Recent Posts Tagged With 'boating'

• Change of Watch

  Posted on Thursday December 10th, 2009 at 02:10 in boating

  Friday night was indeed a very special night. I was surprised to receive the very first Vice Commodore's Service Award and before the evening would end I would be sworn in as vice commodore.There was one other thing that was near and dear to my hea...

• The Service Award

  Posted on Wednesday December 9th, 2009 at 02:10 in boating

  This is the first of two posts on my recent Change of Watch dinner wherein I was the hostess. I knew that there was going to be a 'Service Award', but I never dreamed that I would be the first recipient. I was totally shocked. It really made my da...

• Change of Watch

  Posted on Friday December 4th, 2009 at 02:10 in boating

  Tonight I am the host of our annual change of watch dinner. It's when each flag officer advances to the next chair in the yacht club, with the outgoing commodore advancing to staff commodore. Last year I was thrilled to start my first year as a fl...

• The Boat Launch

  Posted on Wednesday October 28th, 2009 at 02:10 in boating

  Greg just bought a new boat, and decided to take her for the maiden voyage. This was his first boat, and he wasn't quite sure of the correct procedure for launching it off a ramp, but figured it couldn't be too hard.He consulted his local boat deale...

• Seconds Before Death...

  Posted on Tuesday August 4th, 2009 at 02:10 in boating

  Rarely do we, without any expectation, just happen upon such a scene seconds before death (Chilling). WARNING! GRAPHIC BOATING PHOTOGRAPH. This is a picture of a man with just seconds left to live... Hat tip: Nick M. ...