The FALL 2019 issue of Harbor Light, the newsletter for our club, has just been published. And be sure to mark your calendar for our upcoming events – Click here to read it.
Harbor Light: Fall 2019
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Category Archives: Education
Rock the Dock
September 18 6 pm – ??
Executive Officer Dave Leisten opens his boat for us – Slip C66, TGM Marina
There is no charge, but please bring a favorite beverage and something to eat to share. Space is limited so please RSVP via email
to Dave Leisten GreenwichSquadron@gmail.com
Our guest policy will be applied
Some Future Events
For all details, email GreenwichSquadron@gmail.com or watch for our e-flyers
| Sep 19-22 | Norwalk Boat Show Sun Sep 22 1 – 5 pm volunteers needed |
| Oct 16 | 7 pm Greenwich Boat & Yacht Club Norm Bloom speaks about his family business Copps Island Oysters |
| Oct 19 | All day in Fishkill, NY District 2 Fall Conference |
| Nov 20 | 7 pm Greenwich Boat & Yacht Club Fine Wine Tasting and Sea Chanteys |
| Dec 4 | 6 pm Greenwich Boat & Yacht Club Help your Exec Committee decorate the Club |
| tbd | 7 pm Greenwich Boat & Yacht Club Our Holiday Party |
Weather Course (a must for all serious boaters)
The safety and comfort of those who venture out on the water have always been weather dependent. In this course students will become keener observers of the weather, but weather observations only have meaning in the context of the basic principles of meteorology – the science of the atmosphere. This course focuses on how weather systems form, behave, move, and interact with one another and reflects the availability of all sorts of weather reports and forecasts on the Internet. Boaters and non-boaters alike will benefit from delving into this fascinating subject.
Start date: Tuesday, September 10th, 2019
Space is limited
Cost: $80 per student, member of America’s Boating Club
$180 per student, not a member
Discounts for families sharing materials
Membership of America’s Boating Club of Greenwich is $100
When: 7.00 – 9.00 pm over ten Tuesdays
Where: Greenwich Police Headquarters
11 Bruce Place, Greenwich, CT 06830
Pre-register: https://tinyurl.com/Wx2019
Questions? Susan Ryan: 203-998-1864 or GreenwichSquadron@gmail.com
Instructors: Jim Dobbs, Dan Dobryn
*Now known as America’s Boating Club
Harbor Light: Summer 2019
The SUMMER 2019 issue of Harbor Light, the newsletter for our club, has just been published. And be sure to mark your calendar for our upcoming events. Click here to read it.
May 15th ‘Long Island Sound and Beyond; Ecosystem and Resilience’
Dr. David Hudson is the research scientist at The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, directing the research and conservation program. Before then, he served as an assistant professor at a small college in Atlanta, teaching and doing research on crustaceans. Dave is fluent in Spanish, having lived in Bogotá, Colombia as a Fulbright Fellow after earning his Ph.D. from UConn. His research uses the behavior and physiology of crustaceans and fish to determine the effects of changes in the physical environment (temperature, salinity, sound, etc.) on distributions, survival, and ecology of marine and aquatic organisms. He is also interested in how changing human behaviors impact the survival of species, and how aquaculture can be used to augment food security, economic security, and conservation of marine and aquatic animals.
Dave was invited to serve on the IUCN’s Species Survival Commission freshwater crustacean specialist group, and will serve as an adviser to the AZA Aquatic Invertebrate Taxon Advisory Group, particularly focusing on applying his experience with assessing stress in invertebrates and invertebrate physiology to questions of animal husbandry and welfare. He and his wife are avid skiers and SCUBA divers and they reside in Norwalk with their three young children.|
May 15th at 7 pm Greenwich Boat & Yacht Club ~ 9 Grass Island Rd, Greenwich CT 06830 Light refreshments will be served |
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While there is no charge for this event, please let us know you can attend via email to Ellen Wink GreenwichSquadron@gmail.com |
April 17th Painting Demonstration by Peter Layne Arguimbau
Peter Arguimbau is a resident artist of Greenwich, art historian, and restorer. He paints life around him and is notorious for his love of classic marines. You may have met him and Kim, at our Change of Watch.
Arguimbau will talk about emulating the paintings of the Luminist Movement, an extension of the Hudson River School, noted for its unique quality of light. It is Arguimbau’s discovery that the Luminist Movement is the last movement of the Renaissance here in America through shared techniques of the English portrait and landscape painters derived from the Flemish Technique of the Old Masters. At the same time, he will demonstrate this Luminist technique while painting a marine motif; a light effect of wind, sail, and sea.
Underscoring Renaissance painting techniques and materials, specifically the preparation of grounds for panels and oil dryers, he will begin with a systematic drawing in charcoal using basic drawing principles for perspective, proportion, light and shade, abstract rhythm and design. After the drawing is defined, the forms are colored in dry paint and then the light effect is fixed with an Umbrian oil wash distinguishing both light opaque areas from transparent shadow planes. These steps are honed with translucent colored glazes in refining the tonal relationships from a 2-dimensional plane into a 3-D life-like representation.
Arguimbau’s series of lectures and demonstrations on painting are part of his upcoming book, “REMBRANDT’S LOST SECRET, The Invention of Oil Painting in 1410” “My 50 -year quest for the painting mediums of the Old Masters reclaiming art history.”
His work can be seen at the new Boatyard Gallery, 350 Riverside Ave, Riverside,
Click for website and Mariner Gallery, Newport, RI Website.
Please join America’s Boating Club of Greenwich to see Peter paint a picture and explain his techniques. This presentation will run for approximately 1 ½ hour, leaving time for Q&A.
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April 17th at 6.30 pm Greenwich Boat & Yacht Club ~ 9 Grass Island Rd, Greenwich CT 06830 Light refreshments will be served |
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While there is no charge for this event, please let us know you can attend via email to Ellen Wink GreenwichSquadron@gmail.com |
January 16th Speaker Event: ‘Beyond the Tow’
Please join America’s Boating Club of Greenwich to hear Captain Bilski’s Long Island Sound fascinating tales (and exciting trials.)
Sea Tow is the #1 choice of boaters nationwide for boat towing and expert on-water assistance. They help boaters connect to highly professional, experienced captains who can help when it matters most.
In 2018 Capt. John Bilski took over the Sea Tow franchise covering the water from Greenwich to Milford, trading an insurance industry workplace for a snug office in a tiny cottage along the waterfront promenade at Bridgeport’s Captain’s Cove where his distinctive yellow and black Sea Tow vessel is moored.
He manages three full-time captains, two backup captains, and two on-call scuba divers – the latter come in if lines need to be attached below the surface or if a boat requires salvaging. They are always monitoring the VHF channels used by boaters out on the water, both at the Captain’s Cove location and in their homes.
“I was pretty much on the water from day one of my life,” Capt. Bilski says. “I used to fish with my family and we always vacationed on the water. I’ve been a boater and scuba diver and fished in these waters my entire life. So when the opportunity came up of buying the franchise, I jumped at it.”
NOTE: Members of America’s Boating Club enjoy many popular benefits, one of which is a 10% discount to Sea Tow. Details will be available at the event.
7 pm ~ Usual light refreshments will be served by French Chef Cécile
Greenwich Boat & Yacht Club, 9 Grass Island Road, Greenwich CT 06870
Save the Date for 2019 CHANGE of WATCH of America’s Boating Club of Greenwich
March 1st 2019 7 pm At Innis Arden Club180 Tomac Avenue ~ Old Greenwich CT 06870
