NOVEMBER

Meeting Night Cooks & Crew:  Keith Dodson, Pete and Gina McNally, Danita Marcum, Aaron Cullor, Liz VanVliet, John and Dede Bilancini

Bartenders: Joe Stevens, Marina Semenov, and John Bilancini

DECEMBER

Family Night Cooks & Crew: Kevin and Christi O’Leary, Gene and Elaine Tucker, and Gary Combs.

Bartender: Phil and Astrid Krajeck

Meeting Night Christmas Party

Bartenders: Dave Vachon and CL Williams

JANUARY

Family Night Cooks: Dave Vachon, CL Williams, Ray Siep, Jerry Cote, Dennis and Karen Lauer

Bartender: Barry Bradshaw

 Meeting Night Cooks: Pearle Clark, Will Roan, and Nate West.  Serving Crew: Sandy Hanley, Larry Shingler, Angela Colton, Debbie Lengfield, Nicole Arens (Ken Lengfields daughter) and Karen Roberts.  Clean-up Crew: Paul Vachon, Cheryl Vachon, Vivian Roesler, Barbara Harrington, Gary Combs, Karen and Robbie Roberts.

Bartenders: Bill Hall and Keith Dodson

*****If you don’t see your name listed then perhaps it’s time for you to volunteer****** 

Remember to call Linda Gail Martin at 651-4452 by Tuesday, 14th of February and Tuesday, 14th of March (No Later Than 1800 Hr's), to make reservations or cancel for Membership Night dinner.

If you make a reservation and you are a no-show or cancel after 1800 hr's Tuesday, you will be required to pay for the dinner.  

I’m saddened to report that since our Sea Notes were last published Dick Sigman passed away.  Dick was a long time member of our club and even in failing health a strong volunteer.  He and Betty are in our thoughts and prayers.

On a happier note, our members were busy during the holiday season.  Bob and Karen Gramm traveled to south Florida to spend the Christmas with their daughter Micki and Miller’s took a quick trip to Hawaii for a short cruise to warm up for the holidays. Our club was well represented in all four local lighted boat parades and took prizes in all of them.  Notably, our Commodore, Tom Graves and family, took home the best overall boat at Sandestin.  We had five EYC boats participating and took home three of their top four prizes.  We also took first place in the Fort Walton Beach Main Street, Destin Harbor, and Fort Walton Beach Yacht Club parades.  Thanks to all who took the time to decorate the boat and our club.  Our dock and club really looked spectacular for our Christmas and New Year’s Parties.  On a personal note, special thanks to the Christmas carolers who crewed Hallie for the four parades and our coral director and sound technician, Karen and Robbie Roberts.  We could not have done it without you!

We rang in the New Year in style with another super New Year’s Eve party sponsored by Gary Combs and John Faris.  Tom Graves and Barry Bradshaw provided key support with food preparation and Nancy Combs did a spectacular job setting the tables.  We had eighty people signed up and there was all the food, drink, and music anyone could ask for.  The party really got going around midnight and lasted until the small hours of the morning.  It was said that even exotic dancers appeared around 2:30 AM but I will neither confirm nor deny that rumor.  The event was topped off the following morning when about thirty of us gathered for a wonderful brunch.   I look forward to next year.

With the new year we start our annual quest for volunteers to host our Family and Membership Nights.  Please show your support for our club by signing up to host or work on a crew for at least one of these nights this year.  If you can’t remember the last time you worked one of our events, then you are overdo.  It really isn’t hard and can be a lot of fun.

Remember, when you hear about any of our members who need a little cheer or deserve recognition PLEASE call or e-mail me and I will take it from there.  Contact me by phone at 678-5834 or e-mail joanfaris@aol.com.

MARCH

A new and exciting year has started and we all should be preparing for some great dives!  It is time to start thinking about what you would like to do with your own personal growth in this great sport!  Maybe you want to take that next level of training, go on that unforgettable trip to some exotic dive location or simply to just get out and dive more this year.

One way you can possible make this happen is to become more active with a great group of people, the Eglin Dive Flight.  We have the resources available to help you reach your diving education goal with our dive flight manager and PADI Master Instructor Robert Hyde. This includes beginner lessons for those who have always wanted to take up diving. We have some awesome trips planned for this season here local and beyond to different areas!  We also have some Friday night club meetings/barbeques planned.  Take a look at the club’s calendar which is posted onto the Eglin Yacht Club’s web page at http://members.cox.net/eyc/.  It is a really great web site with lots of great information and pictures of events held.

Did you know that the Eglin Dive Flight has the folks trained to perform those yearly visual inspections (VIPS) on your tanks that are required?  There are several renters who can perform this inspection for you at a small cost of $5.00!  This is approximately half the price of getting this done down town!  Along with being able to perform VIPS at the club, we have some really great prices on rental gear.  We have tanks, BC’s, Regulator sets, dive flag’s, weights and weight belts, all at really great prices!  Stop by and check out or prices.  You’ll find that we are the best around town!

The club is currently is working it’s winter hours for renting of equipment, which is every Friday night opening at 5:30 and closing at 7:30.  This is a great deal as well on the rental of equipment!  If you rent something on a Friday night, it is not due back till the following Friday night!  That means you get the rental gear for a full week at one low price.  

If any of this sounds interesting to you, stop by the club on a Friday night and visit us.  You may just find an exciting group of folks to join up with and experience the wonderful world of Diving!

** Watch for updated Dive Club information on our website and through your email.