PORTSMOUTH YACHT CLUB Newsletter ~ September 2015 ~ Volume 117 Issue 8

From the Bridge Commodore Dan Gingras

Volunteer heroes I’d like to thank Dave and Donna Kearns and George Almgren again for installing the new boarding ladder on the dinghy dock. This makes it much easier to get in and out of a dinghy, and provides a safe place to exit the water if someone was to fall in. We plan to install another ladder at the east end of the main dock to provide a place to exit the water if someone falls in there.

I’d also like to thank Bill Rushforth and Craig Strehl for the new bar foot rail. Bill was kind enough to donate a SOLID brass rod for the rail, and Craig used his talents to install it. I think this really rounds out the front of the bar.

Speaking of the bar, the cabinet for the back of the bar, being built by NH Prison Industries, was completed. Unfortunately it was completed with only 2 doors when we had asked for 4, so it needed to be re-built. We’re disappointed it’s taking so long, but I think the cost savings will be worth the wait, and Paul Roy continues to monitor their progress.

Boating It’s been a great boating month, and I understand the cruise has gone well. Phyllis and I planned to join the cruise, but unfortunately engine problems on Lionheart forced us to go to Marblehead to have our Perkins turbo-diesel serviced. It’s always something !!

Staff As is usual, we are going to lose a number of staff members to “back to school” schedules, so please try to be patient with any issues involving the staff. They’re trying their best.

New Heaters I’d like to thank Greg and Deb Gebow for the donation of a new Patio Heater, and the Ladies committee for buying another two heaters. I know it’s early to start thinking about the fall, but these heaters will make being out on the patio more comfortable when the weather turns a little colder.

I am always awestruck by the storied history of Portsmouth Yacht Club. Recently Jerry put out a guestbook from our early period, and I was shocked to see the signatures of Charles Lindbergh and John D. Rockefeller among other visitors…..Imagine Lucky Lindy was at the club in 1932. I recently was on EBAY and found an old postcard of PYC as it existed in 1930, so this is probably the building that Lucky Lindy visited in 1932. This was before the club was moved to New Castle in 1938, and there was a picture of the club in 1948 for sale on Ebay which was a bit rich for my tastes ($18) so I passed on that one, but this 1930 picture was less than $1, so I did snap it up. I will have it framed at some point and donate it to the club to commemorate our wonderful history.

This is the post card that was sent out in 1948 showing the club at it’s current location. A much smaller footprint than the current building,

Changes Unfortunately Bill Pelletier’s new job requires extensive and frequent travel, which he did not have when he joined the Board, and this has opened a new spot on the board which will be filled at the annual meeting. Dick Blidberg has stepped up to take over the job of Rear Commodore in the interim, and he’s already got a list of things that need to be accomplished. I’d like to thank him publicly for stepping into the breach.

There have been a few changes to the social schedule, so please check to insure you don’t miss anything. (Commodore@PortsmouthYC.org; 603-674-2244)

MEMBERSHIP NEWS We have received 2 requests for reinstatement:

David and Judee Ryan of Dover, NH. David and Judee joined PYC in 2000 and resigned in 2008 as members in good standing. At that time, they were unable to take advantage of the club, its amenities, and events. They are now looking forward to becoming active members of the club again. P/C James Labrie of Portsmouth, NH. P/C Labrie was Commodore in 1979 and resigned in 1997 because he was not able to be an active member for a few years. With fond memories of evenings and weekends at the club, he is looking forward to being part of PYC as an active member again.

