Next Year is The CSC’s 50th! Help Make it the Best.

It will have been 50 years since Herb Towle and a few other pioneers founded the Cohasset Sailing Club on a tiny point of land, with a few sailboats and a dock.  It’s a special year and it calls for a special celebration (or celebrations). It also shouts “OPPORTUNITY” for fundraising. We’re open to ideas, and the creation of a committee of those who are interested in making the 50th the best year of the club. Can we count you in?

We’re going to have a brainstorming  meeting in early December. Please give me, Rich Ofsthun,  a call (x9396) or email (cohassetsailingclub@gmail.com) or comment below.

1979 Ground-breaking for the Clubhouse

Many thanks,

The Commodore

On the Waterfront: Thanks to Volunteer Dockworkers

A sizeable crowd of volunteer dockworkers showed up for work On the Waterfront Saturday morning.  It took longer than I thought it would take (I’m often overly optimistic) but all of the volunteers were so good they ‘Coulda been contendah’s’ for union work on the docks, so we were done before lunchtime and in time for Miller-Time. Many thanks to all!

It wasn’t without a little drama – we called-in Brian Kimla for his chain saw and we almost took out Mary Whitley’s SUV – that’ll teach her to park there or take a joyride with Kit while there’s important work to be done (ha ha) - I went looking for them: “Stella, Stelllllla!” I shouted but to no avail (oh wait, wrong Brando movie, sorry), so Dave worked daintily around it.  

 Special thanks to our annual Crane Operators – Dave we really appreciate all of your help AND your very favorable pricing. Mr. Litchfield and Fran – great to see you twice a year.

Scottt Coughlin built some very effective stands for the Capris and Chuck Peterson led the crew like the old salt he is.

Also, you’ve probably seen our recently shrink-wrapped launches on Main Street. Thanks to member Noel Collins for the storage and Tom and Thomas Lamaire of MTCFish who donated their valuable services to the club. And thanks to Chris and Jeannie Demurias who are storing our 420s at their home all winter.

Our Contendahs:

Chuck Peterson

Scott Coughlin

TJ O’Brien

John DeWaal

Dave Coletta

Jim Porter

Tim Salerno

Tom Shipp

Peter Vitello

Peter Burnett

Ron Mavilla

Bill Blaze

Rick Erler

Mark Richardson

Kit Coffey

Mary Whitley

Anne Rowland

Brian Kimla

Kevin O’Connor

Bob Deutsch

Ward McElhinney

Bob Cuningham

Glenn Ogrodnick

Blake Martini

Alex Adkins

James Lucas

Ed Curran

Jack McCarthy

Believe it or not, there may have been more that I’m missing – sorry to you with whom I didn’t touch base - nevertheless it was  a great crew, and it made the work easier and more fun.  Again, thank you all.  Have a great winter, see you in the Spring.   Your Commodore, Rich Ofsthun

Cohasset HS (regional) Sailing Team Meeting was held 10/27

A new Hull-Cohasset-South Shore Charter Public School Sailing Team gets ready to set sail next Spring.
An informational meeting was held on Tuesday night, 10/27 at the Hull Yacht Club. There are about 7 Cohasset students who are ready to step up as sailors on the team! We will be the largest contingent. 

For more information:

Sarah Murphy, sarah.murphy@comcast.net
781-383-3487
781-775-7995

Details on the new Cohasset HS Regional Sailing Team

Exciting News!
 
A new Hull-Cohasset-South Shore Charter Public School Sailing Team gets ready to set sail next Spring.
 
Sail Nantasket, a non-profit foundation dedicated to encouraging the sport of sailing and promoting public participation in sailing-related programs, has generously offered their support to establish a regional sailing team. The rest is up to prospective team parents and students. Parental involvement and community support are essential in establishing a team. And your Cohasset Sailing Club wants to do all it can to help support the team.
 
Formore information:

Sarah Murphy, sarah.murphy@comcast.net
781-383-3487
781-775-7995

Other Links
Sail Nantasket
http://www.sailnantasket.org
Hull Yacht Club
http://www.hullyc.org
Gloucester launches Sailing Team http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_105225455.html
Mass Bay League – 30 local HS teams
http://www.massbayleague.org
Interscholastic Sailing Association
http://www.highschollsailingusa.org
Cohasset High School Sailing Team wins championship – 1976, 1978, 1979
http://www.massbaysailing.org/page/3822

Cohasset Sailing Club – Summer 2009 DVDs Now available!

Get your copy of the Cohasset Sailing Club’s “Summer 2009″ DVD! Packed with 20 minutes worth of pictures from the first days of the season all the way to Fun Day, it’s a great way to see the sailing season from a whole new perspective!

Suggested donations of $15 are appreciated!

To order, please email John T. DeWaal at jtdewaal@comcast.net.

Thanks for a Great Season

It was a great season of sailing at the Cohasset Sailing Club.

Despite the rains of early summer Junior Training held forth, thanks to a cadre of terrific instructors. We had a full fleet of motorized and sail boats that stayed fully operational all year. The Annual Launch Party and Lobsterfest was a huge success. We broke membership and Junior Program records,  and Great White sharks didn’t come to the Bay State until Labor Day.  While we tried but failed to open up for the holiday weekend, we extended the free-sailing season this year, and vow to figure it out for next year because some of our best weather waits for September.  Most of all we had a lot of fun while we taught almost 250 Cohasset children and adults the joys of sailing.

Dockslips and Kayk berths will remain operational until approximately mid-October, when we’ll pull the docks. And of course the grounds are available for your use, too. In fact Cohasset’s Elder Affairs group will be using the club this Thursday for its annual end-of-summer picnic.

