Nantucket Magazine August 2010 by Nantucket Magazine

Nantucket Magazine

August 2010

PHILIPPE COUSTEAU Watching Over the World’s Oceans

THE LAST OF THE OLD SALTS A Lobsterman’s Story

FAST FOOD High-altitude Dining

COOL POOLS Chilling in Style

DIANA BROWN & NICK JUDSON

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BODY, MIND & CORE Nantucket’s Spiritual Workout

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For this reason, our cover story features Philippe Cousteau, grandson of famed marine explorer Jacques Cousteau, who has been at the epicenter of the BP oil spill in the gulf. Cousteau shares his chilling underwater accounts of the crisis, and talks of both the current devastation and potential impact for Nantucket.

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There are a surprising number of Nantucket connections to the BP spill. Island native Heather Thompson works for Transocean in the Gulf, BPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drilling contractor on the ill-fated rig, and shares her observations with us. Joe Farrell owns Resolve Marine, which has been deployed to the Gulf for cleanup, and James Hackett, a summer resident and chairman of Anadarko Petroleum, which owns 25% of the failed BP â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Macondoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; well. Last, Cousteau spoke with harbormaster Dave Fronzuto who has already completed contingency plans in the event the oil finds its way to our shores. THI S I S T HE P L A CE TO B E .

In more traditional summer fare, photographer Joshua Blake captures the spirit of one of Nantucketâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;old saltsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, lobsterman Chuck Butler, in a story written by Robert Cocuzzo. Consistent with our water theme, copy editor Cris Farley covers what we call the Cisco Surferâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Society, a hardy group of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;olderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; surfers who clearly demonstrate that surfing is not only timeless but ageless.

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For those who believe exercise is the key to longevity, Dr. Greg Hinson shows us his photographic skills in covering the latest Nantucket triathlon. The rigors of the triathlon contrast with our other exercise feature, Body, Mind, Core, in which writer Susan Bartkowiak offers us the various Yoga, Pilates and dance options available on the island. In this issue we are up in the air with two stories about airplanes; one features the new Caravan service from Island Airline and Tradewind Aviation and the second features an extraordinary catered lunch by the Brant Point Grill on a spectacular Citation Sovereign jet, beautifully framed by acclaimed LA photographer, Stephen Danelian.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll shake the martinis. The view will stir your senses.

Last, nothing is more romantic than summer love on an island, and noted Hollywood cinematographer Russ Alsobrook captures this spirit in a photo essay featuring some of the islandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hottest fashions. If there is to be any positive result of the gulf disaster, it is a heightened appreciation of our environment and a new appreciation for Nantucketâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vigilance over our own waters. In the spirit of both respect for the environment and shameless self-interest, we ask that you keep this issue, the largest-ever produced by N Magazine since it was founded eight years ago. On behalf of our entire team, enjoy the rest of your summer and take the time to appreciate how pristine is our island.

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64 Mind, Body, Core

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A committee of

settings featured in the bookcover four

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holiday events. The works of Coco

Nantucket

Kopelman, Muffie Potter Aston, Jessie

summer

Araskog, Kathy Thomas, Stephanie

residents have

Loeffler, and Kelly Forsderg are featured

prepared what is perhaps the ultimate

in the book with their interpretations of

cookbook for those who take their

table settings for Halloween, Christmas,

entertaining seriously. Entitled “Park

Mother’s Day, and the 4th of July. A

Avenue Potluck Celebrations” the

festive book signing event will be hosted at

cookbook benefits patient care at

Erica Wilson’s Needle Works on Main Street

Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer

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Center in New York. Spectacular table

David Callahan Captains Cape Cod Board of Realtors For the first time in the 86-year history

island slant on the festivities. “We wanted

sionals will be the natural marketing bi-

of the Cape Cod and Islands Board

to make the connection between the

product of Board business conducted here.

of Realtors, its president will call

mainland and Nantucket, so we chartered

Nantucket home. David Callahan, a

the Hy-Line and brought 250 of the

realtor since 1971 and co-owner of Jordan

2250-realtor membership over for the

Real Estate took over the reins of the

evening,” David says. They joined 50

organization at a June 30th installation

fellow Nantucket real estate professionals

ceremony at the White Elephant. And it

to celebrate his presidency – and to network.

