Town of Winthrop MA Celebrates National Marina Day on June 11th!

WINTHROP, MA, May 14, 2011

What if there was a way to spend the day learning about Winthrop's yacht clubs, marinas, youth sailing programs, and marine businesses all in one place?

Great news!

Boating associates Robin G. Coles of TheNauticalLifestyle.com, John Crosby representing Winthrop's Harbormasters, Captain Dave Winkler Vice Commodore of Cottage Park Yacht Club, Bill Scanlon Past Commodore of Winthrop Yacht Club, and Joe Duplin Jr of Winthrop Elks announce Winthrop's First Annual National Marina Day. The date is set for Saturday, June 11, 2011, at the Winthrop Town Landing from 10:00am to 4:00pm. Rain or Shine.

"The Winthrop Yacht Club and its Youth Sailing Program are proud and excited to participate in Winthrop's First Annual National Marine Day," says Bill Scanlon. "We'll have two tables at the event and want to thank everyone in advance for coming and supporting the Youth Sailing programs in our town."

Captain Dave Winkler, Vice Commodore of Cottage Park Yacht Club, says "Winthrop's Marina Day festivities to Benefit Youth Sailing Programs in Winthrop including Winthrop's own High School Sailing Team will be a great opportunity to visit and speak with members of all the youth sailing programs and their respective hosting clubs and businesses alike."

Coles states there's a lot of activities planned for the day for both children and adults. For example:

-- a nautical fleamarket
-- small boats for the children to color and pull around the water
-- practice knot tying
-- meet the youth of sailing
-- face painting
-- food
-- 50/50 raffle
-- plus much more

Spots are still available for our nautical fleamarket, sponsorships and vendors.

For more details go to our Facebook events page:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=116216948459976

or call John at 617-908-3165 to rent a table for the fleamarket
or call Robin at 339-532-8334 for everything else