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June 2012 VOLUME 50 ISSUE 6 THE PORTHOLE Cape Cod Sail and Power Squadron District 14 INSIDE THIS SPECIAL EDITION - EXCITING SUMMER EVENTS - FIGAWI ADVENTURE - SAFETY FIRST - MAY DINNER Titanic recap GLORY

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June 2012 VOLUME 50 ISSUE 6

THE PORTHOLE Cape Cod Sail and Power Squadron

District 14

INSIDE THIS SPECIAL EDITION

- EXCITING SUMMER EVENTS

- FIGAWI ADVENTURE - SAFETY FIRST

- MAY DINNER—Titanic recap

GLORY

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Commander – Lt/C Mary Lou Walsh, AP P.O. Box 14, Dennisport, MA 02639 508-398-7970 [email protected] Executive Officer – Lt/C Lee Johnson, AP* P.O. Box 1538, South Dennis, MA 02660 508-398-7256 [email protected] Administrative Officer - Lt/C Deirdre Leyden 18 Sparrow Way, South Yarmouth, MA 02664 508-760-1978 [email protected] Educational Officer – P/C David Atwood, AP* 9 Upton Road, South Yarmouth, MA 02664 508-737-5374 [email protected] Secretary – Lt/C Cornelia Begley, S 22 Nor East Drive, East Harwich, MA 02645 508-430-1231 [email protected] Treasurer – Lt/C Evan C. Croft, JN*

1753 Old Stage Road, West Barnstable, MA 02668 508-420-9023 [email protected] *************************************************

Assistant Educational Officer – 1st Lt Kenneth Molloy, SN 225 Oxford Drive, Cotuit, MA 02635 508-428-3815 [email protected]

The Porthole Editor – Lt/C Deirdre A. Leyden 18 Sparrow Way, South Yarmouth, MA 02664 508-760-1978 [email protected]

“COME ON — JOIN THE FUN!”

Commander Mary Lou Walsh, AP

Contents S.O.S. 3 New Members 4 Member News 4 Cover story: Figawi Family 5 May Dinner recap 6 Titanic Review 7 Summer Events 8- 9 Summer ABC 10 Sunshine Committee 11 Calendar of Events 11

Photo Credits Gail Burke Lt/C Lee Johnson, AP* Lt/C Deirdre Leyden Cdr Mary Lou Walsh, AP

The big news for the next 3 months will be our boating and social activities as our dinner meetings and speaker have ended for the summer. This issue of the Porthole carries the full schedule of events through September. Several are coming up soon and we hope to see big crowds for all of them! Most of all, I’d like to personally invite new members and those who are new to events to come along for the fun. We really are a friendly, welcoming group. There’s no need to feel ‘new’ or uncomfortable. No boat? No problem! I say that with absolute certainty: I’m the Commander without a boat!

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Keep Safety in Mind! Commander Mary Lou Walsh, AP

All the fun events all summer will be for naught if your plans are blown out of the water by an accident, especially one that’s avoidable. We don’t want to send out Sunshine Wishes to anyone because of an accident. But it can happen to anyone. In a rush to get on the water, it’s easy to forget a detail or cut a corner, maybe with disastrous results. Boaters in Southwest Florida had a horrible week this winter because of avoidable care-lessness that serves as an object lesson for all of us. The 3rd week in February is the busi-est week of the busy season in SW Florida. The snowbirds have flocked and it’s school vacation week up north, so there are thousands of families in the area visiting grandparents. That makes it the busiest week of the year on the water as well. Aside from all the routine problems of speeding, OUIs and careless operation, the Coast Guard and local police boats

dealt with 3 separate boat explosions and fires in one week. No fatalities luckily, but some injuries, some people in the water swimming for their lives and the boats were all total losses. Investigations traced the cause of all of them to care-less rushed fueling. Boaters were possibly in a rush to make the most of their week in the sun. Or they saw other boats stacked up behind them waiting their turn at the gas dock and, trying to be considerate, moved away too quickly with-

out venting adequately. Whatever the reason, the results were the same: disastrous and potentially deadly. The boaters either didn’t think or didn’t think it could happen to them. Don’t fall victim to the same delusion. Tragedy can happen to anyone, anytime. Remember to do everything you can to avoid it so we are all still together at Labor Day! A simple whiff can save your life.

