We are blessed at SDYC. Our membership, our traditions and our history run deep. Among us are competitors, champions, legends and treasurers.
I have mentioned in this column before that I have failed over nearly 30 years of membership to put my finger on exactly what makes the San Diego Yacht Club such a special, magical place. But there is "something" very special that happens when we pass by the guardhouse on 1011 Anchorage Lane, get that friendly wave and welcoming smile from our Security Team and settle into whatever water oriented activity we are about to enjoy.
On the weekend of April 4-6, SDYC sent a team comprise mainly of College All Americans, National Champions, America’s Cup Sailors and former US Sailing Olympic Team members to compete in the 2014 Baldwin Cup.
Last Sunday, at approximately 1320 hours, the 129th Yachting Season for the San Diego Yacht Club was declared officially open. Junior Sabot A Fleet Captain Jack Egan did a magnificent job handling the responsibility and honors, declaring our great Club open for the 129th time in our amazing history. Very well done Jack.
If not the most fun weekend of the year, this weekend at SDYC is pretty darn close to it. It's Opening Day! Our yachting friends in the MidWest and East are literally chipping away the ice on their boats for the opening day of their respective yachting seasons and here we are running to the store to grab another tube of SPF 40. Heck, my spell checker just helped me spell "ice"! Opening Day SDYC style is just a little different for us.
Three days of world class Etchells racing wrapped up last weekend with the "old pro", world champion and Ricardo Montalban/Dos Equis 'most interesting man in the world' look-alike, Vince Brun capturing the 2014 Etchells Midwinter West title. Congratulations to Vince, Rodney Hagerbals and Nick Martin (actually the real "chick magnet") on the 1227, Chowder.
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