Neighboring Quissett Organizations
Quissett Association (QA)
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The Quissett Association, Inc., based in Falmouth, Massachusetts, was founded in 1965. Our mission is to promote the common good and well-being of the people who reside in Quissett and its surrounding areas. The Quissett Association serves as a voice for our community before local government on matters pertaining to the care and preservation of our neighborhood, our harbor, and roadways, in particular traffic and pedestrian safety, as well as pressing environmental issues. The Quissett Association has contributed to both phases of the rebuilding of the harbor wall and the Quissett Harbor Preservation Trust’s Knob project. It is also responsible for the addition of the four-way stop signs at the intersection of Quissett Harbor Road and Sippewissett Road.
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Quissett Yacht Club was founded in 1912 by residents of the Quissett Harbor House and has been closely entwined with the Harbor House ever since. What remains of the old hotel and its adjacent land is currently owned by the Quissett Harbor House Land Trust (QHHLT) which accommodates the QYC as part of a long tradition. This allows the yacht club to function without owning any real estate, and Yacht Club members are guests on this property. Tenants rent the cottage year-round and Jenkins House during the summer, and it is asked that you please respect their privacy.
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QYC members are entitled to purchase one or more dinghy stickers for the Harbor House dock float, and a parking permit for parking one car in the Harbor House parking lot. Members are invited to the Club’s Fourth of July and Labor Day weekend meetings in Willet Hall (the former Harbor House dining room). Racers, Bullfrogs, and Waterlilies gather on the deck between the rental cottage and the sailing classroom, and the junior sailing program uses the space for instruction, gathering, and boat storage.
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The entire QYC membership is encouraged to race in series and cup races, enroll their children in the junior sailing program at member rates, participate in Waterlilies sailing class for women and Bullfrogs for men as well as the new Racing 101 program for racers and would-be racers, and enjoy various social activities listed in the yacht club calendar. These include the annual Water Sports, the Quissett Yacht Club Ball, and special picnics at the Quamquissett Beach Club and on Weepecket Island.
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Quamquissett Beach Club
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The Quamquissett Beach Club is part of QHHLT. It uses the remains of the Harbor House bathing facilities and beach on Buzzards Bay, which are on the Land Trust property. Membership is open to Land Trust members and their local tenants. Houseguests of Beach Club members may also use the club.
Quissett Harbor House Land Trust (QHHLT)
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Cornelia Carey owned all the land around the harbor beyond the boatyard: Harbor Head, Petrel’s Rest, the Barnacle, the Harbor House, and the Knob, as well as other property in Quissett. When Miss Carey died in 1973, her will left the Knob as a bird sanctuary. It is owned by Salt Pond Areas Bird Sanctuaries, Inc.
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Miss Carey’s heirs made it possible for a group of former Harbor House residents and others organized by Lewis W. Francis Jr. to buy the remainder of the hotel property as the Quissett Harbor House Land Trust. The Land Trust preserves the Harbor House and surrounding property. Anyone interested in joining the Land Trust to support its mission or enjoy broader use of the property should speak to the Trust’s President (currently Dana Rodin) or any member of the board.
Oyster Pond Environmental Trust (OPET)
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OPET was formed to conserve and protect the natural environment and ecological systems of Oyster Pond. Two groups concerned with the health of the pond joined together in 1994 to form OPET. OPET is incorporated as a not-for-profit organization in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. OPET is dedicated to: land conservation in the pond’s watershed; monitoring the ecological health of the Pond while engaging and promoting related scientific studies; educating the pond watershed residents and encouraging them to reduce their impact on Oyster Pond; working with the Town of Falmouth and other organizations to support the long-term preservation of the pond.
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Quissett Harbor Preservation Trust (QHPT)
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The Trust’s original goal was repairing the Knob’s rock armor, restring its natural features, and implementing a management plan for its use and maintenance.
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The longer-term goal o the Preservation trust is to create a permanent endowment for the support of appropriate tax-deductible purposes so that we will always be able to enjoy and preserve what we are so lucky to have inherited.
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Presently, special projects and management of parking, security, and similar needs are funded by the Land Trust, Yacht Club, and Quissett Association on an ad hoc basis under the pressures of increasing public use and natural forces.
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The Quissett Harbor Preservation Trust is one of Quissett’s newer organizations with probably the broadest and most costly objectives. It is a 501(c)(3) organization to enable the community's contributions to QHPT be tax-deductible.
Quissett Harbor Boatyard, Inc.
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Quissett Harbor Boatyard provides boat and mooring services, mooring rentals, storage, and boat sales. We maintain a large fleet of Herreshoff 12 1/2s, S Boats, and other small classic designs, both sail, and power. If you'd like to rent a mooring and take advantage of our beautiful surroundings, they would be delighted to help you. The Quissett Harbor Boatyard is located at the head of Quissett's peaceful inner harbor.
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The Buzzards Bay Coalition is a membership-supported nonprofit organization dedicated to the restoration, protection, and sustainable use and enjoyment of our irreplaceable Bay and its watershed. The Coalition works to improve the health of the Bay ecosystem for all through education, conservation, research, and advocacy. For 25 years, the Coalition has kept a watchful eye on Buzzards Bay’s health through their award-winning Baywatchers water quality monitoring program. This data helps BBC better understand the Bay ecosystem’s response to human-related impacts. Sound science forms the foundation of all their advocacy efforts to restore and protect clean water.
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