didn’t take long for Dave to put an

“I was just down to Washington D.C. to lobby our Senators and Congressmen, and I see a positive flow in the country. We’ve seen the bottom, and once our inventory of houses reduces itself, prices will start to rise again. The high end is

“We’re kind of a self-entity here,” says

probably stronger than it’s ever been,”

David, explaining what he sees as

he continues. “We had a house sell here

his biggest challenge.

for $20 million in February. We’ve never had one sell for that much money

“I don’t think we‘ve reached out across

before. And that bodes well.

our shores to the mainland enough, and that’s where I think we can promote an

That’s the island market that David

increase in exposure for our sellers, to

Callahan, newest and first Nantucket

broaden their market and bring more

president of the Cape Cod Board of

buyers to the island.”

Realtors, wants to introduce to the real estate-buying world beyond our shores.

committee meetings. Exposure of the

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In addition, David sees Nantucket as

island to off-island real estate profes-

the logical choice as the site for future realtor education programs and

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FAST FOOD Dining with ‘Altitude’

Written by Bruce A. Percelay Photography by Stephen Danelian

t 525 miles per hour, there is no faster meal

carpeting, doeskin reclining seats, lacquered mahogany tables,

served on or around Nantucket than that

and enough avionics to fill the cockpit of a commercial airliner.

served on a Cessna Citation Sovereign. Complementing our opulent environs was food fit for a king. For those suffering from recession fatigue

Chef Fred introduced the meal with shrimp tempura with

or simply looking to live vicariously through the lives of the rich

Thai chili sauce served alongside a refreshing cucumber salad

and famous, we could find no better venue for a delectable,

with a rice wine vinaigrette. The appetizer was followed by

over-the-top Sunday lunch than the one meticulously crafted

Brant Point’s signature lobster roll with arugula and citrus

by Chef Fred Bisaillon of the Brant Point Grill than on a multi-

aioli on soft, grilled challah bread. For drinks, the Grill bar

million jet. Our slick surroundings featured royal red deep-pile

served a lobster bloody mary with a 1 ½ foot skewer of ¼ lb

Chef Fred Bisaillon

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Born with the name Cousteau, Philippe Cousteau’s destiny was clear at an early age. He made his first ocean dive at age 11 and eagerly embraced his family’s legacy and relationship with the sea. The BP oil disaster has catapulted Cousteau into the limelight, as he has become the go-to person on network television with his reports from the Gulf on the leak and the environmental devastation that is occurring in its wake. Cousteau’s passion is his non-profit foundation, EarthEcho International, which was designed to educate young people about the environment, a cause that he believes keeps alive the legacy of his late father Philippe, Sr. and grandfather, Jacques. In an interview which took place on a boat while touring Nantucket harbor, N Magazine heard Cousteau’s chilling account of the disaster and its possible implications for Nantucket.

Interview by Bruce A. Percelay and Cris Farley Photos by Nathan Coe

N Mag: Philippe can you tell us just a

N Mag: Can you tell us about the non-

three young men from Iowa who found out

little bit about your background.

profit environmental organization that

that lead weights used to balance car

PC: I was born in Santa Monica, California.

you founded?

wheels are toxic. As a result, tremendous

My mother is second generation Californian.

PC: My father and my grandfather believed

amount of lead pollution occurs in this

I was raised mostly in the United States but

so much in the next generation that we

country from wheel weights. They passed a

we lived in Paris for some time. My father,

started an organization called Earth Echo

law in Iowa introduced by these 13-year-old

Philippe senior, died six months before

International designed to revolutionize

boys that phases out all lead wheel weights

I was born.

environmental education in this country.

on all state vehicles and the EPA cited that

Our goal is to work with a whole new

project as one of the reasons they are

N Mag: Where did you gain your experience

generation to get them engaged and give

changing their position on lead-weighted

as a diver and a student of the sea?

them the tools to take action in their

vehicles nationally.

PC: I grew up engaged in conservation and then working with scientists and explorers and ex-crew members of my father and my

communities. We’re gearing up to be one of the largest environmental education

N Mag: What is your biggest fear in the

and service organizations in the country.

aftermath of the spill and your most optimistic hope?

grandfather’s. And it was a life experience and it really engaged me.

