Officers & Sailors

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