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Fall 2012
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End of Year Events
Raffle Drawing with Wine & Cheese
Annual Holiday Dinner
Our 2012 Raffle Boat
News from the Boat Shop
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Greetings!
As we approach the end of 2012 we at the boat shop have lots to be thankful for. It is an especially fulfilling time as we have many projects lined up and progressing well and in some cases ahead of schedule. Most importantly we have been very successful in this year's fund raising efforts.
As you will read in this newsletter, our various teams are moving forward without serious hitches. The raffle boat for 2013 is further along than any we have undertaken in the past 4 years. Repairs of boats in our fleet are moving along with a sense of dispatch and the Herreshoff 12-1/2 has been mostly disassembled, except for the transom, and is ready to continue restoration with deteriorated timbers being replaced with new.
Now it's time to celebrate! Join us at our annual raffle boat drawing in the Community Boat Shop, with wine and cheese, to discover who the lucky winner is. And plan to spend a fine evening holiday dinner party at the American Hotel in Sag Harbor, which always provides us with excellent wine and vittles.
Your Skipper, Ray Hartjen
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Your Invitation to End of Year Events
Raffle Drawing with Wine and Cheese
Saturday, December 15th, 4 to 6 PM
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Annual Holiday Dinner Party at the American Hotel
Thursday, December 27th, 6:30 to 10 PM
This is the scene everyone is waiting for, the drawing of the winning raffle ticket. It has been our custom to call upon some unsuspecting youth to make an unbiased pull of the winning ticket. Here, Kent Miller, our master of the raffle, prepares to read aloud a past year's raffle winner.
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The American Hotel Welcomes the Classic Boat Society for its Annual Holiday Dinner Party Holiday Dinner Party Thursday, December 27th, 2012 at 6:30 PM The American Hotel, 49 Main Street, Sag Harbor, NY 
This is an invitation to current members for you and your guest(s) to come to our Holiday Dinner Party which will be held at the American Hotel in Sag Harbor on Thursday, December 27th. Come and join us to celebrate a successful year for the East End Classic Boat Society and the Community Boat Shop. You will also learn about our plans for 2013! Current members will receive a mailing to confirm their party plans.
Holiday Dinner Party
6:30PM Cash Bar
7:00 PM Dinner with Red and White Wine at Your Table
Soup Du Jour/Salad
Entrée Choices: Fish, Chicken or Vegetarian Selection
Dessert: Chocolate Dessert
Coffee and Tea
$55 Per Person Including Tax and Gratuities
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2012 Swampscott Dory Raffle Boat
Decked out with a big red bow ready for its new owner to tow away.
You can be that lucky new owner! We still have an ample supply of raffle tickets for the drawing Saturday, December 15th, 4 to 6PM at the Community Boat Shop.
This year's boat has received rave reviews from people all over the East End where it has been on display in 10 venues, beginning in Greenport on Memorial Day weekend to Montauk in the fall. Thanks to Tom Rosko who was the lead builder, with able volunteers. If you missed the opportunity to purchase raffle tickets for the boat and new Load Rite trailer, or would like to buy some more, you still have time, by (1) mailing a check made out to EECBS (with your phone number) to EECBS, PO Box 1784, East Hampton, NY 11937 ($5 a chance or 5 chances for $20), (2) visiting the Community Boat Shop any Wednesday or Saturday 9AM to 2PM, or (3) by attending our raffle boat drawing Saturday, December 15th, 4 to 6PM at the Community Boat Shop, located behind the Marine Museum at 301 Bluff Road, Amagansett.
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News from the Boat Shop
In addition to building a raffle boat each year our members are busy at work restoring a Herreshoff 12-1/2 and maintaining other boats in our fleet.
Pierce Hance and Robert Vossen are here contemplating what other items must be removed before the rebuilding will begin. Immediately after this photo was taken the crew removed the stem which will soon be replaced with a new one, steamed to correspond to the shape of the original.
Jim Ritter, Ron Ahlers, and Robert Vossen hard at the task of wrestling the new stem into position within moments of leaving the steam box.
Richie Davgin and Nick Stephens are undertaking the repair of a plank that had split on the bottom of the Classic Boat Society's boat, the Constant, which is a replica of an 11-foot yawl Herreshoff designed for his own yacht, Columbia.
How is the Next Raffle Boat Coming?
Of course, there is much interest in the state of next year's raffle boat, the
Goeller Dinghy. Mid-fall saw us undertaking the detailed process of lofting her lines.
Burt Van Deusen and Don Schreiber are here working out some of the finer details. Other members lent a hand, including myself, but none showed a finer skill at mastering the complex three dimensional representation of our new boat in two dimensions than Burt. He has a talent for working in different dimensions.
At this point in time, half way through November, we have all of the molds cut, and patterns for the stem, transom and stern knee. The keel and keelson will be taken out of recently fallen white oaks thanks to Hurricane Sandy. With the help of Mica Marder, son of the well known Charlie Marder, we have been able to harvest timber from fallen local trees and have them milled by Southampton resident Thomas Matthews.
Our goal is to have this boat ready for exhibition by Memorial Day 2013.
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I look forward to your joining us at our two end of year events and to wish you well during this holiday season.
Your Skipper,
Ray Hartjen
The East End Classic Boat Society
rhartjen@hamptons.com
631-324-2490
P.S., You can forward a copy of this e-newsletter to a relative or friend by clicking the Forward email link below. You will have the option of including a short message. You are welcome to invite them to see the boat shop in action any Wednesday or Saturday year-round. The boat shop is handicap accessible and admission is always free. The Community Boat Shop is at 301 Bluff Road in Amagansett, NY.
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