JIB SHEET October 2018 CHARTER MEMBER GULF YACHTING ASSOCIATION MEMBER FLORIDA COUNCIL OF YACHT CLUBS OCTOBER 2018 6th Raft Up Pirate’s Cove/Lost Bay Regatta NOVEMBER 2018 9th FCA Chapter Luncheon 6th FCA Board Lunch New Members Reception 7th PYC General Membership Meeting 12th-14th WFORC Regatta 9th “PYC Comedy Dinner” with Keith Barany - Reservations Required - Limited Seating 13th Nautical Rummage Sale 10th Raft Up - Fort McRee 16th PYC Board Meeting 10th-11th Chappell-Stitt and Jubilee Regattas 19th-21st KONA Windsurfing North American 17th -18th Melgis 24 Regatta Championship 17th “PYC Tailgate Party/Raft Up” 19th “PYC Honky Tonk on the Bayou Dinner 20th PYC Board Meeting Dance” Reservation Required - Limited 22nd PYC THANKSGIVING AT THE CLUB! Seating Event - Band: Modern El Dorados Prior Reservations Required - Limited Seating EVENT CANCELLATION POLICY: 24th-25th PYC “Sip and Shop” A 48-hour Event Cancellation/No Show Policy is in effect for 26th “Decorate the Club for Christmas” - Member all Club and Planned Events. Any cancellations made within 48 hours of the event, or non-attendance to an event with a Volunteers Needed reservation, will be billed at full price. Event Reservations - [email protected] ABOUT THE COVER or 433-8804 ext. 109 OCTOBER IS HERE! What more needs to be said? FLAG OFFICERS October is Pensacola’s “Ahhhhh Month! JIM REEVES ...............................................b 438-4400 c 221-0308 It’s not “Trick or Treat” at PYC in October --- Commodore ..............................................................jjr@jjrfirm.com It’s all “TREATS” CARLTON PROCTOR ...........................................c 323-791-3304 Vice Commodore .................................................carlproc@aol.com This issue is one of our longer ones, because there’s so much happening at PYC this month! NICOLE FERRY ........................................c 291-2325 H 453-1173 Rear Commodore [email protected] Just flip through and mark your calendars. HAL SMITH ............................................................c 864-275-6290 October will put a smile on your face! Fleet Captain [email protected] DR. ANDY CANDELA ..............................c 291-1114 H 916-2230 Secretary.........................................................acpath@earthlink.net TIM KANE................................................ b 434-2374 h 433-7316 Treasurer .................................................... [email protected] PYC MANAGEMENT JIM WARWICK .................................................... 433-8804 ex 104 General Manager [email protected] PS: This must have been the month when Jimmy Buffet wrote his song DEON BOATMAN ............................................... 433-8804 ex 101 Office Manager........................................deon@pyc.gccoxmail.com “The Weather is Here, I Wish You Were Beautiful!” JENNIFER LANGHAM ........................................ 433-8804 ex 100 Accounts Payable [email protected] Webmaster BOARD OF DIRECTORS DR. DAVID CHANDLER .................................................H 932-3012 SCOTT SEGERS ................................................... 433-8804 ex 102 [email protected] Clubhouse Mgr/Events [email protected] STEVEN ORR.................................................. 206-3881 H 469-1472 [email protected] ANDREA VANDAL ............................................. 433-8804 ex 105 BOB SUTTON ......................................C 662-397-9285 H 466-2929 Bar Manager ............................................. [email protected] [email protected] MURT GUILD ............................................. C 384-7846 H 455-9826 ARTIE GLESS ....................................................... 433-8804 ex 107 [email protected] Executive Chef [email protected] DR. JOSH HACKEL ....................................................C850-698-2516 [email protected] GREG SPITZER .................................................... 433-8804 ex 108 Dockmaster [email protected] CYNTHIA CANNON ....................................................... C 384-0407 [email protected] CÉSAR TRAVADO .................................................c 850-723-1278 TOM PACE, JR ..............................................................850-572-6727 Sailing Director ......................................................... [email protected] PYC SATORI MEMBER [email protected] PAGE 2 | JIB SHEET Commodore’s Comments Jim Reeves SEPTEMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS ACTION MEMBERSHIP: The Board of Directors approved a technical by-law change to be presented at the next General Membership Meeting on November 7th, which