Don’t let this be you! (all photos courtesy Naples News)

S.O.S. Sources Or Safety Safety Officers Marc and Garnet Venables

We are again beginning another beautiful, and as safe as we can make it, boating season here on our wonderful waters. Recently we spent some time (and money of course!) at West Marine and found a couple of free publications at the storefront worth a look.

The U.S. Coast Guard’s publication titled “U.S. Aids to Navigation System” and subtitled “What You Need to Know About the Markers on the Water” is a well organized, informative resource. For those of us who learn by looking at good visuals … this will impress you, with actual color photographs of various markers and their printed chart counterparts among others. They call it a “handy guide”, so do we.

The Department of Homeland Security provides “A Boater’s Guide To The Federal Requirements For Recreational Boaters” through the U.S. Government Printing Office. The 80-plus pages include sections on such items as Registration/Documentation, Equipment Requirements, Operating Procedures, Pre-Departure Checklists, Emergency Notification/Communication and much more of interest to us.

Available from the Massachusetts Environmental Police is another booklet titled “Boat Massachusetts, Your Guide to Boating Laws and Responsibilities”. This is a general overview of our local rules and is available at the local office on Perseverance Way (off of Attucks Way across from Home Depot). Their web site also offers information at: www.state.ma.us/dfwele/dle

West Marine also provided a free publication from the editors of Boating Magazine titled “2012 Guide To Towing”. This one includes the latest capacity ratings for tow vehicles, all state laws, equipment, launch ramp tips, classes of hitches, weight distribution systems,

as well as trailer wiring and maintenance. Expect some advertising from the publisher, but this is worth reviewing.

We will again hear and read the stories of boaters who may encounter trouble on the water. Drowning is the major cause of boating

related deaths, and yet, is the most preventable outcome. If your excuse for not wearing that PFD is that it is not comfortable, find

one that is and wear it, it may save your life!

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WELCOME ABOARD Membership Chairman Joan Croft, AP*

We are pleased to see you at dinner meetings that are a social gathering, in the classroom, for on-the-water boating activities, and also standing watch at boat shows or marching in parades that visually spread the message of boating safety and educa-tion. As United States Power Squadrons® ap-proaches its centennial celebration in 2014, you have joined with over 40,000 volunteers who will celebrate and continue the traditions of the na-tion's largest recreational boating safety educator. Robert Cato certified in the spring session of America’s Boating Course. Bob lives in Hyannis and is the proud new owner of a 27-foot powerboat. Alex and Valentina Bizunok also certified in the spring ABC session and joined us at the 24 dinner meeting where they were welcomed and pre-sented with their Welcome Aboard packages. Resi-dents of Needham, their Cape home is in South Yarmouth, homeport for their 25-foot runabout Valentina.

The Porthole newsletter received digitally by email is a great source for following what’s new and interesting in the squadron as is the website, www.ccsps.org. Watch for the news-letter and timely reminders sent by email from “WhatsUp@CCSPS.” You are invited to contact bridge members if you have any questions. Contact information is listed in The Porthole and in the annual Roster of Members that you will receive. Contact me anytime: 508.420.9023 or [email protected]. We look forward to assisting you in meeting your squadron expectations and boating goals. You are encouraged to continue par-ticipating in the spirit of boating is fun…we’ll show you how.

Very Important Member Program Membership Chairman Joan Croft, AP*

The first VIM pins were awarded a year ago in May to recognize members who influenced new members to join the squadron. A pie-shaped wedge of the pin, however, was missing. It was to be awarded to complete the pin if the new

member renewed membership the following year. The purpose of the program is to mentor new members so that they gain value from their squadron experience.

Recipients who received pins last year and were pre-sented with the missing wedge by Cdr Mary Lou Walsh, AP, at the 24 May dinner meeting at the Yarmouth House include: David Atwood, Hugh Blair-Smith, Joan Croft, Barbara Garrett-Wilcox, Lee Johnson, and Tim Millar. Not present, but soon to receive their missing wedge, were Jack Fox, Ed Ruckle, and Terry Wilcox.

May 27, 2012 CCSPS members Charles Burke, Lee & Peg Johnson Tom & Connie Begley, Patrick Donovan and Tim Millar assisted Sea Scout Ship ‘78 with the Johnny Kelly Marathon & Hyannis 5K Run. Our own Larry Cole ran the race but was too fast for our camera crew!

