MAY 2015 BEACON

Vice Commodores Comments…

It’s been a long winter, and spring is struggling to take hold, but that did not stop our Elite Brigade teams from working their hearts out to get our great club ready for the membership’s enjoyment. We all owe them a debt of gratitude for their efforts!! They serve to remind us that hard work, and sweat equity is the DNA that NCYC was founded on and stills lives in us today. For Sandi and I, participating while seeing old friends and new faces at the Island is very refreshing and energizing. There are 2 work parties, May 9th and May 16th, please attend one or both of them. The finrunner will be leaving the dock at 9:00 AM on these Saturdays rain or shine. We need all of you hearty souls to come out and do the fun work of readying the club for opening weekend. It really makes you feel good to see that your contributions helped make the club shine that opening weekend! As with all of this, I hope to get enough free time to get my boat ready to put in the water as well. Memorial Day weekend is right around the corner and is a special time at the club. The General Membership meeting on Saturday, May 23rd, where we welcome all of our new members to the club, Fitting Out Party, and the Ceremonial Flag Raising are just some of the highlights for the weekend. Our first party weekend is traditionally a time where there are many members competing for space to dock their vessels. There is no way that we can anticipate how crowded we will be for this weekend. We recognize that there is a high demand for dockage in the East Harbor. Space is at a premium and rafting of boats is always a potential, I have done it myself.