April 2016

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The Commodores have a BallThe mosT beauTiful night in all of March was the Commodores Ball at CYC. Commodore Johnny Cardosi and the always lovely and elegant Phyllis were the perfect hosts for the annual event, held this year on March 19 in the Taver Bayly dining room. The evening began on the dry dock with cocktails, laughter and photo ops.

The traditional Procession of Past Commodores was a joyous sight to behold as those who’ve served CYC so well swept through the dining room. Past commodores and partners in attendance included Dick and Connie Boblenz, David Billing

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Commodore’s Corner

CommodoreJohnny Cardosi

2016 Officers, DirectOrs,AppOintments & trustees

CYC OfficersJohnny Cardosi Commodore

Ed Proefke Jr. Vice CommodoreCollin Heimensen Rear CommodoreDebora Wilder TreasurerCurtis Wold Fleet CaptainDorothy Connor SecretaryRowland Milam Immediate Past CommodoreBoard of DirectorsJim Coats Richard LibonateLinda Humphers Thomas Meyer Mike Jansen Tim Walsh Board of TrusteesP/C David Billing Wayne HunekeP/C Dick Boblenz Harry JamiesonJames Eaton P/C Gary StrohauerAppointmentsFr. Bob Wagenseil Fleet ChaplainDr. Don Collins Fleet SurgeonPeggy Powell FCYC DirectorJoe Slavin FCYC Alternate Director

CYC Board HighlightsAt the Board of Directors Meeting March 17,

2016, the following actions were taken:l Curtis Wold was named Fleet Captain and ap-

pointed to the Board.l Minutes of the February meeting were approved.l CYC will support the Florida Commodores Asso-

ciation Foundation fundraiser for the 2016 Rio Olym-pics through club members wishing to make personal donations.

l New membership applications were approved.The date of the next Board of Directors meeting was

set for April 21, 2016.

Commodores ball, all I can say is WOW! A sincere thanks to all who attended; the house was packed. Dinner and service were excellent. Thank you staff! And the club was beautifully decorated, thanks to my wife Phyl-lis, who designed the table and en-try hall decorations. A lot of work goes into decorating our club for all events, but especially formal events. Phyllis could not do this alone, so a special thanks goes to Helen Correia, Kathy Milam, Pam Estes, along with the club staff and Virginia Vollenweider. Kudos ladies!!!

Coming this month is the Clark Mills sailing regatta. Clark Mills, for whom the regatta is named, moved to Clearwater from Michigan as a small child. In 1947 Clark designed a small sailboat for young kids to learn to build and sail called the Optimist. The Optimist, or pram, as it is called at CYC, is the most produced sailboat in the world. This boat was originally designed to be built from 3 sheets of plywood, with basic wood-working abilities. As time progressed, builders began to modify the boats to gain speed advantages. Most boats today are made of fiberglass. Our club prams are 30+ years old and currently undergoing complete restora-tion. The finished products look like new. You can check them out on the west lawn stored in the new pram racks completed last year.

Our club continues to grow with new members. We are currently at 413 total members with a net goal of one new regular member per month. I would like to reach 450+ members by year end. While we have nearly five times as many regular members as social, our social member num-bers are outgrowing regular members. However, social members miss out on key club benefits, such as reciprocity with other yacht clubs. We occasionally visit other FCYC clubs, sometimes by boat, sometimes by car, always enjoy-ing ourselves, sampling their parties and food and some-times bringing back good ideas.

Here’s good news: Our first-quarter revenue exceeded budget, so help us make the second quarter even better! If you’ve ever wondered which CYC membership produces the most revenue, the answer is that about 70 percent of club revenue comes from regular full members, 15 percent from social members and 8 percent from seasonal members, with the balance from reciprocal, junior and dining members. Next month I will highlight statistics about various club activities, including the Chili Cook-off, Chowdah Challenge, Super Bowl and Bingo.

