The Nawiliwili Yacht Club Burgee Exchange Page

Tricia Mattson from the Riverview Yacht Club in Toledo Ohio was proud to tell us that she was only the eighth woman ever allowed membership in their club and was happy to make this burgee exchange with NYC. Vice Commodore Terry Wells did the honors. Tricia and friends Kevin, Fred and Candy Powell partied with us at NYC after the first race of the Wahine Series. The Riverview YC WEBSITE is a lot of fun. These folks most definitely have a good time. Take a look.

Tahiti Yacht Club Burgee is in the house! Commodore Bruce Heckman did the honors and made this exchange with NYC member Albert Smith who has just relocated from Maui to Kauai. Albert wants to complete this exchange by personally delivering our NYC burgee to the Tahiti Yacht Club. Wouldn't that be NICE? We couldn't find a website but The Blue Water Rally folks had some very nice things to say about the Tahiti Yacht Club and there are some lovely photos as well.

NYC Burgee lives on Fire Island, New York at the SALTAIRE YACHT CLUB thanks to the efforts of Peter Patterson. It was kind of a mystery exchange done by someone ??? at NYC who was working at the clubhouse. We didn't get a picture of the actual exchange so Peter was kind enough to send this picture and Sharon filled in the missing pieces (click on the picture to see what we mean). Visit the Saltaire Yacht Club HERE. It looks like our kind of club; low key and lots of fun.

Elba-Mar Boat Club exchanged burgees with NYC. They sent us this picture of their Commodore Dave Sampson with Rocco Gambino and John Gambino, the perpetrators of the exchange. Sharon displays the Elba-Mar burgee in this picture. Visit their club in Grosse Ile, Michigan at this website. They say it's the "friendliest club on the river."

Rear Commodore Jim Saylor scores a Presqu'ile Yacht Club Burgee. PYC is in Brighton, Ontario, Canada and Gary Williamson and his wife Judy came all the way from there to enjoy our cold Kauai weather and to get soaking wet on one of the race boats. Is that any way to treat a visitor? Here's a link to their club's website.

Vice Commodore Terry Wells was happy to do the honors of exchanging burgees with Rich Kormann, Jr. from the Corinthian Yacht Club located in Tiburon, California. Rich joined us at the clubhouse on the occasion of the Gene Wells Memorial Series, race #1. We were happy to make his acquaintance. They have a great website and look like a fun-loving yacht club - lots of parties and lots of racing. Visit the CYC website here

Homer Yacht Club, Alaska members Rear Commodore Rick Foster and his wife Dotti visited NYC for a burgee exchange. These lovely folks were visiting with friends who live in Kapaa over the New Year and connected with Sharon for the exchange. They were hoping to go sailing, but settled for a visit and a beer. Their friend Jack who lives in Kapaa was kind enough to take the pictures. Click on the image for a picture of Rick, Dotti and Jack and click here to visit the Homer Yacht Club's website.

NYC Lifetime Member George Deane brings us a burgee from his "other" club. George and his wife Jo Anne live in Emeryville, CA and wanted to teach their grandkids how to sail. They bought a 22' sailboat and joined the Lake Yosemite Sailing Association so on his recent visit we did a burgee exchange. The LYSA looks like a casual, friendly club, much like the NYC only a lot colder. Their next race is called the Frostbite Regatta. Take a look at their website by clicking here.

Staff Commodore Dick Olsen did the burgee exchange honors with Rich Wideman from the San Francisco Yacht Club. Rich and his wife Shawn were visiting Nawiliwili aboard a cruise ship and met us at the clubhouse shortly before they were ready to set sail for Oahu. The San Francisco Yacht Club in tranquil Belvedere Cove is the oldest Yacht Club West of the Mississippi in North America. Visit their website here

Commodore Bruce snags another burgee . . . Ben & Debra Gillikin from the Devon Yacht Club in Amagansett, New York joined us at our annual Trophy Awards Dinner Party. It was a great pleasure to meet these nice folks and we are proud to hang their burgee from our rafters. See their club's site here. Click the picture for a better look see.

