For those who weren’t able to make it to this marvelous event on Saturday night, April 6th, Tom and Teri Wickman, along with Pauline and Keith Jones, cooked up a paella feast worthy of any found even in Valencia, Spain. After a great renaming ceremony for Leslie and Jim Fish's boat performed by our Commodore, Peter Blackmore, a crowd of at least fifty feasted on the savory rice and seafood specialty, or quenched their thirst with Sangria served at the bar. Our thanks go out to these troopers, along with Deidra Sparks who helped out with the party.

Come join us this Friday for our April General meeting and DID. Come down and hear what is going on, welcome new members and have a great meal with your friends.

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

Menu Choices:
Grill your own steaks
Poached salmon
Grilled veggie kabobs

Homemade Mac n' cheese

Kale cherry tomato salad with sesame seed dressing
Regular salad with toppings

Chocolate cake & ice cream

All for $14.50 per person

The Beer Can Race (BCR) kicked off last night with great weather and plenty of wind. The Merits were not out due to a schedule conflict, but the PHRF fleet was out with plenty of pick-up crew aboard. First place went to the birthday-boy, Rick Gilmore, and crew on Mirth. Second place went to John Graves and crew on Metridium and third place going to Mike Garl and crew on Arua.

Every year the club needs a good spring cleaning. This year we need your help to make the club look terrific. Please sign up by clicking here and indicate your williness to help and also indicate an area you would be willing to help clean. We will be starting at 9am and will finish in the afternoon. Pizza will be provided for lunch.

This is great way to work with fellow club members and spruce up the club.

Thank you for your help and support,
Winston Bumpus
Vice Commodore

The weather looks to be accommodating and we'll be on a building flood. Doesn't get better than that.

The skipper's meeting is at 10:30, start time is 12:30 at marks #3/4. Get the boat out and have some fun !!!

This is also the club clean up day so count on seeing many of your fellow club mates around and about.

See you on the line-
John Ryan

Listen my cruisers and you shall hear
Of the weekend sail to north of here
On the twentieth of April, in year Thirteen,
Hardly a sailor in between
Who will forget that glorious day
He said to his crew, “If Sequoia crowd
Come by land or sea from south to-day,
Fly a burgee proudly aloft from the shroud
Of your vessel or golf cart while underway, --
One if by land, and two if by sea;
And I on the Coyote shore will be,
Ready to welcome you at the pier
Through every Sequoia ship as appear
For the cruising party to be up in cheer

Yes, my dear cruisers, it’s time to dust off your golf clubs for the Tin Cup Cruise Out. This year, we will be playing at the Poplar Creek Golf Course at Coyote Point. In addition to the usual prizes for The Farthest Drive, Closest to the Pin, we will have a special secret award to be announced at the Cruise Out. Everyone is welcome to join either by sea or by land. Please sign up at the club or online.

Cruise Out
Date: April 20-21, 2013
Cost: For boaters, it’s $1/ft at the CPYC guest dock. If you think you may have problems with the depth, please call the marina for a slip.

Tin Cup
Date: April 20, 2013
Time: 1 PM
Cost: $33 / person (this is for all 18 holes, but just play 9; they don’t have a 9 hole rate)
Golf Carts: $28 / 2 persons ($19 / 1 person)

Dinner
There is a private party upstairs at the club house that evening but we have the entire first floor and the BBQ area to ourselves.
Cocktails start at 5 PM on the first floor of the club house, near the BBQ area. Dinner is Bring Your Own Meat and a side dish/dessert to share.

Breakfast
Potluck breakfast at the club house.

Ann McDonough - Cruise Out Host

On Sunday June 2- it is my pleasure to invite the club to a Garden Party at the Blackmore's. The event is from 2-6pm.

What is a garden party? Well, it is an open house but primarily garden centric, and you will meet many of your Sequoia friends.

There will be crazy English things like a Ragtime Band. There will also be a Beer tent, one of the better English traditions; a wine bar (which we inherited from the French); a cocktail bar with Pimms and Bucks Fizz, soft drinks such as Iced tea and lemonade; and of course strawberries and cream (just like Wimbledon). And we shall have other hors d'ourves that go with wine and beer - such as cheeses and cold meats. And did I mention cucumber sandwiches.....

All are welcome!

More to come so this is simply a 'Save the Date'. One afternoon with a chance to relax, take a day off the water and have a lot of fun. Unlike England we are pretty much guaranteed to have a sunny day!!

See you there!

Peter - your Commodore

Mark your calendars for this year's South Bay Opening Day. If you are interested in helping or putting your boat in the parade and blessing of the fleet, contact our Rear Commodore Dan Lockwood. For more information please visit www.southbayopeningday.org.