Coming April 9th is one of my favorite events at our

club, The Blessing of the Fleet, which is for ALL member boats, NOT just boats in the marina. Come in time to at-tend the dockside ceremony before the water blessing. It is a great tradition and whether you are on shore or in a boat you will find it fun and rewarding. Come be with Father Bob, myself and other current and past bridge officers for this great Clearwater Yacht Club tradition! The club requests all boats in the marina be decorated with nautical flags for the blessing. It’s a beautiful event! And Cruisers, I challenge you all to decorate and come to the Blessing!

I look forward to seeing you at the club!!

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GreeTinGs! First, I want to thank Skip Moore for his dedicated service to our club the past couple of years as Fleet Captain and say that I look forward to spending time with him and Sharon around the Tiki Bar!

Second, I want to let all know that we will be holding future Waterside meetings on the last Wednesday of each month at Clearwater Yacht Club. Therefore, April’s meet-ing will take place on Wed., 27 April at 6 pm. All who wish to discuss ideas and volunteer support to maintain and improve our marina are welcome!

On Wed., April 6 from 6 to 9 pm, Boat US is holding a member appreciation event at CYC for our members. There will be music, hors d’oeuvres, drinks, prizes and the chance to win a Star Clippers cruise for two! See you there!

Until then, I can be reached at cwold@tampabay.rr.com or on my cell phone at 727-641-8633. Thanks, and I look for-ward to serving all at Clearwater Yacht Club as fleet captain.

Nautical Trivia of the Month: this Roman god of unknown origin but thought to be associated with Salacia, the goddess of salt water, was later identified with the Greek god of the sea, Poseidon. Who was it? I’ll buy a drink at the Tiki Bar for the first member to e-mail or text me the correct answer!

hooraY and ThanK You! Our winter regatta season is a complete SUCCESS and it’s all because of YOU!! We’ve just completed the World Champion-ships (FXs, 49ers and NACRAS), Laser Midwinters East and the Snipes regattas and you volunteers made these regattas happen! Now we get to relax for the summer till the Clearwater Challenge on October 29, 2016. The CYC Yachting Committee thanks you for your support of these important club events.

Be sure to check out our schedule for the upcom-ing season:

If you’re looking for more EXCITEMENT on the water, Tish Wold has put together a full schedule of Beer Can Races to keep us busy through the summer. The following races will be held in April:

Sun, Apr 10th @ 2:30pmSun, Apr 24th @ 2:30pmContact Tish Wold if you would like to participat

with your boat or as crew.

Power boaters and sail boaters uniTe!!WE NEED YOUR HELP… both on the water and on

land during the regattas! So, I would like to encourage everyone to attend the Yachting Committee meetings. The Yachting Committee meets on the third Tuesday of the month, but always the Tuesday before the board meeting. So, come and be a part of the EXCITEMENT!

I look forward to seeing you at the club and on the water!The Book Club meets the 3rd Tuesday of every month at

6 p.m. in the Board Room.All members and their guests are welcome to join. After

our book discussion, many of us stay for dinner. We’d love for you to join us. Please call Virginia at 447-6000 for reser-vations. You do not have to read the book to join and listen. Our discussions are stimulating and fun. If you enjoy read-ing, this is the place to be!

All books are predetermined by the members prior to discussion. Our upcoming meetings will feature the follow-ing selections:

april 19A Man Called Ove

by fredrik backmanmay 17

The Nightingaleby Kristin hannah

Clark Mills April 2–3, 2016Clearwater Challenge October 29, 2016Carlisle Classic November 19-20, 2016Ted Irwin Memorial Sailathon December 3, 2016

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and Barbara Newman, Robert de Vos and Tina Fitzgerald, Gene Fleming and Sally Green with their daughter Amanda, Barry and Loann Gustard, Dick and Roberta Kidd, Rowland and Kathy Milam, Hoyt and Marcia Nichols, Sandie Ramsden, Andy Spetz and Elise Winters, and Tish and Curtis Wold.

