The July cruise to St. Petersburg Yacht Club will be on the 23, 24 & 25

This cruise is being hosted by Clay and Dorothy Connor.  RSVP above as soon as possible, so he can tell the yacht club and coordinate the group. 

The yacht club can make up to 8 slips available for our cruise.  You must be a yacht club member or guest of a yacht club member to get a slip.  Its a one to one ratio.  The first night is free, additional nights are $1.50 per foot.  Electric is $5.00/night for 30 amp service and $8.00/night for 50 amp service.

There will be a dock party Friday night so bring drinks and food to share.

Saturday Clay has arranged for a group tour of the new Salvador Dali Museum. Cost is $15.00 for adults and $12.00 for seniors. The tour starts at 2:30 Saturday afternoon.  Clay will collect the money in advance and pay for everyone when we get there, so bring some cash with you.

If you are going on this cruise email George at george@imbedded.com with your details or enter them in the RSVP box above.  We need to know who is going, in advance.

The June cruise 25, 26 & 27 coexisted with the Island Party

Another wonderful weekend on the water.  We had 4 boats stay at lease one night.

Bubble Tender with George & Peggy Schott

Dot Gain with Ron & Sherrie Kinkead

REFI-I with Jim & Liz Graham

as yet un-name vessel.

Those that sent Saturday night were treated to a 360 degree light show.  And we didn't even get wet.

Island Party Video

Wow! What a Weekend

This month our cruise went to Anclote Island and was hosted by the Ritchie's and the Graham's.  They did a fabulous job.

Jim organized a wonderful tour of ranger facilities and light house on Anclote Island, while Doug found us very secure anchorage.

We had 9 boats participate:

Bubble Tender, George & Peggy Schott

KiaOra, Don & Michele Clark

Makai, Rick & Mary Williamson

Our Boat, George & Jackie Nigro

Port Ritchie, Doug & Judy Ritchie

Reel Happy, Mark & Happy Jordan & guests

REFI-1, Jim & Liz Graham

Semper Fi, John & Debra Tornga & Guests

Windsong, Victor Brunst & Christine Benson

The best weather of the weekend was Sunday and Monday, but the best party of the weekend was definitely Saturday night.  That can be attested to, because a couple of the revelers, in pirates talk, walked the plank.  In laymen's talk they just fell overboard.

Sunday, after indulging in mimosas we received a wonderful tour of the ranger facilities and lighthouse guided by the local ranger, Chris Berner, that lives on the island.

Here are people that got to see the Light House up close and personal.

Click for a view from up on top!

 

 

 

 

The weather is getting nice and the boating is getting more fun

This month we had 3 cruising events.

We start out with a rafting and anchoring presentation given by your cruising chairman George Schott.  It was held at the Dunedin Boat Club on Wednesday April 7.

The following Saturday April 10, we had a practice rafting session. Sailing vessel "Our Boat, captained by George Nitro and crewed by Peggy Schott rafted up with the Motor vessel "Bubble Tender" Captained by George Schott and crewed by no one, which was already anchored off of Honey Moon Island.  It was performed very nicely by the "Our Boat" crew.

See the following video for proof of concept:

April 2010 Rafting Video

 

On April 30 through May 2 we had 3 boats represent the Dunedin Boat Club at Gulfport Municipal marina.  They were: the motor vessel Kanani with Bill and Carol Allen aboard, sailing vessel Lemaya with Manual and MaryEllen Farinas and motor vessel REFI-1 with Jim and Liz Graham aboard.

Jim is taking the picture

Friday evening the crew was joined by the Jay & Jackie Walston, Chris & Tracie Gattas, Victor Brust and Christine Benson cruising in on their land yachts.  They all got together at the Havana Club for dinner.

On Saturday evening the crew was joined by Clay and Dorothy Connors and George Schott for dinner at Peg's a nice Italian/Mexican restaurant.

For the 3rd Cruise of 2010

We traveled to Treasure Island Yacht Club

on

March 26, 27 & 28

The fleet consisted of:

March Cruise Fleet Video

 

Bubble Tender with George & Peggy Schott aboard

Fern Blossoms with Clay & Dorothy Connor aboard

REFI-1 with Jim & Liz Graham aboard

Friday evening we had a cockpit party instead of a dock tail party.  And again there was too much food and drink all of it delicious.

On Saturday while Dorothy was grading papers, the Grahams and Schotts hiked their legs off all over Treasure Island, including a beach walk.  We had lunch at Sloppy Joe's, with a great beach view.  On the way back we enjoyed snagging bargains in the boutiques of T.I. 

Saturday evening Chris & Tracie Gattas and Paul & Sheila McCoy came by land yacht and joined us for dinner at the Yacht Club.  Everyone had a lovely meal.

Sunday we cruised home and Bubble Tender slipped into its home just as the rain started to fall.

For the 2nd Cruise of 2010

We will be traveling to Treasure Island Yacht Club.

The cruise will be on February 26, 27 & 28

The February cruise was canceled, at the last minute, do to the oppressive onset of Northern Weather.

The Treasure Island Yacht Club cruise was rescheduled to be our March Cruise

To kick off the 2010 Cruising Year

We will be traveling to Holiday Inn Harbourside. (Click for map)

The cruise will be on January 29, 30 & 31

We can do one night (Saturday) or two nights (Friday & Saturday).  The slip fee is $60 a night for 30 feet or less.  Over 30 feet it is $2 a foot.  Water is included, but electric and cable TV are an additional $2 a night.  It should be a blast with two pools, 2 volleyball courts, 1 tennis court, indoor miniature gulf, restaurants, Tiki bar and etc...  Put us all in an environment like that and it has to be a blast in the making.

There are only about 14 slips available, but if a boat arrives with more aboard that the boat will sleep, the extras can reserve rooms at the hotel and make our impact even more significant.

Find your crew and sign up early.  We have to have slip commitments two weeks before the trip.

 With everyone's natural party instincts we can make this a cruising year that will set the standard and produce the events, all good, that will be recorded with pictures and memories and talked about for years to come.

 

 

Friday Night Dock Tail Party                      Saturday Night Dinner at Jimmy Guana's

Promised Full Moon Rising video

The cruise was on November 27, Friday after Thanksgiving.
It was to Caladesi Island and hosted by Dave and Kay Becker.