Next Social Event:

Luau

Saturday, July 18th

Grafton Harbor

Blessing of the Fleet same day

2009 Event Donors

"Luau" at Grafton Harbor, Saturday, July 18th!

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Con Trios Yacht Club
“Luau”
Saturday, July 18th, 2009
5 PM til 9 PM
Grafton Harbor, Grafton Illinois
Wear your best “Heywaiian Flowerdy” Shirts & grass skirts!
Appetizers  by Grafton’s Landing, cash bar available.
Music by “DJ Ray” 5 to 9 poolside.
Pool Party, 50/50 Raffle, Beach Balls again!
Call Grafton Harbor for slip reservations 618-786-7678,
be sure to tell them you are with the Con Trios group.

Wanted

Con Trios Yacht Club logo brandy snifters. Contact Past Commodore John Bicknese's better half Terrie or email webmaster@contriosyachtclub.org
Seems he is down to his last one :-(

Drag Boat Races at Creve Coeur Lake, June 20th-21st, 2009

What a GREAT IDEA Past Commodore Tim Tighe had! Con Trios participated in the 30th Annual Creve Coeur Classic Drag Boat Races at Creve Coeur Lake. Besides an exciting weekend of racing for the over 100 people from Con Trios Yacht Club we shared our tent with Autism Speaks (the primary charity of the event) where they had games and such for the kids. Thanks to the St. Louis Drag Boat Association for putting us front and center on the water, the banner on the VIP Tent and the VIP tickets for the weekend for our members. Talking to our guests quite a few had never experienced Drag Boat Racing in our backyard. Safe to say most were quite impressed watching boats accelerate to 180 MPH in just a quarter of a mile. We all enjoyed cheering on our Past Commodore John Bicknese's boat "Kwitchabitchin" and his driver, 18 year old Ashly Ruf, daughter of Con Trios members Keith and Terrie Ruf. Ashly is the youngest female driver to be certified in a 180 MPH capsule boat! She did not win her class but she wooped a man in a grudge match after the regular racing, beating him by one hundredth of a second! Posted a few pictures on the "Photo Galleries" page. Will have some more pictures (from Lisa for sure) and more information, check back again.
Many thanks to all that helped set up and take down our tent and tables. Friday it was Past Commodores Gary Meinershagen, Mike Ramirez, Board Members Bill Brueggeman, Mike Baisch, Scott Hickey and myself. Monday Gary, Bill, Mike Baisch and myself were back along with Past Commodores Sonny Robbins and Tim Tighe, Mike's two boys and Con Trios Member Ernie Stolze.

Champagne Brunch 2009 photos are up!

Where do I start Thanking all the wonderful people who helped make the Champagne Brunch such a fun, fun day? All the previous Fleet Captains that set the standard? Darn right! The entire Board of Directors that helped every step of the way, especially on Sunday? Darn right again. My First Mate Maureen for her help all year and putting up with me? Right again. Jon and Kelley at Sundowners? For sure. All of our members and their guests who showed up and helped make the day special? Absolutely, all 206 of them!

An event like the Champagne Brunch and the way everyone pitches in reminds me why I joined Con Trios Yacht Club. Many, many Thanks to all of you. The day began with threatening weather that somehow stayed away from Yacht Club. Sundowners did their usual excellent job with the brunch and setup. Champagne and strawberries were served by all the board members. The "Daves Not Here" band played some awesome music all afternoon. I had way too much fun celebrating my 60th Birthday along with the Champagne Brunch. Pictures are coming in, check out the "Photo Galleries" page. The "Flag Day" theme is very evident in the photos.

Con Trios member Terrie Bert of the boat "Gulliewash" has posted a cool slideshow of his pictures from the Champagne Brunch at:

http://www.photoshow.com/watch/WF2CQ6Cs

Check it out, Thanks much Terrie

Darryll Weil, Fleet Captain

 

Con Trios Yacht Club is participating in a couple of special boating related events in June!

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The first one is the St. Louis Drag Boat Association races at Creve Coeur Lake on June 20th and 21st. We have quite a number of VIP passes available free for our members for the weekend. Tickets wil be available at the Champagne Brunch. We will have our tent set up along with picnic tables for Con Trios members and guests.

