2001 Commodore Club Posting.  This was the very first year of the club and the members admitted were a tough bunch of adventure lovers.

 The MPYC is pleased to announce that it is considering applicants for a very important sub committee to be known as the Commodore’s Club.  The first ten people admitted to the club will be given silver prize cups as a token of their membership.  Membership is only available to people 18 years or younger.

 To obtain membership, applicants must successfully complete a number of tasks acquiring points adding up to no less than 18.  All tasks are worth one point each. The points must be gathered during the summer of 2001 ending on Labor Day.  Membership cups will be awarded during the ceremony following the Road Runners Race on September 1.

 List of point-getting thing to do:

1. Sleep on a boat.  This can be done on a cruise or on a boat at anchor. Suggestion: Beetle Cats sleep two quite nicely. *
2. Visit an Elizabeth Island and swim off its beach. *
3. Walk across the sandbar from Mishaum to Barney’s Joy  (or Barney’s Joy to Mishaum) at low tide.  You may do one leg by car or boat. *
4. Ride your bike to Padanarum for breakfast. *
5. Swim to the large rock in Naumset ledge. Flippers and a mask will make this most fun.  Go at low tide if you prefer.  Get a picture to prove you were on it. *
6. Be able to identify the following Mishaum plants: Shadbush, Honeysuckle, Catbrier, Arrow wood and Poison Ivy.  *
7. Memorize and recite the poem, Sea-Fever by John Masefield. * (Children under 10 need only do the first two verses.)
8. Be able to name six of the Elizabeth Islands and describe their locations. *
9. Swim at the Town Beach.
10. Ride your bike to the mansion at Col. Green’s.
11. Swim at the Little River Bridge.
12. Race in a Beetle Cat race.
13. Run in and complete the Road Runner’s Race.
14. Ride your bike to Russell’s Mills. 
15. Row around the Red Nun in a SW wind.
16. Swim in the creek at dead high tide.
17. Watch the sunrise. 
18. Camp out at Garrison’s Beach.
19. Shake hands with Lewis Kean (please wash afterwards).
20. See a shooting star.
21. Host breakfast for another Mishaum person.
22. Draw a really good map of Mishaum.
23. Swim off Teal Rock.

* Required tasks

These tasks require parental permission or an adult must accompany you.  If you have any questions, please speak with Richie Perkins or Hendon Pingeo 

Sea-Fever

By John Masefield

I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;
And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking,
And a gray mist on the sea's face, and a gray dawn breaking.

I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull's way and the whale's way, where the wind's like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.

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