Growler crew on a drier day in the Harbor.
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17 April 2011
10 May 2011
Growler in Mystic
Skipper Andrew Conroy was joined by his father, CDR Phil Conroy, USNR, and the Growler crew for a training trip to Mystic, CT this weekend- Sounds like they had a great voyage.
From M/N Conroy- The trip went amazing. My father REALLY enjoyed everything. I wish I could have recorded all of the comments he made about the Kings Point Waterfront and the things we do. As a recently retired CDR in the navy, he appreciated the way things are run on the boat and here at the Kings Point waterfront. He should be sending some photos shortly. On Saturday afternoon, we were gathering crowds at Mystic showing off the boat. It was amazing to watch people show up at the boat.
12 May 2010
Growler Underway for Helicopter Training
We never pass up an opportunity to involve our midshipmen in great training- last week we were able to have the crew of Growler practice helicopter evacuations with the USCG.
27 August 2009
Nightime Piloting aboard Growler and Liberator
The Midshipman Waterfront Officers have expanded on last years "Winter Waterfront Operations" series to include summer and fall training opportunities. The program kicked off last night with the first of two nighttime navigation and piloting trips in the East River aboard Growler and Liberator. The program is designed to both introduce the plebe class to more advanced ship handling and navigation, as well as to reinforce the skills of upperclassmen who will be returning to sea.
07 September 2009
Growler at the New York Tug Competition
Growler competed yesterday in the New York Harbor Tugboat Competition. The crew had a good time, and were able to meet many of the Captains and companies that operate in the harbor. Here they are "pushing up" nose to nose to compare pushing power with a much larger tug.
04 December 2009
Growler Shipyard
Growler was hauled out yesterday at Muller Boatworks in Brooklyn yesterday for some much needed M&R.
02 September 2008
Growler Takes 2nd Place in New York Tugboat Races
The crew of Growler, led by Midshipman Tripp Webb placed second in class in the annual New York Harbor Tugboat Race. 28 Tugs of all sizes and vintages gathered at Pier 84 on the west side of Manhattan on a beautiful Sunday for a variety of competitions.
17 March 2011
13 January 2011
24 August 2011
Power Squadron Towing Ops Class
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Great day on the water with Rob Asma teaching towing operations with Growler and "142" |
10 September 2010
KP Fleet Heading to New London
The view from the USCGA Home Stands at the 2007 game.....they must love the giant KP Burgee flying in the background!The KP Fleet will be getting underway this afternoon for the USCGA to support the football team in tomorrow's game against the Bears. Underway will be Liberator, Summerwind, Growler, Maximon, Starlight, and About Face. 70 Midshipmen will crew the vessels, including many plebes underway on their first overnight trip.
10 September 2009
NIght Piloting / Navigation Class 2
So I forgot to bring my camera, but it was night, so not much to see anyway. Last night we took Liberator and Growler for our second Night Navigation and Piloting course on the East River. Small groups of midshipman had the opportunity to pilot the vessels through the harbor and into the narrow Rikers Island Channel for practice in a lit buoyed channel. Lots of practice with radio comms, traffic management, and tight quarters shiphandling. Standouts aboard Liberator were Plebes Kate O'Connor conning through the bridges (I think she has it in her blood,) Plebe Erika Lawson making a great first time (and very complicated) security call, and Jeff Musselman 3/c bringing the boat into the basin and docking on a dark night.
27 April 2011
Alumni on the C&D Canal
Met the Neil Mcallister in the C&D Canal last evening with former Growler Skipper Kyle Stearns '08 aboard as Mate.
03 September 2012
22 September 2011
Varsity Rowing / Power Squadron to Mystic Coastweeks Regatta
Mystic Coastweeks Regatta – September 16-19, 2011
This was the Rowing Team’s first regatta of the 2011 fall season. Twenty-nine rowers got underway Friday evening aboard Liberator, Growler and Summerwind with the crews of each vessel. The convoy arrived in Mystic at 0930 on Saturday morning. Saturday activities included touring the Mystic Seaport Museum, watching the Olympic team competition, and a training session in preparation for the regatta on Sunday.
This year was the largest competitive team that Kings Point has had in it’s seven year attendance at the regatta. Twenty-nine athletes competed with seven crews and brought home medals in two of the three race categories. The Coastweeks regatta is the first race of the fall “Head Style” season. Crews raced the distance of a mile-and-quarter in alternating fashion and do not know who won until the individual crew’s times are calculated following the race.
The women’s Double of Brooke Mueller 2014 and Brannon Niblock 2015 had a tremendous first race as they raced to a second place finish in what was a close race with Coast Guard. Coast Guard had a twenty-five second margin over Kings Point who had a three second lead over another Coast Guard entry. “Niblock is new to the sport and is still learning how to row and race. This is a great first result since the crew had only six practices as a crew” commented Coach Derek Hartwick. The crew will have two weeks to prepare for its’ next contest when it competes in the Textile River Regatta in Massachusetts on October 2.
The Men’s team launched an armada of five crews for the Men’s Open Four race. While Coast Guard captured the top spot in the race, the top Kings Point crew was only ten seconds off the lead. The men’s team showed great depth with both the top two crews placing ahead of Coast Guard’s second best crew and the additional three crews performing well despite their inexperience. The top crew of Coxswain Giuseppe Niosi ‘14, Stroke-John Dohring ‘14, 3-Connan Ingham ‘12, 2-Sean Welsh ’14 and Bow-Austin Boonyachai ‘15 kept a pace of thirty-six stokes per minute for the mile-and-quarter. This slight deficit off first place was nearly overshadowed by the even smaller three second margin between the two top Kings Point crews.
The relatively inexperienced women’s crew of Stroke-Diane Ormond ‘15, 3-Brannon Niblock ‘15, 2-Leena Yi ‘15 and Bow-Mo’ana Kawatachi ‘15 rowed well for their first race but came up short in the women’s open four event. Placing 6th behind some seasoned varsity crews did not deter the crew form promising that they would be competitive in the Novice Women’s event in two weeks. “They are going to do very well in the novice race at the Textile Regatta on October 2.” commented Coach Hartwick.
With two weeks to train, the team will then prepare for the next regatta in Lowell Massachusetts. The Textile River Regatta is the 2nd largest fall regatta and includes over 30 colleges from the northeast states. The Kings Point team has traditionally performed well at this regatta and hopes to do the same this year.
27 May 2010
09 April 2011
Spring at the Waterfront
Spring is here- Finally! Here's a bunch of things we've been up to-
Greater New York Dinghy Regatta, KP-SUNY MC Monomoy Race, Port Security Drill with USCG, Generator change out on Growler.......
16 April 2011
04 July 2012
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