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The other special event is the "Let's Go Boating" day at Yacht Club of St. Louis on June 27th. Con Trios members will be present at both events to answer questions about the club for potential members and Scott will most likely have the river map with known hazards marked on it that is being put together with help from all the boaters on the Alton Pool.

Couple of updates:

Congratulations to Prospective Members Mark and Jennie Foppe on their recent wedding! They got married on Saturday, May 30th, 2009.

Added a June Birthday - Joan Shamel - June 10th.

Con Trios Yacht Club Safety Meeting:

Safety Chairman Scott Hickey is hosting a meeting at Sundowners at Yacht Club of St. Louis on Wednesday, June 10th starting at 7 PM open to all boaters. Scott is working on creating an updated map of the pool showing hazards to navigation. Everyone is invited to attend and share your knowledge of wing dams, shallow areas and any other obstructions in the river. Share your local knowledge with other boaters and help to contribute to the updated map.

Burgee Collection update:

Con Trios Rear Commodore Lloyd Bollinger is a prospective member of Anchor Yankers and has added his burgee to our collection.
Congrats, Lloyd

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Adding a new feature, monthly birthdays, email the webmaster@contriosyachtclub.org to have yours added.

JUNE BIRTHDAYS:

10th - JOAN SHAMEL

14TH - FLEET CAPTAIN DARRYLL WEIL

Update 5/4/2009
Added Burgees from Past Commodore Rich Shamel's Collection!

Past Commodores Party photos are up.

Here's Gary's comments from RiverBills message board:

"I want to thank all the Past Commodores for their help making the Party a success, Great time was had by all. Thank you to the present Commmodore, Fleet Captain and all the board members for their help. Our wonderful Girls who worked so hard making the 50/50 a total take of more than $1300.00, deserve a big THANK YOU. Next party is Champagne Brunch, June 14,'09 at the Yacht Club St. Louis. Be safe out there. THANKS to All"

click here or on the photo above to see the pictures

Con Trios Prospective Member 2030!

Congratulations to Con Trios Board Member and Properties people Bill and Jean Tullock on the birth of the grandson. Here's what Bill said in his email:

"Sharon Peavler of Consumer Contact Co. sent us the outfit with our last order. Very nice of her. his name is Jacob Michael Kirkpatrick, born April 15, 2009. 8 lb 10 oz, 21 1/2 inches long."

April Get Together report:

Sun, warm weather and boating season underway helped turn the April Get Together at Oasis Bar and Grill at North Shore Marina into another fun event. Over a hundred enjoyed the appetizers, music by Harold "On The Road Again", good friends and a beautiful view of the water from the deck and Tiki Bar.
Many thanks to Raye Ann and Rob who kept the food and drink going all afternoon. They were well prepared with extra staff, both bars going along with a beer girl!
Thank Yous to Connie and Barb, who helped Maureen with Registration and such, Ruthie did her usual amazing job with the raffle tickets, Craig's drawing for the invite and help at the event and everyone else that helped and attended.
Scotty won the 50/50 and Maureen had a bunch of other great items donated as additional prizes. Some of the more notable ones were eight weekend passes for the Creve Coeur Drag Boat Races compliments of St. Louis Drag Boat Association and Little Johns Motorsports, $25 gift certificate from Oasis, coolers, hats, mugs, shotglasses, t-shirts, keychains and more from our very generous event donors. Go to the "Photo Galleries" page for links to all the pictures of the day. Thanks to Lisa Hickey for her pictures.
4 new Prospective Members turned in their applications:
-Mark Foppe and Jennie out of Lake Center Marina
-Jack Noel out of North Shore Marina / Oasis
-Christa Leone and Rick Phillips out of Eagles Landing Marina
-Brian Bert and Terrie out of Lake Center Marina
Let's give them a great big WELCOME ABOARD! from Con Trios.
Click here for a short video of Past Commodore Carl docking Krystal Lady, 6MB
Hope to see everyone at the Past Commodores Party on May 2nd!

