Breakwater Irregulars – 2024
Officers of the Management Committee
Commodore – Chris Hynes
Officer – Steve Campana
Officer – Carolyn Gaffney
Officer – Chris Malloy
Officer – Tony Olmer
Officer – Ray Redniss
Officer – Mike Ryan
Officer – Ed Tella
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Founding Commodore 1967-1987 – Dick Sockol
Staff Commodore 1988-1993 – Bernie Weiss
Staff Commodore 1994-1995 – Rocky Harwood
Staff Commodore 1996-1997 – Dave Schmidt
Staff Commodore 1998-1999 – Ed McKeever
Staff Commodore 2000-2001 – Tom Griffin
Staff Commodore 2002-2003 – Bill Felton
Staff Commodore 2004-2005 – Ray Redniss
Staff Commodore 2006-2007 – Diane McKeever
Staff Commodore 2008-2009 – Chris Wentz
Staff Commodore 2010-2011 – Marty Weiss
Staff Commodore 2012-2013 – Joe Citarella
Staff Commodore 2014 – Art Rich
Racing Members
(Skippers, please send changes and additions to webmaster. Most of this is taken from recent registrations.)
American Girl
Daniel Galyon
Arion
Bill Vellante, Chris Noe
Allea
Andy Papademitriou
Atua
Geoff Massam
Belles Filles
Joseph Healey (RIP), Joseph Healey, Jr.
Big Boy Pants
Steven Minninger
Borderline
Jonathan Asch, Stephen Bishop
Break Away
Robert Kohler
Cadence
Maximilian Hutter
Celeritas
Mike McLaughlin, William Beery
Charlotte
Richard West
Chasseur
Sandy McLane, Doug Tienken, Dave Martens, Palmer Sparkman, Jason Lippek, Barbara Bentley
Chicken Wing
Peter Sikora
Mike Chapell
Conundrum
Bruce Blasnik, Nancy Blasnik
Eclipse
Kent Holden, Kai Audett-Holden, David Niccolai, Allison Audett, David Olinger, Anna Barnes, Casey Royster, Beth Wasdo, Ruth Gretz
Emoticon
Jonathan Rechtschaffer
Evil Monkey
Past Commodore Dave Schmidt
Fantasy Girl
Wendy Walasek, Vincent Nanni, Arek Zenel-Walasek, Taylor Nanni
Flo III
Jim Goodridge
Flying Circus
James May
Gadzooks
Geoffrey Beringer
Geronimo’s Cadillac
Peter Hansen, Waldek Zaleski
Gringo
Mike McGuire, Nancy McGuire
Growth Spurt
John Greifzu, Jr., Joseph Quick, Wes Bemus, Michael Kirsch, Joseph Quinn
Inevitable
Junior Sailors of SYC
Heart of Gold
Stephen Nosal
Joyride
Greg Imbruce, Bill Krasnor
Kekoa
Luke Wakeman
KneeDeep
Doug Hamm, Kevin Curtiss, Robert Wendin, Keith Jamaitis, Will Burdick
Little Fish
Noroton YC Junior Big Boat Team
M Squared
Bill Mack, Charlie Mack (RIP), Gordon Mack, Meg Tobin
Miller’s Crossing
Chris Miller, Karen Miller, Chris Howard, Glen Eggert, John Thomas, Rick Helmig, Tory Cenaj
Mischief
Past Commodore Tom Griffin
Miss Lee Sea
John Morrow
Navis Bona
Chris Hynes, Scott Bihl, Steve Campana, Don Christino, Mike Ryan, Greg “Bones” Lynn
Neva
Alex Henkin, Sara Wallace, Bob Wilmot
Never Settle
Robert Pogue
Nine Kids (Retired)
Jack Alexander, Schila Schleier, Moses Alexander, Julius Alexander, Aaron Alexander
Ohana
Ken Wisdom
Pegasus
Austin Royle
Paul’s Hardware
Paul Adelberg
Red Lion
Esteban Vietorisz
Renegade
Mark Basile
Rhiannon (and previously Rhiannon III)
Cao D’Ambrosio, Chris Nicholls
Rocinante
Ron Weiss, Past Commodore Marty Weiss
Roo
Gary Tarnoff, Julie Jones, Carolyn Gaffney, Andy Veitch, Justin Hamor, Dan Segal, Val Trileski
Rumrunner
Jim Lawler
Sally E
John Reffner
Scorpios
Costas Vlahakis, Ben Malloy
Slingshot
Wes Whitmyer, Jr.
Smokeshow
Paul Sevigny
Soup Bone IV
Lyndon Helmbolt, Chris Hollstein, Tim Gelling, Mike Quinones, Troy Helmbolt, Will Kennedy
Spirit
SYC Junior Sailors, Sailing Director Lawrence McGrath
Strider
Daniel Corcoran
Summer Grace
Kevin Kelley
Summertime
Peter Vanderwaart
Take Five
Doug Abel
Tenacity
Sam Fuller
Unplugged
Chris Malloy, Marc Malloy, Joe McManus, Patrick Mazan, Charles Swanson
Valiant
Lawrence Mc Grath and SYC’s Junior Big Boat Sailors
Veronica
Ed Tella
Wild Child
Peter Hansen
Xanadu
Charles Goodrich, Elaine Goodrich,
Xanadu
Alex Spyropoulos
Yankee Boy
Duncan McKay
Young American – 146
Young American Sailing Association (YASA)
Race Committee – On The Line
Ethel Scully, Tony Olmer, Theo Olmer (Gourmet Award winner of 2022), Valerie Muller, Marty Weiss, Bill Malloy, and our reliable stand-ins: Bill Morehouse, Jay Keeshan, Kevin Dailey, Hiro Nakajima, John Troy and John Gianukakis