Emily Duserick
Celia M Echave
John & Nancy Grenda
LCDR & Mrs. Ronald J Haley
Sally Hamer
Henrietta A Holden
Elizabeth & Gerald Hough
Janet Hughgill
John T P Jackson Jr
Timothy Jones
Kimberly Juric
Alfred & Maureen Kent
David & Julia Kingsbury
Keith Legg
Ken & Ardelle Legg
Kevin Legg
William & Noelle Locke
Amy & Tom Luster
Dale Mantell
Marsha Martin
Monice Maurice
Stacey Maxwell
Susan & Mark McCusker
Paul & Linda Medeiros
Mary Meli
Cheryl & Henry Milliken
Richard Nakashian
Kent Nicholas
Lawrence O'Brien
David O'Hara
Old Sigh Racing
Wendel S Price
Erica Redmond
Robert Ripley
Peter Robbins
Andrea Robbins
Charles Rose
Jessica Ross
Susan Ross
Mike & Toby Ryan
Laura Seabury & Debra
Poletto
Frank & Nancy Scofield
Donald & Judith Searle
Ronald & Susan Sequeira
Theresa & Paul Sexton
Jane Siegel
BCB couldn’t operate without the support of these individuals and organizations. Thank you!
Lisa & Dominic Silletti
Louis Simonitsch
Heather Stewart
Georgia Strudwick
C. M. White
Katharyn Wright
Maureen York
Go Bananas
Graziella's
Jen Chisser
Jen Kano
Kru Thai
Land and Surf
Lemon & Line
Lisa Laine Gifts
Grant Support By:
Maco's Bait & Tackle
11th Hour Racing Found.
Marathon Sports
US Sailing
Mezza Luna
US Powerboating
Mocean
Phinney’s Harbor Day
Nick's Pizza House
Sponsors:
Northeast Unlimited Tours
MacNally Construction
Olson's Garden Center
Cataumet Boats
On Cape Time
Kingman Yacht Center
Barnstable County Sheriff On the Cape apparel
Paine's Patio
James Cummings
Parker's Boat Yard
Bourne Orthodontics
Periwinkle's
Bucky Barlow's Boatyard
Couto Management Group Pocasset Barber Shop
Pocasset Pretzel Company
Cumberland Farms
Red Top Sporting Goods
Doughdish
Ryan's Amusement Park
Falmouth Toyota Scion
Sailworld Cape Cod
Fatty Knees
Spencers
Freedom Boat Club
Stop & Shop
Lobster Trap Fish Market
The Barn Pottery
Monument Beach Pizza
Monumet Beach Civic As- The Bog restaurant
The Corner Cafe
soc.
The Shop
Parkers Boat Yard
Voyage Goods
Control NewEngland
Water Wizz
Snow and Jones
Way Ho
Stuart Knockabout
Wicked Relaxed
The Green Shuttle
Wood Be Antiques
Trowbridge Tavern
Phinney’s Harbor Day
Entertainment:
Raffle Prizes donated by
BCB families:
Andrew Lowenstein
Jim Decatur
Rob Shain & Over
Time
Lou Gallo & Hot Soup
Jacob Tobey
Liam Prendergast
Emma Kristoffy
Special Phinney’s Harbor
Day Thanks to:
The Bushueff Family
The Greene/Lomasney Family
The Ariagnos
The Maurice Family
The Mealy family
The O'Brien Family
Bourne DPW
Bourne Fire Department
Bourne Police Department
Antique Affairs
Bourne Dept of Natural ReAtantic Car Wash
sources
Bailey's Surf & Turf
Bourne Selectmen and town
Bass River Merchantile
offices
Becky's Bakery
Dave
Doherty- designing a
Betty Ann's
fabulous
parking lot.
Bourne Braves
Henry Milliken, Ian Meli, &
Bourne Florist
Brian Andrews- work on
Buzzards Bay House of Pizza
the race route.
