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METEDECONK RIVER YACHT CLUB Smoke Signals Volume 32 Issue 7 www.metedeconkriveryc.org AUGUST 2012 GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN! METEDECONK JUNIOR SAILORS EXCEL IN 29th ANNUAL JUNIOR POWDER PUFF REGATTA SEE PAGES 5 & 6 FOR MORE POWDER PUFF STORIES AND ACTION
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METEDECONK RIVER YACHT CLUB<br />
<strong>Smoke</strong> <strong>Signals</strong><br />
Volume 32 Issue 7<br />
www.metedeconkriveryc.org<br />
AUGUST 2012<br />
GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN!<br />
METEDECONK JUNIOR SAILORS EXCEL IN<br />
29th ANNUAL JUNIOR POWDER PUFF REGATTA<br />
SEE PAGES 5 & 6 FOR MORE<br />
POWDER PUFF STORIES AND ACTION
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Commodore’s Corner<br />
RICK POKORNY<br />
The preparation and planning are<br />
paying off! We are midway through the<br />
Junior Program and things are going well.<br />
I just left a swim meet and this year our<br />
team is doing great! Thanks to our coaches<br />
and volunteers for a job well done!<br />
Our sailors have been on the water every<br />
day and have been making the most of<br />
what our <strong>Club</strong> offers.<br />
We also experienced another<br />
great Powder Puff regatta. Things got off<br />
to a slow start with light winds, but by the<br />
afternoon, most fleets were able to get<br />
three races in. Vivian Dooren, with the<br />
help of Karen Haupt, Jennifer Alldian and<br />
Mary Ellen Butryn organized a group of<br />
volunteers that put on the biggest and<br />
most successful experience for all of our<br />
young female sailors. This year we had a<br />
special guest, Gary Jobson. He was on<br />
location filming some footage for the upcoming<br />
100 th Anniversary Celebration of<br />
the Barnegat Bay <strong>Yacht</strong> Racing Association.<br />
It was an exciting day with many<br />
great experiences to be<br />
had both on and off the<br />
water.<br />
August is a busy month<br />
at our <strong>Club</strong>. Make sure<br />
you check the calendar at the end of this<br />
issue. It will provide you with the many<br />
different events that we have scheduled.<br />
The White Party, Women Raising Sails<br />
for a Cause, and something new called<br />
“Conktails”. Stay tuned to the Commodore<br />
blast for more details.<br />
So far it has been a great summer!<br />
This year I have had the pleasure<br />
of watching my nieces, Shannon and<br />
Heather swim and sail. The topper has<br />
been watching my five-year old son<br />
Richard. He was barely able to swim the<br />
25 yards required to be on the swim<br />
team during his first practice. Now, he<br />
is swimming multiple events in his last<br />
few meets, with his sister, Erica, always<br />
being supportive along the way!<br />
Save the date…<br />
Rick Pokorny<br />
Commodore<br />
this is a fabulous party…<br />
THE WHITE PARTY<br />
is here<br />
Saturday AUGUST 18 at 6:30pm<br />
Enjoy Hors d’oeuvres and cocktails on the lawn<br />
Dinner ~ Music ~ Dancing<br />
A FEW THOUGHTS<br />
FROM THE<br />
VICE COMMODORE<br />
The yacht club has been busy<br />
non-stop now that summer is underway.<br />
The bar has been busy and Friday Night<br />
Dinners have been well-attended. Thank<br />
you to our volunteer chefs who put in<br />
many hours of preparation and hard work<br />
while making it look easy. Thank you to<br />
the following chef teams: Glowacki/<br />
Haupt, who have already prepared two<br />
dinners and Schon/Taboada/Carolan/<br />
Valkenburg. Everyone loves coming to<br />
member-prepared dinners but WE NEED<br />
MORE VOLUNTEER CHEFS and<br />
SERVERS! Please contact Patty Mroczko<br />
to sign up to cook or serve a dinner.<br />
Thank you to Patty who has tirelessly<br />
been working on these weekly events.<br />
Many thanks to Vivian Dooren,<br />
Karen Haupt and their fabulous volunteers<br />
for another successful Powder Puff<br />
regatta. Thank you to all of the members<br />
who donated their time on race committee,<br />
patrolling, parking, cooking, serving,<br />
registering, and who donated gifts for the<br />
