June 17, 2021
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Napatree & Watch Hill Cruise
The Watch Hill cruise begins tomorrow, June 18th after Noon. Boats with drafts greater than 6 1/2 ft the high tide at Watch Hill is 3:24 pm. If you plan to attend and have not contacted the Fleet Captain please email me at
Rebeccaturner19@aol.com or
cruising@thamesyc.org. I need your name and boat name.
PARKING NOTE: If you are attending the cruise the Executive Committee ask that you do not park on the street. Please park in the Mitchell College lots on Keeney Lane (requires TYC sticker) or on Montauk Avenue at the top of Granada Terrace (sticker and pass required). A round TYC sticker is required on your car. See the launch operator for a sticker and/or pass.
June 9, 2021
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Thanks to the hard work of Bill Lesko, Ed Nevi, Brian Weekley and Bill Turner the launch is back on track! Needs a little adjustment for the drive train but useable!
Now onto the sinkhole on our sidewalk, hopefully, New London public works can provide the labor for that. After covid 2020 we take these obstacles in stride.
June 7, 2021
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Members like you are working tirelessly to get the launch back online.
We have repaired the damaged threads on the flywheel successfully as of Saturday morning only to find that many of the teeth on the ring gear (used to start the motor) were in bad shape (if you’ve ever been on the launch when it screeches before starting, this is the cause).
Parts places are closed on weekends, so we could not find or order the part needed. So, first thing on Monday we sourced and ordered the gear needed with a promised delivery of Tuesday. Our plan is to get the gear, bring it to our mechanic, have him install it on the flywheel (involves removing the old one, heating the new one and slipping it on to the fly) on Tuesday and put everything back together on Wednesday. Fingers crossed we will have launch service back in time for races. Please contact Bill Turner if you are able to help, it’s a backbreaking process so help will be appreciated.
Once again, the root cause was a winter float , sometimes hard to see, which caused the problem. If you still have a winter float on your mooring, please make arrangements to make it clearly visible or get a summer float on it soon.
June 7, 2021
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Click here for the latest version of the MainSheet!
Hey Members! Check out the latest version of MainSheet, our Members Only Newsletter! Great coverage about Racing, Cruising as well as members Jim Avery and Kevin Farrar!
Please check it out!
June 5, 2021
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The launch is still down but progress is being made. I would like to take this time to thank Ron Samul for jumping in (the water literally) to cut the polypropolene rope that was wrapped around the propeller shaft on a moments notice. He got most of it off and then Bill Lesko took the plunge the next day and freed the rest.
This brought us to the realization that we still had problems so Bill and Bill Turner did the backbreaking work of removing the transmission to diagnose the problem.
The bolts for the flex plate (interface between the motor and the transmission) were sheared from the flywheel, Big problem. See second picture below. So we have now taken the flywheel off ( thank you Roy Adamson and Ed Nevi ) and brought the parts to Ct Machine in Groton Ct for repair. We showed up at his shop at 4:30 and convinced Mike to start working on it on Saturday morning. This is where we stand as of Friday evening.
If Mike is able to repair the flywheel we will then reverse the process and be ready to go. We will need a few strong backs to reassemble so if you are available tomorrow or Sunday for a few hours please contact Bill Turner. Stay tuned for more info.
This shows what a great club we have for so many to step up at a moments notice, Thank You!
That said, the root cause of this problem is running the Launch (or any boat) with winter marks still in the mooring field, especially ones that have been in the water for more than one season. Please do your part and get your moorings switched to the larger and more visible summer buoys as soon as possible.
If you are not planning to do so, please make sure your winter mark is large and visible immediately. kindly contact Claire Gammo if you need advice or assistance.
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