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DECEMBER 2020 HO HO –- HHOO – H- OHO 2020 2020 CHARTER MEMBER GULF YACHTING ASSOCIATION MEMBER FLORIDA COUNCIL OF YACHT CLUBS DECEMBER 2020 5th PYC Annual Commodores Ball- Reservations Now Closed JANUARY 2021 3rd PYC Change of Watch Ceremony 12th Marina Party 8th -10th GYA Winter Meeting at PYC 13th PYC’s Children’s Christmas Party 11:00am 19th Finance Committee Meeting 15th Finance Committee Meeting 20th PYC Board Meeting 16th PYC Board Meeting 6:00pm 22nd Yachting Awards Banquet 17th PYC Annual Egg Nog Party 6:00pm FEBRUARY 2021 18th FCA’s Christmas Dinner 3rd Comedy Night with Keith Barany ~ 19th PYC’s Christmas Boat Parade Advance Reservations Required 24th-26th Club Closed for Christmas 9th FCA Chapter Lunch 13th Valentine’s Dinner Dance 31th PYC’s Annual New Year’s Eve Party Advance Reservations Required 16th Finance Committee Meeting 17th PYC Board Meeting 6:00pm EVENT CANCELLATION POLICY: A 48-hour Event Cancellation/No Show Policy is in effect for ABOUT THE COVER all Club and Planned Events. Any cancellations made within Thank you to Artist Tom Browning 48 hours of the event, or non-attendance at an event with a for his permission to use his reservation, will be billed at full price. “Santa at the Beach” for our cover. Event Reservations - [email protected] or Tom can be reached at 433-8804 ext. 109 www.tombrowning.com or 541-213-2134 in FLAG OFFICERS Scottsdale, Arizona NICOLE FERRY .........................................c 291-2325 h 453-1173 Commodore ...................................................nkferry@bellsouth.net PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR TOM PACE ........................................................................572-6727 Vice Commodore [email protected] EMAIL NOTIFICATION FROM PYC DR. DAVID CHANDLER .................................................554-0612 WITH ANY SCHEDULING UPDATES Rear Commodore ........................................ [email protected] JOHN MATTHEWS ..........................................................516-1580 Fleet Captain ............................................... [email protected] TO: PYC Officers, JOHN ADAMS ..................................................................420-4781 Secretary...................................................jadams@guardiansix.com Management, & Staff TIM KANE................................................ b 434-2374 h 433-7316 Treasurer .................................................... [email protected] FROM: PYC Members PYC MANAGEMENT Merry Christmas & T-H-A-N-K-S JIM WARWICK .................................................... 433-8804 ex 104 You Are “The Best”! General Manager [email protected] (no coal for you!) SCOTT SEGERS ................................................... 433-8804 ex 102 Clubhouse Mgr/Events .......................................... [email protected] BOARD OF DIRECTORS JENNIFER LANGHAM ........................................ 433-8804 ex 100 DR. JOSH HACKEL ...........................................................c 698-2516 Office Manager/Accounts Payable [email protected] [email protected] Webmaster JEAN SAMALA ................................................................433-8804 CLAIRE REES ........................................................................293-2450 Administrative Assistant ......................................... [email protected] [email protected] ANDREA VANDAL ............................................. 433-8804 ex 105 CYNTHIA CANNON ........................................................c 384-0407 Bar Manager ............................................................ [email protected] [email protected] JOHN REDFIELD .................................................. 433-8804 ex 109 JAMES SIMKINS ...................................................................449-7551 Food & Beverage Manager .................................... [email protected] [email protected] STEVEN GIFFORD .............................................. 433-8804 ex 107 DAVE OERTING ...................................................................206-6502 Kitchen Manager [email protected] [email protected] GREG SPITZER .................................................... 