March - 2010 Volume - 254 Founded - 1987

“Live Your Dream”

Captains Start Your Engines…First Mates Throw the Lines... Get ready for Cruising 2010

Fleet Captain: Bob Magoon (252.2018) jnbmagoon@comcast.net

March 19-21 - Loch Lomond YC St. Patrick’s Day Celebration Cruise Captain: Kurt Stahr kurt@napaappraisers.com 224.5157 April 23-25 - Opening Day on the Bay Theme: “Building Bridges” Treasure Island YC - Clipper Cove Cruise Captain: Charlie Agnew ckagnew@comcast.net 255.8115 May 7 - KFOG KABOOM! Ballena Bay YC - Alameda Cruise Captain: Dirk Kruidenier rolex146@aol.com 554.1098 June 18-20 Petaluma YC Commodore’s Cruise: Larry Wolfe wolfecreek@comcast.net 253.9158 July 4th Weekend - Cruise-in to NVYC

August 13 -15 Benicia YC Peddler’s Fair Cruise Captain: Mark Cordeiro mcordeiro@frontier.net 224.8890 August 15-22 - Delta Cruise 2 nights each: Solano YC. Rio Vista, Sugar Barge, Driftwood YC Cruise Captain: Bob Weeks bobweex@aol.com 253.2276 September Labor Day Weekend - Symphony on the Napa River - Sept. 5 Cruise-in to NVYC September 10-12 - Marin YC Cruise Captain: Kurt Stahr (see above) September 12 - Blue Water Cruise Needs Volunteer Cruise Captain October 8 - 17 Bay Cruise/Fleet Week Cruise Captain: Bob Craven mr.rac@comcast.net 253.9147

HOLIDAY CRUISING SCHEDULE November 24 - Lighted Boat Parade I with City Tree Lighting Ceremony (tentative) December 11 - Lighted Boat Parade II - Cruise Captains: Bob & Joy Magoon jnbmagoon@comcast.net 252.2018 New Year’s Eve Cruise - Cruise Captain: Steve Vartan svartan007@aol.com 224.6553

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Commodore Larry Wolfe

Vice Commodore Dirk Kruidenier

Rear Commodore Bill Newton

K urt Stahr is cruise captain for the first cruise-out of the

season to Loch Lomond Yacht Club in Marin from March 19-21. Always a festive St. Patrick’s Day party, there will be a traditional dinner on Saturday Night. Check our website www.nvyc.org for more details and to sign up for the cruise, or contact Kurt. Our website should be up and run-ning shortly and Clay Newton says that there is also some facebook in-volved. Hopefully, members can access our website to see past news-letters, sign up for cruises and find event information. Clay Newton sug-gests that website visitors use the “Suggestions” form that will be un-der “Contact” to provide feedback. Building improvements are on hold pending lease negotiations with the city. The Coast Guard Auxiliary is of-fering a boat safety workshop at our club on March 13th. The Basic Boat-ing Safety course will soon be a re-quirement for all boat owners and operators in the state of California. This one-day class will include infor-mation you can really use with checklists, navigation aids, rules of the road and handling boating emer-gencies. The all day class costs $30. with $10. extra for each additional family member sharing a book. Contact: Curtis Han: 965.3836 curtis.s.han@gmail.com.

A s you have probably heard my “whatchamacallit” got

o u t o f w h a c k a n d “discombobulated.” The surgeon used a “thingamabob” to fix my “doohickey” and now I am better than ever. We have a lot to report on since the deck was completed in Febru-ary 09. We applied to the ABC for a larger footprint to include the new deck, BBQ area and bocci ball court only to be denied. The City of Napa suddenly de-cided that we were a park; there-fore no alcohol consumption out-side. With lots of research by Elizabeth Frater, myself and Clay Parker, the city conceded that the NVYC premises is not a park. After reapplying and 17 phone calls, we finally received the good news. The expanded area was approved on February 19--one year later. Your lease committee is work-ing feverishly to wrap up the lease before the March 30th deadline. We are getting closer. If you are feeling tired of the cold and rain and need some warmth and company, come on down to the club. See you soon. Smooth sailing...Larry Wolfe