coveted raffle prizes. A special thanks<br />
goes to Patty Hunt for donating all of the<br />
lunches for the sailors. Throughout the<br />
day, I heard numerous compliments about<br />
the organization of the event, the beauty<br />
of our <strong>Club</strong>, and the congeniality of our<br />
members. With the exception of the absence<br />
of morning wind, it was a perfect<br />
day. We look forward to the 30 th next<br />
year!<br />
Colette Commisso<br />
Vice Commodore<br />
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anything from casual to elegant<br />
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Kathie Fazio 201.841.6480<br />
or Natalie Nase 732.740.5345<br />
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Volume 32 Issue 7<br />
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Page 3<br />
<strong>Metedeconk</strong> Opti Advanced Team Captures Merrick Team Race Champonship<br />
with Dramatic Win over Bay Head <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong>; Opponents’ Act of<br />
Sportsmanship Aids Team of Fortunato, DeLuca, Boyan and Banias<br />
Congratulations to the <strong>Metedeconk</strong> Advanced Sailing Team on winning the 2012 Merrick Team Race hosted by the Bay Head <strong>Yacht</strong><br />
<strong>Club</strong>. The winning team was led by Eva Fortunato, Allison DeLuca, Garrett Boyan and Cole Banias. At the end of the regatta,<br />
our sailors finished the event with 8 wins and 1 loss beating BHYC in the Championship Race. Also, representing <strong>Metedeconk</strong> was<br />
the second team of Courtney Jacobs, Sophie Ruggiero, Julia Ackerman and Megan Gonzalez. Eva Fortunato wrote the following<br />
note to Bay Head <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong> on behalf of the <strong>Metedeconk</strong> team for and an ironic but spectacular display of sportsmanship that<br />
made their victory possible.<br />
August 3, 2012<br />
Dear Coaches, Parents, Volunteers and fellow Sailors of Bay Head <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong>:<br />
Yesterday was a memorable day of sailing at Merricks and what made it so extremely<br />
special was your incredible act of sportsmanship shown when my sail suddenly<br />
broke before the championship race against your own junior team. By scrambling<br />
to see that another sail was rigged and brought out to me, provided by your<br />
club’s junior program so we could finish our last race was truly above and beyond<br />
any wins, points and trophies.<br />
My fellow <strong>Metedeconk</strong> sailors and I will never forget your act of kindness. Thank<br />
you, and I look forward to seeing you out on the water.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Eva Fortunato #18498
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Catboat Fleet News<br />
The Thursday Evening Championship<br />
Series is attracting record turnouts<br />
with 19 Sandpipers and 9 Sanderlings<br />
registered. The weather has been generally<br />
good and with little motorboat traffic<br />
the sailing has been excellent and very<br />
competitive. After five of the scheduled<br />
nine races John & Jackie Cutting and<br />
Pat Dunn have a slim lead in the Sanderling<br />
fleet followed by Len & Vivian<br />
Dooren and Alexis Wintle, and Jim<br />
Ussery and Bob Beebe in 2 nd and 3 rd ,<br />
respectfully. In the Sandpipers, Paul and<br />
Terri Gelenitis, lead with John and<br />
Nancy Schwind, Ted Borowicki and<br />
Kathy Fazio, and Jim Aridas in 2 nd , 3 rd ,<br />
and 4 th , respectfully. With four races remaining,<br />
both series are open for major<br />
changes in position.<br />
The Sunday Championship Series<br />
began on June 24 and will continue<br />
through August 26. Four Sanderlings and<br />
3 Sandpipers are registered. In the Sanderlings,<br />
after 3 races, John and Jackie<br />
Cutting lead Glen Zimmermann by<br />
the smallest of margins. In the Sandpipers<br />
Jim Gelenitis and Sue Rauf lead<br />
Mimi Dimon. With 6 races to go, some<br />
change in position is likely.<br />
Sanderling sailors were first<br />
and third in the <strong>River</strong> Race held on July<br />
