September 2007 - Diversey Yacht Club

Commodore
Denise Zdon
2007
SEPT 06
SEPTEMBER
THE DIVERSEY YACHT CLUB
Message From
Vice-Commodore
David Suarez
Rear-Commodore
Betty Klym
Officials
Ginny Procuniar - Secretary
Randal Schmidt - Treasurer
Mario Moreno - Judge Advocate
Directors
Bob Albert - Fleet Captain
Gary Bernstein - Heath Advocate
Alan Ehrlich - Gas Dock
Frank Gagliano - C.Y.A.
John Hallberg - Ship's Store
Jamie Kost - House
Kathy Lesser - Membership
Alex Petrovic - House
Jim Procuniar - Webmaster
Rick Helland - Entertainment
Lon Wachsning - House
Jerry Wald - Roster Book
Representatives
Frank Gagliano, C.Y.A.
(Chicago Yachting Association)
Ludwig Erdbeer, F.O.T.M.C.
(Friends of the Marine Community)
Boaters PAC (Political Action Committee)
Bob Schur, U.S.C.G.A., L.M.Y.A.
(United States Coast Guard Auxiliary)
(Lake Michigan Yachting Association)
Committees and Chairpersons
Kevin Rasofsky - Newsletter
Eileen Minkoff - Waterline Production
Paula Gagliano - Ambassador of Good Will
Ron March - Club Email
Staff
Val Lev - House
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Denise Zdon
As the dog days of summer quickly go by, Labor Day,
the last official weekend of summer is on the horizon.
July and August saw many successful events come and
go at our Diversey Yacht Club.
Venetian Night was a great success with our entry
coming in 2nd. A huge thank you goes out to Vice
Commodore, Captain David Suarez for letting us use his
boat Southbound Soirée. Dave put in a ton of work on
this project and in the end, the results were a highly
professional look and incredibly slick presentation of the
Chicago Bulls Six-Peat, complete with Benny the Bull,
opposing players and cheerleaders. A big zigga-zagga
Diversey Cheer goes out to Val and Toni, Lisa Jacobs,
Mark Klym, Jim Procuniar, Jr., Ludwig Erdbeer, all the
other members contributing all their time and effort too
numerous to mention in this column.
The month of August also brought Diversey a very
successful kids party. Thank you Nancy Moreno,
Chairperson. Also thank you to Gary Fogarty, Tom
Drew, Kathy Lesser and everyone else for all their help
in making this a very special event for all the children.
I hope everyone had fun Air Show weekend.
Gus and Nick continue to turn out excellent food at the
Galley, so be sure to stop by and order something. Rick
Helland has done a great job with entertainment this
year, making the Yacht Club bar an especially fun place
to be on the weekends.
Remember this is your Club, so come on in and use it.
Happy boating!
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Message From
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Betty Klym
Its good to be back. How could I refuse the offer to fill the position when I received such
an overwhelmingly warm reception and the opportunity to work with such an enthusiastic
group of people that are on the board this year.
Cudos to Denise and Dave for doing such an excellent job. I realize the workload has
been tremendous. The club is looking great. The galley is running smoothly. Everyone
seems very pleased with the service that our galley operators, Gus and Nick are providing to
them. Keep up the good work. The mini burgers seem to be flying off the menu as fast as
they can serve them.
We now find ourselves immersed in the middle of boating season 2007 and the pace has
picked up a notch. The Pink Freud party was a huge success and we had many members in
attendance. The bottles were shaking on the bar, but our club remains intact and ready for
the next big bash. Rick Helland, our Entertainment Director, has many more parties on the
calendar. Be sure to check the DYC website, add your name to the email list for updates, or
simply take a walk inside the club and check out the posters on the wall for upcoming events.
We don’t want anyone left out when we are having such a good time.
Thanks to everyone who participates, especially Sandy Minsky, for updating our member
board. Its all the big and small efforts put forth by our members that keep this club running
and make it a worthwhile place to be. We need to remember that we are a club and the use
and enjoyment of it should ultimately be preserved for the members. Participation is always
welcome and encouraged.
Happy Boating ! See you in the club, on the dock or on the lake.