Commodore Bruce Makes Exchange . . . We were most happy to meet and exchange burgees with Paul Froeschner and his wife Karen from the Aransas Pass Yacht Club on the Gulf Coast in Texas. Paul and his wife are both past commodores of their club and Paul is currently on the Board of Directors. Take a look at their club here.

Commodore Bruce does the honors . . .
Roly Hurley and Karren Bowen arrived for their Kauai visit just the night before our return race from Hanalei to Nawiliwili. They caught a crew spot on Speedy and joined us at the clubhouse after the race to enjoy a cold brew and make a burgee exchange with the Cobourg Yacht Club in Canada. Roly and Karren race their J-33 on Lake Ontario. Visit their lovely club by clicking here. While you're there, check out the nifty animated knots icon. Very clever!

NYC Exchanges Burgees With VYC . . .
It took some doing, but we finally managed to hook up with Vice Commodore Michael Raider from the Ventura Yacht Club in California for an overdue burgee exchange. Michael was here on business and caught us at the clubhouse decorating for the Channel Race. Click on the image to view and click HERE to visit the VYC website.

Commodore Bruce caught in exchange . . .
with Glenn and Cathy Storch from Smyrna Yacht Club in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Glenn and Kathy joined us for the Rum Race #2 party at the clubhouse and we thank Jim Russell on the SYC Board of Governors for sending them our way. Check out SYC here.

Commodore Bruce Exchanges Burgees . . . with Chris Remick who came all the way from Alaska to exchange burgees with the NYC. Chris caught a ride with one of the racing boats on Thursday night and came to the clubhouse party after for the exchange. Check out the Alaska Sailing Club's Website. Click here. Click the pix to enlarge.

Burgee Exchange . . . NYC members George and Christine Silfast were on-Island for a regular visit and this time they brought a burgee with them from the Diego Garcia Yacht Club. George is a lifetime member of this club which is located in the British Indian Ocean Territory. Be sure to check out their website which is more a picture story of this very unusual club's history. http://www.zianet.com/tedmorris/dg/marina.html

Burgee Exchange . . . Don and Crystal Quinly dropped in at the NYC clubhouse on their recent vacation to exchange burgees with NYC. The Quinlys belong to the Stockton Sailing Club in California. Check their club out at http://www.stocktonsc.org/ Click on the picture for a larger view.

Burgee Exchange . . .
Staff Commodore Dick Olsen exchanges burgees with the Kincardine Yacht Club which is in Canada. Malcolm Young does the honors for the KYC whose website is www.kyc.ca. Dick and Malcolm worked together at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria. The both of them were founders of the Vienna International Sailing Association and have sailed together in Austria, Germany, Croatia, Greece and Slovenia. Click the picture to get a better look.

Another Burgee Exchange . . .
Staff Commodore Dick Olsen does the honor of exchanging burgees with the Nautical Club of Palaion Faliron which is located south of Athens and east of Piraeus in Greece. Coming all this way to make this exchange with NYC is Peter Vekinis who works at the European Commission in Luxembourg. Dick and Peter worked together in Vienna. Check out the NCPF website at www.nopf.gr, but be advised, it's all Greek to me. (Click the pix)

NYC Exchanges Burgees with SBYC
Commodore Carol Marsh exchanges burgees with Troy Clarke from the Santa Barbara Yacht Club in California. Prior to this exchange, Troy joined the crew of SPEEDY for the Gene Wells Memorial Race #2 and then joined us at the clubhouse for the party after the race.
Click here to visit the SBYC website. Click on the picture to enlarge.

Los Angeles Yacht Club Burgee Exchange . . .Dick Olsen exchanges burgees with Kenn Cobel from the Los Angeles Yacht Club, one of the oldest clubs on the mainland west coast and the original mainland sponsor of the TransPac Race from Los Angeles to Honolulu.
Take a look at their website by clicking here and click on the picture to get a better look.