The Taver Bayly dining room sparkled, incomparably decorated by the Club’s most stylish members: Phyllis Cardosi, Helen Correia, Pam Estes and Kathy Milam, ably aided by the staff, especially Virginia Vollenweider.

Commodore Cardosi requested that photos be taken of every guest and pre-sented at the end of the glorious evening. Our beloved Virginia has turned out to be CYC’s Photographer Extraordinaire – she accomplished the Commodore’s wish and more, as all the photos of the 2016 Commodores Ball were taken by her.

And so ends another Commodores Ball, bravo to all!

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Saturday, May 7th, 2016NEWS FLASH......May 7th is the Bee Bee CYC/ARC FUN DAY! It has been renamed in memory of the late Beverly ‘Bee Bee’ Brewer, who was a strong supporter of this event for many, many years. We are expecting a great attendance from ARC. In honor of Bee Bee, this year’s T Shirts will include Bee Bee’s name. We are also honoring our friends that donate their time and services to this event: JR for the music, Venus Restaurant for the hamburgers and hot dogs, Clearwater Marine Aquarium for the pontoon boat and Captain.

The ARC of Tampa Bay is the Association of Retarded

Citizens. The clients, all of varying ages, come to the club to enjoy a cookout, boat rides and music. CYC Club members volunteer their time cooking, serving food and drinks, clean-ing up, and making sure all clients have a fun day!

The only way the Fun Day happens is because of so many members and friends volunteering their time and talent. We have had several members ask how they can help financially. First, please donate to CYC/ARC; you will receive an invitation with a special envelope included. We always ask for members to buy T-shirts and buy extra ones for the ARC clients.

The important part is to donate to this wonderful organiza-tion that is the only place for help for many with intellectual and development disabilities. In years past we have donated an average of $7,500 each year - let’s top that this year!

CYC/ARC FUN DAY!

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Wearin’ o’ the Green

by ed Proefke Jr., Vice Commodore

aPril is one of my favorite months of the year. Spring is here and the weather is so pleasant in April.

The Blessing of the Fleet will be held on April 9th. The evening before, on Friday April 8th, we will have the Sock Burning party in the dry dock and our fabulous seafood buffet dinner in the main dining room. The Blessing of the Fleet is a great tradition that we do each year at CYC and if you have not attended one, it is truly an enjoyable event. Even if you do not have a boat, come and you can get a ride on one of the participating boats.

The foyer crown molding is ordered and will be installed once it arrives. Also, the dry dock pavers should be repaired, cleaned and sealed by the time you read this article. You will be dancing on our new dance floor at the next party you attend down stairs. We realized it was time to replace the worn dance floor that we have been using for too many years.

The new menu has been well received as Chef John has received many compliments on the new items. John continues to bring delicious and exciting new specials to us as well and the galley crew does a great job of preparing and serving excellent dinners.

Spring is here and Clearwater Yacht Club is the place to be. I look forward to seeing you all at the club.

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If you enjoy:l Sailingl Imbibingl Dining l Telling sea storiesl Cruising in company with other sailboatsWe’re gathering in the Grill on the 4th Wednesday of each

month 6:30 p.m. for drinks and blather, 7 p.m. for dinner.Next Sailors’ Table will be Wed., April 27.

by Collin heimensen, rear Commodore

sPrinG has sPrunG at the Clearwater Yacht Club. We had a fantastic March with many exciting events, the crown jewel of which was the Commodores Ball. We had fantastic attendance, great live music and the kitchen staff knocked it out of the park to make the evening a blast for all!

Looking forward to April, we will be enjoying many fun events with great entertain-ment. On Sunday April 3rd we will be hosting line dancing upstairs at 4:00. If you missed this last time, mark your calen-dars, everyone in the room was smiling!

