New Boater Class Offered for Members!

February 11, 2021  |   | Comment  | Latest News

Attention Members!
TYC Members Troy Sill and Jeff Taylor are offering a single session Zoom class for club members who are new boaters. Both presenters are past commanders with the United States Power Squadrons, the nation’s largest boating association dedicated to on water safety and education.
The class will be no more than an hour and a half and will cover essential boating topics such as:
    • Use of Marine radios
    • Buoys and aids to navigation
    • Government required boat equipment
    • Navigation rules
    • Carbon monoxide and fuel dangers

The talk is not meant to be comprehensive but only an introduction to needed boating education. To operate a motorized boat or a sailboat 19 1/2 feet or longer in CT waters, a Boating certificate is required.

For more information on CT Boating Certificate, please click here from the state website.

To RSVP or if you need more information, please contact Troy Sill by clicking here:

To join the Zoom on Feb 17, 2021 @ 07:00 PM Eastern Time please click this image!

Harbor Master needs our help!

September 2, 2020  |   | Latest News

To continue a good relationship with the New London Harbor Master, we need to make sure all mooring requirements are fulfilled.  To do this, we must keep inspections and mooring applications current.

Although this has been a very different year for all of us, it’s important we fulfill our obligations regarding completion of mooring inspections and applications. This is not a club requirement, but the New London Harbor Master. Without an application, another mooring could be installed near your existing mooring, and nothing could be done except the expensive removal and relocation of your mooring.

It’s worth noting it is not our mooring field, but rather the residents along Pequot Avenue.  In other words, while you own your mooring tackle, you don’t own the spot. Residents have the right to moorings there, and without a completed application and current inspection, the New London Harbor Master could put a mooring very, very close to yours.

Please make sure your application have been filed and the inspection of your mooring have been completed. A recent email went out with more specifics, so please take a look at our convenience.

Thank you.

2020 Thames Yacht Club Election Information

September 2, 2020  |   | Latest News

The Executive Committee has selected the Nominating Committee for the 2020 Thames Yacht Club Elections.
On the Nominating committee are Jim Avery, Linda Meyers, Leigh Reinhart, Eric Jones and Wayne Gammo.
We are looking for candidates to serve on the Executive Committee for the up coming year.
If you are a Senior Member, Master Mariner, Intermediate Member,or Small Boat Member you are eligible to run for office.
If you are interested please contact someone on the Nominating Committee. A list of all the Officers and Executive Committee positions are:
    • Commodore
    • Vice Commodore
    • Rear Commodore
    • Secretary
    • Treasurer
    • Measurer
    • 3 Positions on the Executive Committee
Please let one of us know by September 8, 2020. Thanks!
Wayne Gammo
Nominating Committee Chair

Cadets Navigate TYC!

August 17, 2020  |   | Latest News

The wind was up this past Saturday, so some USCG Cadets thought it was a perfect time for bringing out the Opti’s for a little sail!

I bit different than sailing the Eagle to be sure.

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