Lighted Boat Parade

This year's lighted boat parade was a great success. The weather was clear, cool and crisp with winds less than 5mph for both nights. Many thanks go out to all who participated in the parade on either or both of the evenings. You certainly helped to make a statement for QCYC in its never ending quest to keep giving back to the community. This year marked the 66nd consecutive year for this event.

I would like to acknowledge the captains and crew that acted as turn boats for either or both of the nights. They are Marv Elbon, P/C Ron Rolstad, Kent Soffel, P/C Russ Oberg, Jess Hill, P/C Lynn Montgomery, George Austin, Jerry Dishneau, Denny Roehl and Tom Wilson. All of these boats were highly decorated, making them easy to spot at their designated locations. Even though there are no awards given out for best decorated boat, special mention must be made to Kent and Carol Soffel for the job they did on the "Windy-I." You were the talk of the lake.

Additional thanks are in order for Dave Padgett for all of the advance work he did before turning over the files to me. You really made life easy for me.

A very special thank you to P/C Dave Krows and his lovely mate, Margaret for donating their time and effort and yacht as the lead boat. Dave also managed to assume most of the role as communicator to the rest of the fleet. You really saved my bacon and I won't forget you.

Last, but certainly not least in the thank you department, Larry and Dorothy Dubia did a great job in keeping the media and various publications informed of this year's event. And finally, a thank you to Commodore McGillin for having the confidence to offer me the job of taking on this very special event.

This year we might have started another tradition that hopefully will carry on for as many years as the lighted boat parade. Hot buttered rums and a bowl of chili were offered on Saturday evening after the parade for all those participating members and their guests. We gave away around 40 hot rums and served approximately 7 gallons of homemade chili. In addition the bar was open for those wishing to purchase something other than what we were offering at no charge. This little get-together cost the club under $300 and judging from all the smiling faces, I would say it was well worth it.

Thanks again to everybody and if by some mistake I left out a name, I apologize.

Respectfully Submitted,

Butch Scherrer