To mark the beginning of spring, we will be having the Burning of the Socks on Friday April 8th to kick off another great weekend at the club. Saturday the 9th is our annual Blessing of the Fleet. After the festivities, we will have live music at the Tiki in the afternoon.

On Wednesday the 13th we will be hosting Jazz Night at the club with Dwayne White. Dwayne is a great local Jazz musician; this will be his first appearance at Clearwa-ter Yacht Club.

by Tommy meyer, membership Chair

The membershiP Committee is continuing to explore new avenues that will increase our numbers, but it seems we are just staying even between the ad-dition of new members and the resignation of existing members. We could certainly use your help with new ideas and new events that will encourage people to join. Don’t forget to bring your neighbors and friends to the club!

Club usage is extremely important to our success, and a look at the financial data from the past few months clearly shows that 75 percent of our full members use the club regularly, while 25 percent never use it. If you know members that do not use the club, please encour-age them to come back and enjoy their membership.

Motown Night will be back on the 23rd, hosted by Terry Williams. The club will be rockin’ with the sounds of the Motor City’s best music!

We will finish off the month with a Rock the Dock Party on April 30th featuring Quinton Dean at the Tiki Bar. April will be absolutely fun-filled at CYC!

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by mary Kay delk, bow Chasers Publicity

april occasionsWatch your email for news of the Bow Chasers April

event. Here’s a hint: We are continuing our artsy theme that started with the painting party. On the water, we’re beginning April with a team relay race and ending it with a Sunfish clinic.

Can You Picture This?The Bow Chasers let their inner artists out at our

March paint and sip party. We met at Wine and Design, shared lots of yummy treats and actually got more paint on our canvases than on ourselves. An artist instructor helped each of us go home with our very own master-piece.

bow Chasers interclub regattaDue to fleet repairs, we rescheduled our traditional

Valentine Interclub Regatta until March. Our patience paid off as we waited for the fog to lift and the wind to pick up. Our own Cathy McNally placed first, followed by Julie Sargent (Mainsheet Mamas) and Nancy Reid (Dinghy Dames). Congratulations, Cathy!

seaworthy PramsHalf the pram fleet has now been refurbished and the

difference is striking! The prams don’t just look bet-ter – they sail better too. We are so very grateful to the Board of Directors and Board of Trustees for funding the repairs. Thank you!

We are 50 and We love itBow Chasers now has 50 fun members. Ladies, our

monthly parties are so much fun! Join the Bow Chasers and join in the fun!

april schedule5 Bunny Race (Team Relay)11 FWSA Rainbow Regatta at St. Pete Sailing

Center12 Spring Series, Race 614 Board Meeting (NEW DATE)19 Fun Sail/Make Up Race26 Sunfish Clinic

Until next month, remember that the cure for anything is salt water.

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by Tommy meyer, Cruising Chair

We’Ve had a very busy and memorable time this past month. First, there was the Pasadena cruise hosted by Fred and Carole Bleakley. They hosted a fabulous docktail party on Friday night, followed by dinner at the Pasadena Yacht Club. Saturday we visited the Gulfport art show during the day, and then Fred and Carole had made dinner reservations for 30 at a quaint B&B. I’m not sure if they normally serve that many people in a week, much less one night. It was wonderful.

Next up was lunch at The Pub in Indian Rocks on a Saturday, hosted by John and Sue Speck. We had 34 people show up by boat and car. John and Sue had us play-ing a game called Left Right Center which is a money game using quarters. It was a great afternoon, with good friends, conversation, laughs and good food.

Finally, there was our trip to The Club at Treasure Island hosted by Ray and Arlene Cutro. Dinner for 30 at The Club’s Friday night all-you-can-eat seafood buffet was great. Saturday we had a potluck dinner that included everything from Irish stew to bar-b-q. Following dinner Ray and Arlene had us playing games that are hard to explain. A pool cue thru a toilet paper roll, an orange in a pair of panty hose tied around your waist and pushing a Bocce ball, then wives blindfolded trying to find their husbands by feeling the men’s legs. You just can’t make this stuff up!Next up, Regatta Point for the seafood festival. See you there!

