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2010 CYC Cruise

So far the following have signed up for the cruise: Loveitts, Pierces, Salernos, Gregg Carville, Petengills, Rays, Coopers, Wagners, Anita St. Onge, and Robinsons. If there are others please let me know so we can be in contact. Let's plan to chat about details on the 22nd at the Cocktails on the Lawn event. Reservations for Tugboat in Boothbay should be m… Continue

Added by Burleigh and Deb Loveitt on July 10, 2010 at 8:23am — No Comments

Bermuda Race 2010

Howdy,

I am heading off to do the Bermuda Race this year on Buzz, a Sydney 38 owned by Rich Stevenson. The race starts on Friday and we hope to be in Bermuda by Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. After some fun in the sun we head back on Sunday/Monday and should be in Maine by July 2 or 3.

If you are interested in tracking the race - go to http://www.bermudarace.com/

You can follow the race tracking. We are in the St. David's L… Continue

Added by Gregg Carville on June 16, 2010 at 10:25pm — 3 Comments

CYC Regatta volunteers

The 2010 CYC Regatta is coming up on June 12 and we're still looking for a few more volunteers for registration, party setup and the committee boat. Volunteers are "rewarded" with dinner and music from For Pete's Sake as well as some beverages from Gritty's (where appropriate)

Registration and party setup are both 90-minute or so tasks. Registration takes place in the morning and party setup takes place in the early afternoon.

Committe

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Added by Mark Donahue on June 7, 2010 at 7:30am — No Comments

Membership Roster - now available in the Clubhouse!

Updated membership rosters are available in the clubhouse. Pls. limit to one copy per member. Continue

Added by Bob and Beth Doran on June 5, 2010 at 10:20pm — No Comments

Opening Day

I have added some pictures of Opening Day. I'm not much of a "techie" so the pictures aren't here but they are on the right hand side. Pictures are also posted on the club bulletin board.

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Added by Albert F. Carville, Jr. on June 5, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Spring Work Party Wrap Ups and Chamburger Party

Last Saturday's floats in and the Chamburger Party were two great events that kicked the season off to an energizing start.

The work parties finished with a great turn out of 48 members! Over the 5 weekends we had 71 members participate, pretty good turnout. We got a lot done and I appreciate all the help and assistance everyone provided.

Later that evening we had the Chamburger party. We had about 80 people attend and the clubhouse was a buzz with people talking about the upc… Continue

Added by Gregg Carville on May 18, 2010 at 6:29pm — No Comments

Floats In and Chamburger Party

Help get the season off to a great start this Saturday. In the morning (0900) we launch the floats, a great exercise in teamwork as the members all work together to get our docks in a row...

Mark this event with the chamburger party at 1800. Have a hamburger and some bubbly to celebrate the start of the season. Bring a side or dessert to share, CYC provides the burgers and champagne.

I look forward to seeing you there!
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Added by Gregg Carville on May 10, 2010 at 4:50pm — No Comments

Launch Hours for 2010

Thanks for your participation in our launch survey. Based on your inputs, we have finalized the launch schedule for 2010 and it is posted on this site under CYC Calendar (click on Stewards Schedule) on the tool bar above and also at the Club on the bulletin board.

Floats in is Saturday May 15th and Launch service will begin on Sunday May 16th from 9AM to 8PM. We will be providing launch service weekends only (Friday-Saturday-Sunday) until Memorial Day weekend. See the chart for the actu… Continue

Added by Bob and Susan Vautin on April 25, 2010 at 9:30am — No Comments

Work Party #2

Today was a great day for a work party. We had a beautiful day to accomplish a lot of our painting and dock projects. We had 40 members join us today and so far 7 of our 13 new members have joined us.

We accomplished work on:
- the docks - repairing flotation issues, working on brackets
- cleaned up the workboats, painted the bottoms and outside
- dug up the sinkhole, discovered the hole in the sewer pipe, repaired it, and filed in the hole!
- cleaned up the weeds besid… Continue

Added by Gregg Carville on April 24, 2010 at 8:58pm — No Comments

Auction Results!