N Mag: When did you start to dive? PC: The first time I ever went diving by myself was on a coral reef when I was 11. For many years before, I would breathe through regulators in the Mediterranean floating on the surface.

N Mag: You have a virtual army of budding

PC: My biggest fear is that no lessons will

environmentalists in your school program.

be learned and the paradigm will not

Can they actually make a difference?

change.This oil spill is a symptom of a

PC: Kids have the power to do anything. From organizing capaigns to clean up rivers, to raising money to build renewable energy facilities at their schools and even to get laws passed. Last year, we worked with

bigger problem. It’s not the spill itself; it’s the problem of excess in this country. We use enough plastic water bottles every year to power nine million cars. We want huge portions of food that we end up throwing away half of and we want massive homes

Dwayne Dougan, Deputy Shellfish Warden, Philippe Cousteau and Dave Fronzuto, Harbor Master

OIL FLOWS FROM THE GULF TOWARD THE EAST COAST Despite apparent progress in capping the BP well, two studies suggest the potential spread of the oil to the East Coast and Nantucket in the coming months. Philippe with Senator John Kerry

A series of computer simulations on the possible spread of the oil spill over the course of one year was published July 6th by a team of researchers from the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) at the University of Hawai’I at Manoa. The results are chilling, and potentially disastrous for the East Coast and our island.

According to Alex Timmerman, a researcher with SOEST, “The oil spreads initially in the Gulf of Mexico, then enters the Loop Current and the narrow Florida Current, and finally the Gulf Stream. After one year,” he continues, “ about 20% of the particles initially released at the Deepwater Horizon location have been transported through the Straits of Florida and into the open Atlantic.”

Philippe with his grandfather Jacques Cousteau Image courtesy of Philippe Cousteau

The second research team, the National Center for Atmospheric research (NCAR), retooled an existing computer model called the Parallel Ocean Program that had been designed to

and multi-vehicle garages. This all comes at a price.

measure “weather” in the ocean by visualizing and simulating

My greatest hope is when I look into the eyes of elementary school

disparate currents and flows around the world.

kids I see the anger at what they have been robbed of by our arrogance, indifference and selfishness and how much they want to

“We basically dropped a ‘virtual dye’ in the water and then

change the world around them.

watched to see where it would go,” said lead scientist of the NCAR team, Synte Peacock.

N Mag: You have become one of the go-to people on the Gulf oil disaster. Explain your first experience down there and what you

“The results showed that the Gulf’s powerful Loop Current

saw diving near the spill site.

is likely to push the oil eastward, hitting Florida and then

PC: As we lowered ourselves through the surface layer of thick

swinging around the state. From there, the oil would

orange sludge, a world unlike any I have ever seen appeared in front of me. It was the consistancy and color of watery tomato soup with chunks of concentrated pieces of chemical dispursant in oil

accelerate as it hits the fast-moving current in the Atlantic Ocean’s Gulf Stream conveyor belt, which extends up the East Coast before swinging toward Europe.”

that had coagulated. All this was punctuated by dead fish, jellyfish, oil covered sargassum and seaweed which danced around in the surface current which confirmed our worst fears. I knew that this catastrophe would be more devasting than anyone realized.

From where we sit on Nantucket, less than 100 miles west of the Gulf Steam, these two studies, however simulated, reach the same conclusion; that if the oil enters the Gulf Stream it will continue inexorably north up the East Coast and then east to Europe. In the nautical sense, 100 miles is not a large buffer between the Gulf Stream and our shores, and

assess the damage to the environment?

we have historically felt the effects of the Gulf Stream

PC: The leak was so severe and so deep, that it is possible we will

by way of warmer summer water temperatures precisely

completely wipe out species of sea life that we never knew existed.

because of our proximity to its flow. Time will tell.

Much of this year’s generation of shrimp and fish may be wiped out, because the eggs that are being layed in the water are very fragile to

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N Mag: The leak may finally be under control but how do you

making it roughly an Exxon Valdez every 5 to 6 days. That means the spill has already exceeded 100 million gallons.