Canal Cruisers Bicycles
Lisa
&
Dominic Silletti for taCape Cod Bait & tackle
bles and chairs
Caper's Catch
Jen Donovan
Cataumet Fish
Karen Funk
EMS
Phinney’s Harbor Day
Raffle Donors:
Lisa Greene
David Hope
Joyele & Jeff Hopwood
Lori & Kevin Hough
Felicia Jones
Sydney McCabe
Mary Meli
Patricia Metcalf
Cheryl Milliken
Elaine Ryan
Kiki & Phil Tura
Katherine Weldon
Supporters:
Town of Bourne- Thanks!
Town of Bourne DNR & DPW- launching & hauling
floats.
Ken & Ardelle Legg– Use of their Barn for storage.
Gene Curry- Legal Services.
Daniel Warncke, Rich Libin & John Thompson of the
Bourne DNR for shellfish instruction at Belly Bio
Paul Nitschke and Anne Richards from NOAA Fisheries
for providing the fish for Belly Biology dissections.
Pat & Jenny Ross of Monks Cove Oysters for Belly Biology class on oyster farming.
Dale Mantell donating marine supplies.
Mary Ellen McCarthy– use of Trowbridge Tavern
meeting space MANY times.
Rob Reynolds- marine science cruise on Vineyard
Sound with Zephyr Marine.
Scholarship Committee– thanks.
Kiki Tura– photography
Alex Walsh– bottom paint donation from ePaint
Phil Field- coordinating purchases at West Marine.
Bill Martin, Don Packard, Don McPhee, Dick Cudmore
– Varnishing tillers and blades.
Phil Tura– CPR & First Aid training.
Don MacPhee– Bench assembly
Neale Gaspar– Wood donation and cutting for benches
Tim & Dave Fallon– allowing BCB to sail Kathleen.
Tura Family- allowing BCB to use your Bullseye
Field Trip Drivers– Theresa Sexton, Phil Tura, Cheryl
Milliken.
Patty & Bruce Parker & Parker's Boat Yard
Scott Way- mooring services.
Larry Frawley– mooring services
Marc Daniels of Squeteague Sailmakers- sail repair &
storage.
Cataumet Boats– Discount marine services.
David O'Hara– great job maintaining and preparing and
retrieving the fleet, with help from Phil Way.
Charles Cole– Outboard repairs.
Mike Phillips- providing boat lettering.
Party Cape Cod– setting up, taking down our tent.
Barlow's Boat Yard- Brenda, Rachel and Scott, for
storing our fleet and helping in so many ways.
Their contribution is immense.
Thanks to all the PARENTS who helped make BCB a
Success in 2014! We would not be able to function without the help of our volunteers. Thank you
to all parents and friends who donated time to
assist with all the jobs big and little that make our
program work.
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From the Purser: Financial Update
In 2014, BCB was given a fundraising opportunity like never before. An anonymous donor committed to matching donations form the extended BCB family up to $100,000, with a few restrictions on who qualified for the match. The intention was to get a large amount of donations from
the wide BCB community of students, members, volunteers, staff and the families of all of these groups in any amount, no matter how small. We
are happy to report that the BCB community has responded, and we have received donations from BCB friends and family far and wide. We are
still working to attain our goal, and we are now working under a time limit. We have until December 22 to meet our goal, and we hope that you
will help us out. Please, if you have not already, send in your donation in any amount to show your support of BCB at a time when your donation
will go further than ever before, and help us reach our generous donor’s goal for BCB. Please send your tax-deductible donation to BCB, PO Box
3157, Bourne MA 02532. Thank You!
Taffrail Log: BCB Summer 2014 Programs
2014, BCB’s eighth year of programming, was full of fun and challenges. We managed
three seasons of sailing for the first time ever, we offered more class options in the summer
than ever before, we worked through a variety of tricky weather, and had fun along the way.