After a hiatus of many years, St. Petersburg Yacht Club’s Pass-a-Grille station now offers FCYC members arrival by boat. Transient slip reser-vations may be made through dockmaster Adam Harnen, 727-822-3227.

Marathon Yacht Club in the Florida Keys has posted new summer dockage rates (May 1 to October 31) for FCYC members:

Daily: $1.75 per foot (plus 1 free day)Weekly: $6 per foot (8 day stay with 1 free day)Monthly: $12 per foot Bonus: Stay 4 days or more and receive a $50 credit in

our restaurant! For further information, contact Marathon Yacht Club at

1 305 743 6739

News for Cruisers!

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by fr. bob Wagenseil, Jr activities/ Youth & adult sailing Classes

The PasT monTh has been one of excel-lent sailing conditions and outstanding progress for our Intrepid Sailors and their dedicated instructors and sup-port staff. Every class provides us with the opportunity to “learn something new!”

Our remedial “after-school” students are working hard to improve their skills on all points of sail as well as their abilities to correctly tie a variety of knots and safely rig their boats.

The Saturday Opti and 420 teams are gearing up for the Clark Mills Regatta as they improve their under-standing of racing rules and tactics. Under the leader-ship of Ned Covel, DJ Tassone and Noah Lyons, these outstanding young men and women are striving to become excellent competitive sailors who value the virtues of team work, safety, and good seamanship.

Our Intrepid Adult Sailors are sharpening their skills every week and, much like the kids, are building friend-ships and having fun on the water.

Preparation for Summer Camp 2016 is in high gear! All sessions are full and we have a growing wait list. Our Junior Leadership candidates are preparing for testing in April and we are confident that 2016 is going to be a wonderful experience for our kids, their families, and our dedicated staff and volunteers.

As always, we are grateful for those CYC members who stop by to say hello to students and parents during Saturday classes. Their presence and words of encour-agement mean a great deal to us. Together with CYC’s outstanding staff including Dan, Linda, Tom and Virginia, we are truly thankful to be part of the CYC family and look forward to great days to come.

Wishing you fair winds and many blessings!Fr. Bob frbob.wagenseil@gmail.com (727) 510-6153

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Gulls Tracksby lynne shackelford,

Gulls President

Ladies LuncheonsSave the date: Wednesday, April 20thFashion Show presented by PatchingtonIf you missed the February luncheon you missed a great

chance to win a fabulous photograph donated as a door prize by our speaker, Bernie Fillipi. (One of us was very fortunate to win!)

March brought us another appetizing program presented by personal chef Dawn Bause. We munched on 4 different hors d’oeuvres that she showed us how to prepare before we enjoyed a wonderful salad prepared by Chef John.

If you’ve missed our last couple of luncheons, you may not know that we now have a trivia question worth a $5.00 gift certificate for your next ladies luncheon. Congratulations to Sandie Ramsden as the winner of our first trivia contest in February, and Marie Bard for March. Watch for your Gazette and this article every month for possible answers.

Seen flying aroundThe Gulls were again involved with preparing Race Com-

mittee bags, this time for the Snipes regatta.Handmade lap robes and hats were donated to the 101st

Airborne Division Association, Florida Gulf Coast Chapter to be distributed to wounded soldiers at Bay Pines Hospital. Thanks to Dennis and Susan Reardon for delivering these on our behalf.

Did you know?The Gulls are preparing to celebrate our 40th anniversary.

In 1977 Margaret Hanselman, with the help of two friends, Connie Aylward and Helen Eckhoff, formulated a plan for a group which would become a special and integral part of the Clearwater Yacht Club. Twenty-five ladies showed up for the first luncheon meeting where Mary Lou Straker was elected president. Betty McGraw-Perkins came up with the name CYC (SEA) Gulls.