CCSPS support for Sea Scout Ship'78

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The 41st Annual Figawi Race Weekend, May 26—28, 2012 It is 8:00 am at the Hyannis Marina on the 26th of June and Dad has just arrived with the coffee and muffins for breakfast. The Follett crew is awake and ready for their seventh Figawi. The black hulled J120 (40 ft) “Glory” has been tuned and outfitted for the 2012 race. The crew is ready for the pre-race briefing. Skipper David Follett has assembled the family crew with dad Ron doing the navigation and tactics, brother Robert doing sail trim, son Chris at the helm, second cousin Hunter (in from Texas just for this race) heavy on the winches and lines, brother in law Jim in the hole feeding sails to the fore deck. And “adopted” brother Mike working with David on the foredeck. The fog that had dropped in on Friday night disappeared; the weather was clear with wind by the time we got our course assignment. THE RACE The race set-up is a rather complicated procedure, but the race committee does a great job. There were 220 boats all different; all with a different PHRF (handicap) requiring each to have a different start time. The boats are sorted into 15 classes in two basic categories, 6 in Spinnaker class and 9 in non-Spinnaker class. Each boat is assigned to one of the 7 courses and the race is ready to go. For the 2012 race the Spinnaker boats ran course 7 at 27.9 miles, and the others ran course 4 at 25.2 miles. The boats, of all types and configurations, were between 24.5 and 65 feet in length. The race committee had determined the first boats would start at 10:30 am and the last would cross the start line at 12:48 pm. This all works out well, and in theory all of the boats would arrive at the finish line at the same time. Fortunately this is not how it comes out. The Race for Glory was an active one with the wind making minor shifts and varying between 18 and 23 knots. Before we reached the starting line a change was made to the fore sail replacing the #1 with the #3 and putting a reef in the main. After the first mark we put out the spinnaker and pulled out the reef in the main and furled the jib. Just before the second mark we changed the jib back to #1 and put the reef back into the main and pulled the spinnaker. On the final leg we again pulled the reef and raced to the finish line. All of the sail changes worked well and played a big part of gaining a fourth place finish in our division and contributed to Glory having the eighth best elapsed time in the fleet (4 hrs 7 min for the 27.9 miles) There is not a much better way to have family fun! I’m sure we will be there for 2013. More information on the 2012 Figawi, and additional Figawi facts can be found on the official Figawi website

FAMILY FIGAWI

An narrative account of a family adventure by Ronald Follett

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At the conclusion of the sumptuous dinner Dr. David Gallo, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institu-tion Director of Special Projects, gave a superb talk about the 1912 RMS Titanic, the world’s most notable maritime disaster. Germane in-sights about the sinking, 1985 discovery, manned dive vessels and robots, and wreck scene current status were expertly presented. The never seen before photographs were breath taking. As co-director of the 2010 mapping expedition we had his firsthand knowledge and look at the debris field. The pictures were a composite of 200 or more individual images. They were “stitched” together using WHOI’s Advanced Imaging and Visualization Lab. We saw remarkable new sea creatures that were photographed during the two hour, two and one half mile decent to the bottom of the wreck site. These creatures are yet to be classified and named.

Dr. Gallo was co-leader of the Air France Flight 447 “black box” discovery and recovery. His in-sights about this tragedy were sobering and enlightening.

There was much more to be seen and discussed including the very astute questions from the Squadron members. Can you imagine fresh water lakes, rivers and canyons beneath our salt wa-ters? We saw photographs of them! Creatures live exclusively in the total darkness below the salt environment and dare not stray upward… or perish.

Oceanographic research has much to discover. Our fragile planet is dependent on the 71% cov-ered by water (3% of this is fresh water). Our food supply and weather are determined by the oceans. Dr. Gallo is concerned about the future of this planet that we call home. Their research has already found residues of the Japanese tsunami debris field in Pacific fish.

Our speaker’s exceptional message went beyond our meeting room. A restaurant dinner guest stopped me in the parking lot and asked, “Who was that guy?” I told him that the Squadron just heard one of the most informative lectures I’ve heard in my life!

24 May 2012 Dinner Meeting Lt/C Lee Johnson, AP*

The Squadron Budget and Audit meeting was conducted by Cdr. Mary Lou Walsh and held at the Yarmouth House Restaurant.

New and prospective members Alex and Valentina Bizunok and Dennis and Kathy Bunnell were presented by Hugh Blair-Smith and David Atwood respectively.