In the spring, the Sturgis High School sailing team sailed in Bourne and gave BCB students a chance to learn racing. BCB provided the float space, coach, and a handful of students who wanted to learn, Buzzards Sailing School provided the boats, Sturgis provided the
racing team, and the Kingman Yacht Center provided us with a mooring and a dry indoor
classroom, without which it would have been impossible to host an early spring sailing program. The team competed in the Cape and Islands League of the New England Scholastic
Sailing Association against several local teams, and they even had one win against Sandwich
High School! Thank you to all who were involved in making this happen for these students:
Scott Zeien for use of the Kingman Yacht Club, Merrily Coyne for coordination with Sturgis
and Buzzards, David O’Hara for volunteering to coach, and to all of the parents and students
involved.
Summer Sailing School started abruptly, with no break between the end of regular
school and the start of sailing for most of our students because of all the snow days last winter. Weather continued to dictate our planning for most of the first session. Our first group
of Beginner Sailors in particular had a trouble finding days that the wind lay down enough to
get out on the water and get some sails up. Luckily, we had a team of very creative sailing
instructors to help guide them and keep them interested and no matter how hard it was
blowing. We tried garbage-bag sailing (yes, it is what it sounds like), a variety of boats, and
every sailing-oriented game or activity in our repertoire.
The weather improved dramatically for the second session, allowing for a much more
predictable course of study. In the afternoons throughout the summer, our more experienced students in Adventures in Sailing got to try our whole fleet of boats, including Capris,
two different Hobie cats, Bullseyes, Lasers and Windsurfers. Thanks once again to Tim and
Dave Fallon, the catboat Kathleen visited BCB and took out a few boatloads of BCB students
for the unique experience of sailing a big, traditional wooden catboat just as kids would have
gotten to experience on Buzzards Bay a century ago.
For BCB’s youngest students, Mummichogs was again a huge success. Marine Science
instructor Melissa Meara and Sailing Instructor Patrick Holmes teamed up for three weeks of
full classes. Half of the students would spend time exploring the habitats and creatures that
live around Phinney’s Harbor with Melissa, and half would have an adventure on the water
with Patrick. Due to the continuing success of this program, we hope to be able to accommodate even more students in Mummichogs next year and create more kids who are excited
to learn to sail when they are old enough.
BCB continued the sailing season into the fall this year with afterschool sailing and adult
evening sailing. Those that participated got to enjoy some beautiful time on the water during what is often thought of as the best time for sailing on Buzzards Bay.
Thanks to everyone who made the summer of 2014 a success, BCB staff, board, students, parents, volunteers and more. We’re already looking forward to the summer of 2015!
- Amy Wright, Executive Director
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Phinney's Harbor Day 2014
This years 4th Annual Phinney’s Harbor Day proved to be an integral
part of the 4th of July weekend for locals and visitors alike. Whether people
ran the challenging 5k in the morning , tried their hand at sailing or paddle
boarding, sat on the beach and enjoyed all the live entertainment or partook in food and beverage everyone seemed to have had a great time.
We had over 150 runners take to the course as they traversed road,
sand, mud and woods. Congratulations to our overall winner Rick Rheinhardt. And, we would be remiss to not mention the outstanding musical
talents of Andrew Lowenstein, Hot Soup, Overtime, Liam Pendergast and
more. These local artists donate their time and talent each year.
We are so appreciative of our sponsors and their many generous donations which made it such a great success. The Voyage Goods nautical jewelry and the Lemon and Line sailor’s bracelets caused quite the stir under the
raffle tent as the winners were called out. And, who didn’t fall in love with
the Beach House sign by Wood Bee Antiques or Poots the 8' Bauer sailboat donated by the Mealy family? We had over 80 prizes with an average
value of $75.00 or more. What a testimony to our supporters! We are so fortunate to have so many wonderful individuals and companies who
recognize the value in our sailing program and give of themselves to help support the cause.
