Contact Info

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MIT Sailing Pavillion phone: 617-253-4884

  • Fran Charles (sailing master)
email: fcharles at mit.edu
phone: see last page of ship's log
  • other MIT Sailing staff (phones: see last page ship's log (esp. if Fran isn't available)):
    • Matt Lindblad (varsity sailing coach)
    • Matty Cohen (varsity sailing coach)
    • Wally Corwin (pavilion dockmaster)
  • Emergency [Sea-Tow] contact info (VHF & cell) should be posted on a card at the nav station


  • MITNA "bluewater" mail-list
subscribe at bluewater info
  • MITNA bluewater skippers' maillist
email: bluewater-skippers at mit.edu
for e.g. a crew to suggest a trip or activity, ask a question, etc.,
and for skippers to discuss scheduling, work, etc.
Note: Non-skippers can expect a delay for list moderator to approve your message.

Key Skippers, Maintenance Point People

  • Thom Spettel:
home: 781-646-4207
cell: 781-354-1113 (only on before sails, work-parties, etc)
email: t-e.spettel at att.net
  • Matthew Wall:
home: 617.868.1378
email: mwall at oculustech.com
  • Marianne Wiseheart:
email: mwisheart at comcast.net
  • Ted Young:
home: 617-776-7473
email: theodric at mit.edu


Boston Harbor Sailing Club

  • Combo for Rowe's Wharf sailors' toilets/showers: see last page of ship's log
  • BHSC monitors VHF channel 10 (when they monitor at all)


Over-winter 2007-08 Boatyards

  • Continental Marine [Paul Griffith 617-479-5799] [Tom X I think works with Paul]
    • stores boats in Quincy near MBTA ferry terminal
    • has NO boat-launching access where boats are stored
    • steps mast (Thom thinks)
  • Quincy Maritime Park [AKA Scalisi Marine]
    • where Nevermore got hauled (i.e., they're on the river)
    • equipment is:
      • low trailer that is submerged and placed under hull,
        and a truck pulls trailer & boat up a ramp and finally to storage yard
        [trailer can't lift boat enough for re-rigging centerboard pennant]
      • crane that pulls mast prior to the boat trailer being towed to storage yard


  • Question: Where might we get hauled to replace centerboard pennant? (per Paul)
    • need a Travel-Lift, i.e. we need to be raised high enough for keel to extend
    • might get short-time (overnight?) haul, even during their busy times (May-June)
      • over-night, or maybe if they have a long lunch-break (which I doubt)
      • must verify we can work on boat ourselves
    • Paul suggests asking at:
      • Town River Marina [Dave Donahue]
      • Boston Boat Works (I think is in Boston Harbor)
      • Bay Point Marina 617-471-1777
      • Marina Bay 617-328-7200
    • Paul mentioned
      • they could trailer boat to one of the above (rather than launching at Quincy Maritime Park)
      • but we didn't talk about who would step mast