Commodore, Executive Board and Committee Chairs

About The Commodore

The spotlight shines next on Eifion James: a member since 2008. Together with his wife Maite and son Brân, this senior IT Director has called Hull home for 26 years. Growing up in Aberaeron on the west coast of Wales, his summers were spent on a small boat with his brothers stocking the freezer with mackerel. When he was a teenager the Aberaeron Yacht Club bought a fleet of Toppers, and over the three summers before he left for college, they played around and tried to race in the local regattas. His only success came in a gale when they raced the toppers, and it was so rough none of the lasers or 420s went out.

His first boat, a Rhodes 19 was a surprise birthday present from his wife Maite. It came with the name, “Country Rhodes”, and there was no reason to change it especially when Joe O’Neil and Charlie O'Connor serenade them with the John Denver song every time they pass by on a Thursday night. The Rhodes was a fun introduction to sailing for his wife and son. The boat collection grew when they added Sunday Cove, named after their favorite camping spot in Umbagog Lake State Park. This remote and pristine mile-long cove with a small island in the back is a place they go back to each year. The boat and the island are their two favorite places to be, so the name fits perfectly.

If you ask Eifion for his best trip on the boat, he will tell you there are too many great ones to mention; but last year they moored the boat in Gloucester Harbor and felt secluded midweek in the busy Harbor. The convenient launch service allowed them to explore the town, enjoy the restaurants, East Point to visit the Audubon Sanctuary, and walk out the breakwater to the light at the end. We do know a helicopter was filming that day for Wicked Tuna but no word yet on if we can see Eifion and Maite swimming on the show. 

When he is not on his boats you might see him on his road bike enjoying the Cohasset and Scituate coastline. When the weather does not permit, he bikes in the basement and catches up on sports or news podcasts. To prepare for the season he lives by lists, backdating them from the boat’s launch date and allowing extra time for the inevitable unknowns. A lover of books, Eifion keeps both fiction and non-fiction books going; If you can catch up with him on the porch this spring, ask him about his takeaways from Joshua Slocum’s "Sailing Around The World".

2026 Executive Board & Committees

 

Executive Board

  • Commodore: Eifion James

  • Vice Commodore: Chad Wolfe

  • Rear Commodore: Chris Hanks

  • Past Commodore: Malee Nuesse

  • Secretary: Andy Kurtz

  • Treasurer: Alden Wells

  • Member-at-Large: Michael Broomhead

  • Member-at-Large: Sarah McKenna

  • Member-at-Large: Katherine Steen

 Please use the Contact Us page to contact any member of the Executive Board.

Membership Committee 

  • Sally Chisholm: Co-Chair  

  • Charlie Wasson: Co-Chair

  • Nan Doyle

  • Paula Fleck

  • Joanne Pearson

  • Chandelle Schulte

  • Executive Board Liaison: Eifion James

House Committee

  • Jason Hibbard: Co-Chair

  • Dennis Foley: Co-Chair

  • Jeff Blom

  • Butch Eustach

  • Jimmy Fitzgerald

  • Eoin Gibson

  • Jeremy Markowitz

  • Brian Stanley

  • Executive Board Liaison: Katherine Steen

Senior Racing Committee

  • Dan Sullivan: Chair

  • Joe Berkeley

  • Bill Bradford

  • Tom Craig

  • Bob Foley

  • Jason Frady 

  • John O’Neil

  • Joel Rosenbaum

  • Tod Riedel

  • Executive Board Liaison: Andy Kurtz

Junior Sail Committee

  • Nancy O'Connor: Co-Chair

  • Lorna Newman: Co-Chair

  • Dave Clinton

  • Mike O'Brien

  • Lindsay Quezada- Program Director

  • Marie Rockett

  • Geoff Roth

  • Heather Saforrian

  • Ed Zalewski

  • Executive Board Liaison: Chad Wolfe

Cruising Committee

  • John Machle: Chair

  • Jim Skrabak

  • Bob Paul

  • Tim Joost

  • Fannie Joost

  • Barry LaBonte

  • Executive Board Liaison: Malee Nuesse

Social Committee

  • Brenda Goodell: Co-Chair

  • Dennis Zaia: Co-Chair

  • Sue Bradley 

  • Neil Buchleitner 

  • Sharon Haggerty, past chair

  • Mary Johnson

  • Charlie O'Connor

  • Anita Shine

  • Victoria Taylor 

  • Laurie Wells

  • David Wentling

  • Executive Board Liaison: Eifion James

Bar Committee

  • Eddie Liao: Chair

  • Jason Frady: Bar Manager

  • Cyndi Haley

  • Heather Mahoney McDonnell

  • Laurie McDowell

  • Kate Richardsson

  • Executive Board Liaison: Alden Wells

Rental Committee

  • Heather McDonnell: Chair

    Please use the Contact Us page to contact any member of the above Committees.


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