Ken Molloy introduced his special guest and local art-ist Bill Muller who is a noted marine artist cur-rently working on a Pogie boat. Boat painting for a private collector.

The Budget passed and the Audit was postponed until the September meeting.

Awards were presented by SEO David Atwood and P/C Joan Croft. A complete list of VIM Awards can be found on page 4 of this Porthole.

Barbara Garrett– Wilcox Receives award from SEO David Atwood

Barbara Garrett– Wilcox and Jim Morse

Roberta Gough and Rob Lawrence

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GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF THE TITANIC Authoritative Treatment at May Dinner Meeting

P/C Hugh Blair-Smith, SN The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute needs a certain kind of driven individual to go where WHOI folks go and do things nobody would have thought were possible. Dave Gallo is the ideal guy for that kind of job, as he showed us at Yarmouth House after dinner on 24 May. Between his personal incursions into the deeply submerged wreck and robot reconnaissance by REMUS, the Director of Special Projects gets the whole story on this and other sinkings. REMUS is no rab-bit’s uncle, but an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) whose full name is Remote Environ-mental Measuring Units, made by Hydroid right here on the Cape. The man and the machine have put together a comprehensive 3-D map of the two big pieces of Titanic and a number of smaller pieces.

He explained why the bow and mid-section of the liner are sitting upright on the bottom, seem-ing only to require a good cleanup before going back into service, while the stern is an unrecog-nizable mish-mash of twisted metal. The starboard bow is where the iceberg carved its long slit, so that’s where water filled the main part of the ship quickly, and no further violence took place until it thumped into the bottom. The stern broke away with many watertight compartments

intact, so the overwhelming pressure of deep water imploded large volumes with bomb-like force.

Gallo also told some tales of the search for Air France 447, the Airbus 320 that crashed in mid-Atlantic. Success in that search, which recovered both the voice and instrument “black box” recorders, depended on ignoring all the expert advice on where it must be, and simply sending a REMUS 6000 to look around directly below where the plane was last reported. The images made by the robot’s side-scan radar show an astonishing clarity in places where “seeing” as we generally un-derstand it is simply impossible.

In response to Hugh Blair-Smith’s question, Gallo expressed great frustration at what happens when journalists—even the careful people at National Geographic Magazine—get hold of a story and cram it into far too few pages to make an accurate report. He threw a wet blanket also on such ap-parently convincing theories as brittleness in the ship’s rivets due to faulty metallurgy, not to deny the theory but just to make clear that the jury is still out on such questions, and Titanic research has lots more work to do.

Photo courtesy of WHOI

19 May: Buzzards Bay Sail & Power Squadron & Woods Hole Flotilla 013-11-02

sponsored an Air-Sea Rescue Demo Day featuring hands

on training with safety

equipment and flare demon-

strations, along with exciting

rescue demos with the

Coast Guard in their

MH-60T rescue helicopter and 41-foot motor life boat.

Watch an exciting rescue video here

Air–Sea Rescue Demonstration

Nola Cloutier, AP* using Flare at SAR Demo Day

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Oak Bluffs Rendezvous - 15 June to 17 June Coming up the weekend of June 15-17 is our first big event, the highlight of the early summer and one of the Squadron’s most popular, the Oak Bluffs Rendezvous. This year it coin-cides with the Harbor Fest, which

marks the longest days of summer. There will entertain-ment and events all along the Lake Ave. waterfront in the afternoon, then all evening, Circuit Ave is closed to car traffic and becomes a pedestrian entertainment area with food, drinks, store sales and entertainment acts. Capping it off will be fireworks over the harbor in late evening. But that’s just the beginning of the fun. We will again have a large van, so anyone who wants to do some sightseeing can come along on the exploration and enjoy lunch at the clam shacks in Menemsha. Then in later afternoon, we gather from our various daytime pursuits to enjoy the tra-ditional DockTails Party on the waterfront. The potluck hors d’oeuvres have become so impressive and filling, the party doubles as dinner, and we use the van as a spirits locker to keep the liquor out of sight and the gendarmes happy. A late ice cream treat will send off the daytrippers on the last boat and the overnighters will watch the fire-works before calling it a night. If you’re boating over, contact Dave Atwood at 508-737-5374 or [email protected]. Daytrippers contact Mary Lou Walsh at 508-398-7970 or [email protected].

