Happy Hour
While the SJRYC already offers a wonderful experience consisting of scenic views, fine dining, a warm ambiance and great parties, one thing can always make it better... Drink Specials!!! Come by the club and treat yourself to your favorite cocktail or ask one of your friendly bartenders to whip-up something special and/or unique. Either way you have a daily opportunity (Wednesday through Friday) to enjoy reduced price drinks between 4 & 6 pm. Come by and see us! |
Bilge Bailings Newsletter
If you haven't yet had the opportunity to
read this month's Bilge Bailings, it is now
available online. Click the link below for all the goings on at the
club, information on upcoming events, club calendar & much more!
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About Us
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St. Joseph River Yacht Club is striving to become the finest Yacht Club on the Great
Lakes. If you have question, comments,
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Greetings!
There is a lot to talk about in this week's email! Please see the articles below to see what's going on at your club!
We hope that everyone has a great week and looks forward to an even better weekend!
Sincerely,
Lucas Smith
SJRYC Administrator
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Weekly TGIF Menu
Friday, September 17th
As
in years past, the SJRYC will continue to offer the perfect ending to a
long work week through our TGIF dinner. This weekly event offered from
6:30 to 8:30pm has been a club staple for years!
This week's TGIF dinner features a wonderful
combination of entr�es and several delicious
accompaniments!
Come early, beat the
crowd, and enjoy reduced price and drinks during
happy hour (4-6pm)!!!
This week's full menu will include:
Chicken Breasts stuffed w/Corn Bread Dressing
Grilled Lamb Chops served over Italian Tomatoes
Rice Pilaf
Fresh Roasted Asparagus
Orchard Salad
Assorted Bread & Rolls
This Week's Delicious Dessert Options
Mackinac Island Fudge & Black Cherry Ice Creams
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Sunday Brunch is Back!
This Sunday, September 19th
The club is prepared to host our 2nd
Sunday Brunch of the season this Sunday, September 19th! In
order to ensure that everyone has a great time, we have prepared an
amazing menu that includes: An Omelet Station,
Scrambled Eggs, Bacon & Sausage, Fresh Fruit, Hash Browns, English Muffins & Bagels, Golden Fried Chicken, Butter-Crumb Cod, Green Beans Almondine and Caesar Salad. Did I
mention the assortment of Ice Creams for dessert???
Come
join us for Brunch and enjoy a fresh Mimosa or Bloody Mary with your
meal! Remember that this event is "Reservation Only" and there is still
availability. Please call the club (269-983-6393) to let us know if
you would like to join us or reply to this email. The event will be served from 11am to 2pm and will be offered at a costs of only $16.50 for adults and $8.50 for children between the ages of 5
and 12! Hope to see you there!
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Sailing Lecture Series - Valerie Van Heest
Friday, September 24th
Did you know there are upwards of 6000 shipwrecks and sunken
aircraft in the Great Lakes? Did you know that nearly fifty of those lie within
just a few miles of our West Michigan Shoreline. Did you know that there is a group based in
Holland MI that has found, researched and documented hundreds of these wrecks?
SJRYC is pleased and very excited to add what is sure to be a
spell binding presentation to our Speakers' Series entitled LOST
AND FOUND SHIPWRECKS OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN. If you're a Diver, a Historian, or just an Armchair Adventurer,
this program will spark your passions. Mark your calendars for Fri. Sept. 24th
@ 8:00PM to see Valerie as she brings stories, photos and film
of her team's explorations and discoveries to our club.
Valerie is a member of the Board of Directors of MSRA has been
involved in shipwreck exploration, and interpretation for over 20 years,
leading the documentation efforts on dozens of shipwrecks. She was recently
inducted into the Women Divers Hall of Fame and is a 2007 recipient of the
Historical Society of Michigan award for excellence of achievement in the
preservation and promotion of state and local history. She is an author of three books, two of which have received
Michigan State History Awards, and is a regular contributor to Michigan History
Magazine, and a variety of other publications. She has written and directed more than a dozen documentary films,
has appeared on television news networks as well as the History Channel, and
is a regular presenter at museums, libraries, and film festivals sharing the
dramatic stories of ships gone missing on the Great Lakes. Valerie has served
as project director for two grants from Michigan Humanities Council and has
designed several museum exhibits. She is a founding member the Underwater
Archaeological Society of Chicago and the Southwest Michigan Underwater
Preserve.
This is a very special event for only a min. $5.00 donation to the
MRSA organization Michigan Shipwreck Research Associates is a 501(c)3 non-profit
corporation, whose mission is to preserve and promote Michigan's submerged
maritime history. The organization's work includes research and documentation
of submerged cultural resources and the creation of educational programs and
materials.
www.michiganshipwrecks.org
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Rat Pack Party!!!
Saturday, September 25th
Continuing this season's trend of new and unique party themes, the SJRYC will be hosting a Rat Pack Party on September 25th! Feel free to "dress the part" and enjoy the music of the coolest cats in history as Matt Walch treats us to the best of Sinatra and his crooning companions. The party will be accompanied by a delicious assortment of heavy Hors d'oeuvres that include:
An Assortment of Gourmet Cheeses
Fresh Vegetables & Dip
Bacon Wrapped Scallops
Chilled Shrimp w/lemon and Cocktail Sauce
Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms
Assorted Dips and Spreads w/Crackers & Cocktail Rye
Assorted Cannoli (a Sinatra Favorite)
We will also be offering drink specials on Cosmopolitans & Martinis (served with a variety of stuffed olives to choose from). This is truly an event that you won't want to miss! For reservations, please call 269-983-6393.
