June 1: Summer Kick-off Party chez Cummings

Come and see old friends and make new ones
Talk boating – Have fun – Sign up for Sunset Cruises
EVERYONE IS WELCOME AS SPACE ALLOWS
Drinks and Hors d’Oeuvres
Friday, June 1st at 6pm   17 Tomac Avenue, Old Greenwich

RSVP by May 28 to Janis Stahlhut via email jstahlhut1@aol.com
Mail $20 check made out to GSPS to J. Stahlhut, 1465 E Putnam Ave #323, Old Greenwich, CT 06870s.s

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Become a Skilled Boater: Sail, Power, Paddle, Jet Ski

Get ready for summer! The Connecticut Boating Course will soon be offered by America’s Boating Club of Greenwich in conjunction with the Greenwich Marine Police. Learn: 

→   General Boat handling
→   Safe Towing (water skiing & tubing)
→   Docking and Anchoring
→   Radio NEW VHF/DSC
→   Ropes, cleats, knots, all made easy

This one-day course qualifies you for both the CT Boating Certificate and the PWC/Jet Ski certificate

Pre-Register now: for June 9^th https://tinyurl.com/GABCJun9

Time: 9 am – 5 pm, includes lunch

Where: Greenwich Police HQ, 11 Bruce Place, Greenwich, CT.
Cost: $80 per person, includes coffee and sandwich lunch (Family discounts available)
Class materials will be mailed to you to read before class.

For more info, email: GreenwichSquadron@gmail.com  or call Susan Ryan 203-998-1864

SPECIAL OFFER!              

Graduates qualify for 18 months of Squadron membership for the cost of 12 months

An Introduction to GPS

Captain Len Lipton will have an operating chart plotter for this class and will give an interactive introduction on how to use a GPS. Plenty of time for your questions. There will be a useful handout.

Len is an experienced instructor and has taught sailing for many years at all levels, both in the classroom and on the water but also weather, and a GPS course for Landfall Navigation.

Sunday, April 22, 4 – 6 pm

Venue: Old Greenwich Yacht Club, Tod’s Driftway,  Greenwich Point Park, Old Greenwich
Fee: $20 includes light refreshments
RSVP: Click here to register with OGYC
Questions? GreenwichSquadron@gmail.com.

 

Check out the latest issue of our newsletter!

The Winter/Spring 2018 newsletter has just been published with a lot of pictures.

Click here to read it and be sure to mark your calendar for our upcoming events and Full Schedule of Courses for 2018.
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Monthly meeting: Viva la Cuba!

Captain Joy Sherman talks to us about her two recent cruises to Cuba. In 2016 sailing from Key West to Cuba, touring the until-recently-forbidden Island, meeting people, experiencing the Cuban culture and traditions and bringing needed donations to the people of Cuba. This was repeated in 2017 and Joy presents her experience of this lovely island, its history

Wed. Jan 17 at 7:30 pm at the Mianus River Boat & Yacht Club 98 Strickland Road, Cos Cob

Everyone is welcome! 

Light refreshments will be served

Piloting course beginning Jan 23, 2018

Once you have your safe boating certificate, you must leave port and return safely!  This course covers the basics of traditional and GPS navigation techniques so the student will be able to find his/her way:

• Charts and their interpretation
• Understand beacons and buoys
• Plotting courses and determining direction and distance
• Pre-planning safe courses and entering routes and waypoints into a GPS
• Monitoring progress and determining position by both GPS and traditional techniques such as bearings and dead reckoning

8 Tuesdays at the Greenwich Police Headquarters. 11 Bruce Place, Greenwich

REGISTER NOW:  Click here or Email Administrator

  

Holiday Party Friday, Dec 8 at 7pm

Come and see old friends, make new ones, and celebrate the holiday season with boaters.

Drinks ~ Dinner ~ Raffle

All USPS and GBYC members and friends are welcome.
Kindly RSVP to Vicki by Monday, December 4 by phone 914-714-1516 or by email GreenwichSquadron@gmail.com
Mail check payable to GSPS for $20 per person to Vicki Malara ~ 150 Southfield Ave #2309 ~ Stamford CT 06902

If you can contribute a raffle item, please let Vicki know

Greenwich Boat & Yacht Club Grass Island, Greenwich