EXCITING SUMMER EVENTS!

Saturday, June 9, offers a choice of events: Vessel Safety Check Day, 9 June

Our Vessel Safety Examiners will be conducting free Vessel Safety Check Day at Bass River Marina. If you are a Bass River marina customer with a slip or rack, get your complimentary inspection regardless of squadron member-ship. Unfortunately, due to space limitations and insurance issues,

non-customers cannot haul their boats into the ma-rina lot to be inspected. Set up an appointment for a

private inspection another time. Annual Learn to Fish Day, 9 June The Cape Cod Salties are holding their Annual Learn to Fish Day at West Dennis Beach from 900-1300. There will be free lessons, seminars, dem-onstrations, contests and prizes for adults and kids. It’s a great event for the grandchildren. Tell the staff kids at the gate you’re going to the Salties’ event and you can park for free (a $20 savings all by itself) PaddleSmart Seminar, 9 June If you’re interested in paddling, our colleagues in the Buzzards Bay Squadron are holding a PaddleSmart Seminar. Class work in the morning with optional on-the-water work in the afternoon. Our squadron is not holding a PaddleSmart seminar this year, so this is your closest possibility. Check their website for de-tails and sign-up: www.BBSPS.net.

Oak Bluffs Rendezvous Saturday, 16 July , 2012 Schedule of Events: 21st Annual Harbor Festival 12:00 — 5:00 Live Music, Food, Arts, Crafts and Fun on the Oak Bluffs Harbor

7th Annual Summer Solstice 5:00 pm — 11:00 pm Stroll the street Circuit Ave closed to traffic

3rd Annual Fireworks Celebration over Oak Bluffs Harbor 10:00 pm Watch as the fireworks light up the night over the Harbor, silhouetting the bandstand in Ocean Park. Unfortunately, due to the late show, Day trippers will miss this as the last boat out leaves before the show

One of the highlights of July 4th is our Parade Unit’s participation in the morning Chatham July 4th Parade. Combine a popular parade with a large enthusias-tic audience and hold it in a picture postcard setting of a sea-side village and you have quintessential Small Town America. This year marks Chatham’s 300th Anniversary and the parade theme is the history of each parade unit and lineup is by founding year. Since we will be starting our 100th year, we expect to be near the head of the line. So come out and show your colors by marching with the group and get some early exercise before the cookouts and fireworks. Contact Parade Chair Lee Johnson at 508-398-7256 or [email protected]. More details can be found on the opposite page of this Port-hole

Chatham July 4th Parade

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VIKING 200 Cardboard Boat Race— 28 July Sponsored by the Leyden Team and their Cape Cod Viking Real Estate firm the Viking 200 is held on Bass River, behind Sun-dancers Restaurant. CCSPS members serve as judges for the hilarious entries and per-

form on-the-water safety and retrieval duties. Or better yet, think about building an entry and showing off your boat design skills. You have plenty of time to construct a winner! For more information and to volunteer to as-sist contact P/C Michael Leyden, 508-272-2937 or email [email protected] Watch the frivolity of last years Viking 200

Egg Island Rendezvous— 11 August This rendezvous is only accessible by boat. Egg Island, a small island in Hyannis Outer Harbor which is only visible around low tide, will be the site once again for our midday gathering. Bring everything you will need— food, water, utensils, games, etc—to enjoy the day. Once the tide starts to rise, the island disappears! Boat to the island or launch your kayak from Hyannis or West Yarmouth. Watch for a WhatsUp for further details.

ATTENTION PADDLERS! There are several paddling opportunities this summer! 7 July 0930 is the first sponsored by Friends of Meeting-house Pond, Orleans. 26 July 1000— Beach Party BBQ & All-Terrain Bocce, Boat-meadow Beach followed by a visit to Max Sarazin’s Weona Railroad. 2 Aug 1000—PaddleQue Paddle from Boatmeadow Creek to First Encounter Beach for BBQ & All-Terrain Bocce 25 Aug—Illumination Night for Paddlers, Onset Bay

Contact Max Sarazin, [email protected] more infor-mation on these great paddle events!

