The most fun and active yacht club on Marco Island. We have a Long Range Cruisers group for multi-day trips to distant marinas. We have Day Fleet events to various island beaches or boat accessible restaurants along with other boating activities. And we have the only Jetski / Craig Cat Special Interest Group for exploring the 10,000 islands and backwaters. For over 53 years, our Club’s history and traditions has drawn those who love the water, power cruising, and a full and active social life. Check out our calendar of events and articles of past trips and you will will see why we have attained an island reputation as “The Fun Club”. The last Monday of each month is designated as “Monday Madness” Happy Hour from 4:30 to 6:30 pm at CJs at the Esplanade. Join us and become better acquainted with our members and activities. You can belong to another Yacht Club and find us so affordable that you will join us for the boating and social events as well.
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First Mates continue to enjoy a mid-month social gathering at a local establishment. This month we met at the Brewery for libations and conversation. Several men joined the fun after the girls finished their gathering for drinks. It is great that this event inspires the men gather for dinner. Thanks to Anna Hutchings for keeping our new Happy Hour tradition a fun time! Join the fun in May on 19 for the next gathering.
Nearly 50 members participated in Monday Madness on April 24 th at CJs on the Bay. Hard to imagine that this was a slow month since it was almost our largest attendance of the year. Several smaller groups followed the event with dinner out. It was a beautiful evening for a gathering. Our 50/50 drawing winners include Margi White ($20), new member Beth Povlow ($30), and Linda Sandlin ($45).
An Evening with Elton John
On March 11th we saw and heard The Rocket Man Show, The Most Authentic Elton John Tribute Show in the World! at Jewish Congregation of Marco Island.
We had 27 MBYC members in attendance with Cindy Brown and Linda Saunders bringing their daughters.
The evening started with 15 of us enjoying dinner and drinks at the Marco Brewery. Then off to JCMI where Judy Sacher had arranged reserved, preferred seating for all us so we could sit together upfront.
Back to the 70s! “Elton John” had the audience engaged with singing along to our favorite tunes. In addition, he told us the story of his time with working Elton John.
The music was great, the costumes were over the top, and the energy amazing. First song? Benny and the Jets.
Another great MBYC night!
Lydia Krueger
Our March 13-20 cruise ended up just to ‘Tween Waters Marina on Captiva. Included on
this cruise was Cookin’ (Brent & Susan Cook), Karine (Bob & Sandy LaMontagne) O Sea
D (Vern & Ann Graham), Divergent (Bill Schroeder) and Camelot (Alan & Linda Sandlin.
The ride up, via the Gulf, was in mostly pleasant seas, especially for Cookin’ that followed
in Karine’s wake. When we came into Redfish Pass all of a sudden Divergent popped up
like he had been a hidden submarine but we were happy to see him.
It was a pleasure to have the Sandlins join us on this cruise. It has been a long time since
Alan and Linda have been able to join us on an extended cruise so we enjoyed their
company very much for two of our three nights.
Dining options on Captiva are still very limited so for the most part we ate meals on the
‘Tween Waters property at Old Captiva House and also on our own boats.
This cruise was planned for four nights at ‘Tween Waters followed by three nights at Boca
Grande Marina but mother nature had a rough forecast for both sea conditions and three
days of stormy weather at Boca Grande. In consideration of that, we cut the seven-day
cruise down to three days, eliminating the Boca Grande stop and cut one day off the ‘Tween
Waters stop and headed home early.
The ride home turned out to be slightly worse than forecast but nothing we couldn’t handle
so we had a very successful, but shortened trip, and a great time enjoying ‘Tween Waters.
Brent
Fifteen MBYC members, daughters & friends met for a night of BINGO at the Jewish Congregation of Marco Island on Monday, March 13
JCMI fed us well, with kosher hotdogs, chips, and all the fixings. Dinner was rounded out with pickles, coffee, tea along with a cookie. At intermission, they served ice cream, cake, cookies with coffee and tea. Wow!
The tally after two plus hours of bingo, talk and lots of laughs; Dianne Kernan and Margi White were both winners. Betty Barter was the MBYC bingo champion, winning twice.
I’d say a good time was had by all.
Lydia Krueger
This was our 3rd First Mates Happy Hour, and it was another huge success. We had prospective members join in the fun and longtime members re-engage. We sat outside at Speakeasy under the umbrellas and enjoyed drinks and snacks. Some folks even stayed for their lobster special dinner. Thanks to Anna Hutchings for keeping our new Happy Hour tradition a fun time! Join the fun in April on the 19th for the next gathering at the Brewery.
Nearly 40 members participated in Monday Madness on March 27th at CJs on the Bay. It was a beautiful evening for a gathering, and we had a prime location near the Star Bar. We had many first-time participants and longtime friends joining together for a fun social evening. The group energy was infectious, and a good time was had by all. Our 50/50 drawing winners include Mary Shaw ($20), Patti Bielawski ($40), and one of our newest members Sandy Fuhrman ($60).
Linda Gagnon hosted two sessions of beginner Maj Jongg training. These sessions were attended by 6 new players and one seasoned member to helped in the training.
Mah Jongg takes time and practice, but these players are now on their way to understanding and enjoying this timeless game.