We have received 5 new applications for membership: Peter and Lisa Amarosa of Madbury, NH, sponsored by Katherine Cornwell and Thomas Burbank. Peter is self employed in manufacturing sales and Lisa manages their stand up garden business. Both are avid boaters and own a 22' power boat named Maevey Blue. They are looking forward to being active members of PYC. Phil and Susan von Hemert of Dover, NH, sponsored by Joan Nickell and Leonard Seagren. Phil is a retired business executive. Susan is a Registered Nurse and chairs the International Committee for the Seacoast Rotary in Portsmouth. She is also a training and development consultant. They have four children and were previously members of the Arlington Yacht Club in Arlington, Texas. Phil has been sailing since 1977 and is now sailing in New England and Bahamian waters. He is a senior volunteer and Advance Planning Chairman for the Piscataqua Maritime Commission. Susan began sailing in 2006. They have a 43' sailboat named Still Inseparable. George (Skip) and Debra Page of Rye, NH, sponsored by Marina Meade and William Smith. Debra is a retired architect and secondary school math teacher. Skip is a director of an alcohol producing business and owner of a valve consulting business. They have attended events at PYC over the past two years and are active in kayaking, sailing, hiking, and bridge. They are looking forward to participating in events at PYC. Fernando and Nancy Oliveira of Portsmouth NH, sponsored by Paul Roy and Jacqueline Russ. Fernando is in business development and operations at Wireless Analytics in Danvers MA. Nancy is in customer support at Infor Global Solutions in Portsmouth NH. They have attended many events at PYC and look forward to a more active participation. Kenneth and Theresa White of Portsmouth NH, sponsored by Zadoc & Wendolyn White and Edward Mallon. Kenneth is an Irrigation Design Consultant and Theresa is an Event and Project Manager for Ocean Properties with Wentworth by the Sea Hotel. They recently moved back to this area and have family history in New Castle, where his grandfather lived across the street from the club. Ken's family have been long time members of PYC. Ken is the brother of PYC member Zadoc White.

The following is corrected information for an applicant previously announced: Kenneth Murphy and Allison Spahr of Portsmouth, NH, sponsored by Bill Mouflouze & Jill Jarvis and Joseph Nadeau. Allison is Vice President of Global Design at Polartec, LLC in Lawrence MA. Kenneth Kenneth is a Portsmouth Attorney at Coughlin, Rainboth, Murphy and Lown. Allison has 40 years of boating experience. They already know many PYC members and are looking forward to participating in events.

PYC NEWSLETTER September 2015P a g e 2Club Phone 603-436-9877

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DATES TO REMEMBER Hosts for September:

Doyle & Karen Skeels, Maggie Fogel, Rita McPhee-Fusco

9/5 (F) Friday Night at the Club………$15 Pot Luck Dinner with DJ Entertainment! 9/7(M) Labor Day Breakfast……….$8 Prepared by the Board of Directors 9/9(W) Wednesday Night Dinner - Catered by Mezzanine Catering……$25 9/12(S) Dave Mowers Memorial Pursuit Race 9/13(SU) Challengers Cup Regatta Please no overnight parking in the lot on Sat Sept 12, and no parking in the lot on Sun Sept 13 in order to accommodate handicap vans. 9/13(SU) Post Cruise Dinner 9/16(W) WND - Catered by RiRa………$26 Ships Store Open! Ladies Committee Meeting - 6:00

9/23(W) Pot Luck Luck Dinner…..$10 9/25(F) Lobster Bake……….$TBA 9/27 (SU) Card/Game Day………$5 Sponsored by the Ladies Committee 9/30(W) Lasagna Dinner………$20 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Private Functions Sept 3 (TH), Sept 10 (TH), Sept 17 (TH), Sept 24

Members, please use outside walkway. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Upcoming Events 10/8 (TH) PYC Annual Meeting 10/17(S) Closing Dinner Dance ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Local Events of Interest 9/26 (S) Gosport Regatta

The 2015 season has proven to be a very successful one. The month of July had 7 events. Some catered by an outside vendor, some member cooked, steward cooked, plus two very successful evenings with dinners and outside entertainment. I would like to personally thank all the members involved in making these events so successful.

August has begun with a very well attended Greek Dinner prepared by Nancy and John Pappas and their crew. Since many of our staff will be leaving in the next week or two, we just had our Staff Appreciation Dinner catered by Sally Cobb of Mezzanine Catering. Upcoming events for the remainder of August are a Wednesday Night Stewards Chicken Dinner on August 19th and on August 26th, we are having the Past Commodores Steak Dinner prepared by Scott Blidberg and his crew.

September looks to be a very full month of activities. We will be having some changes to the schedule but it appears that we will have one or two events every week, beginning on September 4th with a newly scheduled Friday Night at the Club with a Pot Luck Dinner and DJ. On September 7th, we will be having our Labor Day Breakfast cooked by the Board, we move on to a catered dinner on September 9th, Dave Mowers Pursuit Race on the 12th, Challenger’s Cup Regatta and the Post Cruise dinner on the 13th , Ri Ra Catered dinner on the 16th with Oran Mor setting the mood with wonderful Irish Music, a pot luck on the 23rd, Lobster Bake on the 25th, and a Lasagna dinner on the 30th.