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CYC committees and organizationsCommiTTees

entertainment, Collin Heimensen

finance, Richard Libonate

house & Grounds, Ed Proefke Jr.

Junior activities, Fr. Bob Wagenseil

membership, Tommy Meyer

nominating Committee, Rowland Milam

Policy, Johnny Cardosi

Waterside, Curtis Wold

Yachting, Tim Walsh

CYC orGanizaTions

bow Chasers, Sandie Ramsden

Cruising, Tommy Meyer

Gulls, Lynne Shackelford

ship’s store, Cindy Page

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Co-editors Tina Fitzgerald, Linda Humphers

Photo Credits: Tom Brusini, Mary Kay Delk, Lynn Hebert, Lynne Shackelford, Virginia Vollenweider, Fr. Bob Wagenseil

The deadline for all copy, ads and photos is the Friday following the Board of Directors’ meeting each month.

Club dining hoursTuesday-Thursday 11:30 am - 9:00 pmFriday & Saturday 11:30 am - 9:30 pmSunday Breakfast 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Tiki hut hoursTuesday-Thursday 6:00 am -10:00 pmFriday 2:00 pm - closingSaturday & Sunday 11:00 am - closing

save These dates

april events

friday 1st – sunday 3rd

Cruisers to Bradentonsaturday 2nd Clark Mills Regatta, Private Event MDRsunday 3rd

Clark Mills RegattaNew Member Orientation 10:30Line Dancing 2:00Tuesday 5th

Bow Chasers Bunny Race House & Grounds 6:30Wednesday 6th

Gulls BOD 10:30, Membership 6:30Thursday 7th

Landcruisers 5:30friday 8th

Burning of the Socks, Seafood Buffetsaturday 9th

Blessing of the Fleet, Private Event MDRsunday 10th

Beer Can Racing 2:30monday 11th

Bow Chasers FWSA Rainbow Regatta Tuesday 12th

Bow Chasers Spring Race 6Entertainment 6:30Wednesday 13th

Gulls Social 10:30, Cruisers 6:30Jazz Night with Dwayne WhiteThursday 14th

Finance 6:00, Bow Chasers BOD 6:30Trivia NightTuesday 19th

Bow Chasers Fun Sail/Make Up Race Book Club 6:00, Yachting 7:00Wednesday 20th

Gulls Sponsored Luncheon 11:30Fashions by PatchingtonThursday 21st

Board of Directors 6:00Bingo Night games begin 7:30 saturday 23rd

Motown Nightsunday 24th

Beer Can Racing 2:30Tuesday 26th

Bow Chasers Sunfish Clinic, Trustees 5:30Wednesday 27th

Gulls Social 10:30, Waterside 6:00Sailors Table 7:00

Thursday 28th

Private Event Dry Docksaturday 30th

Rock the Dock Party with Quinton Dean

may events

Tuesday 3rd

Bow Chasers Fun Sail, House & Grounds 6:30Wednesday 4th

Gulls BOD 10:30, Membership 6:30Thursday 5th

Landcruisers 5:30Cinco de Mayofriday 6th

New Member Orientation 10:30saturday 7th

ARC Foundation FUN DAY @ CYCsunday 8th Mother’s Day Grand BrunchTuesday 10th

Bow Chasers Sailors Award LuncheonEntertainment 6:00Wednesday 11th

Gulls Social 10:30, Cruisers 6:30Thursday 12th

Finance 6:00saturday 14th Beer Can Racing 1:30, Private Event MDRTuesday 17th

Bow Chasers Change of WatchBook Club 6:00, Yachting 7:00Wednesday 18th

Gulls Sponsored Ladies Luncheon 11:30Thursday 19th

Board of Directors Meeting 6:00Bingo Night games begin 7:30friday 20th Cruisers to Longboat KeyTuesday 24th