Grand Illumination Oak Bluffs— 15 August Our annual tip to Oak Bluffs for the Campground Association’s Grand Illumination has been sched-uled for 15 August. We set sail from Falmouth aboard a chartered boat; charge for that will forthcoming. There is no admission charge for the Illumination event on the island, and there will be ample time before the Illumination pro-gram for dinner, shopping, and exploring. More and more folks are bringing along a picnic, and finding a nice spot on the Tabernacle lawn to set-tle in, eat and enjoy the festivities. Watch for a WhatsUp for further details, and plan on joining us for this exciting event.

Chatham 4th of July Parade Lt/C Lee Johnson, AP*

Chatham is celebrating its 300th Anniversary! The Public Cere-monies Committee is having us march in tandem with a quick timepiece. The theme: “Chatham Through the Years, A Living History”.

Here is how it works: The parade will begin with the Wampanoags who origi-nally settled this land. Then, Chatham’s history will un-fold from the late 1600’s through the present. Entrants will be staged by century e.g. 17th through 21st. USPS will fit into the 20th century since the founding was in 1914. The consistent mission of USPS has been camaraderie and safe boating through education. There will be a great cross-section of entrants covering Chatham’s his-tory. The Public Ceremonies Committee encourages the Squadron to be creative.

Please share your ideas with any Bridge officer. Dave Atwood’s “Skol” will be the featured boat towed by Allen Harbor’s fine truck. If you would like your craft in a Cape Cod parade, please let us know. It’s not too late to order your white collared shirt and cap at http://commodoreuniform.com/stores/capecodps/index.html. All are welcome to participate and have fun. Your children and grandchildren enjoy riding in the boat. Remember the parade is on a Wednesday, July 4th.

Any questions, please call Lee Johnson 508-398-7256.

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Calendar of Meetings and Events June 2012 9 VSC Day—Bass River Marina 9 Learn to Fish Day—West Dennis Beach 14 E-Comm 15-17 Oak Bluffs Rendezvous

July 2012 4 Chatham July 4th Parade 7 Paddlers—Regatta sponsored by Friends of Meetinghouse Pond 10 ABC Course, Cotuit, 1000—1200 25 Paddlers—Beach Party—BBQ & All-Terrain Bocce, Boatmeadow Beach 28 Viking 200 Cardboard Boat Race

August 2012 2 PaddleQue - Boatmeadow Creak to First Encounter Beach 11 Egg Island Rendezvous 15 Illumination Night Cruise 25 Paddlers Illumination Night—Onset Bay

September 2012 8 Bass River Rendezvous 13 E-Comm 14-16 Nantucket Rendezvous 27 Dinner Meeting

SUNSHINE COMMITTEE Cdr Mary Lou Walsh, AP

Healing thoughts go out to Liz Van Wye who had an unfortunate accident while sailing around the Chesapeake’s Eastern Shore while they were still at their home in Maryland. She fell and broke her wrist so badly she needed surgery to set it. We were pleasantly surprised to see Liz and Dave at the recent dinner meeting, fully expecting them to still be in Maryland unable to travel yet. So here’s hoping that’s a good sign and we’ll see them at Oak Bluffs as usual!

PORTHOLE GUARANTEED DATE 26 July deadline for August newsletter

Materials received by the guaranteed date will appear, but late materials may or may not appear.

WEBSITE NOTE Webmaster Jim Reed, JN The Bylaws of Cape Cod Sail and Power Squad-ron, Inc. are available on our website. Visit www.ccsps.org or link directly to the bylaws: http://ccsps.org/files/CCSPS-BYLAWS.pdf

Our unique squadron burgees are in stock in small 12x18, $23; large 16x24, $28.

CCSPS logo clothing can be found at our squadron’s online cloth-ing supply store at www.ccsps.org. For the squadron to receive purchaser credit, online orders are required by the vendor.

To avoid shipping charges, write “in-store pick-up” in the order comment section.

For members without Internet access, items may be ordered from Commodore Uniform 800-438-8643.

CCSPS SUPPLY STORE

The Great 31st Annual Chowderfest, Boston City Hall Plaza, July 1. Part of the Boston Harborfest event schedule, which includes Tall Ships. Help out our local fave Clancy's of Dennisport defend their title! www.bostonharborfest.com/chowderfest.html

Hilarious video: How not to launch your boat… thanks to Larry Cole for sending this… http://www.bitoffun.com/video_vault/boat-launch-fun.htm

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ThePORTHOLECape Cod Sail and Power Squadron, Inc.17 Bellview AvenueBass River, Massachusetts, 02664

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