It is hard to believe another Year has gone by, but not hard to believe
that winter is upon us. Speaking of winter, BYC was fortunate to have
two brief breaks in the stormy weather during the Annual Lighted Boats
Parade. The wind was blowing hard all day before the Parades on both
Friday and Saturday, and yours truly thought we were in for some rough
seas at Parade time. It is a good bet that each participating Skipper
was thinking of his/her own plan as to just how bad the sea conditions
would be when it was time to cancel and return to port. Luckily, Lady
Luck intervened and calmed the storms just enough each night to allow
this Great Event to occur. This Parade requires hours of preparation to
decorate each boat, two to three hours of stop and go night navigation
each night, and some added out-of-pocket fuel expenditure for each boat
owner. The only compensation they receive are the Cheers and applause
from the many Hundreds of spectators watching the Parade, hearing the
music, and receiving "Greetings" from the Santa Ship. Each one of us
owes a Huge round of THANKS to each participating Member, and to our
hardy Santa, Logan Knapp, who braves the elements to wave and throw
kisses to the spectators. Hats off to each and every one!
Since Abbie and I will be out of town from December 16th to the 30th, we
want to take this opportunity to sincerely wish everyone in Bremerton
Yacht Club a Very Merry Christmas. We will look forward to seeing many
of you at the New Years Eve party and Dance. For those who won't be
joining us for the Celebration, please have a Happy New Year.
As always, I remain your Humble Servant,
Mike Dunn, Vice Commodore
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