Thanks to all of our staff and volunteers who helped to make this season great. The list is long, and their accomplishments many. And thanks to you, our loyal members, for being a part of it all.

End of Season Awards

Herb Towle Award: Senior Instructor Ryan Crough

Porter Series: 1st Place - Emily Malone and Anne Rowland

 Race Team

• Excellence: Danielle Sookiasian and Brianne Crough
• Most Improved: Andrew Burnett 

 Sailor I

• Most Improved: Marina Longo
• Excellence: Thomas Durkin

Sailor II

• Most Improved: Olivia Wilson
• Excellence: Emma Humphrey

Sailor III

• Most Improved: Grace Lucier
• Excellence: Andrew Dubro

Mate I

• Most Improved: Adam Game
• Excellence: Olivia Arnold

Mate II

• Most Improved: Jesse Rietkerk
• Excellence: Margery Wilson

Skipper

• Most Improved: Annie McElgunn
• Excellence: Jake Johnson

Captain

• Most Improved: Hamish Redfield
• Excellence: Zach Coggins

Waaser Cup

• 1st Place: Sean Mavilia, Owen Gideon-Murphy, Dan Axelson

Congdon Cup

• 1st Place: Zach Coggins, Hamish Redfield, Jack O’Brien

Stanton Series

• 1st Place - Christian Cunnie and Mrs. Cunnie
• 2nd Place - Adam Benson and Mr. Benson

We’ll see you next summer!

FUN DAY WAS A BLAST

All I saw were smiling faces, and there were a lot of them: at least 170, maybe 200 – And that doesn’t include our very fun Instructors or the many parent-volunteers who stepped around all of the wet towels and backpacks to get lunch ready and served. (“You don’t LOOK like the lunch room lady…”)

Thank you to all of our very well behaved children (No, really…was there an incident I didn’t hear of? I don’t think so.), Instructors and Volunteers:

Debbie Johnson and Linda O’Brien – Co-Chairs

 

and the following donated either water, coolers with ice, watermelon and/or their time…

 Jeff “The Grillmaster” Johnson

Maria Kennedy

Wendy Kennedy

Susan Donohue

Karin Cunnie

Molly Adams

Mary Jo Blackington

Marlena Alex

Liliane Wenner

Kelly Kelley

Sally Sisson

Bronnie Nelson

Tracy Thomas

Logan Bernstein

Andrea Martone

 

We’ll add our thanks to those of Deb and Linda  – Thanks, Everyone!

Check Out Last Week’s Cohasset Mariner

“Picture This” – page 2 – Features Caroline McElhinny and Sarah Mavilia of the CSC Staff

You can Learn some amazing things about these two, including:

They were both born on August 3rd at 8:47 PM…3 years apart.

Believe It Or Not!

 

AND 

Mariner Sports Section

is not to be missed - 

A full Page 21 features photos of “Cohasset Cruisers”

Photos – Photos – Photos

Keep it on the Edge!!

  

 

Our Gallery pages hold some of the pictures we’ve been taking this year, but they are all up on Picasa on our Album site, including our latest postings of the Mate Class’ first day of racing – great stuff.  

Find these albums here:

SWIM DAY – LAUNCH PARTY 2009

- MATE RACING DAY

http://picasaweb.google.com/cohassetsailingclub

 

Download an individual photo:

1. While viewing the photo you’d like to download, click the Download menu above the photo.
2. Select Download Photo.
3. In the window that appears, select Save File.
4. Click OK.

Download an entire album:

1. From the gallery, click the album you’d like to download.
2. From the Download menu above your photos, select Download to Picasa.
3. In Picasa, if you’re not signed in to your Google Account for Picasa Web Albums, you’ll be prompted to do so.
4. In the window that appears, click the Download button.

Albums downloaded from your own account will appear in the ‘Web Albums’ collection, while albums downloaded from friends and family will be visible in the ‘Downloaded Albums’ collection. All albums download from Picasa Web Albums are saved to your computer to the following location:

• Windows: My Documents\My Pictures\Downloaded Albums
• Mac: Pictures\Downloaded Albums

Welcome to your “Summer Home” – WHAT A WEEKEND!

It was a beautiful weekend for a sail, a row, a cruise, fishing or just sitting at the club – and even though we lost our blue skies later Sunday,  the Stanton Series racers and their families may even have snuck in their BBQ after their regatta on Sunday night. 

What a weekend – on Sunday afternoon the winds were up, often 10 – 12 knots, our usual rain held off for the most part (meterologists really can’t be trusted to get it right despite their Doppler Radar). And we had five boats take advantage the perfect sailing weather!

On Saturday afternoon, your Commodore got out with Mrs. Commodore (Kathy) for a pleasure cruise. Kids were out on the Bics and having a ball (and the Staff – Sarah and Conor – were busy chasing them down). Bassings was packed, a wedding – surprise – was spilling over into the Sailing Club.  Sorry, didn’t bring a camera in the afternoon – cooler instead.

(Have recent file photos of Adult Training however.) And Saturday morning, after a bit of classroom work, CSC Trustee Bob Deutsch, who is coordinating the Adult Training class with his Instructor/Leaders, Evan Deutsch and Danielle Sookiasian,  got his students out on the water with a host of other instructors – all nine boats were put into action!

Reports are that CSC Trustee and Adult student, Elizabeth Murry took the advice of the website urging members to “Come On Down!” and returned in the afternoon.  And we saw the Lunds arrive with their kids and fishing gear – and a positive attitude (I’ll bet they caught dinner) – they are winners!

Next weekend could very well be the same. This is your club – make the most of it.

Welcome to your summer home.