PETALUMA YACHT CLUB CHICKEN SCRATCH

January, 2013

Volume 34

PETALUMA YACHT CLUB

CHICKEN SCRATCH

January 2013 Inside this issue: Page #

Commodore & Vice

Commodore’s report

2

Rear Commodore’s 3

New Year Eve’s Fly-

er

3

Secretary’s report 4 -5

Sunshine &

GM Menu

6

Walter Wilson 7

Cruise to San Rafael

Flyer

8

Lighted Boat Pics 9-11

Ladies Luncheon 12-

13

Delta Cruise Plan-ning meeting flyer

14

Shrimp feed flyer 16

Bar Duty Roster 18

Board Members

& Committee Chairs

19

Calendar 20

Pictures taken by Scott Hess from Scott Hess Photography

PETALUMA YACHT CLUB

Marty Little - Commodore

Greetings PYC friends,

I hope everyone had a very Merry

Christmas and that Santa did not bring you a

lump of coal.

I cannot give enough thanks to everyone who

volunteered and participated in this year’s

Lighted Boat Parade. Whether you entered a

boat in the Parade or performed a duty in the

Club, all of you made it a great success. The

Boats looked spectacular. This may have been

the largest participation of Boats in the Parade

ever. We have plenty more events coming up,

including the New Year’s eve Party at the

Club December 31st and a Cruise out to San

Rafael the weekend of January 11-13th.

There will also be a Delta Cruise Meeting at

the Club on January 19th. This will be the

time to voice your desire, as to where you

would like to visit during the Cruise.

On a somber note, please make every effort

to attend the General Meeting on January

4th, as we will have a ringing of the 8-Bells

for our beloved Walter Wilson.

Marty Little, Commodore

Ahoy!

What a great holiday! The lighted boat parade was fantastic! And many thanks to Mary McDermott, Larry Kubo and John Wolthausen for helping with the bar on much larger than usual bar nights!! With the stormy weather, the club has been quieter than usual, but do stop by when you can and enjoy the warm fire and good friends. The bar is doing great and is fully stocked. So now that we’re moving into a great new year, let’s all make PYC the place to be. Gerry

Gerry Reinartz - Rear Commodore

Hello fellow boaters and friends,

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a Mer-ry Christmas.

As I take a look out the window, taking a break from cookie making, it is pouring rain. Good thing Don Roberts caulked the leak at the door threshold to the upper deck. The club is in great shape, as usual. The building committee is working on the final drawings for the Coop. The galley will receive some attention next year as well.

If you want to have some input, please be sure to come to the building committee meet-ing on Jan.15th at the club.

The weather held off for the lighted boat pa-rade this year and it was amazing. Not only the number of boats and spectators ashore, but the effort that went into each and every decorated boat. It was breathtaking to see at the dock. Everyone that participated should be applauded. What fun for the last cruise in of the year.

Ted

January, 2013

Ted Adams - Rear Commodore

PETALUMA YACHT CLUB

General Meeting Minutes 7 December 2012

Call to order @ 2006 hours by CO Marty Little

Moment of silence in memory of Walter Wilson – 8 Bells will be done at Jan Meeting.

Judith Comstock will host the January GM dinner in honor of Walter. She asks for help. The

Corbett’s and Roberts volunteer.

Tonite’s Dinner – thank you to….Everyone for the wonderful Pot Luck

Introduction of any guests- none

Secretary- Minutes of November General Meeting – David Quist

4 resignations- Piggott and Gardner due to illnesses (cancer). Warrens and Hands effective when their Proprie-tary Memberships sell.

3 memberships delinquent in annual dues payments. Notices of Memberships Not In Good Standing sent 12/6/12. (Secretarial note 12/19- 1 Membership sent dues since notices- the Grady’s. Others still in “NOT Good Standing” are Craig and Sandy Lassen and Jim Michaelsen.

Treasurers report – Sheri Adams-

All bills currently paid and books up to date. Financial Records re-established with Quick Books.

CO report – Martin Little

I would like to thank everyone for coming to the installation dinner. I hope all of you had as much fun as I did. I sincerely felt so much love and support from all of you. I would like to especially thank Linda Blue, Nancy Keller, and Francesca Smith for all of their help in making sure the event was a success, and of course our very own James Keller for being the DJ and who could ever forget the special Entertainment of Mackenzie Smith and James, (the great Karnack).

It’s a new year and we are looking forward to an exciting fun year. In order to have that kind of year depends on all of us.

Christmas tree decoration after Meeting. Thanks to all who stay and help!

Next Board of Directors meeting December 20th, please contact me if you have anything for the agenda.

VCO report – Gerry Reinartz

Bar- class instruction on Tequila serving shown. Very funny!

RCO report – Ted Adams

Pending Club rentals? None

Cruise-ins? None until mid-June.

New toilet seat covers arriving soon.

