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 Icebreaker 2008 photos are up! A great time was had by all! Fleet Captain Denny and his lovely wife Pat did a terrific job on their first event. Also a big "Thank You" to Tan-Tar-A and Marine Max for all they did to make this a very special event! Click on the "Photo Galleries" link to see all the pictures. Friday night we enjoyed a boat cruise to Shorty Pants Lounge aboard four new cruisers compliments of Marine Max. Saturday several of us enjoyed a private tour of some new boats at Marine Max, a stop in the well stocked hospitality room in the Presidential Suite, a few special presentations, introduction of new members, dinner and dancing in the Crystal Ballroom with music by the Rail Band then the obligatory hot tub after party with Mr. Bubbles. The photo above has been edited to show what it should have said on Saturday, the only glitch I am aware of all weekend. |
| Motor Fuel Tax Refund Forms information and link |
| Secretary Alan Deutschmann wanted to pass on some information regarding the specialty stamps available from the United States Postal Service. They still have available the 41 cent stamp commemorating recreational boating with pictures of four mahogany boats. For more information click here. |
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Message from Judy M.
Dear 2007 Board Members: |
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Holiday Party
pictures are up, go to the "Photo Galleries" page
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| Con Trios Member Keith Ruf's wife Teri is "Fan of the Month" in Drag Boat Magazine. Click here to go to Past Commodore John Bicknese's website to read the heartwarming article they did on Teri. |
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR RECREATIONAL BOATERS! Following is from Boat U.S. website on Government Affairs: "For the last several months, BoatUS has been working to fight the developing EPA discharge permit for “normal operational discharges”, including grey water, deck wash, and engine cooling water from all vessels. Unless there is a change in the court decision, or legislation is passed, this permit system will require that boaters in the U.S. apply and pay for a discharge permit for each of their boats to operate after September 30, 2007." Here is a link to the latest information on the Boat U. S. website: http://www.boatus.com/gov/ |
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Added a photo of Spirit of LaSalle passing the Grafton Lighthouse taken by Eric Ridenhour to the "Photo Galleries" page. |
 Fall Color Cruise aboard the "Spirit of La Salle" pictures are up. Click on the "Photo Galleries" link. Thanks to Fleet Captain Gary and his wife Judy for all their hard work putting this together. Rich Luttrell and his staff at Yacht Club of St. Louis did an outstanding job of setting up a temporary dock in front of the club so we could board, preparing the appetizers onboard and had the Sharks Band playing that evening after we returned from our "3 hour cruise". Over 130 guests enjoyed the beautiful weather and a leisurely cruise down the Mississippi. If you have any pictures you would like to contribute email the webmaster@contriosyachtclub.org |
 The Moonlight Cruise aboard the Grafton Ferry on Saturday, August 25th was another fantastic party thanks to Fleet Captain Gary, his wife Judy, The Rail Band, food catered by Sharky's Landing, a full moon, perfect weather and 130 people having a great time dancing the night away on the water. Click on the picture above to see more pics. |
 Parrot Head Party photos are up. Thanks to Fleet Captain Gary and his lovely bride Judy for putting together a great party and coordinating it with the Blessing of the Fleet! Go to the "Photo Galleries" page to see all of the pictures. Also check the Blessing of the Fleet website www.blessingofthefleetstl.com for winners and pictures of this year's event. If you have any pictures you would like to contribute email the webmaster@contriosyachtclub.org Congratulations to Alan Deutschmann on winning the Con Trios Yacht Club award at the Blessing of the Fleet.
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Champagne Brunch photos are up, click on the "Photo
Galleries" link. Thanks to Mike Halley and Dennis Carroll for contributing
some photos also!
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Got the following email and picture from Lynn
Tighe:
On a recent trip through Kentucky and
Barclay Lake, Tim and Lynn Tighe had the most enjoyable opportunity to
visit with CTYC members, Tony and Carolyn Green. This photo of Tony
and Carolyn was taken at their new
Safe Harbor Yacht Sales Office in Kuttawa, KY. They are both extremely busy with business in their new
office at Kuttawa Harbor not to mention with the design/build
construction of their new "Dream Home !", located nearby. They send to
each of you, "Hello and All Best Wishes", and look forward to
seeing everyone in June during their next visit to our area.
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| Got an email from Bill Taylor, former Fleet Captain with Con Trios Yacht Club, now living and boating in Arkansas. Bill is in the process of rebuilding the Little Rock Yacht Club members and events. Their parties and events sound all too familiar! Click here to read it. |
| One of our members, Bill Kelley, who does the website www.riverbills.com, has a great page on his site that combines the weather radar and river stages at Winfield, Grafton and Alton. Click on the link below for the most recent information on one page. This link is also on the "Boating Links" page on this site. http://www.riverbills.com/river_stages_weathers.htm |
| Yachting Club of America information on "Boating Links" page. |
| Free electronic charts and viewer information from the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers showing detailed navigation information on the rivers. |
