Three Opening
Days Bring A Close To The Openings……
After a
week- of rain and clouds it was surely very nice to attend a dry sunny
event. Pennsylvania YC started their
Opening Day Ceremony at 1:30 and after the visiting clubs Officers &
Princesses were introduced Commodore Zielinski Opened the 2009 Boating Season. The smell of BBQ Chicken and the smoke from
the grills along with the sunny blue sky made for a wonderful start to the
day. Kids played in the Moon Bounce on
the well manicured lawn and members and Officers mingled around the
grounds. The Philadelphia Fire Boat made
an appearance and danced on the water spraying water and putting on a nice
little show for us. It also showed up at Wissinoming YC as it was in the area
for the Quaker City YC Benefit for fallen Police hero Tim Simpson.
We then
climbed into our cars – and of course The Bordentown YC Officers jumped into
their boat and we headed to Wissinoming YC for their 100th
Anniversary Opening Day. There was a
huge turnout for their event with all kinds of fun things for the kids to do (
and BIG kids too ). The grills were
filled good eats, the outside bar for drinks and the draft beer lines were
moving quickly. The WYC Officers were dressed
in Salt & Pepper uniforms as I was told by WYC Commodore Kaewell that he
decided to take the dress uniform back to the 60’s look. I think it was a good call as they looked
GREAT. The ceremony was nothing less
than fitting for a club celebrating 100 years.
Commodore Kaewell presented WYC George Wittlinger award for his 50th
year anniversary as a member for which
39 of those years were as an Officer – and again, Vice Commodore Cefalone came thru
with a ‘Present Arms’ when Mr Wittlinger was being presented his award. A very nice touch. The Chairman of the Board then presented
Commodore Kaewell a Certificate Of Appreciation for his many years of service
to the club. The fleet was blessed and Commodore
Kaewell opened the 100th Boating Season for WYC. Mary & I could not stay or even hang
around for a quick drink as we had to get to Bristol YC for our Neshaminy Harbor
YC Opening.
Pictures
and article to be added soon from The NHYC Opening Day as I did not have time
to take pictures and I am awaiting for some to be sent to me … but I would like to thank everyone who came up
to BYC and supported NHYC us as we were totally caught off guard as we had over
200 people attend – All in all it was a great day!