Life Station Lobster Bake

With the exterior renovation nearly complete, attention has turned to restoration of the Amagansett Life-Saving and Coast Guard Station’s interior. With that in mind, and to celebrate the recent acquisition of an original 1908 Beebe surfboat, the station’s restoration committee will host a lobster bake on Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the station.

Bostwick’s, Balsam Farms, Gosman’s Dock, and Amagansett Wine and Spirits are among those providing food and beverages for the event, tickets for which cost $125 for adults and $75 for children 12 and younger. They are available at Amagansett Wine and Spirits, at the events page on the station’s website, amagansettlss.org, or by calling David Lys, president of the Amagansett Life-Saving and Coast Guard Station Society, at 516-885-6454.

Lobster, hard and soft-shell clams, side dishes, beer, wine, and soft drinks will be offered at the “community clambake,” said Michael Cinque, co-chairman of the restoration committee. Those at the gathering can eat at picnic tables on the station’s grounds or take their meal home or to nearby Atlantic Avenue Beach, he said. Live music will be performed.

“It’s a little bit about awareness, and a little bit about making money,” Mr. Cinque said of the event, the latter to support the continued renovation of the 1902 structure. The lobster bake, he said, is also to “celebrate our new acquisition,” the surfboat. Built in Greenport, it is the last such boat known to exist. As an active rescue boat, it was stationed at the Coast Guard’s New Shoreham station on Block Island. Recently located in North Carolina and transported to the Amagansett station’s boat room, it is on loan from the National Park Service.

“It’s home, where it should be,” Mr. Lys said of the surfboat. “You can see the wear and tear that boat has. It tells a good story, and it’s a great acquisition for us.”

The Amagansett Life-Saving and Coast Guard Station Society recently became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. “That was a huge step,” Mr. Cinque said. “At some point, we hope to endow this place enough to have a director and give tours during the summer to kids, schools, any group that wants to visit.”

“We’re always looking for more donors,” he added.