It was a beautiful summer day for the 23rd Annual Arey’s Pond Cat Gathering on August 15, 2015. It was quite the sight to see more than eighty boats dance across the water with their white sails billowing as they sped across Little Pleasant Bay and Big Pleasant Bay. The annual race included traditional gaff-rigged or wooden boats, with all proceeds going to benefit the Friends of Pleasant Bay, Orleans Pond Coalition, and Friends of Arey’s Pond.
Please enjoy these photos, showing all the fun that captains and crews had on this great day. Complete results are posted online at areyspondboatyard.com.
For more information about the Annual Arey’s Pond Cat Gathering or Arey’s Pond Boat Yard, please contact Tony Davis at 508-255-0994, by email at [email protected], or click here.
The start of the 2015 Arey's Pond Catboat Gathering on Little Pleasant Bay, Massachusetts.
Photos of Classic Sight: Cats Racing on Little Pleasant Bay
The start of the 2015 Arey's Pond Catboat Gathering on Little Pleasant Bay, Massachusetts.
Carl Bechgaard catching the wind in SPINACH, an Arey's Pond 16' Cabin Lynx.
AN CAT MATHAIR is a 19' Arey's Pond Caracal catboat owned by Scott Brown and captained by Tim Macort.
The crew aboard PAWS, a 16' open Arey's Pond catboat, are all smiles during the 2015 Catboat Gathering.
A 20' catboat tacks near the shore on Little Pleasant Bay.
LESTRIS is an early 1900 17' Crosby Cat owned by Eliza & Herb McClennen.
The first cannon start at the 23rd Arey's Pond Cat Gathering.
A 20' cat reaches along under ideal conditions.
BRIG O DOON, a 22' Marshall Cat, and SEA LION, a 25' Wianno Senior, in a tight battle.
Harry, one of the 2015 Arey's Pond Boat Yard sailing instructors, watches the depth on Carl Bechgaard's 16' APBY Cabin Lynx.
ELLE, a 16' Open Lynx owned by Phil Dickinson, on left, finished first in her class. Captained by Dick Lovis, at right.
