Dead End Canal Yacht Club' recruiting members!
As Grouch Marx said, “I'd never
belong to a club that would have me as a member!” Which was a very
pointed way of resigning from the Hillcrest Country club. He was
especially miffed because they wouldn't allow Jews in the pool. He
also told his Granddaughter to only wade into the pool up to her
navel because, “only asses use that pool!”
The 'Dead End Canal Yacht Club'
doesn't have an 'official pool.' They could have swum in mine and I
think Groucho would have been happy being a non-member. Of course the
'Dead End Canal Yacht Club' isn't a fancy, pinky finger in the air,
club. In fact the only other yacht club that has as much class, is
the Ashtabula Yacht Club in the working harbor town, Ashtabula, Ohio.
They had a coal tipple (conveyor) over the river near the club or
they did have 40 years ago when I went through there.
Our 'Dead End Canal Yacht Club' is
right in the middle of paradise. No coal conveyer and not one puts on
the 'airs' exception after baked beans and Foster's Lager are served
at our cookouts. Our diversified members have 50 foot yachts and 18
feet pontoon boats. I'm sure the club founders never anticipated such
diverse group because the moderately priced homes on the canal drew
middle class boaters.
Through the years there were booms and
busts and the prices spiraled into the stratosphere and then came
back to earth, sometimes with a thud. Our membership changed and
after each crash, the membership changed once again. Now we are left
with a plethora of social memberships and a declining full membership
base. Our membership e-mail list has been decimated because of
changes in location, etc.
Our plea to members, and boaters who
would like to be members, is for them to send me, boatguiEd@aol.com,
a message so we can update our list. This is very important because
we have your 2014 club shirts, burgees and membership cards stacked
in my garage. My wife wants them gone but the mailer-demon keeps
popping up telling me that you are no longer viable.
Our last happy hour club meeting at
the Nauti Turtle was embarrassing because we didn't have any way to
contact our social members. We didn't even ask for the club discount
because no one would have believed our club was that small. The next
scheduled happy hour meeting at Matanzas Inn and Restaurant may be as
dismal if we can't update our contact list. E-mail me at
boatguiEd@aol.com if you are a
out of touch member or a boater who'd like to join. And there are
several homes for sale on the canal in case you want to be a full
member.
I must admit that the new club logo on
the shirts, brainstormed by me and designed by Dan Nelson of Dan's
Signs and Photoz on Canvas is great. Dan has been a long time social
member who does all our logo design. Many of you consider passed
logos, works of art.
I apologize for using up precious
space in my, 'soon to be Pulitzer Prize nominated', column but this
is an important time for the 'Dead End Canal Yacht Club' so please
contact me at boatguiEd@aol.com
real soon. More important subjects will be addressed in upcoming
weeks in this blog.
Since it is too late in this column to
introduce another subject, I will pass along some news. Trooper Tom
is considering selling his boat and buying an RV. He isn't swallowing
the anchor all the way but just part way because he will be joining
the XYZ Boat Club. His plan is to map out all the XYZ national
locations and travel to them in his new RV. It saddens his fellow
members that he would take such a drastic move.
'Run-aground Ralph' is a great
grandfather after his granddaughter-in law delivered a healthy 8
pound boy last month. Unfortunately, his Grandson wrecked his car on
the way to the hospital. Fortunately he wasn't hurt. The acorn
doesn't fall very far from the tree.
Erie Earl knows where Ashtabula Yacht
Club is because Erie, Pennsylvania is just across the border. That's
how close our members are. I'm from Pennsyltuckey and the majority of
our members are from surrounding states. Not to dismiss Boston Bob or
other eastern state snobs.
The ladies auxillarists are mad at me
for the fashion show comments and they will never have the swimsuit
model back, ever. Notre Dame hater Boston Bob is ecstatic that Notre
Dame lost to USF and he thinks Coach Kelly is a nut. The Miami –
Ohio State bowl game, sponsored by the NCAA sanction committee, is in
a couple of weeks and Ohio Dave is furious at the NCAA for the Ohio
State sanctions but in total agreement with the Miami sanctions.
As you can see the 'Dead End Canal
Yacht Club' is a fun and diverse group. If you like down home Florida
boating, send me an e-mail to boatguiEd@aol.com
and we'll assist you in filling out the one paragraph application.
Sorry, it isn't in Spanish, yet. If you are looking for a more
refined yacht club, try the Royal Palm Yacht Club on 1st
street downtown. Never mind they closed up and sold the property. I
hear they need members, too!
Boatguy Ed ( boatguiEd@aol.com ) is the manufacturer of the worlds BEST anti-fouling bottom paint, www.supershipbottom.com.... Former Producer, Director, Co-Star and the guy who swept up on the "Boating Show" 1995 to 2000.
Producer/Director/Editor of "Dining out SWFL" and "Boater's Treasures TV." TWEET me @boatguyed and a corresponding web site is http://www.boatingbyboatguyed.com/ ........ NEVER, EVER TRY TO BUY HIM A DRINK!
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