We had a great Auction on Saturday April 10th and I would like to thank all of the members that attended and participated along with all of the organizations and members that donated items.

It was a fun evening for all starting with a cocktail hour and pot-luck dinner. Guy Gledhill was our auctioneer and provided the entertainment for the evening!

We grossed approximately $1800 and donated the net proceeds to Project Compass and to the Friends of Casco Bay (Baykeeper).
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Added by Bob and Susan Vautin on April 22, 2010 at 12:34pm — No Comments

Work Party #1

We had our first work party today in the lovely spring weather. Despite the rainy gray day we got a good start on our projects. We had 37 members join us.

Some of the stuff we worked on:

- cleaned the walls of the clubhouse and all the items that hang on them.
- cleaned, organized and inventoried the paint closet and storage closet in the back of the clubhouse.
- inventoried the items in the attic of the shack.
- continued work on the trim and interior of stewards… Continue

Added by Gregg Carville on April 17, 2010 at 5:08pm — No Comments

CYC Youth Sailing Program - 2010

Centerboard Yacht Club will be conducting a Youth Sailing Program this season focused on teaching basic skills to beginning and intermediate sailors. Kids 7 to 15 yrs. old will learn safety and fun on the water, single-handling an Opti Trainer on all points of sail, righting a capsized boat, an introduction to racing, and much much more! There will be two semesters, each 3 weeks long with half-day (morning) classes four days a week. Each class will have approximately 15 students. Watch for detai… Continue

Added by Bob and Beth Doran on January 31, 2010 at 9:30am — No Comments

Change of Watch Banquet

It's official! The new Bridge and Trustees were sworn in at the Cange of Watch Banquet. In this photo: Rear Commodore Gregg Carville, Vice Commodore Bob Vautin, Commodore David Pierce, and Immediate Past Commodore Greg Salerno. Continue

Added by Webmaster on November 20, 2009 at 6:28pm — No Comments

Cocktails on the Lawn

The rain held off for our Cocktails on the lawn event. Despite the co… Continue

Added by Webmaster on July 24, 2009 at 9:49am — No Comments

Centerboarders in the news....

Check it out: http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=267910&ac=PHnws A group of Centerboarders are hard at work helping with the Compass Project as we speak! Spearheaded by Anita St Onge and supported by Deb Loveitt, Michael Robinson and David Pierce, they will be helping the team from Boys & Girls Club build their boat and launch it on Tuesday. Continue

Added by Webmaster on July 13, 2009 at 10:52am — 1 Comment

Club camera

Enjoy checking on our boat everyday from California while we are here. Can't wait to get back and start cruising. weather in Lax has been terrible,cool,overcast,rain. Someone told us it never rains in southern California. Oh, well. Continue

Added by Edward J. and Carole A. Cooper on June 12, 2009 at 2:41pm — No Comments

Just when you thought it was safe to go in the water!

I was working on Soroki at the end of the dock this afternoon and was adjusting the fenders when I saw something in the water between the hull and the dock. At first I thought it was a dark colored baseball cap, half under water. I knealt down to get a better look and couldn't believe my eyes. It was a turtle, a good sized one at that, at least a foot from nose to tail. It looked lifeless so I reached down and lifted it out by one of its legs, only to discover it was a fresh water snapping turtl… Continue

Added by Arnie Hoffman/Marjory Gold on June 1, 2009 at 10:18pm — 1 Comment

No Discharge Areas

Recreational Boaters: Help Keep Sewage Out of Casco Bay! Did you know? - The untreated sewage from two boaters in one weekend pollutes the water as much as the treated sewage of a city of 10,000 people. - Casco Bay was designated a No Discharge Area by the EPA in 2006 — this pr… Continue

Added by Webmaster on May 11, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Link to our ICW prep and trip

This winter and spring have been prep of the "Avalon" for our trip south next fall. Summer will be shake down cruising up the coast and into Canada. Departure south on or about September 1. http://shipslog-mv-avalon.blogspot.com Continue

Added by Joanne S. Woodward on May 9, 2009 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment

Work Party Results

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Added by Webmaster on April 29, 2009 at 9:13am — No Comments

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