September 2017 Tel. (617) 846-CPYC Web site: www.CPYC.ORG

COMMODORE

Thomas H. Schlichting VICE COMMODORE

Brian J. Murphy REAR COMMODORE

Peter Towner SECRETARY

John Economides TREASURER

Donald Kearney

Pilot House Dedicated to Philip W. Marks

On Sunday Afternoon, August 13th members, significant others, and children came together to officially dedicate the Philip W. Marks Pilot House. A Past Commodore, Philip is one of our most cherished and generous members who over the years has given his time, influence, ideas, and resources to help make CPYC what it is today. After unveiling the sign, Philip spoke briefly about what CPYC has meant to him and his family, noting that the support of his brothers, Patrick, Paul, and Peter, enabled him to give of himself to CPYC.

Following the dedication there was a so-cial hour with extensive BBQ and special dedication cakes!

23rd Annual Make-A-Wish Regatta A Success Once Again

Once again the CPYC Regatta to Benefit Make-A-Wish offered a PHRF Pursuit Race, Adult One Design Racing, Youth Sailor Racing, Children's raffles, Adult Auction, dinner. There was serious fun for all ages while raising money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. While the exact figures are not complete yet, Janine Stanton , Chairperson, feels CPYC raised approximately $15,ooo for Make-A-Wish wishes. Saturday the weather gods provided good racing weather after a storm front skirted Winthrop. Sunday was a beautiful day but very windy deterring many from sailing. The Silent Auction organized by Pat Leary offered interesting, useful, and fun items to tantalize bidders. Continued pg 2

Pursuit Race Results

Jib and Main—7 entries

1st Jeff Talbot Morris the Cat WYC 2nd Brian Pitt Harrier SHYC

3rd Paul Morrissey Ye Olde School PPYC

Spinnaker 10 entries

1st Finn & Hackett Sparkle Pony CYC 2nd Ralph DiMattia Shamrock

Sensation SBYC 3rd Powers & Crimmins Agora CYC

One Design Results

Snipe 6 Entries

1st Jim Bowers WBC 2nd John MacRae CPYC

3rd Cameron Frazier MBC

Rhodes 19 3 entries

1st Mike Gahan CPYC 2nd Dave Hickey CPYC 3rd Red Fenlon CPYC

CPYC Youth Top Finishers from Make –A-Wish Regatta 39 Boats —-66 Youth Sailors

420 Championship Fleet

1st Place

Simon Moreira and Christopher Rodriquez

2nd Place Ella and Nora McCarey

420 Green Fleet

1st Place Sean Montgomery and

Emily Rodriquez

2nd Place Hunter Kennedy and

Ryan Kfoury

Opti Green Fleet

1st Place Hayes Kennedy

3rd Place Bridget Hickey

N 10 Championship Fleet

1st Place Ben Prew and

Cedric Wysocki

2nd Place Jake and Joseph

Cataldo

3rd Place Freddie Poor and

Christian Buonopane

Opti Championship Fleet

1st Place Will Lawton

Opt champs

that managed

the Sunday stiff winds.

A 420 succumbs to the windy conditions

Blessing of the Fleet

2017

The head pier was decked out for the well attended annual blessing of the fleet on July 1st. Colors were presented by the Massachu-setts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) honor guard. Father Charles Bourke gave the blessing. This annual CPYC event happens be-cause of the efforts of Mike Gahan. Some of the boats that joined the parade for blessings are below.

