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I was a
counsellor at Viking around 1975. After camp a few of the counsellors
stayed around and sailed one of the "whaleboats" to Nantucket and we were
stranded out by the lighthouse for several days until the wind switched
and we could get into the harbor. Sailed back at night to stage harbor. I
see Tom and Bonnie Lincoln every 10 years or so, last time in 2004 at the
Barleyneck Inn for dinner. He's director of aquatics for the cape YMCA.
She's a nurse at Cape Cod hospital. They live in Brewster. If Ced
Hagenbuckle had left the camp to Tom and Bonnie Viking would probably
still be going today. *macdowell
Digger,
I was at PBC when you were at Viking as a camper. I dont remember the
Yardarm , but i do remember the Landho pub!. I had many beers there. The
head of sailing at Viking once picked a group of us up when were hitch
hiking back from a concert in Hyaniss. I think his name was Chris LIncoln,
but i am not sure any more. Niceguy and a good sailor. The PBC kids always
though the Viking whale boats were cool... *daysailor4
That was Tom
Lincoln and he is still on the Cape. I went to Land Ho this summer and it
is exactly the same. They still ahve those Roast Beef Sandwiches.
Digger, I was at Viking at the same time you were. I drove up the Viking
road as far as I could. It was essentially the same except that near the
end the road branched out. One took you to a huge clearing where there was
a large house. The other to a cul de sac where there wre a coupl of houses
and he third to the right had a fence up that said "Private Property"
*sidecut
I was at
Namequoit from 76 through 78. I remember the Ewing brothers and the
fantastic Odin ceremony to select the crews for the regatta. I still call
bug juice that is too thin "Beck juice!"
N/A day was the first time I ever danced, ever fell in love. Don't stop
thinkin about tomorrow. I can still see that lit court at Avalon when I
hear the song and close my eyes.
The rafters of the dining hall at CN had so much history, I hope those
pennant we all worked so hard to win are still somewhere.
Anybody care to recount Bloody Benny? Was told to me by a ewing in a torn
shirt, rushing into our cabin at 11PM or so - - clutching his pocket
knife. All I can remember is the spooky blue light, from a lighthouse, out
on an island...
DQ treats from our counselor, making a sailboat in wood shop, pitching for
the baseball team. performing "The Important Papers" in the talent show.
Learning the stages to get to be skipper taught me to study.
RedSox fan to this day I can remember the summer of 78 hearing the pennant
race in the dining hall.
Namequoit taught me so much more than any school ever did.
I ended up teaching sailing at a yacht club in CT later on in my HS years,
and I emulated Chaucey and the Ewings. I could teach to do a dock landing
better than anybody!
I found this thread while looking for a camp where I could send my son...
sadly no Namequoit. Any recommendations out there? *bpatch
I also went to
Camp Viking. I believe it was 84 and 85. Last years of the camp before it
moved up to Maine and became Portinamicut. I was an AC there for a year. I
have extremely fond memories of my days in camp. Kenny Manaeker climbing
the mast of a whaleboat in a storm. Jake teaching me how to steer a cape
cod merc in heavy winds. The damn blisters on my hands from holding line
with no sailing gloves (Tom the owner said we werent aloud to wear em).
The dances at Avalon etc. Many many memories. Color wars. French
counselors teaching me to use a windsurfer. What a great experience!
*mraven257
Yo Sidecut, we
covered sopme of the same time at Viking - I remember some but not all of
the guys and stories - The legend of Nahan Eldredge - Nope.
Sampson and sipson islands - sailed around them.
The outer beach trips to the cabin including when you became an AC digging
he new outhouse. - Outer beach was the bomb, never forget those trips.
last one in 75
A trip tp monomoy where we were caught in a huricane and had to make it to
Stage Harbor for refuge - hmm, avoided those ones . .
Of course the intercamp regattas ( I wonder if anyone ever retired the
cup) - You could only skipper 2 races in a row - got the lead after 2,
then sat 2, then the last race wind came up big and Tom gave me big Frank
Lundy to crew and hold the boat down. he did.
SLS/JLS with Lincoln and Lewellyn - Holding the massive Tom Lincoln
underwater until he emerged to try to take you out for SLS certificaiton -
yikes! but Jack Carter just kicked him around and said it was easy!
