Yesterday, Sunday January 23, 2011, was our first club cruise out of the year. The first Saturday after the third Tuesday is our "Commodore's Ball" where we have our official "change of watch" from the old board to the new board, then the next day we cruise to a neighboring club for brunch and to hand out cruise awards from the prior year. Matt woke up Saturday morning with not only the cough he'd had all week, but pink eye on top of it so he decided it would be better for him to skip the ball. We headed down to the boat and got it cleaned up in preparation for the guests who were going on the cruise with us. We also finally got the CF numbers off the bow (California registration number, no longer needed as we are now a Coast Guard documented vessel) and replaced them with a small pineapple on each side of the bow.
I had promised the person in charge of the ball that I'd be there early to help him so I went up to the club around 4:30 and manned the sign in table and made sure everyone got their meal tickets. We also had boutonnieres for the incoming board and their dates and for all the past commodores and their dates, so I worked with the club manager to make sure we got flowers on everyone.
The manager and I finally had most everyone checked in and the caterer was starting to serve so we headed upstairs. A friend of ours was providing the entertainment with his jazz band and he'd convinced his daughter to come sing. Matt has known the father and daughter for years and I knew he'd want to say hello so I convinced him to come up for a bit. I had told people he wasn't there because of his pink eye and when he walked up the stairs quite a few people noticed him, pointed and said "pink eye" all at once. It was really quite funny. He ended up staying for quite awhile, making sure not to touch anyone!
Sunday morning dawned bright and clear and we knew we were in for a glorious day. We were supposed to have four guests and it had dwindled to one for various reasons. We ended up consolidating with two other boats that had also seen their guest count dwindle and we ended up taking eight guests up and eleven back! It was a beautiful January day and a great brunch. What a way to kick off the 2011 cruising season!
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5 comments:
Sounds like Matt definitely added some "color" to the occasion! Love those pink eye moments!
Ha, funny comment of Geoff's!
I hope Matt suffered no ill effects of coming out in his condition.
Did he really not touch even Bob, his friend in the jazz band?
Was Bob's daughter who sang on this occasion the same person who sang at your wedding reception (when she was ten years old, I believe)?
Matt seems to be on the mend and no he didn't touch anyone!
yes it is the same girl, I think she turns 17 this October so you are correct about her age. Good memory!
My memory appreciates the confirmation that it sometimes works!
Sounds like a great time, with the exception of the pink eye! You're right, a great way to kick off 2011!
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