4 in very light winds. Winning was the<br />
team of Georgia, Madeline, Eric, Jackie<br />
and John Cutting with Connor and<br />
Craig Dooren in 3 rd . Commodore<br />
Pokorny and his son Richard were 2 nd<br />
in a catamaran.<br />
MRYC catboat sailors are doing<br />
very well in BBYRA with Bob Reago<br />
& Barry Pearce 3rd and Alan Papp<br />
and crew 5th in the Sanderling fleet and<br />
Paul & Terri Gelenitis 2 nd and Mimi<br />
Dimon & Deb Corriston 4 th in Sandpipers.<br />
Paul and Terri are looking to repeat<br />
as Sandpiper Champions.<br />
The upcoming and very popular<br />
Sanderling Biathlon is scheduled for<br />
Friday, August 24. Defending champions<br />
are the Syn-D-Cat crew of Frank Dockery,<br />
Tom Dunn, and Dennis and Kathleen<br />
Cantoli. It’s a good time to get your<br />
team together and practice a little golf at<br />
Forge Pond. Frank’s team hopes he makes<br />
it back from his hip surgery in time for<br />
the event.<br />
The Sanderling and Sandpiper<br />
mini-series is scheduled to begin at 6:15<br />
P.M. on Thursday, August 9. This is a<br />
four- race series ending on August 30.<br />
Let’s get a good turnout for these races.<br />
John Cutting<br />
THE WOMEN'S RACE FOR A CAUSE<br />
Wednesday, August 15.<br />
We are sailing for The Kortney Rose<br />
Foundation this year.<br />
Colleen VanPell will continue to be the<br />
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Volume 32 Issue 7<br />
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29TH JUNIOR POWDER PUFF A HUGE SUCCESS<br />
Page 5<br />
The 29th Junior Powder Puff sets<br />
a new record- 263 girls registered and was<br />
a tremendous success!!<br />
Special thanks to all the volunteers<br />
who helped make this very unique<br />
regatta a day the girls won't soon forget!<br />
We wish to especially thank <strong>Club</strong> member<br />
Lou Mercatanti of Ocean Beach Marine<br />
Centers for being our Premier Sponsor<br />
this year. The beach bags, visors, and<br />
the donation of the iPad for the raffles<br />
made our day perfect! While wind conditions<br />
in the morning proved too light for<br />
sailing, the PRO's managed to get four<br />
races in for the Red, White and Blue Opti<br />
Fleets and three for the Green Opti Fleet,<br />
420, Laser Radial, 4.7 and Sunfish Fleets.<br />
<strong>Club</strong> Member, Patty Hunt donated<br />
the delicious turkey wraps from Top<br />
Tomato for the sailors and Mary Ellen<br />
Butryn and her crew did wonders in the<br />
galley serving the sailors, race committee,<br />
instructors, patrols, registration committee<br />
and spectators. Starting the evening before<br />
the regatta, Rick Haupt and crew<br />
took care of the parking of the boats, trailers<br />
and the next day the hoists and<br />
launching duties. We couldn't do it without<br />
their help and the help of the 80+<br />
members who work the regatta. It takes a<br />
year to plan this event and we are currently<br />
working on the 30th Anniversary -<br />
Save the Date - Friday, July 12, 2013!<br />
METEDECONK SAILORS<br />
DO WELL......<br />
The Best MCYC Sailor this<br />
year is Mercedes Escandon. Mercedes<br />
finished 4th out of the 39 sailors in the<br />
White Fleet. Following Mercedes was<br />
Lindsay DeLuca in 6th and Katie Durrua<br />
in 10th. The Green Fleet (the Beginners)<br />
had 26 sailors with Nicole Sleys coming<br />
in 2nd followed by Lauren Becker 5th,<br />
Sianna Bradley 12th , Sofia Cocuzza<br />
14th and Abigail Kahn in 15th. Blue<br />
Fleet had 76 racers with Eva Fortunato<br />
coming in 9th, Meghan Gonzales 11th,<br />
Courtney Jacobs 13th and Sophie Ruggiero<br />
in 15th . The Red Fleet sailed with<br />
29 racers with Allison Deluca coming in<br />
9th and Julia Ackerman in 13th. The<br />
Sunfish sailors had 9 boats with Shannon<br />
Pokorny finishing 2nd followed by Olivia<br />
Mroczko 3rd and Emme Mroczko in 4th .<br />
There were 24 - 420's sailing this year<br />
with Madeleine Kardek and crew Bryn<br />
Onoshko coming in 8th followed by Emily<br />
and Caroline Gonzalez in 12th. Rachel<br />
Holick came in first place in a fleet of 11<br />
- 4.7s. Congratulations Rachel! The 17<br />