It is difficult to accept the dark is coming earlier, the gardens are almost done producing b e a u t i f u l f l o w e r s a n d vegetables, and fall is coming. Do not despair – we have plenty of events coming up at PYC to chase all those blues away. Copy the events schedule – fill in your calendar and enjoy the rest of the season.

See you around, Nancy (RearCommodore@PortsmouthYC.org 603-431-9252)

From the Rear Commodore ~ Nancy Gulley

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John snd Nancy Pappas hosted the Greek Night Dinner on August 5th.

The PYC 2015 Staff!

Friday Night at the Club Pot Luck with DJ

Friday, Sept. 4 $15 pp Begin the Labor Day Weekend

with Laughter and Fun!    

Half St. Paddy’s Day Dinner Catered by RiRa Restaurant

Wednesday, Sept. 16 $26pp

Oran Mor will be setting the mood with wonderful Irish music!

www.oranmor.net

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Wednesday Night Dinner Catered by Mezzanine Catering

Sept. 9 $25 pp

Labor Day Breakfast Monday, Sept. 7 ~ 9:00am to 10:30 am

Prepared by the Board of Directors $8 pp, children under 8 free

Lobster Bake ~ Friday, Sept. 25 $TBA Prepared by the Propellor Club

2 Lobsters with all the trimmings.

CARD/GAME DAY Sponsored by the Ladies Committee Sunday, Sept. 27th, 1pm to 5pm, $5 pp.

Play any game you want…. mahjongg, bridge, poker, cribbage etc! Open to both men and women! Bring a quest ($5 pp for guests as well). Please sign up on the sign up sheet in the book at the club. Please indicate whether you are bringing an appetizer or a dessert. The next meeting for the Ladies Committee will be September 16th at 6:00 before the Half St. Paddy’s Day Dinner catered by RiRa.

Pot Luck Dinner Wednesday, Sept. 23 $10

Please join us for a casual evening with wonderful food brought from your kitchens to share.

Lasagna Dinner Wednesday, Sept. 30 $20 pp

Appetizers Salad

Lasagna Dessert

FROM THE SHIP'S STORE

Get ready for fall with your PYC sweatshirts!   Hooded, not hooded, zip, or not zipped, we've got the one for you!  Have you seen the sweatshirt that has a pocket in the front for your "beverage"??? Also, denim shirts for men or women are great worn over one of our polos. The  date for the next opening of the store is at the Half St. Paddy’s Dinner catered by RIRA on Wednesday, September 16th. If you'd like to help with the store, we'd love to have you. Ellen and Judy.

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CHALLENGERS CUP REGATTA Hosted by Portsmouth Yacht Club and One Sky Community Services

Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015

The 24th Annual Challengers Cup Regatta will be held on Sunday, Sept. 13. This event is open to power and sail boats 16’ or longer. (Power boats do a “Poker Run”, sail boats go out for a short sail). Every participating boat has a guest with a disability on board (assigned by One Sky). If you do not have a boat to enter, please consider providing shoreside assistance. We look for help docking boats and escorting the guests to their assigned boats.

Our guests look forward to this event all year and it is a great cause to support! To enter your boat, sign up in the book or contact Roy Briscoe (Mail Roy, 603-312-1756) To sign up to provide shoreside assistance, sign up in the book or contact Christina Weller (Mail Christina, 603-772-8455).

Find out more about the Challengers Cup and One Sky Community Services,click Here. (Please, NO PARKING IN PYC LOT on Sunday, Sept 13, and NO OVERNIGHT PARKING IN PYC LOT on Saturday, Sept 12, in order to accommodate handicap vans.)

From the RACE COMMITTEE Roy Briscoe (Mail ROY)

Dave Mowers Memorial Pursuit Race Saturday, Sept. 12

The Dave Mowers race is the last race of the Commodore's Cup series and sign ups for the race are through the KPYC website: www.regattanetwork.com/event/10041

Signing up enters you into the race series.