N Mag: The passage of legislation that has just allowed the creation of a Nantucket Sound wind farm has come at a rather interesting point. A large number of Nantucketers were opposed to the wind farm, at least before the BP spill. What are

Image courtesy of Philippe Cousteau

Philippe in a hazmat suit, diving in the Gulf

the toxic oil, they die-off, which will obviously

powerful and carry oil and objects a great

your thoughts about having wind power

have huge long-term implications. In addi-

distance. I’ve seen flip-flops on the beaches

based in public waters?

tion, 40% of the wetlands in the United

of the Arctic and in the fjords in northern

PC: Not surprisingly, I am 100% in support

States in the lower 48 states exist along the

Norway before. Clearly, nobody wears

of the wind farm. We’re 20 years behind

coast of Louisiana and are at risk from this

flip-flops up there. It’s absolutely conceivable

Europe, which has deployed offshore wind

spill. 500 million migrating birds fly through

to have ocean currents carry debris and

safely and effectively. I’ve seen the reports

that region every year and now we are starting

pollution, like oil, great distances. We just

hurricane season, which could have additional

don’t know because this is unprecedented.

impact. Tens of thousands of people rely on

not a windmill, it’s another coal-fired power

ators, bringing in billions of dollars to our nation-

plant. You may not be able to see the results

al economy. There is no good scenario; it is an

“It was a nightmare

unmitigated disaster.

as I found myself

there, polluting our environment and

surrounded by a crimson

contributing to disease.

N Mag: What is the scenario where

of coal and oil and gas in the air but it is

Nantucket could be affected?

colored, toxic soup of oil

PC: Well, this has never happened before,

and chemical dispursent

but the Gulf Stream swings past the coast

swirling around in clouds

perspective?

of Florida at its narrowest point between

descending 20-30ft

PC: It’s easy to see just what a precious gem

beneath the surface.”

this is in the middle of the Atlantic. I’ve

Bimini and Florida, which is about 60 miles. There is a circular loop current that

pick up some of this oil and carry it out into the Gulf Stream. Now at this point it’s unlikely that it would reach Nantucket, but because it is in the Gulf Stream, it is possible. It’s a big ocean and there’s a lot of area out there; however, currents are very

N Mag: What is your impression of Nantucket from an environmental

been to a lot of places in this country and in

runs through the Gulf of Mexico and can

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birds that show the birds fly around the towers. What people have to remember is that if it’s

this ecosystem, from fishermen to tourist oper-

coming out of Denmark tracking migrating

this world that have not nearly this beautiful N Mag: At this moment, what is the size

environment. People have to protect it

of the spill in relation to the Valdez?

aggressively. It’s a gift Nantucketers should

PC: Exxon Valdez was 11 million gallons in

not take for granted.

1989, confined only to the surface. This spill has spewed almost 2 million gallons a day,

N Mag: Thank you very much.

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Philippe continues the work of his family through EarthEcho International, the non-profit organization he founded with his mother and sister Alexandra. He also is co-founder of Azure Worldwide, a strategic design, development and marketing company.

He is also Chief Ocean Correspondent for Planet Green where he has worked on various ocean and water-focused documentary programs.

A pioneer in environmental education, Philippe is chief spokesperson for Environmental Education for Discovery Education, the premiere provider of K-12broadband-delivered educational content to U.S. schools.

This August, Philippe and sister Alexandra will head to the Gulf of Mexico where they will host the second installment of “Blue August,” a series of programming events for Planet Green that are underscored by the recent events in the Gulf and will highlight the urgent need that exists for appreciation and protection of all the earth’s Images courtesy of Philippe Cousteau

bodies of water. Throughout the month, Philippe and Alexandra will

Philippe with his sister Alexandra in front of the oil slick

take viewers around the Gulf region and beyond to share the experiences and per-

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sonal stories of people whose way of life

depends on a healthy relationship with the bodies of water around them.