Boat Laser Radial fleet boasted Haley<br />
Kardek in 2nd, followed by her sister Abby<br />
Kardek in 3rd, Gillian Francis in 8th<br />
and Emma Wiley in 9th.<br />
It was a great day both on and<br />
off the water. Gary Jobson, the voice of<br />
sailing, was on hand to witness his first<br />
Powder Puff and wore a Pink shirt for the<br />
occasion. Gary was here to film the Powder<br />
Puff as part of his documentary on the<br />
100 years of the BBYRA. Thank you all<br />
for helping make this regatta so spectacular!<br />
Vivian K. Dooren, Founder<br />
Karen Haupt, General Chairman<br />
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2012 JUNIOR POWDER PUFF<br />
REGATTA ACTION<br />
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JUNIOR LIGHTNING NEWS<br />
Timmy Crann Finishes Second<br />
at Lightning Youth World<br />
Championship in Finland<br />
LUTZ, RUGGIERO, FORTUNATO<br />
CAPTURE LIGHTNING JUNIOR<br />
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP…<br />
On Sunday July 22nd, the <strong>Metedeconk</strong> Lightning team<br />
of Jonathan Lutz, Jack Ruggiero and Tommy Fortunato<br />
won the 2012 Lightning Junior State Championship,<br />
which was held at Surf City <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong>. Sailing against<br />
a solid fleet, that included <strong>Metedeconk</strong> junior skipper<br />
Chris Schon, Jonathan and team won three of the five<br />
races in route to a three point victory over the second<br />
place boat. This marks the third straight year that a<br />
<strong>Metedeconk</strong> sailor has brought home the Andrew Brennan<br />
Memorial Trophy as the New Jersey Junior State<br />
Champion, following Timmy Crann in 2010 and Jason<br />
Lutz in 2011. Congratulations to Jonathan, Jack, and<br />
Tommy on great sailing and keeping the title at the<br />
<strong>Metedeconk</strong> <strong>River</strong> <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong>!<br />
<strong>Metedeconk</strong>’s own Timmy Crann, along with his crew of<br />
Lauren Jones and Ali Blumenthal narrowly missed winning<br />
the 2012 ILCA Youth World Championship held<br />
July 23-27 in Finland by just .7 points, finishing second<br />
to his close friends from Team Canada, Adam Macdonald,<br />
Sam Jones, and Abby Bennett. Crann and his crew<br />
received much support from the local sailing community,<br />
including donations from many sailing families here at<br />
our own <strong>Club</strong> and expressed their gratitude to those who<br />
helped make their journey and success possible: “ The<br />
three of us want to reach out to everyone and say thank<br />
you for all your help and support. Without each and everyone<br />
of you who have helped us along the way, this trip<br />
would not have been possible.” Congrats to Timmy, Lauren<br />
and Ali for representing not only for putting the<br />
<strong>Metedeconk</strong> name on the world stage, but proudly representing<br />
our country as well.<br />
…. THEN LUTZ BECOMES THIRD<br />
CONSECUTIVE METEDECONK<br />
SAILOR TO WIN THE LIGHTNING<br />
JUNIOR NORTH AMERICAN<br />
CHAMPIONSHIP; SCHON, KARDEK<br />
AND CURTIS FINISH FOURTH<br />
Jonathan Lutz with Reed Baldridge of Houston, TX and Jonathan<br />
Pottharst of New Orleans, LA won the 2012 Lightning<br />
Junior North American Championship, held at the Houston<br />
<strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong> in Texas. Jonathan and his team dominated the<br />
three days of sailing, winning seven of the eight races in route<br />
to a 10 point win over the second place team. Metdecon’s<br />
own Chris Schon, with his crew of Haley Kardek, also of<br />
<strong>Metedeconk</strong>, and Kathryn Curtis of Monmouth Boat <strong>Club</strong><br />
finished a strong fourth overall. Jonathan continues the winning<br />
streak for <strong>Metedeconk</strong> junior Lightning sailors, as this is<br />
the third year in a row a MRYC sailor has won this prestigious<br />
event, following Timmy Crann in 2010 and Jason Lutzwith<br />
Jonathan as bowman- in 2011. Congrats to all our<br />
<strong>Metedeconk</strong> sailors and their crew for representing us well !
