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In Port
Well, we’ve had quite a first
month! The “polar vortex” gave
us some of the coldest temperatures
in years, and that certainly had an
effect on us. We had two nights
with temperatures below 20° F –
really cold for us here in NW
Florida. Although the staff turned
the water to the docks off and
drained the lines using the valves
we have for that purpose, it turns out that there were
a few low spots the water didn’t drain from. The
result, after the water was turned back on, was a series
of leaks. Our General Manager, Eric Mattiza, and
maintenance man, David Brown, along with
members Bill Geyer and Chip Cook, worked in cold,
rainy weather to fix them all in the two days after the
freeze, such that the water service to the docks was
fully restored by the time our weekend boating
activities started. My thanks to all four gentlemen –
good job!
in activities, you may run across something that needs
to be fixed – I need your help in becoming aware of
these things. If you’re out on the docks and find a loose
board or other problem, remember the “blue tape”
program. There are stations on the docks that hold rolls
of blue painter’s tape; if you see a problem on the docks,
please mark it with a piece of blue tape, so our
maintenance man David can see it. For other problems
you may find, remember that we have maintenance
report forms available on the bulletin board in the hall
way. Thank you.
I do hope you all enjoy the Club. Have a walk around
the grounds and take in the beautiful views of the bay
and bayou. Or kick back in one of the comfortable
chairs on the back porch and take in the sunset. I hope
to see you all around the Club – happy boating, sailing,
or just plain relaxing!
Vice Commodore Jerry Vaughan
[email protected]
Inside, a couple of new paintings have brightened our
walls. Not everyone gets to see the first one though
– in the men’s room, Dave and Pat Tye have provided
a really nice painting of work boats at the dock.
There’s also a new painting hung on the wall of the
main hallway; I don’t know who contributed it, but
many thanks to you!
In years past, the Club had a semi-official committee
called the Landscape Committee. They were a
group of volunteers who gave their time and effort to
sprucing up the club grounds. I’ve been approached
with the suggestion of restarting the Landscape
Committee, and I’m all for it. If you’d like to be part
of it, or if you are one of those wonderful folks who
have been doing this sort of work on your own all
along and would like to connect with the Landscape
Committee, please let me know.
It’s not spring yet, and we’re probably in for more
cold weather, but activities around the Club will start
to pick up in the coming month. When you take part
~ Fort Walton Yacht Club, Established in 1951 ~
Allen Klein