Planet Green’s Blue August primetime television series will be headlined by the U.S. premiere of the series “Oceans Blue.” Shown on three successive Sunday evenings, August 8, 15 and 22, at 9 p.m. (ET). Oceans Blue, a BBC/Discovery co-production, will follow Philippe and a team of underwater explorers as they embark on a yearlong mission to unlock the mysteries of some of the world’s most famous oceans. The series will introduce the world of undersea archeology, geology, marine biology and anthropology, and forcefully make the case for the protection and preservation of these irreplaceable natural treasures around the world.

There will also be an encore presentation of the three-part Discovery series, “Blue Planet,” beginning Monday, August 9, 16 and 23 at 8 p.m. (ET). Narrated by Sir David Attenborough, Blue Planet is a definitive exploration of our planet’s oceans and reveals the sea and its inhabitants at their

For more information on Earth Echo, visit www.earthecho.org For more most fearsome and alluring. The episodes chronicle the mysteries of the deep, including

information on Azure Worldwide, visit www.azureworldwide.com For more information on Blue August, visit

and climatic influences and the creatures

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Born in Nantucket and a former employee of the Maria Mitchell Aquarium, Heather Thompson has always been in love with the sea. An oceanography major at Maine Maritime Academy, she graduated with a Bachelor of Science and a third mate license of ‘Steam or Motor Vessels of any Gross Tonnage of Oceans.’ Thompson, who is qualified to captain ships sixteen times the size of the Nantucket ferry, now works for the infamous Transocean as a dynamic positioning operator on the 835-foot Discover Deep Seas drill ship. In Thompson’s eyes, the relief effort was hindered by bureaucracy because at the time BP was forced to “abandon ship” it lost its authority to implement a response plan, which then became under the authority of the Coast Guard. According to Thompson, the hole spewed oil for six full days without any containment effort, even Heather Thompson

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though containment booms were available to be used by BP.

The day of her wedding on a spectacular afternoon in Shimmo, Heather

Thompson has closely followed reports about the path of the oil and

Thompson and her new husband Thornton Ring received word that

is painfully aware that under certain circumstances Nantucket could be

Heather was being called back to the Gulf by her employer Transocean,

impacted; however, there appears to be a higher probability that if the oil

the drilling contractor on BP’s ill fated rig, Deepwater Horizon.

does come up the East Coast it would swing East and eventually hit the coast of England which, according to Thompson, would be “the ultimate irony.”

Heather’s perspective of the disaster was indeed a close one. Two months prior to returning to Nantucket for her wedding, she was stationed aboard the drilling ship “Deep Sea” when a report came over the radio. “There’s been an incident on the Deepwater Horizon and you need to secure your communications.” That was how Second Mate Heather Thompson first learned of the explosion that may go down as the greatest environmental disaster in history, the explosion of the British Petroleum

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Surfing isn’t just timeless, it’s genderless and ageless.

nice to have a sisterhood.” Caren has joined with sister surfers Paula Maloney, Sherry Copeland, Amy Pallenberg

If you’re out at Cisco beach and think you’re watching

and Melanie Kotalac who, in Paula’s words, “Came

longhaired surfer dudes riding waves, look again, because

together because of our communal love of surfing.

they are ladies and they’re over the age of forty. Nantucket has long offered some of the best surfing on the East

“We have what I call ‘surf breaks’ that we go to pretty reg-

Coast, attracting all ages to our South Shore breaks. But

ularly. There’s a crew of people, and not necessarily just

only in the last several years have surfing moms bonded,

women, but we definitely hang out for sure,” says Sherry

and banded together, to ride the waves alongside male

Copeland. “A lot of it is just talking together. It’s a time to

surfers who view age as simply a state of mind.

catch up out there where it’s quiet. I’m a therapist for Family and Children’s Services here so, for me, surfing’s a

“I started here 22 years ago,” recalls veteran lady surfer

stress-relief, and it gives you a great feeling of empowerment.

Caren Öberg-Gomes, who once competed on the circuit

It’s amazing.”

for the Eastern Surfing Association. “I was 18, and back then I was the only girl. Then, little by little, the girls

For Paula Maloney, who is a partner at Country Village

popped in and it felt really nice to have some women to

Real Estate, it’s also the element of the unknown that

relate to, because we’re not as powerful, physically. So it’s

draws her and her friends to Cisco beach.“When you go

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paddling hard and catching minimal waves. But when you get that

Spyder Wright, a summer Nantucket resident and former national

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surfing champion, understands exactly what they mean.