T he Super Bowl party was a complete success and this

year’s Chili Contest produced some new winners as well as con-testants. Clay and Mary Parker were the big winners in the Foot-ball pool; each winning one. We are still in need of filling some Friday vacancies for meals and it would help the club very much if you have not signed up to contact Mark Lessler to get on the list. If you come to the club on a Friday and find the Taco “Roach Coach” out front, you will know some member did not fulfill their obligation. We owe Bob Stephenson a big thank you for installing our new big screen TV on his own - it was a great contribution to the success of the Super Bowl party. “The Vice”

To read Lynn Pritchett’s com-mentary on the NVYC’s Super Bowl XLIV Party go to www.nvyc.org.

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Mark Your Calendars:

March 9 - NVYC Board Meeting 5:30 pm

March 12 - Tiburon Yacht Club Cruise In

March 13 - Coast Guard Boating Class

March 19 - General Meeting

March 19-21 - Cruise Out to Loch Lomond YC

March Events

Friday Dinners

March 5 - Potluck Hosts: Dominique & Kurt Stahr Judie Nicholas March 12 - Lasagne, salad, garlic bread, dessert Hosts: Janeen & Charles Ehrhart Val Aguirre & Mike Allran March 19- Surprise - volunteers needed March 26 - Spaghetti & Meatballs, salad, bread, hot fudge sundaes Hosts: Joyce & Bob Craven Lesley & Dan Robson

Celebrations

Birthdays: Naidene Graham - 3/5 Judee Stemmer - 3/5 Michael Allran - 3/7 Soren Axelsen - 3/12 Al Gillette - 3/16 Denise Coffield - 3/19 Angela Lewis - 3/20 Sumiko Manabe - 3/30 Lou Schirm - 3/30

Anniversaries: Bob & Judee Stemmer - 3/5 Tom & Judy Nunan - 3/14 Howard & Kathie Peterson - 3/15 Daryl & Kathy Nord - 3/22 Bob & Elizabeth Parker - 3/28 Larry & Linda Wolfe - 3/31 (Dates submitted by Joyce Craven)

Some food for thought… We are a volunteer club and enjoy modest annual dues of $240. We have lots of fun. Unfortunately, our dues income of about $20,000.00 is less than our oper-ating expenses of about $34,000.00 per year. With in-come from Friday dinners, visiting boater dock fees and bar income we are on good financial footing. If you are planning a Friday Night Dinner please feel free to contact Galley Captain Nancy Weeks (nancyweex@aol.com 253.2276) or Treasurer Steve Vartan (svartan007@aol.com 224.6553) for help with menu planning, quantities to purchase and sources for meals that can come in under budget. Thank you, Steve Vartan - NVYC Treasurer

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Chili Contest Hosts: Don & Sharon Buresh Winners: Chili Contest: 1st - Pat Casperson $60 gift certificate to Compadres Bar and Grill 2nd (tie) Bob Stephenson & Warren Bilyck $25 gift certificates to Villa Corona Football Pool: Host: Dirk Kruidenier Winners: Mary Parker $200 Clay Parker $100 Tom Nunan $100

One party after another: Super Bowl, Boat Inspection & Crab Feed

Photos clockwise: Joyce Craven & Celia Green, Pat & Tom Hildreth, Nancy & Bob Weeks, Evelyn Silveri, Charlie & Antoinette Alegria, Barney Silveri, CG Officer Steve Ogan, Curtis Han, Clay Parker & Dirk Kruidenier, Don & Sharon Buresh, Bob Stephenson & grandson, Bill & Merrilee Newton Photos: Bob Stephenson, Ellen Vartan

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Ready for cruising on a beautiful Spring morning…and our very own Mustard Festival under the new deck..