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JUNIOR ACTIVITIES<br />
With swimming winding down and sailing half way through, our season is shaping up as one to definitely remember.<br />
We had a very successful Powder Puff regatta, fun at Iron Man, the many interclubs, and of course, the Junior Olympics.<br />
Weather held out nicely and wind has been good to us, especially to our beginner sailors. We look forward in August to the No<br />
Tears Regatta, Rookie Regatta, few more interclubs, and our Andrew Brennan Race on Friday August 10.<br />
Our swim team recently meets won two consecutive weeks in a row!!! First, at our home pool, we beat the OCY-Rays.<br />
The following week we competed at Ocean County College and won against Berkeley! Looking forward to our last swim meet<br />
away at Toms <strong>River</strong> Country <strong>Club</strong>. Hopefully making it three wins in a row! Good Luck Swim Team!!<br />
Swim Team season came to a close with our Summer Shore League Championships held August 7-8. Look for a recap<br />
of this meet and the entire season in next month’s <strong>Smoke</strong> <strong>Signals</strong>.<br />
On Friday August 17, we will all say good-bye at our Annual Junior Awards Ceremony. Hope to see you there!<br />
Thanks for a great season!<br />
Lori Husak, Brian Hull. Laura Sleys, Steve Blisnuk, and your entire swim and sailing coaching staffs.<br />
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Sandy Whitman Holick named Junior Who's Who<br />
Page 9<br />
I do not remember my first days<br />
of sailing. My parents say my sailing<br />
started huddled in the cabin of their 17-<br />
foot boat as they learned how to sail. In<br />
1974, we joined the <strong>Metedeconk</strong> <strong>River</strong><br />
<strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong> and upgraded to a 27-foot<br />
Newport sailboat. My first sailing memories<br />
are of weekends spent staying on our<br />
boat. Sometimes we would raft up with<br />
other families from the <strong>Club</strong> or stop for<br />
dinner on the way to Tices Shoal and<br />
would arrive at our anchorage by moonlight.<br />
I started in the junior program in<br />
1980 as an older beginner and wanted to<br />
learn quickly so I could sail with the kids<br />
my own age. I continued sailing in the<br />
junior program throughout high school.<br />
During my last year as a junior at MRYC,<br />
Mrs. Dooren started a small race just for<br />
girls, called the Junior Powder Puff.<br />
While I can’t say I did well in most races,<br />
I did happen to win that first Junior Powder<br />
Puff race. I do not think anyone could<br />
have imagined how popular this little race<br />
would become. I finished up my junior<br />
sailing at MRYC in Mr. Carson’s Lightning<br />
class. Sailing for me wasn’t about<br />
collecting trophies. I just loved to be on<br />
the water with my friends sailing. As a<br />
junior sailor at MRYC, I made many<br />
wonderful friends and developed a love<br />
for sailing.<br />
When I left for college I didn’t<br />
realize I would also be leaving<br />
<strong>Metedeconk</strong> for several years. Jobs,<br />
school and eventually family all took priority<br />
and my sailing was limited to a few<br />
sailing vacations. As my children grew, I<br />
wanted them to have the opportunity to<br />
learn to sail and hopefully develop a love<br />
for the sport just as I had as a child. I<br />
rejoined MRYC with my own family in<br />
2007.<br />
Since rejoining, MRYC summers<br />
have been a whirlwind of activity. I<br />
help out with the Wednesday race lunches,<br />
and then stay for Women’s Wet<br />
Wednesdays sailing in the evening. I am<br />
a member of the Mermates and ran their<br />
Ship’s Store for the past two years. I<br />
have been helping out with the Jr. Powder<br />
Puff race in various small ways and recently<br />
joined the organizing committee.<br />
It has been wonderful to meet up with old<br />
friends and make many new ones while<br />
helping the <strong>Metedeconk</strong> <strong>River</strong> <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong><br />
continue to provide the opportunity to<br />
develop a love for sailing.<br />
Sandy Whitman Holick<br />
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Which Families from our <strong>Club</strong> are Ready to<br />
Host the Next Friday Night Dinner?<br />
