Agenda

Friday, October 25, 2024

Spend the day touring, shopping, and dining – The Anne Hutchinson Tour of Provincetown (adults only) or Day trip to Nantucket or just Visit Maritime Museum in Hyannis... Make your choice during registration!

17:00
Cocktails downstairs in the Lewis Bay Room. Meet your friends as you join us for choice of beverages and nibbles courtesy of District 34.

18:30
We will depart for Group Dinner at the Yarmouth House restaurant - favorite place of CCSPS for special meetings.

Saturday, October 26 2024

Lewis Bay Room (downstairs)

8:00 - 8:45
Continental Breakfast; Check-in and Registration. Raffle items on display.

Cape Cod Room

9:00 - 9:45
Welcome - D/C Valentina Bizunok, JN Chief Commander's Message - Stf/C John Crawford, SN

10:00 - 10:45
"Boating & Navigating with Electronics" - P/V/C Bob Sweet, SN

11:00 - 11:45
"Rough Weather Ahead: How Climate Change Is Making Our Weather More Extreme" - Jennifer Francis, PhD, Senior Scientist at the Woodwell Climate Research Centerin Falmouth, MA Dr. Jennifer Francis has served 24 years as a Research Professor at Rutgers University's Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences. Her research focuses on the Arctic climate system and its wider effects, particularly on extreme weather in the Northern Hemisphere and includes global sailing expeditions. Presently, she dedicates eight months each year to sailing destinations such as the Caribbean, Central America, and the South Pacific on her catamaran.

Ivy Room

12:00 - 13:45
Buffet lunch.
After lunch embark on a thrilling journey with Adam Cove as he recounts his solo voyage in the 2024 Race to Alaska, a grueling test of endurance and skill. This unparalleled race, powered by human and wind energy, offers a blend of danger and beauty, where sailors face the raw forces of nature. Adam's expertise as a naval architect and his passion for sailing shine through as he shares his experiences. Adam is a SAIL Magazine Technical Editor, Marineengineer, the CEO of Edson Marine, and the director of Cove Marine Consulting.

Cape Cod Room

14:00 - 14:45
"America's Boating Club On-Line Learning Program". How the on-line courses and seminars offered via the National Education Department's Outreach Committee can further the educational success of squadrons and clubs. R/C Barbara Herrmann, SN-IN

Oyster Harbor Room

14:00 - 14:45
"SEO and Instructor Training Update" An overview of the HQ800 program, how to register courses and students and manage the examination process for the ABC course and member courses/seminars. There will be an opportunity for Instructors to ask questions.
Asst DEO Dick Moore, SN-IN and Stf/C Wayne Lambert, AP

Cape Cod Room

15:00 -15:45
"Seamanship is out, Piloting is going. What is new and up cominging the ABC/USPS Classroom Curriculum" - An overview of the status and upcoming changes in America's Boating Club courses.
Asst DEO Dick Moore, SN-IN and Stf/C Wayne Lambert, AP

16:00 - 16:50
SNE District D34 Council Meeting
D/C Valentina Bizunok, JN

Lewis Bay Room (downstairs)

17:00 - 18:30 - Free Social hour and Silent Auction

Ivy Room

18:30 - 21:00
Dinner
After dinner Samantha Gray, an Interpretive Park Ranger with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the Cape Cod Canal, will deliver the presentation "Insight into the Rich History, Fascinating Features, & Navigation Operations of the Cape Cod Canal". Samantha Gray has worked at the Canal for 25 years, where she manages the Canal's Interpretive Services and Outreach Programs, as well as the Cape Cod Canal Visitor Center in Sandwich, MA. For her work, she has been selected by USACE for multiple awards including regional Interpreter of the Year and the American Recreation Coalition's Legends Award. Ms. Gray earned her degree in Conservation of Natural Resources from Long Island University.

Lewis Bay Room (downstairs)

Social Gathering following dinner

Sunday, October 27, 2024

Lewis Bay Room (downstairs)

9:00 – 11:00
Additional discussions, Pastries and Coffee & Tea

Dr Jennifer Francis

Morning Seminar:"Extreme Weather and the Climate Crisis"

Jennifer Francis is a Senior Scientist at the Woodwell Climate Research Center in Falmouth, Massachusetts. Previously she spent 24 years as a Research Professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers University, where she studied the Arctic climate system and how rapid Arctic change is affecting areas beyond the Arctic, particularly extreme weather in the Northern Hemisphere. Jennifer earned a B.S. in Meteorology from San Jose State University in 1988 and a PhD in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Washington in 1994. She and her husband circumnavigated the globe by sail during the early 1980s, including the Arctic, which is where her interest in the region began. They now live on their catamaran eight months/year riding the winds to the Caribbean, Central America, and now the South Pacific.

Adam Cove

Luncheon Presentation: How A Small Catboat Won Its Biggest Adventure Race"

Adam Cove took on the 2024 Race to Alaska with a Marshall Sanderling Catboat and found it was the perfect craft for an imperfect race.

As the white blades of his sculling oars dipped and swept the pristine waters of the Strait of Georgia, Adam Cove was having fleeting second thoughts. He was barely a day into the adventure—no-engine-and-no-support 750-mile Race to Alaska. His plan to row his 2,800-pound 18-foot Marshall Sanderling cat boat Wildcat through a set of islands and farther offshore search of wind had backfired.........

Samantha Gray

After Dinner Presentation: "Insight into the Rich History, Fascinating Features, & Navigation Operations of the Cape Cod Canal"

Samantha Gray is an Interpretive Park Ranger with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the Cape Cod Canal. She's worked at the Canal for 25 years, where she manages the Canal's Interpretive Services and Outreach Programs, as well as the Cape Cod Canal Visitor Center in Sandwich, Massachusetts. As an interpreter, Ms. Gray reveals and relates the Canal's unique history, features and operations to people of all ages. For her work, she has been selected by USACE for multiple awards including regional Interpreter of the Year and the American Recreation Coalition's Legends Award. Ms. Gray earned her degree in Conservation of Natural Resources from Long Island University.