Turn over to Al Alys to report on Building Committee

New Coop display case to be built by 3/31. Replaces existing rolling case. Will be on kitchen wall facing open area. Inside case design needs inputs. See Al.

Spring Club clean-up will need some skilled volunteer labor for expected needed repairs.

Events – Carol Anderson

Next events – Report on events planning meeting from Sunday December 2.

Events- NY Eve (Chair Anderson/Quist), Superbowl (Chair- Quist), St. Patty’s Day, All you can eat shrimp party, and Dinghy Dine Around. Will do scaled back Memorial Day event. More later.

New Years- bring potluck appetizers. Pizza provided. DJ. $10/pp.

Linda Blue – Lighted Boat Parade- all ready.

Cruise-Outs – Dave Simonson –

Jan 11-13 San Rafael with Sat. Nite dinner. Sign up sheet posted 12/20.

Delta Cruise – Al Alys,

Planning Meeting Jan 19th with Pizza. RSVP for amount of pizza please. 2 signed up already. Pre-Delta party at Al & Shirley’s early August.

Membership – Gregg Waugh -no report

Sunshine – Marty Little for Dee Jones –

Janny van Aalderen’s sister in Holland passed from complications of stroke.

Advertising – Jim Becker with help from Tina Powell. Please pay for ads ASAP. Same pricing.

Newsletter– Diane Parker – 2012 picture album completed.

Photography – Francesca Smith all is great.

Website – Gerry Reinartz- no report.

Ship’s Store “The Coop”

Gloria Roberts “exciting things” happening. Stop by and see X’mas things! Thx to new chicks Nancy Walker, Carol Anderson and rooster Don Roberts for helping this coming year! Special prize for Lighted Boat Parade attendee. $25 coupon from Sheri’s place in Rohnert Park.

PICYA Delegate – Linda Blue – no report

Galley – Todd Mendoza / Connie Tudor – no report

Old Business -none

New Business –

Diana Holmes- Thanks o whomever for new microphones! They work great!

For the Good of the Club –

Francesca Smith reported Haystack replacement bridge is used with 85 years of life left. Will be installed late 2013-2014 for SMART route.

Lynda McGuire ladies luncheon on 12/12. Special toast at 12:12:12 pm! Last alignment of numbers until 2101.

Sherri Adams for Cathy Lehmann- Lehmann 5k strictly for fun run/walk on 12/23

Next General Meeting January 4th

Adjournment by CO Little @ 2051 hours

Respectfully submitted,

David Quist, Secretary

Petaluma Yacht Club

(Continued from page 4)

January, 2013

3RD Steve Hand 6th Joanne Claeyssens 7th Janny van Aalderen 10th Karl Brandt 15th Lauren Williams 16th Sandy Lassen 16th McKenzie Smith 20th Pam Aune 22nd Michael Day 23rd Sherry Ballestrasse 26th Denise Calvert 31st Craig Lassen

PETALUMA YACHT CLUB

Sunshine Chairperson

Dee Jones

[email protected]

Call me 707-763-0576

Please contact me if you know if one of our members are sick

or any other news about our members. I can’t do my job

without your help.

General Meeting Dinner

In honor of Walter Wilson

His favorite meal

“Old Mexico”

Enchilada Plate with

Surprise desserts

Contact Judith Comstock

By e-mail at

[email protected] or

Phone at (707) 282-9162

Deadline for sign up

Is January 2nd.

January, 2013

Walter Wilson

August 5, 1921—December 2, 2012

8 Bell Ceremony will be performed

before the general meeting on Jan. 4th in

honor of Walter.

Walter was born in San Francisco in 1921. He had a brother and 2 sisters. His Mother came from Vienna,

Austria and his father was from San Francisco. Walter remembered seeing the Golden Gate Bridge being

built and opening day. He lived in the Sunset District when he was growing up.

Walter was a WWII veteran with the Coast Guard. He was stationed in San Francisco at Treasure Island

area. The two ships he was assigned to were the Amethyst and Shoshone. They were in the Bering sea

patrol and up and down the Coast of California from San Diego to San Francisco. During the war they went

to sea where they picked up downed pilots in the Pacific. Walter was the chief engineer during his military

career. He is going to have a burial at sea with the Coast Guard later on in 2013.

After the war he went to work for Cahill, a contractor who built a lot of high rise buildings in San

Francisco. He learned from that experience and became a General Contractor himself. He built single

family homes in the Santa Clara County. Before he retired he developed many large apartment complexes

in the same area.

Walter had a love of boats from his early youth. He owned 13 powerboats in total. His favorite was his last,

Grand Slam, a 42' Grand Banks that he had built in Hong Kong. He took her up and down the West Coast

and ventured for 3 months every year into the inland passage in Alaska. Walter loved to fish and caught

many Marlin and other large fish. Walter was a founding member of the Cruiser Haven Yacht Club in the

Stockton Delta area. He was also a long time member of the Fidalgo Yacht Club in Burlington,

Washington. Walter and Judith became members of the Petaluma Yacht Club in 2009. He enjoyed the

club very much and loved sharing his boating experiences with the members. It gave him a connection to

boating that he always loved. Walter & Judith shared a love of the water. They cruised to many places in

the Mediterranean and they took a cruise to Alaska with their PYC sponsors, Don & Gloria Roberts. They

were guests on many of the other member's boats during Opening Day on the River and Lighted Boat

Parade. Walter's felt at home with PYC and became a Proprietary Member in 2012. His spirit will live in

our hearts for years to come.