The amazing treasure hunts - "its such a fine line"
small stores - been there - great long walks, much mischief
VVA6 ?? Nav Cabin - hmm Rifelry Range - I only remember archery by the
water - ka thunk at 20 yards, then he'd put them further out and we'd dig
thru that wooden box for a bow strong enough to send them all the way out.
4 square - ? evening Sail - I remember folding lots of sails and scrubbing
lots of hulls before the races . .
The great assortment of boats from the mercs to the whale boats to the FD
and Whistlers. YES, just the best. don't forget the aqua cat, could cut
the sandbar ridiculously fast with inches of water - made it most of the
time and had a few spectacular grand outs.
Counselors:Lincoln, Buckle, Grant Millard, of course Beanie, Leroyer, Iver,
Todd Silberman, Tom Madden, Rankin, Dean Chamberlain, MAtt, MArvin,
Grant bought me beer. Liked that, but it was warm
Madden - tennis counselor from Alaska - played all instruments, best on
the trombone and had the sweet girl that lived next door drop in and say
that was a nice bathtub we had last night Tom . . - umm, liked that
Buck was Ced's boy, never changed. where'd he end out? Always seemed
stressed about making it work
Ced - the patriarch. was it the black hawk? stout inboard. but he dies on
a sunfish - hmm dunno about that.
Beanie - dangerous pilot -
Rankin - the bible toting archer
Todd - the serious one, taught me a lot about sailing. still have those
knots in my head, down to the backwards bowline he taught me . .
The Babe: you dont eat your vegetables you dont get no ice cream.
No Man, it was "wegebles," not "vegetables." man his food could really be
bad. enough to convince me to never join the navy!!
Who else was there - John Lennon (Really!), Tony Davis a kid I knew form
home, Jack, Frank, hmmm, will ponder that a bit. started in cabin 6, then
9, bosuns, JC, all good times. Brought a stereo out the the JC cabin that
year and played early Springsteen and the Doors alot . .
What about the nurses - that was the place to be - Lewellyn spent a lot of
time there. who wouldn't be horny . .
I was there 72-75 or so. Since your kid is going to the cape, you must be
east coast - I moved west, and didn't go back, but thinking about a visit
this summer.
dems were the days, so fine. ready to quit work and just lapse back, sail
and shoot arrows all day long. MC *vikingruled
MC, who are you?
Drop me a line at
volklskier@mac.com and check this out:
http://www.campvikingcapecod.org \
Tag *sidecut
I was at Viking
in 1970 and 1970. Seem to remember most of the names I've seen here.
Definitely remember Iver's supercharged Corvair, and the Babe, Ced, Tom
Lincoln, Beanie Smellyonion, Nauset Beach, whaleboats, etc. Good to see
that people still have great memories of the place!! *cmisles
I went to Quanset
Camp for 4 years in the late 50's. Nothing but fond memories of those
summers. Sailing, horseback riding. Camping out at OSB, dances with Tonset
and Viking, and Namequoit-Quanset Day where every year one full day was
spent at each others camps. We alternated as I recall. We sailed in
Baybirds and flatbottomed boats called Sharpies. We had this large cat
boat I think, named Tioga that could carry a bunch of people. We got to
sail on that to OSB when we camped. PBC was right next door to us. I
never knew anyone from there though. As I recall our two camps never mixed
which seems kind of odd. *andiw
Andiw,
I went to PBC and was a counsellor there from the late 60's to mid 70's.
The reason Quanset and PBC didn't get along was because the directors of
each were related to each other and always in competition with each other.
One year as a counsellor, i let the kids from my cabin on a sleep out at
the bluff run up and down the Quanset swimming dock. The PBC camp director
was pretty angry at me and i remember him telling me that he had enough
problems with his relatives. Anyway, that later calmed down and I got to
know abunch of the Quanset counsellors. *daysailor4
I was a camper at
Viking in 72- cabin 4, 73 - cabin 5 (Honor Cabin), 74 - cabin 8 , shop
counselor 78 cabin 6 and 8.
Ced died while sailing a sunfish on PBay and a storm hit.
His will specified land had to stay as boy's camp or wildlife sancutary.
It is currently a sanctuary. No development, no camp.
Whenever I tie a knot I think of camp.
Had my first beer at the Yardarm which still exists in Orleans. *diggerdoherty
I went to Camp
Namequoit in '82-'83. I just did a google search to see whether it still
existed. Great thread. Anybody know the whereabouts of Al Haddad? I see in
a earlier post that is son is a meteorologist in Manchester. Beat Viking!