Bow Chasers Fun SailTrustees 5:30Wednesday 25th

Gulls Social 10:30, Waterside 6:00Sailors Table 7:00saturday 28th

Private Event Patio/DDsunday 29th Cardboard Boat Racesmonday 30th

Memorial Day Cookout Tuesday 31st

Club Closed for Lunch Open at 5:00

CYC New MembersAt the March 17, 2016 Board of Directors meeting, the following new memberships were approved:Daniel & Donna AbramsEdward & Phyllis CarlsonPhillip & Mary LallucciRichard & Betty MassellJohn & Cindy MintonJeff & Michelle Schrier

If you see the pineapple flag on their tables, please introduce yourself and give them a warm CYC welcome!

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General Manager’s Letterby Tom brusini, General manager

Clearwater Yacht Club has gone blue to turn GREEN!

Check out the blue recycle bins on the dock and at the Tiki Bar for all your throways in plastic, glass, paper and steel.

Help CYC turn Green

Sponsoring recycling at CYC for the month of April will be

The Yachting CommiteeThank you, all!

aPril alreadY? Yikes! It’s nearly time to fit into that swimsuit and get ready for summer! But before you do that, we’ve got plenty yet to do this month, so keep reading!

Sunday, 3rd Spring Fling Patio Party, including line dancing lessons downstairs!

Friday, 8th Burning of the Socks ceremony dockside. Join us as we gather around the fire and toss our socks in as a celebration of the upcoming boating season!

Saturday, 9th Blessing of the Fleet. One of our most time-honored traditions. We’ll start with coffee and refreshments at 10 am on the patio. The captains’ meet-ing will be around 10:30 am, after which the boats leave our docks to be blessed as they parade around the basin. Our esteemed fleet chaplain, Father Bob Wagenseil, will bless each boat as it passes the elevated viewing stand. Flowers will be available to honor those members that have crossed the bar in the past year. We’ll have a great dockside cookout afterwards so plan on enjoying a super day at your club. Even if you do not have a boat but want to be on the water, I guarantee you’ll get a ride on another

member’s boat. New this year: music in the afternoon to keep the party going!

Wednesday, 13th Jazz Night! Join us once again for some fabulous music and delicious food!

Saturday, 23rd Motown Night! We’ll party upstairs to some fantastic dance music. Details to follow, but make sure to mark this date so as not to miss this party! We only do Motown every few years, and the house is always packed!

Saturday, 30th Rock the Dock Party! This time we move the party downstairs to the patio and tiki hut. Get ready to listen and dance to the sounds of Quinton Dean. We’ll have a dockside cookout for this event as well – BBQ ribs, burgers, all the good stuff!

Fine members: if you hadn’t noticed, your club gets busier every day, week and month! Important as always to call for reservations, especially if you’re bringing guests – we want to impress them with our fine service and excellent cuisine!

Lastly, if you haven’t been to our Sunday breakfast buffet, you don’t know what you’re missing! We’ve been having record attendance, and everyone has a great time! Call us, then join us!

At your service, I remain,Tom BRUSiNi

MEMBER APPRECIATION EVENT

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Clearwater Yacht Club830 S. Bayway Blvd.Clearwater, FL 33767Phone: 727 447 6000

Email: office@clwyc.orgWebsite: www.clwyc.org

CYC StaffTom Brusini General ManagerJohn Yingling Executive ChefVirginia Vollenweider Office ManagerMichelle Geis Accounting ManagerDan Geis Maintenance SupervisorLinda Carter Dockmaster

Friday, April 8Sock Burning: 6:00 at

the flagpole Saturday, April 9

Blessing of the Fleet: 10:00 Coffee & Doughnuts

10:30 Fleet leaves the basin to be blessed Dockside Cookout

will follow

All CYC members and their boats are welcome to participate.

You don’t need a boat to enjoy the Blessing of the Fleet – there’s

plenty of room for all who wish to ride along during the

yacht processional.A barbecue will follow

in the Dry Dock.

Saturday April 9