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Volume 32 Issue 7<br />
BOOK<br />
CLUB<br />
NEWS<br />
AUGUST SELECTION<br />
DEATH OF A SALESMAN<br />
Arthur Miller<br />
Monday, August 13<br />
6:00 pm—Pizza at the <strong>Club</strong><br />
7:00 pm -View Film<br />
Discussion led by Charles Dambroski<br />
<br />
SEPTEMBER SELECTION<br />
KILLING LINCOLN<br />
Bill O’Reilly<br />
Monday, September 17<br />
12:30 pm at the <strong>Club</strong><br />
Bring your own lunch<br />
If you plan to attend the discussion, please<br />
RSVP to:<br />
Kathleen O’Neill<br />
732-282-1021<br />
bokokeryn@aol.com<br />
<strong>Smoke</strong> <strong>Signals</strong><br />
CLASSIFIED ADS<br />
To Order your Commemorative<br />
History of our <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong>,<br />
issued in our 75th Anniversary Year,<br />
Contact Janice Baier:<br />
cjanbaier@msn.com<br />
please mail a check made out to<br />
“MRYC 75th” for $30.00<br />
Please Mail to:<br />
Janice Baier<br />
1516 Salem Rd. Pt. Pleasant, NJ 08742<br />
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SMOKE SIGNALS<br />
The newsletter for the members of the<br />
<strong>Metedeconk</strong> <strong>River</strong> <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong><br />
EDITORS<br />
LISA FORTUNATO<br />
STEVE FORTUNATO<br />
STAFF<br />
Lori Husak (Juniors)<br />
Kathy Fazio, Natalie Nase (Social)<br />
Frank Dockery (Photography)<br />
Lisa Scott-Brennan (Mermates)<br />
Jim Gelenitis (Regatta)<br />
Vivian K. Dooren, John Cutting (Sanderling)<br />
Jim Carson (Lightning)<br />
DEADLINE<br />
The deadline for the next issue of<br />
SMOKE SIGNALS is<br />
AUGUST 15<br />
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2012 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE<br />
COMMODORE .............................................................................. RICK POKORNY<br />
VICE COMMODORE ........................................................... COLETTE COMMISSO<br />
REAR COMMODORE ............................................................ GEORGE MROCZKO<br />
FLEET CAPTAIN ........................................................................ TERRI GELENITIS<br />
SECRETARY ............................................................................... JOYCE MITCHELL<br />
TREASURER ........................................................................... JENNIFER ALLDIAN<br />
MERMATE PRESIDENT ..................................................... LISA SCOTT BRENNAN<br />
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE .................................................................... KEITH BANIAS<br />
ERIC LEHNES<br />
MORT NASE<br />
2012 BOARD OF TRUSTEES<br />
CHAIRPERSON ................................................................................ ERIC WAGNER<br />
VICE CHAIRMAN .................................................................. FRED UNDERWOOD<br />
SECRETARY ........................................................................................ MIMI DIMON<br />
TREASURER .................................................................................. DON BRENNAN<br />
COMMODORE ............................................................................RICK POKORNEY<br />
GENERAL MEMBERS ................................................................ DENNIS RAFTERY<br />
JOAN WHITMAN<br />
August 2012<br />
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat<br />
MERMATE<br />
1 2 3 4<br />
LUNCHEON<br />
5 6 7 8 9 10 11<br />
SUMMER<br />
ONE DESIGN RACE #6<br />
JUNIOR<br />
12 13 14 15 16 17 JUNIOR 18<br />
CHAMPIONSHIP<br />
SUMMER<br />
ONE DESIGN RACE #7<br />
19 20 21 22 23 24 25<br />
SUMMER<br />
ONE DESIGN RACE #8<br />
26 27 28 29 30 31<br />
SUMMER<br />
ONE DESIGN RACE #9<br />
PHRF FALL SERIES<br />
RACE #1<br />
PHRF FALL SERIES<br />
RACE #2<br />
PHRF FALL SERIES<br />
RACE #3<br />
PHRF FALL SERIES<br />
RACE #4<br />
POWDER PUFF #1<br />
POWDER PUFF #2<br />
POWDER PUFF #3<br />
POWDER PUFF M/U<br />
FASHION SHOW<br />
THURSDAY CATBOATS<br />
#9<br />
THURSDAY CATBOATS<br />
M/U<br />
CATBOATS MINI SERIES<br />
#2<br />
CATBOATS MINI SERIES<br />
#3<br />
CATBOATS MINI SERIES<br />
#4<br />
AWARDS<br />
SANDERLING BIATHLON<br />
RENTAL<br />
7:00—11:00<br />
BBYRA @ OGYC<br />
BBYRA @ NBYC<br />
SUMMER<br />
SOCIAL<br />
BBYRA @ BDYC<br />
BBYRA @ LYC