VALLEJO YACHT CLUB UPCOMING EVENTS - Sign Up at Club Benicia Yacht Club Sweetheart’s Cruise February 2018 Founded 1900 www.VYC.org February 12 – 14 P.I.C.Y.A. Club of the Year in 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 & 2006! Hootenanny February 20 at 2 pm Come join the fun at the hootenanny and potluck dinner for $10. You bring the side dishes. Club will provide prime rib cooked by Bruce Alexander. UPCOMING EVENTS Superbowl th Sunday Feb 4 February 9-11 Sweetheart’s Cruise Out to Martinez Yacht Club February 17th Hootenanny 4:00pm - 10:00 pm CLUB OFFICERS VALLEJO YACHT CLUB COMMODORE REPORT Rick Bastien, Commodore Hello shipmates, lia, Margot MacKerrow, Keith Clark, and Brian from Congratulations to Rear Commodore Zio Fraedo’s for the light show. Bill Zerby who arranged a successful As most of you know we are currently without a Social Crab Feed with help from Jerry Pug- Director, please contact Bill Zerby or myself if you are lia who cooked the spaghetti, Galley interested or know of somebody who is. Manager and P/C Jim Glenn for the On a sour note :( There seems to be some of us in the salad and his team of volunteers who decorated the membership who like to complain, bad-mouth or just club. Thank you to the Cal Maritime Academy for set argue with fellow shipmates who are volunteers for up and clean up. Our annual Crab Feed benefits our the good of the club. Remember we are all volunteers. Learn to Sail program. Instead of saying, “You’re doing that wrong!” or “You The New Year’s Eve party on Dec. 31 was well at- can’t do it that way.” reframe the question and say: “Is tended and thanks to everyone who came out to enjoy there anything I can do to help?” or “Good job! Thanks the prime rib dinner, music and bring in the new year! for your work.” Darrell Edward’s band was amazing as usual. A spe- Again we’re all volunteers. Get involved. It’s our club. cial thank you goes out to Director Jack Remington and We’re all in the same canoe, so let’s start paddling in the company for cooking an amazing dinner and sit down same direction. serving. Thank you to Bob Lockhart for managing the As always, Fair Winds guest list and everyone else involved from stage set up to decorating: Barbara Brown, Toni Borges, Jerry Pug- — Rick Bastien, Commodore VICE COMMODORE Cameron Kriens, Vice Commodore On the Vice side… many returning members with larger boats. I hope we Vice and Port Report can find room for them in our harbor this spring and The harbor is essentially full, except summer. Finally, I want to thank all of those members B-31, B-30 and C-10. Club Manager who have volunteered to help with the Great Vallejo Matthew Ceryes has said that he Race scheduled for April 28-29th of 2018. “has not seen a full harbor in over Best regards, Cameron. 13 years.” Our past years of suc- cess are due to the great volunteers that make this club — Cameron Kriens, Vice Commodore fun. My concern is that the berthing waiting list has REAR COMMODORE REPORT Bill Zerby, Rear Commodore Lots going on around the yacht club music, cooking, dinner, dancing, and the hardest part: the last two months! CLEAN UP. Sadly we have lost six members Hurrah! to all and give yourself a well-deserved Thank during this last month: You. (P.C.) Clarence T., Kay S., Lew M., The December membership meeting was well attended, Anna V. , Spiros M. & Don C. but it’s always nice to see new faces. Place the monthly Personally, I have many memories of their devotion to meeting on your calendar. It will save you from asking the club and enjoyed being their friend. Goodbye my what happened. friends and God bless you. There is a spring cleaning planned for March with the On a happier note the New Year’s Eve party was a great date not yet set. Do a little painting, do a little repair, do success and enjoyed by one-hundred plus members and a little cleaning, do a little planning. It’s also a time to their guests, a truly volunteer event. Decorating, setup, continued on following page 2 February 2018 www.VYC.org REPORTS VALLEJO YACHT CLUB ...continued from previous page • paying for dinner meet old and new members by working together. Work • charging at the bar parties can be fun ! As management and members learn and debug the The new point of sale for the office, bar, dining room and system, we’ll move to the next level(s) as needed. Have Ship’s Store went online the first week of January. I’ll call PATIENCE. If you have not received your password or this Phase One. Phase One will assist our club in user name, please call the office. • stream lining time spent on accounting On closing I say, “Enjoy your day and mix it up!” • paying club bill online — Bill Z., Rear Commodore • checking balance CRUISE-OUT SCHEDULE Here is the cruise schedule for the VYC 2018 season. February 9-11 .................................... Martinez Yacht Club March 16-18 ......................................... Petaluma Marina April 20-22................................... Point San Pablo Yacht Club May 18-20 ......................................... Berkeley Yacht Club June 15-17 ........................................ South Beach Marina July 20-27 ......................................... Annual Delta Cruise September 14-23 ............................ Annual Blue Water Cruise TBD ............................................... Encinal Yacht Club Commodores’ Cruise — Noble Brown, Cruise Director www.VYC.org February 2018 3 February 2018 VALLEJO YACHT CLUB Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 Monday Nights: New Applicant Social U.S. Coast Guard FRIDAY NIGHT Welcome Tentative Food & Fun & 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Auxiliary Division 5 DINNER Sequioa YC (one Games Board Meetings 6:30pm - 8:00pm boat 50' Power) 7:00pm - 10:00pm Mid-Winter Race 1:00pm - 4:00pm 4 5 6 7 8 9 Friday Longtable 10 SUPER BOWL Monday Nights: Janet's Band Welcome Tentative Welcome Tentative Dinner SWEETHEART PARTY Food & Fun & practice Sequioa YC Sequioa YC FRIDAY NIGHT VYC Cruise-Out to Welcome Tentative Games Welcome Tentative Coast Guard Auxil- DINNER MYC Sequioa Welcome Tentative Sequioa YC lary Flotilla 51 6:30pm - 8:00pm Private Party (100 Sequioa YC 6:00pm - 9:00pm Welcome Tentative folks BAR-YES) Sequioa YC 11:00am - 4:00pm SWEETHEART VYC Cruise-Out to MYC 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 FREEWHEELERS Monday Nights: Board of Directors Valentine's Day WELCOME: SRYC VESSEL SAFETY CAR CLUB Food & Fun & Meeting Cruise-in (8 boats) CHECK w/ USCG Games 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm AUX. SWEETHEART VYC FRIDAY NIGHT Cruise-Out to MYC DINNER WELCOME: SRYC 6:30pm - 8:00pm Cruise-in (8 boats) HOOTENANNY 4:00pm - 10:00pm 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 SPIRO Celebration Monday Nights: Hall Rental - Taft General FRIDAY NIGHT PRIVATE PARTY of Life POT LUCK Food & Fun & Membership DINNER (45 ) (Bar -Yes) APPETIZER SO- Games Meeting 6:30pm - 8:00pm CIAL (please bring 7:00pm - 8:00pm to share....) 2:00pm - 4:00pm 25 26 27 28 1 2 3 Monday Nights: New Applicant Social U.S. Coast Guard FRIDAY NIGHT Mid-Winter Race Food & Fun 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Auxiliary Division 5 DINNER 1:00pm - 4:00pm & Games Board Meetings 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm 7:00pm - 10:00pm 4 February 2018 www.VYC.org REPORTS VALLEJO YACHT CLUB BOARD CHAIRMAN MESSAGE This will be an exciting year at • replacing the piles on the bar deck the VYC. This was evidenced by • repair of the guest dock the fantastic New Year's Eve party. Wow! The club looked magical. The • repair to the beams under the northwest prime rib dinner cooked by Direc- corner of the bar tor Jack Remington was fantastic! • and continuing the dock project. Many thanks to his able galley Our infrastructure projects are of the utmost impor- crew and servers. And everyone had a wonderful tance, but there are also a few "quality of life" proj- time dancing to Darrell Edwards' band. Of course, ects in the offing. Bar Manager Claire Harmon plans none of this would have happened without the hard to replace the worn-out beer coolers and repair the work of Rear Commodore Bill Zerby (who is also the bar sinks. Galley Manager and P/C Jim Glenn will be Social Chairman). spearheading improvements in the galley . and the Congratulations to all who worked to make this such list goes on and on. What can you do to help? There an outstanding event! If you missed this event, don't will be upcoming work/paint parties, big events despair. Check out the club calendar! There are lots (like the Great Vallejo Race), social events, committee of things happening at the club. Come on down and work, etc. Pitch in to do what you can--your help will have a great time. be greatly appreciated. So as we begin the new year, meetings of the long Full Steam Ahead! range committee and others will be held to plan and — Ken Leslie, Chairman of the Board prioritize future projects, including: SAFETY REPORT Did you know the Vallejo Yacht head walks and fingers, the guest dock and the south Club has a full set of By-Laws, dock. Your cooperation and consideration are wel- Harbor and House Rules? These comed and appreciated by all. By-Laws, Harbor and House Now that we’re knee-deep in winter, we’re also knee- Rules have been set and have deep in flu season.