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    thepooles98
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    Perusing the web in my boredom, I decided to Google the yacht club and much to my surprise we are listed in the directory of clubs in the yachting New Zealand web page. Fancy that. We had lobbied them a few years back for official status, but I didn’t think it went any further than that.
     
    Rox,
    Can you pass this on to Eggs and the DL
    http://www.yachtingnz.org.nz/index.cfm?pageid=124&parentid=638

    #5229
    MightyAtlas
    Moderator

    Yes, and there’s SO much useful information there…
     

    #5230
    thepooles98
    Keymaster

    Well maybe that is what the 90 dollars was for.
     

    #5231
    Been_There
    Member

    Mike,
     
    Not being a member of the Ross Island Yacht Club, I can not say for certain, but I doubt they would let you post the kind of material that is generated at McMurdo by this unauthorized organization.
     
    BT
     
    And just how does one become a member anyway?

    #5232
    MightyAtlas
    Moderator

    $50 annual dues, and a lobotomy…

    #5233

    Funny how Ross Island has the Yacht Club, yet we have all the recreational watercraft around here at Palmer.

    Don’t worry BT, there was no USAP participation – it was the crew from a Norwegian yacht out with their toys. Though there were a bunch of Palmerites standing at the windows drooling on themselves watching the activities outside.

    Chuck

    #5234
    Been_There
    Member

    Chuck,
     
    Lucky it was only the folks from Palmer doing the drooling and not one of the local Leps. 
     
    BT

    #5235
    thepooles98
    Keymaster

    The Yacht Club was started back around 2000.  We had Doc Betty as the Admiral and Dentist Bill S. as the commodore. George and Wanda Marsh were pretty active in the years they were here. While we don’t use boats much, for the most part, much of what goes on a MCM takes place offshore. It’s just that the water is hard.
     
    We started the club because we found a high concentration of sailors amongst us. That has continued year after year. These days all you have to do to join is have an interest in boating. There are monthly meetings and the club usually cooks chili at the icestock chili cookoff.
    We have membership cards to show at yacht clubs around the world. Some people have received recipricol rights. Others just have a good time at local bars. We have our own burgee and they are flying on many boats these days.
    Mike

    #5236
    Been_There
    Member

    Mike,
     
    In my younger years I spent lots of time on and under the water, while working for the Oceanographic Institute.  Was a Mate on a 65 foot work boat the University operated.  Next time I am at McMurdo I will have to attend a meeting.
     
    BT

    #5237
    MightyAtlas
    Moderator

    BT —
     
    In your younger years, weren’t ships limited to wind and steam propulsion, or were you on one of the more primitive galleon-types?

    #5238
    Been_There
    Member

    Atlas,
     
    Zing!!! Looks like you are all rested up….at least I got hair on my head.
     
    BT

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    MightyAtlas
    Moderator

    Hey, I save a metric butt-ton of money on shampoo, and haircuts…

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