On June 30th, NE Charter Boat Association in conjunction with Bob Baptista (co-ordinator for underpriviledged children), Sean Canty (Special Olympic kids), John Hoffman (Boston’s Fishing Academny) and Pat Gately (Boston Harbor Shipyard) held their third summer kickoff with these inner city children. Twenty-two vessels donated their time, boats, crew, equipment, bait, etc for over 100 children between the ages of 8 – 14 spend the morning out fishing when they normally wouldn’t get a chance to. William McBrine from DCR was available to talk about training for boating, canoeing, etc. Lots of bass and flounder were caught that day. The event ended with a bar-be-que at Boston Harbor Shipyard’s marina and prizes.
NE Charter Boat Association meets the third Tuesday every month at Orient Heights Yacht Club at 7:30pm. They are currently expanding their membership and looking for boat Captains, divers, surveyors, etc and/or associate members. For more information check out: http://www.necharterboats.com/about_us/mission_history.htm