*cnny
I was at Camp
Viking in the early 70's and lived thru many experiences mentioned -
Bloody Benny was clearly a CN thing (I went to college with a NC guy who's
a dear friend so don't hold anything against you) but we did have some
bitchin' sailboats - had to solo a whaleboat to get able seaman
credential. I skippered 3 of 5 races in the winning PBIR in 73 or 74 or so
- loved that time. Tennis tourneys with Quanset ( i lost the match but
found an early love) and dances at Avalon. Clear memories of a midnight
cammando raid running all the halyards up the masts of boats at anchor at
CN - unsanctioned of course - but considered an honerable thing to do -
given the viking legacy or raids, looting, plundering etc.
And Beanie was one of our counsellors - airplane pilot at the time -
probably sanctioned at CN and sent over for Lincoln to straightening out -
but Lincoln (Tom Lincoln, strapping camp director type) wasn't the person
for the job, it seems.
all in all, amazing grerat memories - its a subdivision now - but from
revelry to taps was all good fun during that incredible time of life.
any other Viking guys out there???? *vikingruled
Bill Strassberg
and I were the other two counselor's aids in Avalon cabin during the
summer of 1972. Bill was from New York City and had the accent to prove
it. I am not sure which one of us you can't remember. I believe you bunked
above me. The head cook was John Heron. Art Farnham was the Director of
Athletics at MIT, which explains the large number of counselors from MIT.
I just returned from spending a week in Orleans with my family. Much is
the same, but much has changed. The only sailing camp left on the cape is
Monomy/Wono in Brewster. They sail on Cape Cod Bay and their program is
highly dependant on the tides. Camp Namequoit no longer exists and there
are five luxury homes in its place. Nauset Beach is still beautiful. The
snack bar is now Liam's instead of Filbert's, but they still have the
world's best onion rings. On the negative side, the solitude of the beach
is spoiled by the town permitting people to drive their SUVs through the
dunes to a remote section. *pdpaul
I was a sailing
counselor at pleasant bay camp in 1974. I had been a camper there from 67
to 69 and a counselor from 72 to 75..They were the greatest summers of my
life and alot of fun. I have looked for other people who were at PBC in
the past but haven found many...I did see another guy who was a counselor
on "this old house" many years ago...I think he was there in 1974. I also
remember all the other camps on pleasant bay at that time...
Ps..I do remember a guy named Lincoln from VIking camp and PBC would host
the tin cup regatta in july. Also lots of the Quanset ladies...and there
was a bar in Orleans we used to go to...the rafters I
think.....wow....great old memories.....well hope to hear more ///
*daysailor4
I went to Viking
from 1968 until 1977. It was a great experience. The camps on the bay were
Namequoit, Viking, Pleasant Bay Day Camp, Quanset with an A not an O and
Avalon. This year my son went for his first year at CCSC(Monomoy and Wono).
He had a blast but it's such a shame that none of the other camps
survived. While up there I did drive as far as I could down the Viking
Road, It was rumored that after Ced Hagenbuckle died ( on Pleasant Bay in
the Black Whistler?) that his will had some type of provisions to keep the
land from being developed. Unfortuantey I dont think that happened.
For a while there was a website,
www.campviking.org but it now seems defunct. They even had a reunion.
Viking was a greast place and I remember so much from then:
The legend of Nahan Eldredge and Sampson and sipson islands.
The outer beach trips to the cabin including when you became an AC digging
he new outhouse.
A trip tp monomoy where we were caught in a huricane and had to make it to
Stage Harbor for refuge
Of course the intercamp regattas ( I wonder if anyone ever retired the
cup)
SLS/JLS with Lincoln and Lewellyn
The amazing treasure hunts small stores VVA6 Nav Cabin Rifelry Range
4 square evening Sail The great assortment of boats from the mercs to the
whale boats to the FD and Whistlers.
Counselors:Lincoln, Buckle, Grant Millard, of course Beanie, Leroyer, Iver,
Todd Silberman, Tom Madden, Rankin, Dean Chamberlain, MAtt, MArvin,
The Babe: you dont eat your vegetables you dont get no ice cream.
QYC Pleasant Bay Day Camp had the big "tin cup" regatta
I'd love to reconect with some of the folks and catch up and share
stories. *sidecut
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