Another day closer to ‘Launch’ and all that it brings. Pass the boat
wax and turn up the heat! After that Polar Vortex, I for one, am
ready for sunny skies and balmy breezes. Soon enough and we’ll
be sippin’ a cold beverage in the shade at our Island.
Me and my First Mate are making ready for the upcoming ABYA
Midland rendezvous. It’s always a good time at this event and it is
great to see the folks from all the different clubs in our area. As
Rear Commodore of ABYA, P/C Rick and Jill Romatz are hosting
this fund-raising event and you can be sure that a good time will
be had by all. If you’re not attending this year, maybe consider it
next year to get out and meet a bunch of fun-loving folks.
This month also brings the Blessing of the Fleet at Mariner’s Church in Detroit. Our Chaplain
Art Brooks and Officers from NCYC attend this ceremony traditionally to have our NCYC club
burgee, the one that is flown atop our cupola, blessed along with other burgees brought there
by Merchant companies, Yacht clubs and boating groups from around the region. A very
interesting event steeped in history and tradition.
The business of the Club goes on and I have to admire the interest, dedication and concern
that these Officers and Directors that you have elected to represent NCYC, bring to the table.
The whole focus of what we do is for the betterment and success of North Channel with an eye
looking forward to our progress into the future. I just want to say how proud I am of these folks
and the pleasure that I have in working with every one of them.
I’m hoping that getting the highlights of our Board meetings out to you is proving interesting
and useful. My thoughts were to have the important points of Club business be made available
to everyone right away as it happened. In the past, information was available one or two
months after it occurred. Much too long if an issue was time-sensitive.
I’m having Brent Malik, our Publications Director, place the 2014 Events Calendar in the March
Beacon. Please take a look at it and hopefully make plans on attending the functions during
the season. The calendar is by no means is complete. I’m looking forward to adding some
more events as we move closer to the summer.
If, by chance, you have some interest in hosting an event please let me know. To date, I’m still
lacking someone interested in organizing an event or two with the Youth of our Club in mind. I
feel that this is important not only to our children that we bring to the Island with us, but to the
Club itself. We try to promote Youth involvement at North Channel but at the same time we
have to provide them the interest to keep them returning.