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Officers, Board of Directors, Committees - 2010 Board of Directors: Commodore: Larry Wolfe - 253.9158 Vice Commodore: Dirk Kruidenier - 554.1098 Rear Commodore: Bill Newton - 224.0306 Treasurer: Steve Vartan - 224.6553 Secretary: Bob Weeks - 253.2276 Staff Commodore: Clay Parker - 224.0188 Directors: Charlie Alegria - 257.8299 Don Buresh - 548.2545 Chris Fultz - 287.5038 Bob Stephenson - 255.6012 Lynn Pritchett - 255.6619 Avi Strugo - 337.5614 Staff Chairs: Rear Commodore Fleet Captain: Bob Magoon - 252.2018 Web: Clay Newton Newsletter Editor: Ellen Vartan - 224.6553 Advertising: Kathie Peterson - 738.3130 Merchandise: Angela & Art Lewis - 252.8586 Membership: Evelyn Silveri -255.1254 Bldg & Grounds: Al Mueller - 967.8836 Chris Fultz - 287.5038 Public Relations: Lynn Pritchett - 255.6619 Staff Chairs - Vice Commodore Port Captains: Bill Newton - 224.0306 Don Buresh - 548.2545 Galley Captain: Nancy Weeks - 253.2276 Social Chairs: Mary Parker - 224.0188 Seeta Kruidenier - 442.1098 Bar Captains: Elizabeth Frater & Bill Kisliuk 287.2627 OD Coordinators: Mark & Nancy Lessler 257.9008 Other Staff: Commodore Long Range Planning - Steve Vartan - 224.6553 Sunshine: Evelyn Silver - 255.1254 Jackie Finnegan - 255.6638 Christmas Seniors: Karen Agnew - 255.8115 PICYA Delegates: Maxine Maas - 255.4110 Larry Wolfe - 253.9158

Board of Directors Meeting 2-9-2010

Minutes

Meeting called to order at 1730 hours, February 9, 2010 at NVYC Clubhouse by Commodore Larry Wolfe. Present: Charlie Alegria, Don Buresh, Dirk Kruidenier, Chris Fultz, Lynn Pritchett, Bob Stephenson, Bob Weeks, Steve Vartan , Avi Strugo, Clay Parker. Excused: Bill Newton. Motions passed: • February 2010 minutes approved. • Treasurer’s report: 81 paid members; report • approved. • To purchase our new insurance from Chubb Insurance. • To renew four of our website addresses. • Raise price of mixed drinks and beer to $3. and double drinks to $5. House wine will be $12 per

bottle or $3. per glass. Special wine will be sold only by the bottle (price determined by cost of bottle).

Cost of drinks will increase on February 19, 2010. • Purchase second TV. Reports: • Lease approval by the City Council has been moved

to March 2 from February 19. • Website is nearly finished. • Dock expansion on hold pending lease approval. • Research into gift packs for incoming cruisers will be pursued. Meeting adjourned at 1940 hours. Respectfully submitted, Bob Weeks, Secretary

Many of you requested Steve Vartan’s recipe for Honey Glazed Ginger Carrots…serves 60 Purchase 12 pounds of peeled mini-carrots and boil for 5 minutes. In saucepan, melt ½ pound of butter. Peel and grate 6 inch piece of fresh ginger, 2 cloves of garlic and 2 heads of finely chopped fresh parsley. Add to butter mixture along with medium-size jar of honey. Drain mini-carrots and put in roaster at 350°; pour sauce over and roast for about 20 minutes so a fork slides easily into carrots. Salt and pepper to taste. Reduce heat and keep warm at 200°. Enjoy!

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Napa Valley Yacht Club 100 Riverside Drive P.O. Box 5851 Napa, CA 94558 www.nvyc.org

March - 2010

“Live Your Dream” 2010

Boat Shots... Larry and Linda Sharp, aboard “Blue Sky”, head upriver before re-turning home to Riverpark after a busy weekend at the club. Skipper, the family’s lively golden lab, loved the ride.