The Past Commodores

Rear Commodore  - Dan Lockwood, Past Commodore  - John Mattis, Commodore - Peter Blackmore

Photos by Sheila Jones

Steve Higgs did us proud with an exceptional dinner. Steve - we really appreciate all you do for these special occasions. It means a great deal to the club! The Sea Scouts served the meal and did so flawlessly.

Sequoia had the annual Past Commodores dinner on Saturday. This is a great tradition and an evening not to be missed. This year was outstanding. We had a great turn out and the 16 Past Commodores were joined by the flag, directors and many members. We had apologies from those who were traveling but took the time to write a short email and it was great to hear from them as well.

I looked up the collective noun for Commodores and Thesaurus is missing this one, so here goes - a class of commodores, a fleet of commodores?  I go with a Fleet of Commodores.

One of the fun aspects of this evening is tradition asks each Past Commodore to tell an anecdote from their year. We were lucky to hear a great set of stories, memories and just magic moments for the evening. Also everyone said their piece positively and briefly so Rick 'the hook' Gilmore, although poised for action, had a relaxed evening. Our Rear Commodore had the tough job of selecting the best anecdote of the evening. Dan Lockwood did a masterful job of 'roasting' each one and awarded the honor to John Mattis.

It was a memorable evening and a privilege to be a part of it. Sequoia Yacht Club is going from strength to strength and much of that success is built off a great flag over many years. Thank you to all the Past Commodores for everything you did and do for the club - and a sincere best of luck to the future Commodores!

Peter - your Commodore

Don't miss this Friday's General Meeting and DID. Come on down and see your friends and hear what's new at the club. So much happening we can hardly fit it all into the Blast. Also we will be having several second readings and you can be there to welcome these new members. Rumor has it that one of these members may actually be member number 1000. Wow!

Also Lina is cooking up a special Italian meal with pasta and a marinara sauce. Did you know that marinara means "sailor" in Italian (sailor style of tomato sauce)?  Just our kind of sauce...

Cocktails at 18:00
Dinner at 18:30
General Meeting at 19:30

Italian Special and Eric's Star Sauce

Meatballs and Marinara (Eric's Famous Sauce)
Angel Hair Pasta or Rigatoni
2 Salads: Spinach and Regular Salad with yummy sides
Dessert: Italian Cookies and Cream

All for $12.00!

Single-handed race #3 is right around the corner on 15 June.  This is the 3rd in a series of 4 so get the boat out and make it count.  Skipper's meeting is at 10:30, start  time is 12:30 at marks #3/4.
        Race committee will have home made chili in the club house after the race so come on in and enjoy. -  John Ryan

Mark your calendar!!!

This year's Fourh of july lands on a Thursday this year so we have a fun night planned. In addition it is our sail night hosted by Peter McCormick so we you can sail enjoy a traditional 4th of July hot dogs and burgers on the grill.

The Port will also have fireworks so you need to get to the club early and the parking lot will fill up and the roads will be closed to traffic for a period of time.

Information about the port fetivities can be found by clicking here.

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