Old Point Comfort Yacht Club​
     100 McNair Dr, Bldg. 183, Fort Monroe, Va
                                37.00'06.7" N, 76 18' 53.2"W​​​

Greetings OPCYC members. I am Ken Damon, your newly elected Commodore. I am originally from Burlington, Massachusetts. The first boat I sailed was a sunfish, when I was about 13, as a beach rental, in Florida. At the time, I didn’t know how to sail, but my sister and I made it back to shore in one piece and dry. My first boat was an old town canoe that I would use at our neighborhood lake. My Compac 16 was my first sailboat. Silver Girl and I have sailed it in the Merrimac River in Newburyport, MA, Chesapeake Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. I have also added a Watkins 33 named Finally and installing  upgrades. Solar panels have been installed and now I am refitting her with a hard dodger. I can hardly wait for warmer weather to arrive. I have been a member of OPCYC for 10 years. I enjoy sailing the most, as I have more sailboats than power and paddle. I was previously the Rear Commodore of Social.

                                                                                                                                                            Keith Midgette and Jeff Rogers did a great job of setting up the board with most of the positions filled. The new Rear Commodore of Social is Orrin Banner. He is looking forward to hosting many great functions! The Commodore of Cruising is Norm Effinger. As the Sea Scouts leader he will be planning many cruises for our club. Get ready for some fun adventures. We have Dale Schultz who will be the Rear Commodore of Training, with the assistance of Dennis Cruff. And our new Treasurer is David Jennings, who is a former Sea Scout.

 

There are many exciting things happening this year. PMU is now being held most Saturday mornings at the clubhouse. Membership parties will be held throughout the year. And don’t forget to bring those stinky worn-out socks to our annual Sock Burning affair, hosted by King Neptune. I hope to have many members come out and participate with us. As always members are welcome and encouraged to come to the board meetings.

 

There are subjects that come up and we have to look for information that members may already have. As a volunteer-based organization, the more people we have the more we can do.

 

We have been having issues with emails, so, if you are not receiving everything let us know and we will do what we can to make sure you receive them. We also put things on Facebook, too.

 

Thank you, one and all, for entrusting me

with the position of Commodore.

 

I will do my best; you can bet on it!

 

 Ken Damon                                                                                         

Commodore          

   

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