PETALUMA YACHT CLUB

January, 2013

The above pictures taken by Scott Hess of Scott Hess Photography

PETALUMA YACHT CLUB

January, 2013

The Winners were:

Most Creative - Sail Boat - Pelican - George Nail

1st Place and most spectacular - Don and Gloria Roberts

Most Fun -Blue Flu - Scott Sibbald and April Chapman

Brightness and Technical Genius - Mirage - Leonard Holt

Judges Award (2nd Place)-Compass Rose - Sea Scouts

The judges of the Lighted Boat Parade

were:

Chris Albertson— Petaluma City Council Member

Dan St. John— Director of Public Works and Utilities

Jeff Mayne - President, Petaluma Downtown Assoc.

Marie McCusker - Executive Director, Petaluma

Downtown Association & Visitors Center

Most Creative—Pelican Most Fun—Blue Flu

PETALUMA YACHT CLUB

At exactly 12 minutes after noon we made a toast to 12-12-12. December 12th, at 12 minutes

after 12 in the year 2012. Lots of 12’s.

January, 2013

The gifts

PETALUMA YACHT CLUB

DELTA CRUISE PLANNING MEETING

DATE: SATURDAY, JAN 19th

TIME: 6 PM

PLACE: PYC

ALL CRUISERS INVITED— PIZZA WILL BE SERVED

Bring your ideas of stops, anchoring and rafting locations.

It’s your input for the itinerary to make it the best cruise.

Delta Cruise Dates: August 10th thru 24th, 2013

RSVP for pizza and attendance to Al Alys at 763-5863 or

[email protected]

January, 2013

PETALUMA YACHT CLUB

January, 2013

PETALUMA YACHT CLUB

PYC BAR DUTY ROSTER 2012

Current month bartenders are listed on the calendar.

Contact your bar Director for

code to the safe. Any other questions contact

Gerry Reinartz, VCO (707) 781-9293

Summer hours (May thru Sept): Friday 6pm –12AM and Saturday 5PM – 12AM

Winter hours (Oct thru April): Friday 6PM – 10 PM and Saturday 5PM – 10 PM.

Bartenders should be at the bar until schedule closing hours, using good

judgment to stay later due to attendance.

January, 2013

NEWSLETTER Diane Parker

WEBMASTER Gerry Reinartz

MEMBERSHIP Gregg Waugh

PHOTOGRAPHY Francesca Smith

EVENTS

Carol Anderson

ADVERTISING Jim Becker Tina Powell

CRUISE

Dave Simonson

DELTA CRUISE Al Alys

Staff Commodores

Alfred A. Alys Alfred A. Alys Tony Smith Doug Robinson Barry Parkinson Charles English Pat Ryan Harry Simpson Alfred A. Alys Gerald Cooper Bill Bradford Dave Simonson Donald Hoirup Jerry Wright Neal Parker Duffy Stewart Ted Lehmann Chris Crispen Tom Griffith Steve Hand Tom Bamberger Glenn Burch Rose Collins Mary McDermott Harold Niles Larry Kubo McKenzie Smith James Keller Diane Parker Tom Corbett Don Roberts Levi Swift Francesca Smith Diana Holmes Linda Blue

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COMMITTEE CHAIRS

CRUISE-IN GREETERS Linda Blue

SUNSHINE Dee Jones

COOP

Gloria Roberts Don Roberts

Carol Anderson Nancy Walker

GALLEY

Todd Mendoza Connie Tudor

BUILDING

Al Alys - Chair Don Roberts, Larry

Calvert, Dave Simonson, Harold Niles, Scott Sibbald

P.I.C.Y.A

Linda Blue

COMMODORE

Marty Little

(707) 529-9700

VICE COMMODORE

Gerry Reinartz

(707) 781-9293

REAR COMMODORE

Ted Adams

415-246-6318

DIRECTORS

Linda Blue

( Staff Commodore )

Tina Powell

Fred Frost

Scott Sibbald

John Wolthausen

2012 - 2013 Board of Directors

Clubhouse Phone

707-765-9725

Web Address www.petalumayachtclub.com

Photo’s

www.shutterfly.com

User Name:

[email protected]

Password:

petaluma

SECRETARY

David Quist

707-779-9169

TREASURER

Sherri Adams

(707) 658-1959

10 C Street Petaluma, CA

94952

707-765-9725

January 2013 Bar Director is: Ted Adams @ (415) 246-6318

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