Cape Cod

Actually I set up at Norton until it was closed, then started doing Wellfleet.
Did Wellfleet on and off since 1985 to 2000 when I retired to Aloha Land.

Also I was set up in three group shops - MA, NH & NH. I called my
business The Ecletic Edge.

I probably pawed through your stuff more than once.

my stuff was very pawable

small world.

Camp namequoit
I went to Namequoit from 1984 to 1988. Some wonderful years there. I stumbled upon this site by doing a Google search. Would love to chat to anyone who attended camp there. I was in Starboard in 1984, Leeward in 1986, Q in 1987, and Chautau in 1988. I remember the CJ. Some cool day sails on that boat out across the shallows of little Pleasant Bay to Nauset Beach (well, the deserted part well south of Orleans which is now been washed away I hear). I haven't been back in years. Last time I was there I saw the houses. One is where the Dining Hall stood. It is actually part of the old building with banners inside and everything. Thought that was a nice homage. Anyway....hope to hear from any olf campers.

MC

I was at Namequoit from 1976 to 1979. I fondly remember my years there learning to sail and swim. Amazing place riflery, archery, crafts, baseball too. When I was on the Cape afetr the camps demise I allways wondered what happened.... Nice to know that some of the history has been preserved in that one house. Those CYC banners were gold to me. N-A day was my first introduction to the dating scene. "Dont Stop" and "Life's Been Good" were the songs of those summers for me. Too bad there's not more history/info on the web - somebody MUST have it. What were the names of all those brothers who were counselors? They told Bloody Benny so well!

Ben

The brothers were the Ewings! I wonder where they all are now...

Namequoit
Bloody Benny! I haven't thought about that story in years. What was the priest's name who told that story? Father Carl? Scared the heck out of me as a kid. I have scoured the web for stuff on the camp and have had little success. Tears for Fears' Everybody Wants to Rule the World and Bryan Adams' Summer of '69 bring back memories of summers at camp and dances with Avalon. Talk about an introduction to dating. Had my first kiss, and firsts of other things.. with those dances. Great memories.

In Wellfleet, the Holden Inn is very nice. Excellent meals served in their big dining room.

I attended Camp Namequoit from 1970 - 1976, seven of the best summers I ever had! I was a camper and CIT the first four years and then a counselor the last three.

I was a sailing jock, racing every Wednesday in Little Pleasant Bay vs. Camps Quonset, Avalon and Viking, and then on Saturdays at CYC in Pleasant Bay. Participated in the PBIR (Pleasant Bay Intercamp Regatta) in August a couple of times, which was the sailing Holy Grail. We sailed Cape Cod Mercuries, Turnabouts and 1 O'Day Day Sailer. I also remember the CJ (bailing a lot) and the Cape Cod Knockabout we had (an old Herreshoff-designed sloop). The Avalon girls raced Mercuries, the Quonset girls raced Baybirds, gaff-rigged sloops. I think the Viking guys had Mercuries, but they also had these cool longboats.

Also played on the baseball team and swim team. I lived in Starboard, P, Q, and a couple I can't remember.

There were a bunch of the Avalon and Quonset girls/women that were there at least as long as I was and we were all great friends first as campers, and then as counselors.

The "Carl" you guys are referring to is Karl A. Zeuner, who was studying for the Catholic priesthood when I was there. He was buddies with Kirk Bishop and Jack "Pud" Linetti, I think they all went to Bucknell (ironically, where my daughter goes now). I remember the chalkboard in the dining hall saying KAZ is coming -- since he wasn't a full time counselor, just part time.

Enough rambling for now, would like to hear more from others.

THAT's what KAZ meant?! Wow. Thanks for the info about Namequoit. I have to say it saddens me that my son will not be able share the same memories I had.

Namequoit days
I was at Namequoit from '79 - '81. Hard to remember all three cabins but if memory serves it was P, Q, and (definitely) Chateau. When I was there it was run by Art Farnum and Al (?) Haddad. Can't remember any of my counselor's names although I can still picture a few faces. I remember one guy who joined the Marines shortly after his stint as my counselor. Gee, I didn't think I was that bad. And another Lou Ferrigno wannabe with glasses.

I fondly remember trips to Nauset beach and the amazing onion rings at the snack stand, trips to the playhouse (my first intro to theater), watching Billy Jack in the library/rec center, Bloody Benny ( I wonder if Father Karl is this guy http://www.archdiocese-phl.org/parishes/7260.htm), The subsequent camping trip to Miles Standish State Park (alleged hiding place of Benny - That was spooky as hell), The dances where I felt like a total disco-hating dweeb, and of course the camp itself. I still remember the honeysuckle that grew below the arts & crafts building, the trampoline pit, finding horseshoe crabs on the path to the sail boats, walking from the Chateau down to the head after Bloody Benny (that was fun - NOT).

I visited Orleans maybe 12 years ago and was amazed that everything had disappeared. Sad in a way. I can't say that Namequoit was the best experience of my youth. At times I hated and loved it with equal intensity. But all in all I'm sad that it, like many memories of youth, has faded away.

I rather like the turn this thread has taken.

Namequoit
I attended Namequoit in '75-'76, and though I was only 10 in '75, I still have a fond memories.