433-8804 ex 108 STEVE COZART ..................................................................384-7519 Dockmaster ................................................DockMaster@pycfl.com [email protected] CÉSAR TRAVADO .................................................c 850-723-1278 TIM BURR ............................................................................516-7212 Sailing Director [email protected] PYC SATORI MEMBER [email protected] SEE HOLIDAY ADS ON PAGES 10-13 PAGE 2 | JIB SHEET Commodore’s Comments Nicole Ferry December 2020. Many of us are happy to say goodbye to the year 2020. I am saddened that we have sustained the loss of members. Most recently, Peg Minnich and Lloyd Stagg. Both had such an impact. Peg was our classic woman who improved the scenery and conversation and led in our raft ups. Lloyd was on the Board of Directors for several years and “may or may not” have injured himself twice with the race cannon. Proudly hung in Our Grill Room is the orange flag with a hole in it. He supposedly and unfortunately shot himself twice while using the cannon while serving on the Race Committee. He even shot the flag, which you can see. Lloyd left the Juniors a 5-year donation of $6000 each year. If you see his widow Beverly, please thank her. We have had many members who have overcome COVID 19, and for that I can’t say “thank you” enough to our Lord Jesus Christ. We continue with our normal Christmas events this year. We will have our Christmas Children’s Party, the Marina Party and Commodores Ball. I hope you will each join us for as many events as you feel comfortable attending. And while I will miss you if you aren’t here, I understand why. Wear a mask inside our Club unless you have a drink in your hand or are seated at a table for food. We can only protect each other if we follow these simple rules. Oh, and don’t forget, shoes are required, (I know it’s silly to say) - kids, too. We have had so many glasses break on our carpet that your children’s bare feet are at risk if they have no shoes. I thank you, PYC Membership, Leadership, and Staff, for allowing me to serve this Club. I have learned so much, learned to sail, learned to lead. The sailing was this Club’s gift to me. I can’t get enough. Sailing is my release, my escape. I never imagined the impact this job would have on me. Thanks to all of you who have pushed/helped me. César Travado, Tom Pace, David Owlsey, Mike Levert . you four made me a sailor. Jim Reeves . .you plowed the road for me to serve. Jim Warwick, Scott Segers, John Redfield, and Andrea Vandal, you paved my road inside the club. My husband, Chris, I can’t say thank you enough. When I was initially asked by P/C Susan McKinnon to be on the Board, it was Chris saying “yes” that allowed me to serve. Our kids were 4, 6, and 8 at the time. It was crazy, but he said - “Do it.” This is my last article after 7 years on the Board - a bit “bittersweet.” But, I hope I made an impact. You have all made an impact on me. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. The Curtain Closes Commodore Nicole Ferry & First Mate Chris Ferry “Thanks for the memories!” Changing of the Guard First day on the water in 2 weeks! January 3, 2021 While waiting for the wind, I rigged, Congratulations to the new team for 2021. derigged, and dragged the boat to the beach & back. Oh, and I didn’t capsize, They will lead us well! had no boom incidents, and my hair Thank you again for your strong support for the past two years! stayed dry! PAGE 3 | JIB SHEET Vice Commodore’s Comments Tom Pace I love words and word craft. That blending of proper and, at times, improper words and phrases to tell a story, or to simply have a grin among friends. Thinking about all that 2020 has put up for everyone to navigate, one word comes to mind to express why I’m baffled most of the time. WHODATHUNKIT??? (True, this is not an actual word, but man, it sure seems real to me!) Who on earth thought the world would endure the Covid-19 pandemic? Who thought we would see such extreme division and vitriol amidst social and political unrest?? And, for those of us along “her-ik-un” alley - who thought we could be exposed to storm after storm, and get such a punch from a little Cat-1 system that walloped like no other in over a decade and a half??? Not a chance that we would have a “Trump-thunk-it” or a “Cantore-thunk-it,” or even a smidgen of a “Skanska-thunk-it,” yet here we are, rolling with the punches the year has delivered. Not only is PYC doing OK and surviving, but the Club is t-h-r-i-v-i-n-g, and in all candor - while always optimistic, Tom-did-na-thunk-it” either! Your PYC has weathered these challenges well and collectively as a family - from new and old members, to managers and staff; and our venerable old building has as well. Across the board, PYC is strong and moving forward. The grounds look fantastic, food, beverage, and service are phenomenal, the marina repairs are well in process, and the insurance proceeds will be enough to repair our damage and return the Club to a fine, fit, and finish. In that, I believe that ultimately, We-all-thunk-it” and really “knew it” all