Arts Night is just around the corner! Weekend weather looks FABULOUS, so get out on your boat on Saturday, then hang out at the club Saturday evening with us to enjoy some really fine artwork by our members, and live calypso music on the deck with Mike Cameron. Some artwork is for sale and we will have appetizers and beverages too. Hope to see you there!
What a fabulous feast! Thank you to Wolfgang Scholz and crew who pulled off a spectacular dinner to celebrate the summer solstice. And thanks also to Carolyn Johnson for sharing her photos.
The SWYC/SSYC Invasion is scheduled for Jul 14 & 15 at Salem Willows Yacht Club. For our new members, this is a big party with visiting guests from he South Shore Yacht Club that happens each year alternating the location. The theme for the weekend is Waterstock (Woodstock on the water!). Come in your best 1969 hippie era clothing, dress as Jimi Hendrix, or get creative and dress up as Max Yasgur. The options are endless. The cost for the weekend is $40/pp ($25/pp for children under 12) and includes Lunch, Libations, Dinner, and Breakfast on Sunday. The schedule of events:
12pm Saturday – our visiting guests arrive and get settled on mooring and dockspace.
12-2pm – Lunch is available – Burgers, Hotdogs, Veggie Burgers and various salads.
6pm – Cocktails and appetizers
7pm – Italian buffet catered by Rasta Pasta Pizzeria including pasta, chicken parm, eggplant parm, salad and dessert.
After dinner activities and refreshments including a brief welcome ceremony, outdoor games, best costume voting, and possibly a talent contest.
Featured libations from our local Notch Brewery and Deacon Giles Distillery.
9am Sunday – Breakfast
12pm – our guests make their way home
SWYC members please sign up for the event here before July 8. You’ll also be able to volunteer for various jobs that need to be done to ensure a great weekend and satisfy your work assessments.
SSYC members please sign up directly through your Commodore. If you’re coming via water we’ll need to know if you’re Power or Sail, length and displacement.
See you all soon!
The Summer Solstice Dinner is Jun 23rd. Sign up soon since this event fills up fast. The event is now full.
Thank you Jim Garfield for sharing photos of our Memorial Day Breakfast and Ceremony. It is always a special day to gather with our SWYC family and friends to celebrate the beginning of the season, and remember our loved ones who passed, our fellow fallen members and everyone who has stood in harm’s way to allow us to enjoy the life we enjoy.
The annual Open Meeting of the SWYC Board of Governors took place on Saturday evening, May 19th. We enjoyed franks and beans and German chocolate cake prepared by Wolfgang, held a brief BOG meeting and then had a great presentation by Dr. Calvin Mires, Visiting Professor at Salem State University.
Enjoy these photos from the 2018 Commodore’s Ball, at 9 Wallis in Beverly. Photography by Jon and Danielle Rodgers of Prospect Hill Photography
Please join us on Monday, May 28th at 9:00 am for SWYC’s Annual Memorial Day Breakfast complete with eggs, bacon, fruit salad, pastries, coffee, tea and juice. Cost is $10.00 per adult; $5 per child (12 and under), payment due at event.
(If you sign up and are unable to attend, please notify the chairperson by Friday May 25th or you will be billed for the cost of the event.)
The annual Open Meeting of the SWYC Board of Governors will take place on Saturday evening, May 19th. We will get together for a Meet and Greet at 6pm, followed by a light dinner, a brief BOG Meeting, and finally, a presentation by Dr. Calvin Mires, Visiting Professor at Salem State University.
Above and Below the Waves: Developing Maritime Archaeology Programs in Massachusetts
Dr. Calvin Mires is Professor of Maritime Archaeology, and has run summer field schools in maritime archaeology at Salem State University since 2015. These field programs archaeologically investigated a 19th century sand schooner, Ada K. Damon, at Crane Estate near Ipswich. He has partnered with the Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources, The Trustees of Reservations, NPS Salem Maritime National Historic Site and the Tallship, Fame, to provide educational courses for middle school to college students. Before coming to Massachusetts, he was the staff archaeologist for one of only four graduate schools in the country that taught maritime archaeology. He has participated in more than 30 projects around the world covering a myriad of time periods from 4th century BC to WWII, and has trained over a 100 students, many of whom are now leaders in the field.