The CYC continues to be an all volunteer organization and could not survive without both the physical and financial support of the membership. NEW THIS YEAR: We will provide written proof of community service to any high school or college aged student who volunteers during Work Weekend. These letters can be a helpful addition to your activities resume! Interested students, please check in with Alison Granger when you arrive to volunteer.

Please make an effort to help us get the CYC ship shape for the Summer season. It is a lot of fun for everyone! We will serve lunch on Saturday at the Garfield house to all volunteers. Please show up at the Clubhouse at 8:30 AM on Saturday June 14th and at 9:00 AM Sunday June 15th. We should be done by noon on Sunday at the latest and maybe Saturday late PM with a good turnout and good weather. If you can make it, please contact Angus Garfield through Web site's "Contact Us"' page, or call 207-799-5298. There is a 7 PM Friday night MV Cuttyhunk Ferry and a 9 AM ferry Saturday morning, with return service on Sunday at 4 PM.

From David Frothingham, Treasurer:

CYC membership forms, student sailing registration forms, and the CYC waiver forms were mailed in early April 2008 to past members.

Please note that the CYC and our insurance company both require that all of your forms, including the waiver form, be signed and returned to us before participating in any CYC class or signing out of boats. This is a firm condition of member participation. We need all forms returned by June 1, 2008 at the latest. This deadline gives us the necessary time to publish the highly coveted CYC Membership Directory. Members who send in their dues after June 1rst will not be included in the directory for 2008. If you have questions about registration or need additional forms, please contact David Frothingham through Hal Granger on the Web site's "Contact Us" page with your name and full mailing address and he will gladly send these forms to you.

The CYC has a one week minimum signup for sailing classes
and class sizes are limited so please send in your forms as soon as possible. On-site registration is subject to availability and is not guaranteed.

The class schedule with remain the same as last year as follows:
2008 Daily Schedule

Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri
9:00-11:00 B C C B C
1:00-4:00 A B * A A

*Wednesday afternoon is Adult/Family racing (2:00 PM Skippers Meeting).
Note: There WILL BE classes on July 4th.

A reminder to all award winners from last year to please have your name engraved on your trophy and return it to the CYC clubhouse by July 15th at the latest.

When dropping off and picking up your children, and in effort to reduce classroom noise, please park on the roadside closer to the dock and away from the clubhouse until the instructors have finished the lesson. Lastly, all sailors must wear a life preserver at all times on CYC docks, floats, and boats.

It is worth repeating that the CYC Membership Directory is THE information bible on Cuttyhunk and I know that all of you want to be listed. To ensure that your name is listed, we need your paid membership form, signed waiver, and pre-registration forms (if applicable) no later than June 1st. In years past, we have made last minute phone calls to procrastinating members who have not sent in their dues by the deadline but we will not be doing this in 2008 as this process is time consuming and inevitably causes a delay in the publication. Stephen Garfield, our publisher, wants to have the 2008 CYC directories available for distribution by the 4th of July weekend, so please send in your forms. Thank you!

If you need more forms sent to you, please email David Frothingham through Hal Granger on the Web site's "Contact Us" page with your name and address and he will send you the forms.

The CYC Commodore of the Week program helps to assure the smooth sailing of the program throughout the season by providing adult support and supervision to the instructors during sailing program hours. We hope you will consider volunteering to be Commodore of the Week for one week during season. For a complete description of the Commodore of the Week duties and/or to sign up, please email Alison Granger through Hal Granger on the Web site's "Contact Us" page.

Zoe Billman and Cathy Broderick have agreed to head up the CYC Boutique and are working on some new and exciting Summer fashion idea to add to your collection of CYC branded apparel and accessories.

Summer Hours:
Sunday 11:00am - 12:00 noon
Monday 8:30am - 9:30am
Friday 11:00am - 12:00 noon
Saturday 3:00pm - 4:00pm

and 4:00pm - 6:00pm during the CYC July and August Parties!

Your continued support of the CYC Boutique helps us greatly to defray program and operating costs so that we are able to keep class fees affordable for Cuttyhunk families. The CYC is looking for volunteers to help run the Boutique in July and August so please email Zoe through Hal Granger on the Web site's "Contact Us" page if you can help. Thank you!

Over the years, members have been extremely generous sharing their photos with the CYC. This year, the CYC will host a photo contest. We encourage you to email, or hand deliver, your very best, timely CYC digital photo on land or sea (photo must be CYC related). A panel of judges will be announced, made up of instructors and adults. We will award CYC embroidered caps to one winner in July and one in August (and likely more than one prize). Further information will be posted here before the season begins