Bourne Community Boating

Our first boats being delivered.

About Us

Directors and Officers:

President, director: Kenneth Legg
Vice President, Clerk, Director: B. Paul Bushueff Jr.
Vice President, Director: David Foynes
Treasurer: Michelle Ford
Director: Craig Bautz
Director: Cheryl Milliken
Director: Elinor Ripley

Executive Director: Jen Kano

Fleet Captain: David O'Hara

Attorney: Eugene Curry
Accountant: Joseph Murphy

Key Advisors and Supporters:

Toby Baker
Susan Baracchini
Paul Callahan
Jason Cassista
Tina Canterbury
David Cran
Jennifer Kano
Kelly Mastria
Sydney McCabe
Mark T. Mahoney
Stephen Mealy
David O'Hara
Cheryl Milliken
Patty and Bruce Parker

Our Goals

• Reach out to the youth of the Bourne community, regardless of abilities or means to enhance the learning and development process through waterway and boating experiences.
• Make boating accessible to those with physical and mental challenges.
• Develop on-the-water recreational programs for adults to promote a healthy mind and body.
• Promote boating safety.
• Provide valuable learning experiences through participation in environmental and marine ecology activities.
• Develop confident, capable, and passionate young adults through educational and recreational programs for children through on the water experiences.
• Utilize boating as a means to learn while having fun, testing their decision making, learning the effects of wind, waves, and currents, and appreciating the environment in which we live.
• Use our oceans and waterways, which are the largest experiential learning center in the world.
• Provide a training ground to support a high school sailing program.
• Create a center for family and community involvement with broad community support.
• Provide a safe and secure environment for all.

Future Programs:

• Continue to refine and adapt our course offerings to the needs and interests of the Bourne community.
• Expand our Belly Biology offerings.
• Offer programs in boat building and boating safety.
• Fully implement the Bourne to Sail adaptive boating program.

Future Needs:

• A suitable long-term facility to house the BCB program.
• An expanded fleet for children to grow into and to support older children and adults.