A new burgee from Washington . . .
NYC Member Annalia Russell exchanges a burgee from Oak Harbor Yacht Club, Whidbey Island, WA with Commodore Carol Marsh. Annalia's daughter Tere Baker belongs to Oak Harbor YC and Annalia traded our burgee for theirs on a recent visit.
Their website is www.ohyc.org


	Burgee Exchange from Sacramento, CA Pauli Ayers from the Sacramento Yacht Club stopped by the clubhouse on a Saturday for a burgee exchange. Visit their website at http://www.sacyc.com.

	A flurry of burgees! John & Deb Spurlock from Southern Idaho Sailing Association exchange burgees with Carol Marsh. www.idahosailing.org

	MaryAnn Holden traded burgees with the East Coast Sailing Association on her vacation to Florida and did the exchange with Carol Marsh at the NYC Clubhouse on her return. Visit them at www.ecsasail.com
	The exchange photo is a little blurry, but Bill & Jeni Mihelich from the Corinthian Yacht Club in Bellingham Washington stopped by to exchange burgees. Click here for a better photo. Visit their site at www.cycbellingham.org here

Burgee Exchange comes in from the cold
Bob and Connie Gillen, visitors from Black Bear Yacht Racing Association who race on White Bear Lake Minnesota exchanged burgees with NYC during a recent visit. Click here www.bbyra.com to visit the Big Bear YRA's Website.

Cruise ship visitor gets a burgee.
Although Dan Kwiat's burgee isn't in this picture, it is now hanging from the rafters at the NYC clubhouse. Dan dropped by on an NCL stopover and took an NYC burgee home to his Starved Rock Yacht Club in Illinois. Their burgee came later by way of USPS. SRYC's website can be found here: http://www.starvedrockyachtclub.org
(established in 1934). Click the picture to enlarge.

Sharon receives a burgee and an honorary degree... Don Zingale, VP of The California Maritime Academy, a campus of the California State University, stopped by NYC during his recent visit to exchange burgees with us. Their web address is http://www.csum.edu Click on the picture to enlarge.

Village West Yacht Club Burgee Exchange
We had the pleasure of meeting Robert and Paula Stewart from Village West Yacht Club http://www.vwyc.com who joined us for dinner at our General Membership Meeting. VWYC is in Stockton on the California Delta. Commodore Dick Olsen did the exchange honors.

Mahalo From New Jersey
We did a burgee exchange with the Yacht Club of Sea Isle City in New Jersey and they sent this picture taken at their annual flag raising attended by their past commodores from 1970 to 2006. A really nice mahalo. Here is their website address. http://www.ycsic.com .

NYC Members CHUCK & MICHELLE SUGGS from Corte Madera California dropped by the clubhouse on a recent visit and exchanged a Marin Yacht Club burgee with us. Take a look here at the Marin Yacht Club's website. Click on the picture to see a larger picture.

Burgee Exchange...
Robert Millslagle dropped by the NYC clubhouse when no one was there and left us a Santa Cruz Yacht Club burgee. The exchange for NYC's burgee was completed by mail.
Sorry, we didn't get a photo. Click here to visit the SCYC website.

Another Burgee On Deck
A burgee exchange with our friends at the Benicia Yacht Club in California took place by mail. Mike Mathews and Chris Bara were the instigators and the burgee came from Commodore Dick Dowling. Click on the picture to see Mike and Chris aboard their boat NO COMPROMISE in full size and click here to check out the Benicia Yacht Club

Burgee Exchange
Our Wastewater System Master Builder Mike Olson joined us at the NYC "cleanup work party" just in time for pau hana beers (that's O.K. - Mike worked plenty hard installing the new system and we owe him plenty beers). We exchanged burgees with the Holyhead Sailing Club in the U.K. Click here to go to their website. Click on the picture to enlarge it.

South side Burgee Exchange Logged.
Club Secretary Sharon Gibson rendezvoused with Gerry & Karen Lefebvre from Mayfield Yacht Club at an undisclosed locale on Kauai's South side. The Mayfield Yacht Club is located in upstate New York on Great Sacandaga Lake. Click here to virtually visit the Mayfield Yacht Club. Click the picture to enlarge.

