2021
Join us on Tuesday, April 6th, at 7pm ET for a live Zoom tour of Community Boat Building.
"Founded in 2007, Community Boat Building’s (CBB) mission is to bring real world experience and academic skills together to stimulate excitement for learning among low-income students in Boston Public Schools through boat building and coastal experiences." https://www.communityboatbuilding.org
The tour will be led by Dave Pippin of CBB and hosted by Erik Lindahl of Savin Hill Yacht Club.
Dave Pippin:
Prior to taking the job with CBB at the Young Achievers Science and Math Pilot School, Dave lived on an island in the Salish Sea. His love of boatbuilding grew as a volunteer at the Center for Wooden Boats in Seattle and in the schools where he previously taught students to learn the craft. After reading a WoodenBoat article about what was then called Boston Family Boatbuilding (WB #206, Jan/Feb 2009), Dave contacted our founder, John Rowse, about sharing ideas. John sent Dave a plan of the Periwinkle, and Dave built it with his middle school students. Eventually the two boatbuilding teachers met, and Dave volunteered for a day in the old shop at the Charlestown Navy Yard. Now Dave builds about a dozen boats a year with 5th graders at Young Achievers. Dave@communityboatbuilding.org
Erik Lindahl:
A museum professional, visual artist, and avid sailor, Erik has been working on a series of documentary films about sailing in Boston Harbor. His documentary about the Thunderbird will premiere this June and he is currently planning films about the Hustler and 210.
This will be a fun and informative event and is free to CYC members as well as non-members.
Please RSVP at Regattaman.com. You will receive the zoom link and password the day of the event via email.
While on the Regattaman website, please register for membership in Constitution Yacht Club to help support Wednesday Night Racing, the Spring Regatta, and the Red & White Regatta in beautiful Boston Harbor! Thank you for your support!
For questions about the event, please contact Gretchen Guldbrandsen, CYC Education Committee Chair, at events@cycboston.org.
2019
Overview : The CYC Education Series 2019 includes seminars intended to be of interest to both racing and cruising sailors. All events are scheduled for 7:00pm. Admission will include appetizers, a cash bar.
When: Wednesday, April 3, 2019, 7:00 PM
Where: Parris Hall at Faneuil Hall, 1 Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston, MA 02109
https://www.neddevinesboston.com/hours
Boston Harbor Now https://www.bostonharbornow.org
Presents: "A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats, But What About Rising Seas?"
We’re already starting to see the impact of rising seas. Learn how climate change is projected to affect Boston and what the City of Boston is planning to do to address the resultant problems.
This event is free to CYC members and is $10 for non-members.
When: Wednesday, March 6, 2019, 7:00 PM
Where: Parris Hall at Faneuil Hall, 1 Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston, MA 02109
https://www.neddevinesboston.com/hours
Joe Cooper "Sailing, Especially Racing, as a Management Exercise".
Coop’s specialties are sailing coaching, consulting and instruction, crew training, sailing systems & techniques for solving sailing's challenges.
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Register here!
This event is free to CYC members and is $10 for non-members.
When: Wednesday, February 6, 2019, 7:00 PM
Where: ** Please note a change in venue: The talk will be given at Parris Hall (above Ned Devine's at Faneuil Hall) at 7PM
Lynn and Dave Waller – Owners of Graves Lightstation http://graveslightstation.com/
Lighthouse restoration
From the Boston Globe, December 26, 2018
“The owners of Graves Light recently posted a holiday video that provides a rare glimpse of their historic lighthouse, which sits on a rocky ledge in Boston Harbor.
The privately owned beacon is surrounded by water and only accessible by boat.
Ever since Dave Waller purchased the lighthouse at auction in 2013, he’s been working to restore the beacon to its former glory. Waller originally wanted to renovate the lighthouse and turn it into a bed and breakfast, but getting out there is simply too difficult — and sometimes dangerous — so he scrapped that plan.”
Registration is now open.
This event is free to CYC members and is $10 for non-members.