From the Dot.com notebook:
Afternoon folks,

Just back from our small boat club AGM, prize awards and Elections. Fun time!While I’ve been Commodore , serving for six years in the past, this year I volunteered to serve as Vice Commodore. I see my role to support our new Commodore Brian Luger and promote the club by attracting both new members and former members or reclaim inactive boats. I might add that boats now cost four times what they did 15 years ago when I started model yacht racing.

Last year we hosted the National Championships, won again by Jim. In addition, our club spearheaded the Canadian team in Stowe Vermont and for the first time we won the Can-Ams, so we get to host this championship in 2025, and I’ll be a part of that.

We had a great meeting, special thanks go out to the former hard working executive. The meeting was held at the Parkside Pub and Smokehouse and the food was great. Mary is seen ogling her newly arrived “Boss Hog” entree, she particularly enjoyed the southern bbq sauce and cornbread side as well as the home cut fries. Smothered under the cole slaw topping is the smokehouse sausage. I really liked my “Messy Piggy ” offering in the next picture, especially the Tennessee Bourbon sauce and thin onion rings over the smokehouse, very flavourful pulled pork. The fries were delicious but about six times the amount I can eat, where is my grandson when I need him?

The next picture is of some of the members discussing businesses with pleasant barbs, not unlike what we hear at the pond which makes the club so much fun.