I found this forum on Google after spending an afternoon with Google Earth finding the various places I've spent time. I went looking for Namequoit, and (I think) found the tennis courts and swimming lake. I couldn't find anything else, and as I have learned reading these posts, Namequoit is gone.

The tennis courts are at 41deg, 45min, 39.86 sec North, 69deg, 58min, 31.21sec west. You can zoom right in on them. The lake is just north. Everything else has changed.

Does anybody know when or why the camp closed?

I too have fond memories of the CJ (I still remember bailing every last drop out of her bilge with a sponge one afternoon), the sailing fleet (Turnabouts, Daysailors and Mercurys) the rowboats, etc.

There are so many sailing memories - a broken manilla rope mainsheet in a Turnabout during a race; racing rowboats with 1 child to each oar (nobody going in a straight line); holding a foot on the centerboard lever of a Daysailor because the board floated and would retract every time we tacked; being told that we NEVER gybe the CJ because the's too delicate (and the boom was cracked and mended with fiberglass)...

I remember the occasional leech in the swimming lake and who could forget Bloody Benny! I don't remember the names of the cabins, but I do remember I had a counselor named Froggy!!

I remember the overnights, begun by a (gasp) 4 mile hike. Oh how I hated them.

I remember the trip to the beach and the field day on Nantucket. I don't think a camp could get away with what they used to do. We were turned loose on Nantucket with (if I remember correctly) about $5 each in our pockets and told to meet the ferry at the end of the day. I ate a Brandt Point sundae in the ice-cream shop right near the ferry, then I rented a bicycle and spent the rest of the day exploring the island.

I also remember shooting archery, and riflery. We used to have to run across the compound and stand in line to sign up for what activity we wanted to do by the hour ... the slower runners never got to the rifle range because the spots were always filled. I remember the day they let us put whatever we wanted downrange and shoot at it, as long as it was something we could clean up afterwards.

And finally, I will never forget the kid next to me who stood up, turned left, and yanked the trigger of his rifle because it wouldn't go off. He had the rifle pointed at my back and, no, it didn't go off again (the safety was on). I heard the words "cease fire" shouted and next thing I knew, a counselor threw himself bodily across mewhile another tackled the kid. I don't remember the counselor's name, but he put himself between me and that rifle. They never did let that kid back on the range. I never told my parents, because I was afraid they wouldn't let me come back.

Welcome MaineSails....... I'm glad you survived the firing range mishap.

Camp Namequoit Alum, 83, 84, 85
My sister just sent me a link to this forum, she attended Avalon, I went to Nammy, I was in Schooner, P, Q, one of those, I did three years from 83-85. Me and my bunk mates all carved stuff into Q... We had Dan Beardsley, a redhead "Sr." counselor who was 19 years old, navy boy I think, who really taught me how to sail. I miss him, he was a great guy. Hearing about things like Bloody Benny, Haddad, and Art Farnham really bring me back. My last year at Namequoit I made PBIR, one of the highlights of my youth. I loved that camp and had an amazing time there. We would spend all our free time taking out the boats as I had finally gotten my Boatswain and was able to take 'em all out save for the CJ. Anyone remember these names? Mike Cohen, Will Minton, Beeker, Nicolas Fournier, Adam Marsh, Field Ogden, Dan Beardsley, Mike Shrag, Greg "Z" Zlotnick, Ty Schlobohm, Shuey Hosoi, damn, I don't know where I"m pulling these names from, haven't talked to any of these guys in years. It would be great to get in touch with some folks I went to camp with, sad to hear that Nammy is no more. I just had my first son, it would have been very cool to think that he could go there someday, race in the CYC, NYC regattas, etc. Anyone out there that went to Namequoit at the same time I did (83-85') would love to hear from you.

Dave Slade...but everyone called me Slader

namequoit
Namequoit sailing staff alumni '78 & '79: I still have one staff photo but damaged it trying to get it unstuck from the frame glass. I 've tracked down the sailing director on Yahoo and Google brought me here. Avalon has had a couple of reunions and maybe Namequoit can get one going. I live in Indianapolis and really don't know any of the cape, now. The sailing was great and going to that one bar with the old trio playing Bee Gees was a hoot.

NAMEQUOIT TOO!
I went to Namequoit from 1977 till about 1984. Port, Winward, Leeward, N, Chateau, CIT, CA (I'm Ivan Wasserman.) I really loved and miss it, and was sad when I went a few years ago to see it gone. Some folks I would love to be in touch with if anyone knows how: Jon Duskin, Greg Schwartz, Todd Schroeder, Charlie Shimberg, Mark Kraft, Dan Beardsley, Billy Ortner, Eric Orda (Kochendorfer), god, I can keep going.

I didn't sail much -- mainly played tennis. I tell people the ceromony of chosing the PBIR crew (down by the waterfront). Nobody beleives me.

I wonder what happened to all the pennants in the dining hall? To all the signatures on all the cabin walls?

Lou Ferigno Wannabe
I beleive the "Lou Ferigno" wannabe with glasses was part of another brother counselor team whose last name was something like Fiorillo. He was head of sailing (but I don't think he was very good) and his brother -- who was sort of goofy (Mark?) ran archery.

Wow
I was randomly looking for something on google and found this post. I really miss those days on the Cape and would love to touch base with some old buddies. It's been a really really long time. Shoot me an email. Any old bunkmates out there?

Ty Schlobohm

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