(Above) The Kennedy/Lawton’s Beetle

(Above Center) Amy Parson’s new boat No Impulse captained by Dave Winkler

(Right) Tom Montgomery's Ring Leader

(Below) Bob Crotty’s Sidney Grace

(Above) Barry Lawton’s Church Key

(Center below) Youth Sailing’s new rib

(Below) the Leary’s Got One

Youth Sailing Summer Review

The Youth Sailing Program had a very busy and active summer. Daily lessons guided by the sailing instructors led by head instructor Cecelia Moreira and pro-gram director Katie Houstle kept the chil-dren busy. Special event and activity days included fun activities such as pirate’s day, a scavenger hunt, island adventures and sailing adapted quidditch where N-10s tried to catch the golden snitch— a 420. (Harry Potter Game)

Tuesday evenings throughout the program found up to 10 boats out racing the Twilight series run by Youth Sailing Chairman Barry Lawton. Thursday afternoon when they were not at away events, the Hatch Brown Series was run. On one afternoon the advanced sailors got to experience racing Open Bics. There was an exchange with Winchester Boat Club where their sailors came to CPYC to experience ocean sailing, and ours went to Winchester for lake sailing.

Many of our young sailors participated in away regattas, with con-siderable success. Chris Rodriquez and Simon Moreira raced in the Marblehead Junior Race week in the Championship Fleet of 69 boats where they finished 34th. Sean Montgomery and Emily Rodriquez competed in the 420 green fleet finishing 10th out of 23 entries.

Chris and Simon also went to the Jun-ior Olympic Sailing Festival in Hing-ham where they finished 7th in a fleet of 44 420 Champions. Ella McCarey and Andreas Simon raced in the green 420 fleet finishing 8th out of 31 en-tries.. Competing in the Opti Champi-onship fleet of 83 boats, Wil Lawton finished 24th and Hunter Kennedy 26th.

Both the N-10 Juniors and Midgets were held on the Mystic Lakes. In the Juniors at Winchester, our youth finished 3rd, Hunter Kenne-dy, 4th Nora McCarey, 5th Sean Montgomery, and 6th Ben Prew.

Medford boat club hosted the Midgets. Sean Montgomery and Ryan Kfory took top honors. (Left) Hayes Kennedy and Max Lawton fin-ished second. Several other of our

youth finished in the top 10. CPYC winners below.

Hayes won the Merriman Trophy for the highest finishing skipper 11 years old or under in the Midgets.

CPYC Youth Sailing hosted the N-10 open this year. There were 12 entries in the Championship Fleet. Finishes were

Chasing the golden snitch

Hunter approaching a mark in Jrs.

Opti’s ready to be towed to Hingham

1st Wil Lawton and William Murphy

2nd Hunter Kennedy and Paul Ferrara

Robotics at CPYC

On multiple Monday evenings this summer, many of our young could be seen pouring over robot parts and assembling them in the ball room. They had weekly challenges to solve which interestingly they all solved differently. Progressively they built their robots leading up to the final night when they got to remotely drive their creations though a maze. The youth had great fun as they tested out the culmination of their ef-forts. This program at CPYC was made possible through the MIT Lincoln Labs Out Reach Program, Robotics at Lincoln Labs and Loretta Bes-sette, Eric Kirton’s wife. Loretta was able to borrow robot components from the Out Reach Program. A group of parents including Barry Lawton, Ken Feeley, Jimmy Clark, and Steve Buonopane, with the support of Eric and Loretta hope to continue robotics at CPYC going forward.

6th Jake and Joseph Cataldo, 7th Nora and Lyla McCarey, 8th Bridget Hickey and Connie Powell.

In the N-10 green fleet of 17 boats our youth finished 5th, Reese Ferrara and Gabrielle Buonopane, 6th Caiden Curtis and Emily Maddalone, and 7th, Christian Buonopane and Freddie Poor.

The last event of the season was the Wood Trophy at MIT. There our youth sailors finished in the top 3 places; Sean Mont-gomery and Max Lawton; Wil Lawton and Hayes Kennedy; and Hunter Kenne-dy and Nora McCarey respectfully.

The summers activities ended with a family barbeque.

Youth Sailing Continued ….

3rd Sean Montgomery and Ryan Kfory

4th Ben Prew and Quinton Wysocki

5th Hayes Kennedy and Max Lawton

CPYC N-10 Open Sailors

PHRF Rumble III On August 16th CPYC hosted the third Wednesday Night Rumble of the season. At this event Boston PHRF, Constitution PHRF and Hingham Bay PHRF met to do battle in the Presidents Roads waters. There were 40 boats in 6 classes competing. All of the Boston PHRF boats finished in the top half of their divisions. Below scenes from the race committee boat.

