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25th Dec

2021

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year… Happy Holidays… Seasons Greetings… Whichever cheerful greeting you prefer; I hope the entire Clear Lake Yacht Club family enjoys this wonderful season of joyful blessings!!!   If you haven’t been in town; ...

28th Oct

2021

8 weeks removed from the feel of a carbon tiller extension and some sailors are already getting edgy and itchy; It’s not the dry air of the fall or the bugs during harvest, it’s most certainly the removal from Summer sailing in Clear Lake.  The lifts ...

7th Sep

2021

As the Author of the Crows Nest I’m often the recipient of many kind words, sad stories, words of encouragement and of course the most fun, stories of triumph.  2021 started with multiple sad stories; the loss of multiple members, some Past Commodores, ...

1st Sep

2021

Well last week was certainly interesting…  Actual tornadoes on the ground, deluges of rain and plenty of wind.  I was reading an excerpt from the 50th Anniversary of the Club on Friday when the tornado sirens started going off. I took my kids and ...

26th Aug

2021

A couple weekends ago a great party was held in the Land of Oz, complete with a steel drum band – a huge thanks to Shane Cooney for making that happen, great eats and of course the cups runneth over with chosen delights.  Thank you very much to ...

11th Aug

2021

Soon the land of Oz will be taken over by the sound of steel drums and Yacht Club members with the Beach Boys’ “Kokomo” stuck in their collective brains!  That’s right folks, the time has come for the next Yacht Club party.  This Saturday, ...