Hippocampus Edição 37

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Catarina Ahrens Teixeira
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Michael and Mita Zell
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José Sotto Mayor
Matoso, Miguel Pinto Luz
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Miguel Horta, Francisco
Geraldes
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Pedro Costa Alemão,
Manuel Durães Rocha,
Sebastião Osório
de Castro
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Rocha and Pedro Costa Alemão were also
members, the “five pioneers” who, every
week, dealt with a huge additional amount
of telephone calls and e-mails, and met with
the desire (successfully achieved) to remove
the CNC from its problematic financial
situation, placing it in the enviable position
it is currently in.
The first six years were extremely hard
in terms of work, during which José Sotto
Mayor Matoso dedicated countless hours,
and a lot of effort, not only in Portugal,
but also in several parts of Europe - most
of the time, with his Dragon tied to the
car, incessantly promoting the CNC in
the most varied locations. Six years later,
Francisco Brito e Abreu and José Paulo
Ramada joined the General Council,
since in 2014 the demands of the CNC
were already excessive for only five people.
More recently, Pedro Mendes Leal came to
consolidate the team - and, with José Sotto
Mayor Matoso as Commodore, but with
a seat on the General Council, no doubt
the CNC will become stronger, and the
results will be even better.
Initially, the name of José Sotto Mayor
Matoso was presented by the President
of the Board, Gonçalo Esteves, to the
Vice-President, Francisco Brito e Abreu,
deserving an absolutely favourable reception
not only from him, but subsequently
from the entire Executive Committee, from
Commodore Miguel Horta e Costa, from
the President of the Board of the General
Meeting, Vasco Pinto Basto, and, not least,
from the Honorary Commodore, Patrick de
Barros. In what was a unanimous decision,
everyone was therefore as radiant as they
were grateful for the acceptance of their
new mission, for being sure and certain
that they had found the ideal commodore
for what the CNCascais will need in the
coming years.
THANK YOU,
COMMODORE HORTA E COSTA
A moment of such supreme importance for
Clube Naval de Cascais would only be complete
with profound and heartfelt thanks
to Miguel Horta e Costa, Commodore of
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