May - 2010 Volume - 256 Founded - 1987

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Live Your Dream”

Editor: Ellen Vartan

The weather was fabulous, the water smooth as glass and the view of San Fran-cisco from Treasure Island just beautiful.

Organized by Charlie & Karen Agnew,eight boats made the trip:“Grand Cru”: Ken & Naidene Graham“Omega”: Bob & Joyce Craven“Strange Trip”: Steve & Ellen Vartan“Betty D”: Bob & Joy Magoon“Starship”: Kurt & Dominique Stahr “Dancing Wolf”: Larry & Linda Wolfe“Lady Di”: Scott Brown“C’King Fun”: Charlie & Karen AgnewNorm and Else Madsen drove down onFriday for dinner. Bill Kisliuk and ElizabethFrater joined us at the club on Saturday.Treasure Island Yacht Club is an all-volunteer club similar to ours except that theystill don’t have running water after all theseyears. However, members still produce somegreat dinners while hosting yacht clubs from allaround the Bay. They are a very friendly andhospitable group and we urged them to visit usin Napa.An after-dinner presentation by Carolyn Tre-anor of Sunflower Circle Productions high-lighted the legend of world-class adventurer Richard Halliburton and the fated voyage of the Sea Dragon, a Chinese junk, in 1939. Sincethe TI world’s fair was its destination, their goal is to recreate the Sea Dragon’s voyage for geographic educational purposes.

Weekend at Treasure Island

Enjoying the view, the crew is joined by LuluWolfe and Mandy Stahr.Away from the Napa Valley, boaters naturallygravitated toward a wine-tasting on TreasureIsland. (

Photos by Linda Wolfe)

CommodoreLarry WolfeVice CommodoreDirk KruidenierRear CommodoreBill Newton

all know that our liquor li-cense, first issued by the Alcohol and Bev-erage Control board in 1992, is a very im-portant license. Without it we’d just bethirsty and not nearly as funny!Recently there have been some changesin the rules and we absolutely must followthe rules or risk the loss or suspension of our license.The reason that I bring this up is that onour cruise to Treasure Island, for OpeningDay on the Bay, TIYC was adamant thatname tags be worn and that non-membersmust sign in. The ABC is making roundsof private clubs and the Marin Yacht Clubhas already been cited for serving guestswithout name tags. Please be responsible,wear your name tag and if you see some-one without one, take charge and helpenforce the rule. Your guests must wear anametag as well as family members. If youbring in wine, be sure to check with thebartender and pay the required corkage.On the same subject, last weekend Ro-tary had a fundraiser, Cycle for Sight, andneeded volunteer wine servers. Well, Napanow has another new rule. To serve wineas a volunteer you must attend a two-hourclass “Responsible Beverage Server”. Al-though I went reluctantly, I walked awaywith new respect and knowledge. We cansay “no” and sometimes being the nice guyisn’t possible. I had to turn away a youngcouple that didn’t have wristbands. Whenthey pushed the issue, I still refused thembecause one citation could jeopardize fu-ture events and also get me in trouble. Iurge all NVYC bartenders to sign up forthis class.

t is with a great deal of sadnessthat I have to announce thatElizabeth Frater and Bill Kisliukare moving to southern Californiaat the end of May; they will begreatly missed. They have done anoutstanding job managing our barover the past year. THIS MEANSTHAT WE ARE IN NEED OFNEW BARTENDERS FOR THEREMAINING YEAR. THIS IS AGREAT WAY TO GET TOKNOW ALL THE CLUB MEM-BERS. If you are interested, pleasecontact yours truly.

There are seven Friday dinners stillopen for hosts. These are as follows:

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June 25

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July 16

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July 23

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August 13

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August 27

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Sept. 3

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Sept. 10

It is important that we get these filled.It is also possible that some may want totry a Saturday event in lieu of a Fridayaround these dates. If we are unable tofill these dates, they may become bringyour own appetizer night . If you areinterested in trying something new orare available to help, please contactMark or Nancy Lessler.The cruise to Ballena Isle marina isMay 21, 22, & 23 so please get signed upearly so we can get the reservations inearly. This happens to be the weekendof KaBoom which is a great fire worksdisplay and can be seen from the har-bor, baring fog. There also is a greatrestaurant there as well as Ballena BayYC.--the “vice”

he biggest things hap-pening at the Club arethe improvements being made inthe galley and restrooms underthe direction of Building andGrounds Chairs Chris Fultz andAl Mueller with assistance fromBob Weeks. These projectswould not be possible withoutdonated time and energy frommany of our members.In the galley, the hood over therange has been ordered. On thedocks, the power has been up-graded so that everything ismuch safer and will keep thosecircuit breakers from popping.On the restroom front, demoli-tion is done, Chris had a storagecontainer delivered to store all of the building materials and twotemporary comfort stations re-place our missing restrooms.Please see page 4 for some pho-tos.Fleet Captain Bob Magoon hasa loaded cruise schedule for usthe remainder of the cruisingseason. Check the Web for up-coming events. www.nvyc.organd NVYachtClub2010.

May Events

Friday Dinners

May 7

- PotluckHosts: Bill & Merrilee Newton

May 14- Jambalaya à la Emeril LagasseSalad, bread, dessertHosts: Chuck & Andree YoungsonToru & Sumiko Manabe

Special Treat May 14

May 21- Chicken Marengo, rice, vegetable, saladGarlic bread and dessertHosts: Bob & Judee StemmerClay & Mary ParkerMay 28- Indian Dinner: Samosas with dip, Chickencurry, vegetable curry, Basmati rice, nan, ice creamHosts: Seeta & Dirk KruidenierLili Keating

Mark Your Calendars:May 11- NVYC Board Meeting 5:30 pmMay 21-23 - Cruise-out to Ballena Bayand KaBOOM!Memorial Day Weekend: Berkeley YCCruise in (see below)May 30 - Special dinner to benefitSeniors Project - see p.7Birthdays:

Gerry Closs - 5/3Delma Rogers - 5/4Bill Vermeere - 5/5Tom Hildreth - 5/7Dorothy Salmon - 5/8Richard Tipton - 5/9Sandy Funseth - 5/10LeRoy Moore - 5/11Tom Nunan - 5/11Peg Beardsley - 5/14Donna Mendelsohn - 5/20Ellen Vartan - 5/23Craig Burgess - 5/27Kathie Peterson - 5/28Kurt Stahr - 5/28Virginia Miller - 5/30

Anniversaries:

Don Buresh/Sharon Phillips - 5/4Dan & Lesley Robson - 5/6Ray & Jenny Sercu- 5/20Charlie & Gloria Bennett - 5/23Richard & Roseanna Goodfellow - 5/23Scott & Diane Brown - 5/29*****

Please call Joyce Craven if dates are incorrect or missing.Get ready to kick up your heelsand join the fun. Chuck Youngson and his merry PickleCreek String Band, (Roy,Richard and Nadya), will entertainyou with songs from genressuch as Bluegrass, Cajun, OldTimey Appalachian music and more.

Memorial Day Festivities

Cruise in - Berkeley Yacht Club - 29, 30, 31Saturday - GamesSunday - Dinner to Benefit Senior Project (P.7)Raffle prizes ...tax deductible donation...Watch your e-mail for more information...