For Caren Öberg-Gomes and Sherry Copeland, surfing has instilled a

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“When you’re out there, you feel everything,” says Caren. “It’s a cross between being super mellow and relaxed, and excited all at the same time.”

Clockwise from top: Melanie Kotalac, Amy Pallenberg, Paula Maloney, Caren Oberg and Sherry Copeland

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and 1980 was a top-three finisher in the National Surfing Championships. He later surfed professionally and, in 2008, was inducted into the Surfing Legends Hall of Fame.

As such, Spyder is, arguably, the Duke Kahanamoku of surfing on Nantucket. Just as that legendary guru energized and spread the popularity of surfing in Hawaii almost a century ago, so has the 66-year-old Spyder lent a sense of history and continuity to surfing here. He also shares the hard-to-define draw of the ocean and the sport that entices the Cisco sisterhood.

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mind body core Written by Susan Bartkowiak

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The benefits of exercise for body and mind are

Pilates suffered asthma, rickets and rheumatic

well documented today but the connection was

fever as a child, inspiring him later to practice a

accepted thousands of years ago in ancient

series of gymnastic exercises, Yoga, and body-

India, the birthplace of Yoga. The earliest

building to improve his physical strength. These

evidence of Yogaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s existence can be found in

techniques led him to devise his own series of

stone seals with figures of Yoga poses dating

exercises and construct equipment to maximize

back to 3000 B.C., yet scholars believe that Yoga

the efficiency of his exercise system.

existed long before that. During World War 1 he was interned at a camp During the second century Patanjali compiled

on the Isle of Man, where he utilized Yoga

the Yoga Sutras, a collection of eight practices

methods in order to help the other inmates

that include ethical values, personal

improve their physical fitness. He rigged springs

observance of purity, physical exercise, breath

to hospital beds, enabling bedridden patients to

control, sense withdrawal in preparation of

exercise against resistance, an innovation that

meditation, concentration and ecstasy. Where

led to his later equipment designs. These

the poses give strength to the body the Sutras

inmates allegedly developed such exemplary

give strength to the mind.

physical health as a result that it enabled them to survive the great pandemic of 1918.

Joseph Pilates also believed that mental and physical health is interrelated. Born in 1883,

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Joseph immigrated to the United States in 1925, where he and his wife set up a studio in New York City sharing an address with the New York City Ballet. Focusing on the core muscles for strength and balance was a natural fit for the dancers. The links between the body and mind in Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s methodology are echoed by scientific findings. Dancing, with its creative expression, has been tied by The New England Journal of Medicine to a lower risk of dementia by increased blood flow to the brain, lowered stress levels and mental challenges by memorizing steps. We could all benefit from dance classes; no one likes to be at a party and watch from the sidelines while others twirl effortlessly on the floor. Learning a few simple steps can be translated into many forms of dances and anyone can learn them.

Yoga, Pilates and dance are alive and well on Nantucket,

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with plenty of teachers and classes available at all hours of

the day into the night. So the next time that little voice in your mind tries to convince you to put off exercising for another day, take a look at this list of some of our talented teachers, be inspired and go!

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Zumba is a fun, effective dance routine that fuses hypnotic Latin rhythms and easy to follow moves to create a dynamic cardio-conditioning class. Call the club for Zumba class schedule.

Summer TRX Suspension Training TRX Suspension Training lets you use your bodyweight as an effective form of resistance to builds total body strength, balance, flexibility and core stability. For all fitness levels. Instructed by Certified Personal Trainers Dave Schulz and Johnathan Rodrigues. Call the club for a summer training schedule.

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one north beach street

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pilates and clothing

Yoga

Pilates

Dance

The Yoga Room is full of talented and

Lisa Silveira introduced the Pilates

The Studio ~ Nantucket Ballroom,

passionate teachers, each with different

Method to Nantucket in 1994 after

learning to dance is an investment for

techniques but all with the same

completing a three-year apprenticeship

life and at The Studio you can learn

professional and caring approach.

with world renowned Master Teacher,

four dances in five lessons. The foxtrot,

Shannah Green, Clay Twombly, Bettina

Romana Kryzanowska. Her beautiful,

swing, waltz, the cha-cha and the hustle

Broer, Paul Bruno, Susan Browne,

sunlit studio is surrounded by gardens

will get you off the wall and onto the

Elizabeth Kurzweil, Nan Strelnitski and

and conveniently located on Old South

floor at the next party.