From the Past

An early picture of the club and its waterfront in the late 1950’s when the first westerly pier was built. . Note that the head pier is angled as it was originally for the ferry service before becoming the yacht club. Also there was only a very small marina, really just a floats. Boats were predominantly moored.

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ANOTHER GREAT YEAR FOR CPYC'S ADULT SAILING PROGRAM

This year's adult sailing program welcomed new and returning students, and some new instructors. The students had the opportunity to sail on a variety of boats, including Charles Kling's ODay 28, Matt Feingold and Melissa Kaiser's Catalina 27, Alan Bing-ham's 24 foot catamaran, and Pamela and Josh Aranov's Pearson Ensign and Whitehall skiff. Richard Honan delivered the intro-ductory talk on our first night of sailing. The highlight of the summer was our Big Boat sail on new member Armin Keidel's Moody 36. 12 students and instructors piled on

his boat with hors d'oeuvres, sushi, sandwiches and libations. 80 year old Paul Amirault took the helm and was our "designated driver", as we sailed out the north channel for a four hour cruise. An orange crescent moon setting over Boston added to our enjoyment of the evening. Many thanks to all our instructors, including Tim Howington, for volunteering their time and their boats, and making this summer an fun and memorable one. We look forward to sailing again next summer

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Meet the New Members ……

Regular Members

Armin Keidel first connected with CPYC at the 2016 Boat Show. From Westminster he is a firefighter in Leominster and owns a Moody 36. Armin is already involved in club activities as he has been teaching in the Adult Sailing Program. A friend of Don Kearney’s, Margaret Bachini grew up on Orlando Ave and always wanted to be a member of CPYC. A fan of the water, Maggie lives in Swampscott and is a math teacher in East Boston. Chris Ventolieri and his wife Clare Chan recently bought a home in Winthrop near the club. Chris is in the plumbing business and Clare works in advertising. Chris has two children, 9 and 10, who are interested in being in the sailing program next year. Barry Borak is a portfolio manager and petrol geologist for TIAA. He resides in Waban with his wife, Suzanne Costas, and his two college bound daughters. For-merly a member of the Salem Willows Yacht Club, Barry recently downsized from a Dufour 31 to a Pearson Electra, and is looking forward to sailing in local waters and getting to know the members of our club.

Young Adult Members

Marc Robert Albert is the nephew of Bob and Bill Hall, and a club neighbor. Marc is a University of Maine mechanical engineering graduate and works at Marine Systems Corporation in the Seaport Dis-trict.

Trial Members

Carissa Bonilla and her husband Mark Wysocki have two children and live in Winthrop. The children, Cedric and Quinton participated in the sailing pro-gram this summer. Carissa is an artist and owns a business in East Boston. Mary-Ann Goddard lives in Winthrop. She is an office manager and real estate agent. Her daughter, Brianna, is engaged to Adam Crombie. Their reception will be at CPYC next year. An accountant for Deloitte and Touche LLP, Lauren DeMayo has lived in Win-throp for five years. She knows a number of CPYC members.

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Ladies Bowling League Notice

Ladies bowling is seeking and welcoming new Bowlers for all days, Monday morn-ing, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. You do not have to be a “great” bowler. You just have to be ready to have laugh and have fun. If interested or want to find out more, please contact Linda Costantino or any current bowler.

In addition, if there is any interest in a Monday Night bowling, either formal or informal, there needs to be someone to spearhead this.

Belatedly, but not less significantly, Vice Commodore Brian Murphy

presents Dean Fairbrother with the Vice Commodore’s award for his constant maintenance of the club

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Dinner & Raffle

October 27th

Only 200 raffle tickets will be sold

Cocktails 7PM Dinner and Raffle 8PM Raffle ticket only $65

Each dinner ticket $27.50 A couple can enjoy the evening

for $120 with an open bar.