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EDITOR ’S CORNE R
Hallelujah!! The Independence Day Holiday is behind us and at last count we were
still all here to talk about it. Congratulations and my sympathy to those of us who
had to gamble with our boats and lives in that traffic jam of frantic, inexperienced
boaters who piled up at the entrance to our harbor. I am sure everyone knows who
I’m talking about, those small open-bow and mini speed boats that all ramped in and
showed no courtesy or respect as they cut in between us, behind us, above us and
below us. Only after Luke felt the situation was beyond his control did he put a call
into the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard reasoned that if they would simply park their
boat in the middle of the mess and turn their lights on, everyone would magically
behave. Wrong! Instead of safety checking us for the 900th time it would have been
much more appropriate timing for the Coasties to get more assertive and pull over, or
pull out of line, the rampers that seem to think we could stop or turn our cruisers on a
dime.
In this issue the Waterline Staff will continue to provide some informative, timely and
fun facts relating to our boats, our water and ourselves. Good luck to all who traveled
to Venetian Night and big thank you to our Vice Commodore, Dave Suarez, and
everyone else who helped, with the coordinating and construction of our Club’s entry.
Have Fun, Safe Boating,
Kevin Rasofsky, Editor in Chief
Contact Robert F. Turetsky ACC - Chicago, IL
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Email: rturetsky@cruiseone.com
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SEPT 06
FLEET CRUISE – RACINE
By: Jim Procuniar
In years past our club traveled around Lake Michigan like a horde of vagabond gypsies. That was
when gas cost $1.50 a gallon, but times change, as do gas prices. Now we only do a few fleet cruises a
year, and then usually to a close and familiar port. This year we chose Racine.
My son, Jim, and I left Diversey Harbor late Friday morning with Fleet Captain Bob Albert and
Victoria, Polar Bear, and Val and Toni Badikov, Seahawk. The weather and the water were ideal. We
were in no hurry as we headed north, stopping at Winthrop Harbor for sandwiches and Margaritas (the
first of many).
When we arrived at Reef Point Marina, Don Shatner and JoAnn, Heatmen, and Jeff and Renee
Poczatek, Hakuna My Yacht Ahh, were there waiting for us. Others drove up in cars and between them
and our passengers we had about 20 people in our group.
Friday night we did the town. A twenty-five cent trolley ride delivered us to the Yardarm for their
famous Fish Fry. Afterwards we visited the Charthouse and local places on Main Street (more
Margaritas) and then back to the Spinnaker (formerly “The Docks”) at Reef Point for a nightcap.
It has been several years since we’ve visited Racine and by all accounts things went well for us this
year. Our fleet captain, Bob Albert, boarded the Racine Trolley in broad daylight, wearing no
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FLEET CRUISE – RACINE
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By: Jim Procuniar
disguise, and was allowed on. Apparently the trolley company has decided to let bygones be
bygones and everything is either forgiven or forgotten. The same held true at the Charthouse where
not a single DYC member was forcibly ejected.
On Saturday Brad and Sharon Helbig, Done Deal, and Kirt Mika, Panty Puller, joined us in Racine.
The day was spent at poolside with Don and JoAnn hosting one of their famous fleet cruise BBQ’s
(that Shatner guy sure knows how to grill a good burger). At the pool we bumped into several other
DYC members both past and present who were just passing through for the weekend. What a great
day! Eat, drink (more Margaritas) and be merry. Did anyone not get sun burned?
After the BBQ we launched Jeff’s inflatable and went up the Root River. Great ride! One of the
highlights of the trip. We went up the river for miles until we ran aground. On the return Val
Badikov discovered that he could speak Hawaiian. This discovery came shortly before he fell out of
the inflatable into the river.
On Sunday some boats returned to Diversey while others headed north to other destinations. Again,
the trip back was ideal. I remember now why Racine has always been and still is one of my favorite
ports o’ call.
The photos from the Racine fleet cruise can be seen in the “Photo Gallery” at
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HUGE THANKS to Mario & Nancy Moreno for our great Club Mural.
EXTRA-BONUS thanks to Mario & Nancy Moreno from Eileen & Kev at
the Waterline for providing our Newsletter with original logo artwork!
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