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Pool Clean-up Day!!!
Sunday, September 26th at 1pm
Unfortunately that time has come again where we will officially shut down the pool prepare it for the harsh Michigan winter and take care of the tables and chairs we enjoy through the season. We can definitely use your help! The season's cleanup will begin at 1pm on Sunday, September 26th and if many people show up, we should have it finished in no-time! If you can spare the time, please come and lend a hand. Thank you!
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Fall Sailing Film Series
Wednesdays this October
We had a
great turnout in April for the Spring Wednesday night film series, and
many, many requests to put together a similar series this fall. The new series will act as an
October wind down to our sailing season...and we have a great some great films lined up!
All showings will start @ 7:15PM on the 3rd floor. Come for
dinner, a glass of wine and a great film.
Wed. Oct 6th
Gary Jobson's "The New York Yacht Club
Invitational Cup". Tired of the silliness and courtroom antics of the
America's Cup? Here is the NYYC answer, and some great racing!
Wed. Oct 13th
Part 1 of Spanish Castle to White Night; The
2009 Volvo Ocean Race: Might want to wear your foulies to this one. Some
unbelievable footage of the toughest endurance race going!
Wed. Oct 20th
Part 2 of Spanish Castle to White Night; The exciting conclusion of the VOR.
Wed. Oct 27th
180 Degrees South; Sailing, Surfing and Climbing in Patagonia. A very different expedition and a great cap to the series!
Don't miss these films and the camaraderie to be gained by your crew!
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TGIF Dinner w/Guest Speaker - John Kretschmer
Friday, October 8th
Come to our
final guest speaker's presentation of the 2010 season, while also
supporting our Junior Foundation...and perhaps win a winter sailing trip
to the Keys!!!
The SJRYC is pleased to announce that author, columnist & world
class sailor John Kretschmer who will bring his latest program of
adventure and humor, titled Never Lost, Just Hard to Find.
John has logged over 300,000 offshore miles as far South as Cape Horn
and North to Sweden. He has conducted 100 new boat testing reviews for
Sailing, Cruising World and Sail magazines. He has authored three best
sellers; Cape Horn to Starboard, Flirting with Mermaids, the gripping account At the Mercy of the Sea and fourth about to be published, Sailboats for a Serious Ocean.
He also runs 12 or more training passages a year, focusing on distance sailing, navigation & a whole lot of fun.
Admission to this event is only $15. John has also graciously offered
to our Junior Foundation a pair of berths on a Ft. Lauderdale - Key West
- Dry Tortugas passage on his 47' Kaufman high - performance cruiser
Quetzal, for a raffle with final ticket sales. John will pull the
winning ticket that evening.
The raffle tickets cost $20 each and will be on sale until that evening
through the St. Joseph Junior Foundation. The trip will be March 19-25,
2011 airfare is not included.
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SJRYC Picture Albums
 Popular event pictures are now available...
Last season, the club secured photo space
that allowed us to publish pictures on the web for everyone to enjoy!
We would like to ensure that every event moving forward has a great
"photographic record" kept that allows those that didn't make it to
check out the fun or those that did make it to relive the experience.
Click the link below to look at pictures of our recent BBQ Cook-off
& Bocce Ball Tournament. There are also pictures from last season.
We will continue to upload photos throughout the year, so please, check
back regularly! If you have any pictures that you would like posted,
please send them to Lucas Smith (admin@sjryc.com).
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2010 SJRYC Book Discussion
 Next Meeting: Sunday - 10/3
Join
us for another stimulating season of reading poolside and discussing our books
at the SJRYC. We have chosen books that
introduce and explore topics such as politics, economics, family, mystery,
romance and more. The books take us to South America, Europe and Asia. We hope
to see you for all of the above scheduled discussions or however many your time
and interest permits!
Please
feel free to contact Diann Garlanger Hofmann with any additional questions you
may have. diann@thehofmanns.net
(317) 513-7579.
BUtterfield 8 by John O'Hara
Sunday, October 3, 2010 4:00
A bestseller upon its publication in 1935, BUtterfield 8
was inspired by a news account of the discovery of the body of a beautiful
young woman washed up on a Long Island beach. Was it an accident, a murder, a
suicide? The circumstances of her death were never resolved, but O'Hara seized
upon the tragedy to imagine the woman's down-and-out life in New York City in
the early 1930s.
"O'Hara understood better than any other American writer how class can both
reveal and shape character," Fran Lebowitz writes in her Introduction. With
brash honesty and a flair for the unconventional, BUtterfield 8 lays
bare the unspoken and often shocking truths that lurked beneath the surface of
a society still reeling from the effects of the Great Depression. The result is
a masterpiece of American fiction.
Ten
Little Indians (And There Were None) by Agatha Christie
Sunday,
November 7, 2010 4:00
Agatha Christie was already famous when AND THEN THERE WERE
NONE (also known under the title TEN LITTLE INDIANS) was published--but this
book put her career well over the top: nothing like it had seen before, it
proved a sensation, and writers and film-makers continue to use Christie's
basic idea to this very day. Some critics argue the novel is mechanical rather
than organic, but I say if this is mechanical, let's have more of it! It is
truly a can't-put-it-down, non-stop read, a spectacular turn by the genre's single
most celebrated author.
''There is no cheating; the reader is just bamboozled in a
straightforward way from first to last... The most colossal achievement of a
colossal career. The book must rank with Mrs Christie's previous best -- on the
top notch of detectio.
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