Daniel Vannoni and Centenial Commodore Mike Gahan cross the finish in the last race

The annual Gold Cup was sailed at the Cottage Park Yacht Club in Winthrop, MA during Labor Day weekend, and it

Gold Cup Competitors

certainly accomplished its goal of “Bringing sailing to the people.”  With over 8 boats and hundreds of on-lookers from the shores of Winthrop, the fleet set out on 3 fun races just off the club.  Codfish Gear co-founder was there to race the Red Dog and try and get ever closer to a win at this event.  However, he and his skipper Mike Gahan as well as crew Dana ended up playing second fiddle again.  Congrats to the winners!  You can see even more photos from the event on our Facebook group page at http://www.facebook.com/codfishgear/

This weekend, the Cottage Park Yacht Club is hosting the 15th Make-a-Wish Regatta to benefit the Make-a-Wish Foundation of Greater Boston.  This is a fabulous event that draws hundreds of sailors from across the state to compete and raise money for a great cause.  For the 6th year, Codfish Gear has designed and supplied the regatta t-shirts as well as made a donation of Codfish Gear and a custom made tote bag created from sail cloth by our Co-Founder Patricia McNamara-Vannoni to the event’s silent auction.  If you are in the area of CPYC this weekend, you should definitely stop by, bid on the auction items, buy some raffle tickets or even leave a donation for the cause.  It is in touch economic times like these that the Make-a-Wish Foundation needs our help even more.

Stay on top of Codfish Gear within your social networks.  We now have a fan page on Facebook and a group page on LinkedIn!  Join these groups to see more pictures of people Putting a Cod on Their Bods, the latest news and so much more!  Also, feel free to leave recommendations to tell people how much you love Codfish Gear!

After months of planning and coding, we’ve made a few changes to the Codfish Gear web site.  Notably, our brand now has its own section.  The site features our t-shirt, hats, sweats and more that feature our fish and text logos.  Now it is even easier to Put a Cod on Your Bod for all your fun activities.  The site features the classics and will soon show off some of our new designs.  We will be doing even more with this site over the next few months, but we wanted to give you an opportunity to not only buy some great Codfish Gear, but also send us your stories and photos.  We have already had people share their “Fish Tales” from all over the world, and now feature this on the site.

Also, a new feature of the site is the Fish Market.  In addition to our own brand, we offer full service customization of clothing and marketing merchandise.  The Fish Market is a new home for our customers to sell these Customized Cods and make their lives easier.  As of our launch, we are currently offering wears from the Bates College Sailing Club and kickgrasslandscaping.com.

Stay tuned for the updates, and feel free to share your Fish Tales with us.  And always, Put a Cod on Your Bod.