Sally Charpie combine all the best

Road. www.lisalates.com Giovanna La Paglia Studio of Ballet is

aspects of yoga-physical, mental and Christine Lee of Clee Pilates is a

located at 35 First Way. Lessons are

Romana-certified Pilates Instructor who

scheduled Tuesday and Thursday,

practices six months in Nantucket and

9:30 - 11:00am and Wednesday, 5:30 -

six months in Palm Beach, FL. She offers

7:00pm. Private lessons are available by

both the reformer machine as well as

appointment.

mat work. Christine can be reached at 917-741-4752

Marjory Trott gets your children off on the right foot with classes at Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

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Courtney McKechnie of Core is a fully

Beach or the Atheneum. Visit her

certified Power Pilates instructor

website for her schedule. www.

allowing her to train clients of all levels

marjorytrott.com

from beginner to advanced. Core also has a great selection of both workout clothes and summer wear. www.pilatesnantucket.com

Sandy Schulz gives mat classes at the Nantucket Health Club and also makes house calls. She teaches from June until The Yoga Room

Dreamland is offering classes under the tent this summer. Flow Yoga with Caitlin Marcoux is held Saturday mornings from 9-10:30am. Kids Yoga with Carolina Lorenzo is held Sunday morning from 10-11am and Elle Foley will be teaching Friday mornings in August from 8-9am.

The Studio ~ Nantucket Ballroom offers yoga, dance classes, meditation, zumba,

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holistic treatments and Pilates. Andrey

Stanev and Denise Olsen opened this year with the goal to promote and practice the art of well being on a spiritual, emotional, physical, intellectual and social level. www.thestudionantucket.com

the beginning of September. www. nantuckethealthclub.com

Courtney McKechnie

Lisa Silveira

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Andrey Stanev with Denise Olsen of Nantucket Ballroom

All images by Kit Noble

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even though I was like hypothermic, to get him out of his panic mode. Then we steamed in. That was one of the more exciting things to happen.”

Minutes after facing death and despite battling the onset of hypothermia, Butler hauled another 40 traps for the sake of his rattled mate. Butler’s harrowing story compels a blunt but unavoidable question: "Why do it?" Why did this man with a distinguished education choose one of the most difficult and dangerous occupations on earth? Butler’s answer is simple, and genuine. “I don’t care if I’m busting my tail on a grinder, I’m a lot happier on the water than when I’m not.”

“I

don’t care if I’m busting my tail on a grinder, I’m a lot happier on the water than when I’m not.

”

Butler connects to the historic fraternity of Nantucket mariners who were seduced by

life on the water. It is not the income the job

provides that drives these fishermen, but the experience. “I’ve made it to 65 without ever

having a job in my life," Butler muses. “I just go for boat rides. And I still just get a gas being out there. You see tuna out there, and whales, and sea turtles. There are all kinds of gannets diving on things and buoys bouncing around the boat. You see all kinds of strange things out there.”

Butler has also seen the island evolve from a tight-knit fishing community to the bustling vacation destination it is today. Though the drive down to the dock may be a little more congested, life on the ocean hasn’t changed much. The old salt climbs aboard the Merlin

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each day with the same fervor as the young

man who delivered boats on the high seas, with the same excitement as the boy who tooled around Puget Sound in his little boat, trolling for salmon.

cobblestone streets harken to the island’s early days, a time marked by isolation and hardship, but also prolific fishing. Much has changed since those stones were first set. Today’s racing yachts and pleasure cruisers are a far

cry from Ishmael's harbor. Yet, there are a select few who carry on Nantucket’s fabled fishing trade.