Sharon Snags a Catalina Island Burgee. Nawiliwili Yacht Club Secretary Sharon Gibson exchanges burgee with Ron Phelps, Catalina Island Yacht Club. For more info on CIYC, respectfully click here. Click on the picture to get the full picture.

	Sharon Does the Kelowna Shuffle. Our illustrious secretary Sharon Gibson in yet another exchange. Pictured here is Malcolm Whitehouse from the Kelowna Yacht Club in beautiful British Columbia. To become more acquainted with the Kelowna Yacht Club, click here. Here are Malcolm & Ellen.


	Randy Crosses Ocean. Brings Burgee. Mssr. Randy Carnevali, certified rapscallion and one of the NYC first timers, recently bought a beautiful 36' Cheoy Lee and brought her over to Kauai. On his way he picked up a burgee from the Spinnaker Yacht Club in San Leandro. Check out the Spinnaker Yacht Club by clicking here. Click on the picture to enlarge.

	Dick Snags Another Burgee. Here's a shot of our very own Dick Olsen (R) with Gary and Linda Gordon doing a burgee exchange. The Ox Bow Yacht Club is in the California Delta. To become more acquainted with the Ox Bow YC, click here. Click the picture to enlarge.


Burgee by Mail. No Need Cross Ocean. NYC recently did a burgee exchange by mail. Larry Goodwin is a past Commodore of the Sierra Point Yacht Club in Brisbane, CA. He has a place in Princeville and visits Kauai 2-3 times a year and belongs to the USCG Auxiliary in Brisbane. He was kind enough to send along his picture for our website, Check out the Sierra Point YC by clicking here. Click on the picture to enlarge.

	South Side Burgee! Here's a picture of an exchange with Commodore Jane Prater, St. Andrews Bay Yacht Club, Panama City, Florida. Our intrepid Club Secretary Sharon Gibson caught up with her on the South Side of Kauai to exchange flags. Click here for more info on the St. Andrews Bay Yacht Club. Click on the picture to enlarge.

Karen & Jeff Share a Burgee & Bottle. Well . . . not totally sure about the bottle! NYC Commodore Karen Cole was happy to get yet another burgee for the club. The burgee exchange was with Jeff Lusareta, the Port Captain of the Emeryville Yacht Club in California. Click on the picture to enlarge. Click here to check out the Emeryville Yacht Club.

	Burgee Exchange adds to Collection. After the first Ron Sailor Memorial Race there was a burgee exchange. Representing NYC was our RC Dick Olsen. The exchange was with Del & Geneal Fox from the Anacortes Yacht Club in Washington. They were here last year met Club Secretary Sharon Gibson at the jetty. Geneal is a former sailboat owner and Del is a power boater. They visit Kauai every year. Check out the Anacortes Yacht Club by clicking here. Click on the picture to enlarge.

Sharon & Ed form a Burgee Bond. Ed Maritz from Metedeconk River Yacht Club, Brick New Jersey stopped by to exchange burgees. If you can say the name you owe yourself a beer

	It's Ladies Night at the Burgee Exchange! Our very own Club Secretary and other things too numerous to mention, Sharon Gibson hams it up with New NYC member Maryann Holden. Maryann is Holden a burgee from the Melbourne Yacht Club, Florida. . . . Check out the Melbourne Yacht Club by clicking here. Maryann has been doing some great stuff for the NYC. Thanks! Click on the picture to enlarge.

Commodore caught in Exchange!
Despite his impassioned pleas for more alcohol NYC Commodore LeHoven took some time out of his party duty for official burgee exchange duty. Representing San Diego's Southwestern Yacht Club is Brad Russell. Brad signed up to crew online and wound up going with Malihini. A great guy and and asset to the race . . . Check out the Southwestern Yacht Club by clicking here.

Yet Another Burgee! This one comes from a Russ and Scarlett Eichner from the Vallejo Yacht Club in California. It seems that our Commodore Tony and his wife Susan were lounging at the Waikiki Yacht Club in a pre-channel race shakedown when they met this great couple. Said Russ at the burgee presentation, "I've been saving this one for a special club". Thanks, Russ. Check out the Vallejo Yacht Club by clicking here. Click on the picture to enlarge.