Together, we raised enough money to help with program expenses, and most importantly, to replenish our scholarship funds. BCB gives away
over $10,000 in need-based scholarships and residency discounts every year, and we depend on the success of fundraisers like Phinney’s Harbor
Day to raise this money. Many local individuals, young and old, benefit from the scholarship program.
We need your help to keep this welcomed tradition alive! There are not many opportunities for the public to have a beach party on the shores
of Bourne. As we approach our fifth year, we are looking for your input on how to improve on our concept and how to get more people involved.
Our small band of volunteers work year-round to bring Phinney’s Harbor Day to the community each summer. We welcome your ideas, your energy, or your time to help us develop and improve on one of the most anticipated summer events in town.
- Monice Maurice, Board member & Phinney’s Harbor Day Chair
A Big Thank You to all our Phinney’s Harbor Day Supporters!
Please see our full list of PHD donors, sponsors and supporters in the Honor Roll on page 2.
Belly Biology
Amy Wright and Cheryl Milliken have connected our Belly Biology program with science programs in our community to provide our students with some great local experiences. Beginners participated in shellfishing lessons as well as learned about the shellfish propagation program from Dan Warncke and Richard Libin of Bourne Department of Natural Resources. Students were able to examine baby shellfish growing
in upwellers at the Monument Beach marina, then tried their hands at digging for quahogs and steamer clams on the flats and shallows south
of the Tobey Island bridge. Beginners also took a field trip to Aptucxet salt works at the trading post to learn how salt was made in early colonial times.
Intermediates participated in a variety of field trips and activities to learn about sea life and marine activity around the Cape. The first
session was able to learn about oyster aquaculture from Pat and Jenny Ross, the owners of Monks Cove Oysters. They also spent an afternoon
on a tour of MA Maritime Academy, including spending time trying their navigating and piloting skills in the ship simulator and checking out the
alternative energies used on campus. Another wonderful afternoon was spent with the Zephyr Education Foundation on a cruise out of Falmouth Harbor to observe and collect organisms and use oceanographic equipment to understand more about the research done by scientists
in Woods Hole. Finally, intermediates became citizen scientists by testing
water quality and salinity and by collecting marine debris around Tobey
Island.
This year the Belly Biology program took full advantage of all the supplies we were able to purchase through the 11 th Hour grant. Students regularly used masks and snorkels during times of low wind, which provided a
fun alternative activity. They also enjoyed looking at planktonic specimens
through our rechargeable microscope in order to identify and draw these
fascinating creatures. We continue to encourage our sailors to look more
closely at the unique environment in which we play.
- Cheryl Milliken, BCB Board Member and Belly Biology Instructor
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From the Crow’s Nest: The 2015 Program
For summer of 2015, BCB plans to build on the programs that worked well, while maintaining our core programs of Beginner, Advanced Beginner and Intermediate sailing.
We will again have three weeks of Mummichogs, but we will be adding an additional
activity rotation of nautical arts and stories, so we have extended the time. Beginner,
Advanced Beginner and Intermediate sailing continue as four week long classes, a formula that works well for us and our students to ensure enough time to learn and build
sailing skills. Adventures in Sailing will again be three weeks long, and Sailapalooza, our
catch-all program, will be one week. Intro to Racing class has been extended to two
weeks long, and will be at the end of the summer to allow students to build their skills
before learning the basics of racing.
BCB is currently working with the Buzzards Sailing School to develop programs to bring
our students to their facility to join in their race days, and to bring Buzzards students to
BCB to try our variety of boats. Details for this program, as well as more information on
our program offerings, will be coming out in January, stay tuned!