will allow the Board to increase initiation fees for social and corporate members. The Board also approved 16 new PYC Members and set a New Member Appreciation Reception for October 9th. The Membership Committee is doing a great job. The Board discussed the Members’ past due accounts as well as increasing the late fees for late payments, a membership survey, and again discussed membership caps. The consensus opinion was not to impose a membership cap, but to raise the initiation fees on Active Memberships from $2,500 to $3,500 and to increase Social and Corporate Memberships from $500 to $1,500 as a way to slow growth at PYC. To raise the initiation fees requires a by-law change by the Membership. These proposed changes would be effective on December 1st, 2018, assuming approval by the Membership. PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS: • The Board approved, and we have ordered, new patio furniture for the deck. The carpet for the entry, Grill Room, and the hall has also been approved and ordered. • A new sailboat storage facility (of the same color and design as the existing buildings on the East side) is waiting to be permitted and will be under construction soon. • Staff is in the process of putting hard concrete pads down for the 4 RV sites where the pedestals have been installed. The General Manager discussed the need to replace the air conditioning system in ballroom B, as well as other projects that have been deferred because the Club was not in a financial position to incur the cost before now. FINANCES: Finally, Tim Kane gave a glowing financial report for the month, including an additional $8,737 in New Member initiation fees. Thanks to Tim, we are in good financial shape. Our Membership Committee, our Finance Committee, our Fleet Captain, and our staff do an outstanding job. Thank you! As always, we ask our Members to report any person who would like to join our Club to the Membership Committee or to the staff members. Please speak to your family, friends, and business associates about the benefits of joining “The South’s Finest Yacht Club!” *Congratulations to the Navy Yacht Club, Commodore Bill Clark, and Past Commodore Bob Sutton on the outstanding WAVE Event this past Saturday, September 22, 2018.* THE COMMODORE’S TOUR OF HOMES – LOVELY “HOMES OF YACHTS”! Commodore’s wife Susan Commodore Jim Reeves and Commodore of Newport The grandiose pictured in front of Susan gracing the entrance to the Yacht Club with Newport Yacht Club the majestic Bermuda Yacht Club. Commodore Reeves New York Yacht Club Wish we were there! in front of the beautiful Newport, Rhode Island Yacht Club PAGE 3 | JIB SHEET Vice Commodore’s Comments Carlton Proctor As we ease into Fall and cooler weather (please hurry!), your Board of Directors and staff are hard at work on several projects that will enhance the clubhouse and grounds. THE SHED At the top of the list is the installation of a new all-metal boat storage shed that will be situated a few yards east of the Junior Sailing Center. The 25-by-50 foot building, which will be trucked to the PYC as an unassembled kit, is expected to arrive by mid-October. The building is designed with racks that will hold between 30 and 35 of the Club’s Opti’s. The site also allows for future expansion of another storage shed if it becomes necessary. The shed will have four roll-up doors on the west-facing side for easy removal and storage of boats. The building’s sides and roof will be a light beige color, with white doors and blue trim. The site was determined to be the best location by GM Warwick, Dockmaster Greg Spitzer and Sailing Director César Travado. The site chosen for the shed will not interfere with the view of the bay or beach area from the Grill Room or deck. The $22,000 cost of the building, assembly, and site preparation will be covered fully by the Club’s Capital Improvement Fund. Pensacola-based H+H Building Group won the contract for installation of the shed and will supervised. The assembly is expected to take a week. THE CARPET As noted last month, the Board has approved a bid of $14,944 by Jones Floor Center for installation of new carpet in the foyer through to the Grill Room. In mid-September, Rear Commodore Nikki Ferry and Club Member Bruce McAlpin performed an on-site examination of the carpet’s condition and reviewed various color samples. They determined that installing high-grade carpet ,with a color-pattern a few shades darker than the existing carpet, will be a better investment and hide stains that inevitably occur through high-trafficked areas of the foyer and Grill Room. In the August report, GM