WEBSITE NEWS Christina Weller

We have a Member Buy/Sell page on our website, and have added some new items recently. You may see the items for sale here: Member Buy/Sell

If you are interested in an item, please contact the seller.

If you would like to post an item for sale, please email PYC webmaster with a brief description, contact information, picture and price of the item you want to sell. Please let us know when the item is no longer for sale.

PYC 2015 DOWN EAST CRUISE The Cruise officially started Sunday August 2nd with a cocktail party on the dock at Journeys End Marina, hosted by David and Nancy McCardle and featuring pomegranate margueritas! A mini “pre cruise” from Portsmouth to Rockland included Peter Rabbit and Barefoot Children. Semper Fi joined the mini cruise at Orrs Bailey Island at the Yacht Club there. PYC had a total of 11 boats participating in all or parts of the Cruise: 10 member boats and one guest boat:

• Barefoot Children • Lady Sherle • Mistral • Mischief • Peter Rabbit

• Rockabuy • Sea Legs • Sea Quest • Semper Fi

• Running Spirit and their guests:

Top Shelf owned by Jim and Julianne Gilpin.

There were 8 ports of call. The cruise started in Rockland, Maine with the first port of call being Cradle Cove (Dark Harbor Marina) where we enjoyed a cocktail party and pot luck dinner using the marina’s deck and grill. Then it was onto Castine (Eaton’s Boat Yard) for 2 days. A cocktail party was held on the first night. On the second night a lobster bake was put on by Eaton’s Boat Yard and held inside their huge barn due to the rain. The next day the fleet travelled to the Benjamin River Marina, a quiet and pretty harbor off the Eggemoggin Reach. After leaving the Benjamin River Marina, the cruise proceeded up into Blue Hill Bay to the Kollegewidgwok Yacht Club in Blue Hill for two days. We were warmly welcomed to this picturesque harbor. The Yacht Club closed at 6pm, and PYC cruisers were given the use of the club’s outdoor facilities after closing. On both evenings, we enjoyed cocktail parties and pot luck dinners in an incredibly beautiful setting. The town of Blue Hill was accessible by foot or, at the right tide, by dinghy as well. Leaving Blue Hill Bay, we travelled to Frenchman’s Bay to Southwest Harbor, Dysart’s Great Cove Marina. On the following day, almost the entire cruising group participated in a tour of the Hinckley Boat Building Plant, arranged by Tom Duderewicz. Transportation was provided by Hinckley to and from the plant. We were given a first class tour of all the facilities. It was a very informative tour, showing the progression from the hull mold, to wiring, to installation of the floor plan followed by extensive carpentry, cabinet and varnish work and final steps in preparation for trucking the boat to Southwest Harbor for sea trials. We viewed each one of these phases. We also enjoyed cocktail parties/pot luck/grilling on Great Cove Marina’s deck as well as breakfast, lunch and dinners in town. Some cruisers travelled to Northeast Harbor and to Somes Sound while in this area. Southwest Harbor is always a great place to visit! From Southwest Harbor, the PYC Cruise travelled to Long Island (Frenchboro, Lunt’s Harbor) where we had a cocktail party and then a lobster dinner prepared by Lunt’s and topped off with their Maine Blueberry pie & vanilla ice cream! This beautiful harbor is one of PYC’S favorite ports of call. At this point, some boats started going toward Rockland, Rockport, Tenants Harbor, Boothbay Harbor and Portsmouth. This was the end of another great PYC Cruise Down East. A special thanks to the Yeatons and to the Cartnicks for their contribution to the cruise. Dick and Cindy Yeaton co-hosted a cocktail party in Castine with George and Nancy Kinser, and Cody and Carole Cartnick co-hosted a cocktail party at Great Harbor Marina, Southwest Harbor with Jay and Sherle Edwards. Enjoy the rest of the sailing season!

Cruisers: Remember the Post Cruise Pot Luck Dinner Sunday, September 13, cocktails @ 1700, dinner at 1800.

Bring something to share and if you like, something to grill…

Ken Jones & Roger Wells, Cruise Directors, PYC Cruise 2015

PYC Cruisers enjoy Kollegewidgwok Yacht Club in Blue Hill, Maine