Safe Powerboat Handling: April 15/16 & June 6, April 20-21, May 2-3, or May 16-17
Mummichogs 9:00-12:00: June 29 – July 3, July 6 – 10, and July 13 - 17
Beginner Sailing 8:20-12:00: June 22- July 17, July 20 – August 14
Advanced Beginner Sailing 1:00-4:30: June 22- July 17, July 20 – August 14
Intermediate Sailing 1:00-4:30: June 22- July 17, July 20 – August 14
Adventures in Sailing 1:00-4:30: June 22 – July 10, July 13 – July 31
Intro to Racing 1:00-4:30: August 3 - 14
Sailapalooza 1:00-4:30: June 29 – July 3, July 6-10, July 13-17, July 20-24, July 27-31,
August 3-7, August 10-14
Look for our 2015 program guide
with dates, pricing and
registration instructions.
Coming in January 2015!
Ship’s Carpenter
The poem Sea Fever as been a favorite of mine since I
was a young student more than 50 years ago. The teacher had I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
asked us to memorize a poem and recite it for the class. It
Is a wild call and clear call that may not be denied;
made an impression on me then and it still does. Intense study
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
and and commitment to relatively small and discrete objectives, especially at a young age, more often than not will instill And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
lasting memories. There is no doubt in my mind that children
- John Masefield, from the poem "Sea Fever"
who spend time on the water with Bourne Community
Boating and dedicate themselves to becoming proficient sailors will benefit all their lives from this summer of committing to a worthwhile objective.
Speaking of windy days, as Masefield does, the young sailors in the first session this past summer certainly go plenty of those! Despite
many days of challenging conditions the instructors managed to keep damage to the boats remarkably low. That's the good news. The challenge this year is to bring some of our newly acquired Bull's Eyes up to snuff, install spinnaker hardware on the hulls and masts.
Allow me to put in a plug here for getting some more of you adults out on the water. One of the reasons we started our fleet of Bull's Eyes
was to encourage adult sailing. These are small keel boats that are really simple to sail and have excellent stability due to their 750 pound lead
keel. With a draft of only 30 inches, if you run aground you can easily push yourself off. Please check out our website for more information
about open sailing!! If you don't know how to sail, not worries. Lessons are available at low cost to learn to sail these wonderful boats.
In addition to work on the sailing fleet we want to upgrade our safety boats. We have been struggling to keep our old engines going since
the beginning of the program and are finally beginning to replace our aging (and polluting) engines with more reliable and cleaner running 4
stroke Yamaha engines. install a center console on our 17' Carolina Skiff this winter. The center console with wheel steering instead of tiller
steering will make operating the boat much better from a safety standpoint.
In closing, we are always looking for volunteers to help maintain our fleet. Please contact Amy Wright and let her know how you can assist! A big thank you to all of those in our community that have put in countless hours keeping the boats afloat!
Yours for a fair wind,
David O'Hara, Fleet Captain
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The Bourne Sailor
Volume 8
Curmudgeon’s Observation:
Board of Directors and Officers 2014:
B. Paul Bushueff Jr, Chairman, President
Kent Nicholas, Vice President
Kenneth Legg, Director, Clerk
Lisa Greene, Treasurer
Monice Maurice, Director, PHD Chair
Cheryl Milliken, Director
Kevin Hough, Director
Kathryn Tura, Director
Eugene Curry, Attorney
David O’Hara, Fleet Captain
Advisors:
Toby Baker, Susan Baracchini, Craig
Bautz, Paul Callahan, Jason Cassista, Tina
Canterbury, Jen Donovan, Jennifer Kano,
Jenn Kennedy, Sydney McCabe, Mary
Meli, Patty & Bruce Parker, Phil Tura
Bourne Community Boating
PO Box 3157
Bourne MA 02532
“I really don't know why it is that all of us are so committed to the sea,
except I think it's because in addition to the fact that the sea changes,
and the light changes, and ships change, it's because we all came from
the sea. And it is an interesting biological fact that all of us have in our
veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the
ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our
tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea whether it is to sail or to watch it - we are going back from whence we
came.”
- John F. Kennedy