Added a new feature. Con Trios Burgee Collection. Trading Burgees is a long standing tradition among Yacht Clubs. Click here to see the burgees received by Con Trios members from various clubs. If you have a burgee from another club and can send me a photo of it I will add it to the page.

IceBreaker 2009 Pictures

Posted a bunch of pictures from the IceBreaker at Pere Marquette Lodge. Go to the "Photo Galleries" page for the links to all of them.
Many thanks to the photographers and everyone else who helped make it a fun weekend. Hope to see all of you at the "Get Together" on April 25th at Oasis Bar and Grill at North Shore Marina.

Lost and Found at the IceBreaker:

Lost: White beach towel with the Con Trios logo in blue.

Found: Brown ladies sandals, three different pairs of black rubber thongs.

email: webmaster@contriosyachtclub.org

February Get Together was a blast, place was packed. After being totally shocked at the terrific turnout in January I could not believe the crowd was even larger and came earlier. Big Muddy had added staff for the day to accomodate us and did a great job at taking care of the over 140 people. They did run out of food near the end but none of us expected such an overwhelming number of fun people showing up. Dan, John, Cindra, Denise, Donna and all the staff deserve a big Thanks. The 50/50 Raffle may have set some sort of record. Thanks to Ruthie's sales skills we gave away a grand prize of 500 along with several other prizes donated by our 2009 donors that Maureen has contacted. Maureen also had several attendance prizes that were given out in a separate drawing. We have a ton of pictures of the festivities Thanks to Lisa Hickey, Mark Miles and Yours Truly. The "Mardis Gras" theme is very evident in the photos, especially the Con Trios Yacht Club beads that were part of the raflle sales (the same beads Ruthie's S.O. Ted had to keep untangling). Lenny Frisch kept his steel drums beating with some very enjoyable music all afternoon. As near as I could tell everyone had as good a time as I did. I know I am going to miss some but Thanks to everyone for all their help! Barb Nelson was there the whole time helping Maureen with Registration, Commodore Denny Galkowski tearing raffle tickets, untangling beads and several others whose names I lost in the fog of the day! When you see the big winners, Bill Tullock and his lovely bride Jean, tell them we're still waiting for that round of drinks. Hope to see you all at the Icebreaker March 27th & 28th.

Click here to see all the pictures.

Give the page time to load there is a bunch of them.

Click here to read some emails about the party.

January Get Together report:
Being a little panic stricken having to follow all the previous Fleet Captains I thought having a simple "Get Together" as our first event would make things a little easier. Didn't matter, I was still worried, hoped we would get at least a few people, maybe 50 or so? Well, about 2:30 on Saturday my First Mate Maureen, who was handling Registrations along with Barb, flagged me down and said "You can relax and have a drink, we are at 51 now!". Made it, over 50 people came.
Eventually we wound up with over a hundred counting the ones that came in after the raffle and food were done. John, Cindra, our waitress (who somehow found me and kept me supplied all day) and all the staff of Big Muddy did their best to keep the food and drinks going. Dan was even working all day keeping things clean and stocked.
Good day, bad day thing for them that Saturday. Another local restaurant had a water main break closing them and their lunch crowd showed up at Big Muddy just before our event was to begin. They handled it all well.
Dan Sprout played a very nice assortment of music, as in I recognized most all of the songs.
Raffle prizes handed out included $250 cash, one nights lodging at Sleep Inn and Suites behind Big Muddy, $25 gift certificate from Big Muddy and a Crown Royal pocket flask with it's own purple bag from my personal collection.
I would like to thank everyone who attended and am looking forward to seeing all of you at next month's Get Together on Saturday, February 28th, 2PM to 6PM, same place, same great time.
Many thanks to all who helped out. Maureen, Barb and Marie with registration, Ronnie helping me count the money, Lisa taking pictures and everyone who helped make our first event of 2009 a lot of fun.
Darryll Weil, Fleet Captain

January Get Together Pictures

Posted some photos taken at the January Get Together, click on the "Photo Galleries" link. Many thanks to Lisa for the pics she sent!

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