MYC Pirates WIN! Volume 34 Blast 4 www.marinyachtclub.com May 2017 As summer starts, we will soon see the harbor and canal filled with the sailing students of SEA. SEA and the Three Star Comments MYC have combined in this program for 35 years. They attend 2 week camps ending June 30, July 21, August 4 and 18. Take a break and come to the graduations on those dates. It is fun to see and hear the kids and talk with the parents. If you have kids or grandkids between 10 and 16, the MYC has some scholarships to attend the camps. Contact the office or Bill Minahen. Summer is here! Summer is here, let’s get on the water. April 23 was opening day on the Bay. Marin Yacht Club Chuck Stuckey, Commodore was the proud sponsor of the winning overall decorated boat award. Again this year, Vice Commodore Donna and Staff Commodore Jim Purvis donated their boat, Sans Souci, which was decorated to the style of the “Roaring 20’s.” Master craftsmen Jim Purvis, Jack Going, and Russ Hamel, helped by others, built the displays and over 20 members and friends, dressed in 20’s costumes performed as the boat transited the city front. The top of the performance was Tiger Lyn, singing “All that Jazz” to the judging committee. April 29 was “Work Day.” Around 40 members pounced on the mess of the landscaping, decorating the upper bar, and organizing the boxes of “stuff” used for parties over the BREAKING NEWS !! years. Clive Endress brought a bunch of plants, tools and his landscaping skills to upgrade the entrance to the Club. Members of the Rec committee cleaned up the tennis courts and the pool area. Staff Commodore Bruce Fairey led the cleanup crew along the shore and behind the clubhouse. RESULTS— The Great Vallejo Race The Donnas (Eng and Purvis) led the project to empty the Regatta May 6th and 7th container of entertainment supplies, repackage them and then stock the container in an organized manner. Aidan Collins with his Tartan 3700 New member, Susan Winston, Club Treasurer, chopped and NEVERLAND finished in 5th Place in raked the overgrowth along the shore. Very new members, PHRF 6 Division Dave and Aletia Sexton, were everywhere helping as needed. Jeannie and Denny Amundsen and the Hamels livened up the upper bar by installing burgees over the bar. Val Clayton with his CAL 34 Mk 1 GYPSY And Janet Paraventi-Holt, produced a great luncheon. I LADY finished in 2nd Place in PHRF 9 brought the doughnuts. Division MayHighlights May Birthdays Wed.. May 3: Drop in tennis clinic with Jade at 10 am Trip to SF Decorators Showcase Friday, May 5: Club closed for dinner Sat. May 6: Commodores’ Ball Sun. May 7: Club Dinner Wed. May 10: Members drop in tennis clinic at 10 am. House Committee Meeting Entertainment Committee Meeting Pat Flaming 5/2 Thursday, May 11: Safari West Fri. May 12: Club Dinner Bob Schaberg 5/3 Sat. May 13: Drop in tennis clinic with Jade at 10 am Bill Dutra 5/4 Sun. May 14: Mother’s Day Brunch Rita Dort 5/6 Wed. May 17: Members drop in tennis clinic with Jade Mariners’ Luncheon Bruce Fairey 5/7 Thursday, May 18: Membership Comittee Meeting Finance Committee Meeting Franklin Fromhagen 5/12 Fri. May 19: Cruise to Oakland YC Club Dinner Julie Myers 5/13 Sat. May 20: Drop in Tennis with Jade at 10 am. Lawrence Batterton 5/15 Sun. May 21: Club Dinner Wed. May 24: Members drop in tennis with Jade at 10 am Lisa Klairmont Kleiderman 5/15 Fri. May 26: Club dinner with Benicia YC cruise in Betsy Brown 5/20 Sat. May 27: Drop in Tennis clinic with Jade at 10 am. James Simpson 5/22 Sun. May 28: Club Dinner Mon. May 29: Happy Memorial Day George Dort 5/23 Commodore’s Cruise to Cuba Sari Pierce 5/24 Wed. May 31: Members drop in tennis clinic with Jade at 10 am. Mary Serrano 5/24 Laura Repke 5/30 General Manager’s Perspective Looking Forward Sunshine and blues skies - just in time. As we look forward to nicer weather, I’d like to thank our staff and MYC Wins Best Overall - Scott and his crew who braved the storms and produced some great meals and events during challenging Opening Day on the Bay 2017 conditions. Kelsey and Francyne, students at Dominican, were a great addition to the team, and Laurel has completed her Bartending School and come a long way We did it! MYC was awarded the Best Overall prize for its from her first day behind the bar. participation in PICYA’s 100 year Anniversary Opening Day Parade on April 23rd. Sans Souci was decorated in The weather