HL October 12.indd - Harbour Light Magazine

Seagate Yacht Club
by Joel Lander
Co-hosts Pat Jenkes and Joel Lander greeting one of the Duff y boats (skippered
by Tom Worden) and giving them their instructions for the cruise.
A photo of the winning boat and crew of Skipper Robin and Jean Clark.
(center, holding the plaque)
SYC’s Annual Duffy Cruise
On Saturday August 11, Seagate
Yacht Club held their annual Duffy
Cruise. The event featured a cruise of
Huntington Harbor by twelve Duffy
boats all loaded with enthusiastic
passengers and crew were amply supplied
with rations and libations to survive the
one and one-half hour marathon. After
securing to the Bonaire docks the skippers
and their hardy crews advanced to the
clubhouse for proper cocktails, snacks and
a mixology demonstration and sampling
by Sue Giali featuring tropical drinks.
A Hawaiian themed dinner and desserts
were served and during the evening
numerous prizes were awarded.
The winner of the best boat/crew
was “Wine Time” skippered by Robin
Clark and first mate Jean. All participants
were given specially designed SGYC hats
as a reward for their steadfastness on the
high seas. The festivities were hosted by
Candy & Kevin Cloud, Pat & Vaughn
Jenkes, and Sherrill & Joel Lander. They
salute you all. Our sincere thanks for
everyone’s support with this event, you all
contributed to its success.
SYC’s Progressive Dinner
On July 14 the Club celebrated the
Olympics and the London 2012 summer
games during its annual Progressive
Dinner. More than 110 members and
guests, wearing the colors of the country
they were supporting, arrived in eleven
boats, as well as on foot and auto, for the
first event at the beautiful SeaGate home
of Floyd & Mira D’Angelo. For more
than an hour, we commemorated ancient
Greece with special appetizers, beverages
and decorations.
The party moved on to the second
event at the clubhouse, where the U.S.
Olympic team was in full focus. The
room was a medley of red, white & blue,
including Olympic decorations and worldclass
center pieces featuring the American
flag adorned by the flags of other countries
(thank you, Floyd D’Angelo!). Michael
Phelps was nice enough to provide several
autographed pictures that we used as
placemats. Following a great all-American
dinner, it was on to Ray and Jan Nagele’s
lovely corner-lot home for the third and
final event – a celebration of London and
the London 2012 summer games. We
enjoyed classic English desserts, beverages
and coffee with cordials. The party had
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all the elements that make our Club
events so special and enjoyable – great
food, beverage and fellowship with great
friends all at gorgeous waterfront locales
– and (we’d like to think) was a big part
of the success our U.S. team realized in
London! Nine staff commodores were in
attendance and one new member (Alice
Reedy) received her SGYC burgee. Gold
medals to our events hosts – Floyd &
Mira D’Angelo, Clem & Linda Aime and
Dale & Sue Giali – and to the Nageles
and D’Angelos for opening up their
fantastic homes.
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