Dinner Menu A la Chef Aloise

Assorted Appetizers, Tenderloin of Beef Mixed green salad,

Baked Potato, Green Beans Dessert

FOR TICKETS CONTACT Ernie Hardy @ 617-846-6320, www.eehardy@comcast.net

Or a Flag Officer or Board Member

Steak and

Lobster Dinner Sept 22

$25 for a 14 oz Steak or 2 Twin Lobsters

Reservations Required

Book Club

The September 26th selection is “A Gentleman in Moscow” by Amor Towles. A book laced with intrigue, Count Rostou is sentenced to house arrest in Moscow’s Metrapol Hotel.

“Breakpoint” by Richard Clarke is the October 24th selection. Will the world’s vital systems be brought to the breaking point, or stopped. Book Club welcomes all. Selec-tion suggestions are welcomed.

Attendees are free to contribute or listen.

For questions, contact Pamela Aranov at www.aranov@rcn.com

The Ear Hears……

Our sincere condolences to Jack Ficaro and the entire Ficaro fami-ly on the recent passing of Marie Ficaro.

CPYC Author Alan Bingham to Present Book Talk On Sunday, November 5th at 3:00 PM, CPYC sailor and author Alan Bingham will discuss his recently published book, “Dying Well Prepared: Conversations and Choices for Terminal Pa-tients” It deals with how to manage life when faced with terminal disease. Unlike other publica-tions on end-of-life that follow a person’s decline, this book is a guide based on broad experi-ence of the author in his work in hospice. “There are many useful personal end-of-life care voy-ages written, and many specific helpful guides that can help with some aspects of the end of life journey. But none that pulled together in one place the range of issues that most people had talked to me about”, said Alan Bingham.

The issues covered in the book include choices on the options on where to live, how to organize your home and affairs, making advance directives, selecting lawyers and medical help as well as advice on pain and pain management. The conversations include how to talk with friends and families, lawyers, caregivers, and medical professionals and include suggested dialog on the lan-guage you can use for introducing and discussing each of these topics. It delves into how to de-fine and document your legacy (ethical wills) and discusses ethics and morals in end-of-life healthcare. The book is also helpful to people with aging parents or family members.

Checklists are provided with tips on how to use them. The book can be read from cover to cover, or just referenced by section according to need.

Alan Bingham added, “When I retired from hospice I wanted to share the information I had gleaned over the years so that people faced with the news of imminent end of life had something that could be of help. I spoke with so many people who did not know what to do next that I knew I had to do something to help. The topic of dying is something sel-dom discussed, almost a taboo, so few people know how to handle it or where to look for help and advice. I hope this book will provide some insight and assistance.”

Alan Bingham lives in Somerville and is a volunteer ombudsman for long term care facilities. He was awarded the James ‘Cotton’ Tingle Award by Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services in 2016 for service to Seniors.

This talk is sponsored by the CPYC Book Club and is open to the public. Feel free to invite family and friends.

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SEPTEMBER Sept 2&3 Star Regatta Sept 4 Rubber Duck and Card Board Boat Races, Carnival Sept 5 Ladies Bowling Begins Sept 9 Disco Night /Vinyl Groove Sept 12 Men’s Bowling Begins Sept 22 Lobster & Steak Dinner Sept 26 Book Club Sept 30 Craft Beer tasting

OCTOBER

Oct 21&22 Marina Weekend Oct 24 Book Club Oct 27 5K Dinner

NOVEMBER

Nov 5 Book Club Presentation Nov 11 Veteran’s Day Nov 17 Mass Bay and CPYC Awards Dinner Nov 23 Thanksgiving Nov 28 Book Club

DECEMBER

Dec 9 Santa’s Breakfast

Cottage Park Yacht Club 76 Orlando Avenue

Winthrop, Massachusetts 01252

Dec 15 Adult Holiday Party Dec 20 Hanukkah Begins Dec 25 Christmas Dec 26 Kwanzaa Begins TBA Ladies Bowling Roll Off And Banquet