can have a major effect on turnout for meals, Roaring Twenties style, decked out with a bathtub (for gin and we will be adjusting our menus to be able to handle making), a still, a speakeasy and a giant movie camera these fluctuations, as well as testing a Point of Sale celebrating early film making. SC Jim Purvis and Howard system for our operations over the next few weeks. Robbins made the bathtub, trumpets and speakeasy We have upgraded our computers and software in the signage. RC Russ Hamel and Denny Amundsen made the office, bookkeeping and accounting are working still and Jack Going made the movie camera. All 20 adult smoothly. and we’ve migrated our email over to a new participants and 5 boy participants came in costumes of system. With help from our “Tech Guy,” Shahin, and the 20s. We had Commodore Vanderbilt, flappers, Jen’s knowledge of everything about the Club, we are gangsters, a journalist, a cameraman, a newspaper girl, a making progress on updating our policies and procedures. tennis player, Babe Ruth, Charlie Chaplin, a jazz band of young boys and the fabulous Tiger Lyn who sang a We’re looking forward to Summer fun with plenty of gorgeous rendition of “Putting on the Ritz.” Cruise In’s, a parent’s and kid’s campout on the lawn, We danced, Tiger sang and others acted out their roles as SEA and Tennis Camps, and active participation in our we won the hearts of the judges. The reaction on the Cruise Out’s. We’ll be busy so please let Harold, our judges’ boat was over the top. When we returned from the Harbormaster, know if you’ll be vacating your slip for parade, we did our routine for MYC down the canal to A any period of time so we can make the best use of our dock. The bar opened at 2 pm, and Ralph put on some Club facilities and accommodate more guests. background music on the deck. We then had two San See you in the sunshine. Rafael police officers perform the Retreat accompanied by our bugler, Jon Pankin. Children enjoyed checking out the Chris McKay, General Manager police car and motorcycle. Then back to the dining room and upstairs bar where a [email protected] huge crowd enjoyed Scott’s BBQ and Ralph’s music where we danced into the evening. Check out the video “Putting on the Ritz” on our club website. Thanks to all who helped us with the decorated boat and participating in the day’s events. Donna Purvis, Vice Commodore The replacement will be done in three phases beginning Port with the service/fuel dock. Phase two will be C dock and the last will be the work on A and B docks. Boats berthed Captain’s on the impacted dock (A,B, or C) but not directly impacted, during the upgrade will be subject to power Report interruptions during the day. The work required on ‘A’ dock (the gangway landing) could result in the power being off most of the day. If boats are equipped with inverters or have perishables in your refrigerators, please turn off and/or remove. Harbor Thank you in advance for your support. San Rafael Canal: As Latitude 38 reported, the money we've been taxed to Clean-Up Day: dredge the canal is available, it just needs to be released by Congress. We've paid for it, and they need to do their job Paul Descalso, Jim Prince and I spray painted the front of and get it released. each of the shipping containers and the used oil storage The ‘Friends of the Canal’ organization spoke to Jenny building on clean-up day. The colors were chosen to match Callaway from Congressman Huffman’s office. They are on the other club buildings, and consistency of the color fire to push the P2 - P3 Partnership through. They are scheme will help by not drawing the eye as you drive in waiting on the federal budget to be set, and then they will be pushing ahead with the Army Core to try and get our the club entryway. funds to make this happen. She said for the time being until that happens, it would be helpful to send more letters to Huffman’s office to show that we stand behind it so he can use that as leverage with the Army Core. Derelict Bikes: Letters should be sent to: There are several derelict bikes over near the shipping Congressman Huffman containers. They are seriously rusted but might be restored Attn: Jenny Callaway by a caring owner. I plan to junk them at the end of May 999 Fifth Ave Suite 290 should they not be gone by then. If you know the San Rafael, CA 94901 owner(s), let them know as not everyone reads the Bugle.