Our Next Events
Events for March 2011
March 24 - Thursday: Eric Forsyth’s film “Fiona Challenges the Northwest Passage” This one-hour video depicts Eric’s sailboat Fiona’s eleven-month circumnavigation of North America starting from Long Island, NY, through … [Read More...]
Events for October 2010
Columbus Day Rendezvous – October 9th thru 11th – Annapolis, MD Tentative – If there is enough interest we are considering doing a club trip to Annapolis to attend the U.S. Sailboat Show which in my view is the best … [Read More...]
Newsletters
Newsletter – Summer 2011
From the Commodore: -- Well the sailing season is underway after a strange spring we really didn’t have. Our first on the water event was a huge success with 4 boats showing up in Huntington and 20 people joining for … [Read More...]
Newsletter – Spring 2011
Well, by the time everyone gets this hopefully we will be recovering from a long and hard winter and starting to stir from a long hibernation (except for those skiers who have enjoyed a great ski season). I didn’t make it down … [Read More...]
More About the Club
Star Clipper Dream Trip: Sailing Lisbon to Athens ~ April 28-May 14 –Mary V. Donohue & Malcolm Milligan
Lisbon, on the broad estuary of the Tagus River, was our port of departure, an interesting harbor which may have been founded by Phoenicians…with features pointed out by our Cruise Director, Peter, being announced from the bridge. Sailing on our four master-clipper, under simultaneous sail and motor, we headed for the Gulf of Cadiz.and Tangiers, Morroco. We visited the Kasbah, a market with shops selling rugs, leather goods and spices. Spices were displayed in large pharmaceutical-like jars. … [Read More...]
Note from the Editor – Spring ’11
Ahoy Mates: Well, that time is fast approaching, despite the wintery chill still in the air and Wednesday’s SNOW. Haven't we had enough! So, since you are still curled up in your warm armchair, or sofa, why not while away the time reading about what happened at the end of last season and prime the pump for the new. The Winter newsletter features not only the Change of Watch, but how 8 of your lucky mates reveled in a spectacular 80 degree, no-rain October weekend in Annapolis while … [Read More...]
Note from the Editor – Fall ’10
Ahoy Mates: As promised, the Special Edition of the New York Sailing Club's 40th Annual Cruise. Imagine that, 40 years of sailing up and down Long Island Sound ------- and still loving it. But who cannot love the greatest backyard in the Northern Hemisphere. With precision planning by Fleet Captain Bill Shrage and under the vigilant eye of Commodore Lloyd, five boats and and 12 fun-seeking souls braved the July heat - remember July - to explore the Connecticut River and environs … [Read More...]
Note From the Editor – Summer ’10
Ahoy Mates: If it feels like this has been the hottest summer ever (over 30 days of over 90 deg heat in NYC alone), you are right. In fact, 2010 may go down as the hottest year ever – since records have been kept. Ah, what is a body to do. Well, if you are a member of the NYSC, you did plenty to escape the heat. From Memorial Day, to Independence Day to Adirondack Day (August 19th), … [Read More...]
Club History
THE HISTORICAL (HYSTERICAL) FIRST 32 YEARS "THE BEGINNINGS" Once upon a time there was a pupil of sailing named Dorothy Luckraft. She enjoyed the sport so much that, wanting to learn more, she took courses at the New York Power Squadron. One teacher, Dean Fuller, taught the sailing course and gave the first entertaining lecture for the Basic Boating course. When Dorothy took Dean’s course, … [Read More...]