New Burgee on the Block! Sharon Gibson recently did a burgee exchange with John Berry from Dana Point Yacht Club, California. He is a friend of Dale Price, a NYC Non-Resident Member. John and his wife Carmen were on-island for John's sister's wedding and stopped by to make the exchange. Click here to check out Dana Point Yacht Club.

R.C. Mel makes a Stealth Burgee Xchange!
A mysterious photo showed up in my email . . .Rear Commodore Mel Wills in a burgee exchange with Non-Resident Member Vincent Fish from La Canada, CA. The burgee is from the California Yacht Club. Check out the California Yacht Club by clicking here.

Two Burgees Traded in One Week! Man, the burgee exchanges are going crazy! On the left is an exchange with Doug Rathbun (NYC member), Karen Cole, Vice Commodore, and Woodie Cole, Staff Commodore. Doug's Burgee is from the Wooden Boat Foundation. Click on the picture to see it enlarged. Click here to go to the Wooden Boat Foundation's cool website.

Burgeoning Burgees . . . another exchange!
On the right is an exchange between Norma Severloh from South Lake Tahoe Yacht Club and NYC Commodore Tony LeHoven. Norma and her husband Dennis dropped in for a friendly hello on Tuesday night. Click on the picture to see it bigger. Check out the South Lake Tahoe Yacht Club by clicking here.

Snowy Burgee Exchange is complete!
The other half of the Tegernsee Yacht Club comes through. The Vice Commodore of the TYC is sending us their burgee. Their boats don't come out in the winter unless there is plenty of ice out on the lake. Click here for the delivery picture. Here's Herr Goetz's explanation: "Habe mir erlaubt in Eurem Namen die Flagge dem Vizepresident vom Tegernseer Yachtclub zu überrreichen. Habe ihn beim Eis-Segeln getroffen. Die Flagge von Tegernsee bekommt Ihr mit der Post. Anbei das Bild von der Übergabe."

NYC Burgee Out in the Cold! A recent burgee exchange with South Shore Yacht Club in Wisconsin was initiated by Dick Olson and Phil. Click on the picture to see and click here to go to SSYC's website. Click here to see the snowy delivery of NYC's burgee to Milwaukee and its presentation to SSYC Commodore Tucholka.

Driftwood Yacht Club, Oakley, CA

http://www.dycweb.org/

Lake Mission Viejo Yacht Club, California
Ruth Church exchanges burgees with Sharon in Hanalei over the 4th of July weekend.

Airport Yacht Club at the Vancouver Marina . . .
Established in 1964, the 'AYC' has been a part of the Fraser River for over 40 years. The AYC strives to promote boating safety and fun on the water! The AYC offers a Private Floating Clubhouse to its members.

Lake Pend Oreille Yacht Club, Bayview, Idaho . . .
Established in 1977 to promote sailing and friendly competition on beautiful Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho.
Mike and Gladys Alfano exchange burgees with NYC.

Redondo Beach Yacht Club at King Harbor, California . . .
Rear Commodore Jim Murrell exchanges burgees with NYC's Staff Commodore John Bertrand

Lewes Yacht Club, Delaware

Carlotta from Pierpoint Bay Yacht Club located in Ventura Harbor exchanges burgees with Sharon at Brennecke's Beach.

The Port Townsend Yacht Club in Washington State was established in 1892. Chuck and Laura Rose are cruising the San Juans aboard their Albin Vega, LEALEA and they have enjoyed the hospitality of the PTYC. Here Chuck is making an official burgee exchange with their club. He then mailed it to us to hang at the NYC.

Cal Ulberg exchanges burgees from his new home port on a recent visit. Commodore Dick Olsen does the honors for NYC. This burgee is from the Port Orchard Yacht Club in Washington and you can visit their website by clicking here. Thanks Cal.

Tahoe Windjammers Yacht Club

ESTABLISHED 1968

LOCATED AT AN ALTITUDE OF 6,200 ft

LAT 38° 55'N / LONG 120° 01'W