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NOW HEAR THIS NOW HEAR THISNovember 2009

“Building today toward a bright tomorrow”

Volume 250

Halloween Party 2009Costume Winners

DonBest MaleCostumeElizabeth & BillBest Couples CostumeNancy WeeksBest Female CostumeBruceBest OriginalCostume

NVYC November, 2009NewsletterCommodoreAs I write this, it is amazingto see there are only 2 monthsremaining in our current year toaccomplish a number of thingswe have been working on forquite some time. Those are inaddition to all the things ourclub normally does during ayear, such as special events,cruise-outs, hosting other clubsand creating a place memberscan enjoy.Probably the most important job is to get a new lease inplace with extended terms toallow our club to do some of the physical improvementsplanned in my theme of “Building Today Toward ABright Tomorrow”. With a lotof help from our “negotiatingteam” and some additional helpfrom resources outside the clubwe believe we are now actuallymaking progress in getting the job done. My goal has alwaysbeen to have a lease in placeprior to new officers takingover so they are not faced withanother year of uncertainty indealing with our landlord, theCity of Napa. I now believethe lease can be completedprior to the end of the year if we keep up the positive ap-proach we have developed indealing with the issue.Another project is to extendour dock to provide better ac-cess to our club, especially byvisiting boaters. Getting ap-proval from the Flood ControlDistrict has required hiring anengineering firm to do certainhydrology and debris loadinganalysis. A firm, Winzler &Kelly, is in the process of beingretained to do a design model.The analysis should be done inthe near term to allow us tohave a “waiver” from the Dis-trict. Once that is done, the ac-tual work should not take long.The cost to the club will not betoo great since the docks cameat no fee.The Membership AnnualMeeting and Change Of Watchis on November 21

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at theNapa Valley Country Club. Anotice has been sent to you viae-mail and in the club newslet-ter flyer as well as here now tomeet the at least 20 day notifi-cation period stated in our by-laws.. An agenda for the meet-ing will be issued shortly.Please plan to attend to honorand support the incoming vol-unteer officers and CommitteeChairs that will serve our clubin 2010. They willingly givetheir time and effort to makeyour club successful and theydeserve our appreciation bycoming to the meeting andChange of Watch.We welcome new members,Judy and Dave Winckler thismonth. They are a fun couplefrom S. California I know youwill welcome into our midst!They are sail boaters living inthe Napa Yacht Club that youwill surely enjoy meeting.October has been a greatmonth at the club for dinnersand entertainment! The GreatZappo entertained us on the23

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with some magic. Evensome skeptics (me) were enter-tained. The 30

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is a Halloweenparty with a cruise-in to boot.See the flyer sent earlier for de-tails. You don’t know what youmiss if you skip for even aweek!Have a fun and safe time onthe water and join us at theclub!Clay Parker,Commodore

Clay ParkerCommodore

FROM THE FLAGBRIDGENovember 2009

Taco Tuesday on October 6

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was a lotof fun and easy to pull off thanks toNancy & Bob Weeks, Tom Nunen andLinda. At $1.00 a taco we didn’t getrich, but didn’t lose money either. Nexttime might be an “all you can eat” for$5.00. Watch for more hotdog or ham-burger nights.Many thanks to Diane and Scott Brownfor the Fleet Week cruise out. Our firststop was Pier 39 in San Francisco. Wehad a cocktail party Friday evening onthe Lady Di. The next day people werepacked into every available space aroundPier 39 and in boats waiting for the airshow to begin. It began with a BANGbut fizzled as the fog rolled in and theBlue Angels made just one pass. Sundaythey had better weather and they put onan abbreviated show. The Dancing Wolf scooted for homeport on Monday to beatthe storm coming in. The rest of thecruise headed for Paradise Cay and therest of the ports.If you missed Zappo, you missed a funevening. He played to a full house andgot many of our members involved in hismagic. Thanks to Nancy and Mark Lessler. Our dinner was by Sharon Phil-lips & Don Buresh and Art and AngelaLewis.Thank you Al Mueller and Chris Fultzfor the air conditioner in the kitchen. Itmakes cooking so much nicer and cooler.After parties or Friday night dinners,please be sure to use the expense/receiptform and envelopes located on the righthand side of the bar. After completiondrop it in the mail slot behind the bar forreimbursement. Also a reminder---try tokeep the dinners affordable, $10 or un-der. Keep in mind that the 4 hosts andthe 2 bartenders eat for free. A smallprofit margin of 20% should be added in.If you choose to have part or all of itcatered, it is really difficult to show aprofit.The Fall Management Conference forPICYA (Pacific Inter-Club Yacht Asso-ciation) was held Saturday, October 24,2009 at the Aeolian Yacht Club in Ala-meda. Don Buresh, Bill Newton, BobWeeks and I attended. We heard of thehard work of the RBOC (RecreationalBoats of California), a nonprofit govern-mental advocacy organization that worksto protect and enhance boaters’ interest.RBOC is advocating to protect boaterrights and to assure access for continuednavigation where any control structure(such as gates or barriers) is planned forplacement across a navigable Delta waterway. This has become especially impor-tant as state and federal officials moveforward with the 2 Gates Project withbarriers to be placed across two Deltawaterways. Please see the attached letterin the newsletter. Before November 17

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mail a copy to address on the letter orFAX a copy to the number given. Doyour part! If Southern California siphonsour Delta water South, our beautifulDelta waterways could become a saltymarsh.Reminder----Send your money in toLinda 2297 First Ave. 94558 for theChange of Watch, November 21

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. Therewill be NO Friday night dinner on the20

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.Live Your Dream----Larry Wolfe, ViceCommodore

It is approaching the end of the of theyear and The Change Of Watch is uponus; followed by Thanksgiving and theDecember holidays.This means I can relinquish my statusof ‘Rear’ and next year focus on ‘Vice’;an activity where my personal inclina-tions are more compatible---of course Ihave yet to read the job description.As ‘rear’ commodore, I do not havemuch to report for this month;so I would like to talk a little aboutthe efforts of Clay Parker this year. Hehas worked very hard on the lease nego-tiations with the City of Napa and as faras I can tell has put more efforts on be-half of the club then most Commodoresin the past. He has the help of a fewregular club members; however, he hasalways attended every meeting andbeen on point with all the issues thathave come up. The club owes Clay agreat deal of gratitude.Now on another note; last week theboard had a vote on placing a flatscreen tv to replace the existing tv,which has outlived most expectations;this vote was narrowly defeated. Theproponents were Larry Wolfe and my-self.The thoughts were that it would leadto greater use of the club when sportingevents were on and would lead to a‘hotdog Monday’ or a ‘taco Thursday’.If we have greater activities surround-ing the use of the club, it may lead to alarger more diverse membership. Thereason that I am mentioning this in thecolumn is that it was a close vote and if you as members have any feelings onthe subject please make them known tothe board.Hope to see you at ‘The Change of Watch’‘the rear’dirk

Dirk Kruidenier Rear Commodore

Larry Wolfe Vice Commodore

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