Nantucket. How he ended up behind the helm of a lobster boat is

using his diving gear, and worked odd jobs to get by. One such job

Few appreciate the utter danger faced by those engaged in the

a story as rich as the waters he has fished for the last 40 years.

was restoring a neglected lobster boat that had a habit of sinking

rugged profession of lobstering. When prompted, Butler quietly

Butler grew up the son of a college professor, hundreds of miles

every winter. Butler raised the Pamela D from the murky depths of

recounts his near-death experiences on the job. One such brush with

from either coast in the Oklahoma panhandle. When his father

the harbor, reconditioned it to shipshape and was encouraged to fish

death occurred on a chilly day in November. While setting pots off-

welcomed a Native American to stay with them, Butler’s family of

from it for fun. One fall, Pamela D’s owner gave him five lobster

shore with a greenhorn mate, Butler became ensnarled in the bight

eight was driven out by a strong anti-Indian contingent there, and

traps to try his hand.

of the lines connecting the traps as they shot off the open transom of

they relocated to the Olympic Peninsula. Living in the lush rain

the boat. Ripped overboard, he plunged into the frigid Atlantic.

forests of western Washington State, Butler became enamored

“She told me there were a bunch of big four-foot Anderson

Retelling the event, Butler’s casual composure falters just once.

with the surrounding waters. He spent his days tooling around

half-rounds behind her

“The only thought that was in my brain for a long time was that my

Puget Sound trolling for

house," he remembers. "She

sister Sharon had died of ALS about two months before, and this was

salmon and, when the

showed me how to rig ‘em

going to crush my mom.” Going under, his lungs seized up and he passed out. Death was imminent.

wind and weather

and where the buoy lines

Tracking these men down can be daunting. They operate outside

cooperated, he sailed

were, so the next year I threw

Nantucket’s celebrated social circuit, shoving off under dawn’s foggy

homemade skiffs.

in some lobster traps and

Miraculously, Butler came to and cut himself free from the web of

caught lobsters.”

lines. But his ordeal was not yet over. Though the air trapped in his

shroud, and return silhouetted by the setting sun. Out of cell phone range, they answer the call of screeching gulls and static VHF radio

lungs prevented him from sinking, he found himself pinned by the

chatter. Their pursuit of fish, day after day, does more than bring the

boat's hull below the surface. At the helm, the frantic young mate

Education drew Butler away from the water. After completing his

Butler lobstered on the

undergraduate studies, he pursued a master’s degree in physio-

weekends, and gave

logical psychology at Northwestern University. His love for the

away most of his catch

water haunted his years in Chicago, and he obsessed over ocean

to friends. Recognizing

racing. Butler found a way back to the sea by writing for a sailing

his uncanny knack for

magazine that had a branch in the Windy City. The publication sent

catching lobsters,

him to all the major races in the southern Atlantic racing circuit.

Butler’s brother Michael

Consumed by the sailing culture, Butler soon landed a job deliver-

recommended that he

ing sailboats to islands all over the Atlantic. These were his form-

start selling his catch.

ative years as a young mariner, running boats on an unforgiving

And so it was that Chuck Butler, the "Nantucket Lobsterman," came to be.

hastily jockeyed the boat, giving him "a couple little whacks" with the blender-like prop. Hearing the distinct thud of the boat being put in reverse, Butler knew another pass by the prop would “chop [him] to pieces.” He managed to push off the keel, away from the boat, and kick to the surface.

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ocean’s bounty to our dinner table. In the face of changing times, these fishermen preserve Nantucket’s historic identity. Their tales can be exhilarating, even frightening, but they are every bit Nantucket. 65-year-old lobsterman Chuck Butler is the archetypal old salt on

Forty years and four custom-built boats later, at the age of 65, Butler still In the early 70’s, Butler came to Nantucket to dive on the ship-

pulls pots four days a week, four months each year. If you’ve enjoyed a

wreck Andrea Doria. When his diving companions continued on to

lobster dinner on Nantucket in the last four decades, there's a good

the Gulf of Mexico, Butler decided to stay. He harvested scallops

chance it came off the decks of Butler’s 36-foot diesel trawler Merlin.

Climbing aboard, Butler found his mate in a state of shock. “He was in such a panic and so hysterical that I made him just calm down and relax," Butler remembers. “We hauled like another two trawls,

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open ocean, testing the limits of his skill and courage.