On behalf of the Club Officers, the Board of Governors, and myself, we would like to thank everyone who participated in Docks-In last weekend. The hard-working crew that got the Clubhouse and grounds shipshape did a great job getting us ready for the season. The porch furniture has already been put to use. We had quite a crowd that came down to watch the eclipse. The dock crews persevered through hung-up anchor chains, difficult weather, and river conditions. Being concerned about the river conditions, I asked Scott Kuhne to look at our safety protocols. Scott coordinated with Steve Disick and he provided a safety vessel and other safety gear to enable rescue in case someone fell into the river. There are no swimmers this Spring. Good job, guys. We also had a great crew replacing damaged floats. They replaced 25 damaged floats, which required marking and drilling over 100 new holes through some pretty tough steel. The team doing that work moved like a Formula 1 pit crew. We had some issues with the crane; special thanks to Tony and Joe who MacGyver’d up a quick fix to a broken hydraulic line. Without their skills, we would have had to shut down early on Sunday. All in all, it was a good weekend. Hard work, some frustrations, but it was also satisfying and fun. Club comradery was everywhere.

Thank you.

Michael Lochner - Commodore