Stories from 2010 . . .
The 2010 Father's Day Keiki
Fishing Tournament . . .
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Why are these keiki smiling?
Because of the generous contributions made by our
wonderful sponsors to this year's
Father's Day Keiki Fishing Tournament.
Mahalo from the happy keiki and the Nawiliwili Yacht
Club to
A&B Properties,
Matson Navigation Co.,
First Hawaiian Bank - Kapaa,
First Hawaiian Bank - Koloa,
Lihue Fishing Supply,
Hawaii Fishing News,
Holo Holo Charters,
Kauai Lagoons Golf Club,
Kazi Foods-Burger King & KFC,
TD Food Group-Pizza Hut & Taco Bell,
Maka Imports,
Sea Peterson and
Sassy Shave Ice. To
see all of the delightful pictures of these darling
keiki having a wonderful time click
HERE.
Read all about it in
The Garden Island article by Dennis Fujimoto. |
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Stories from 2009 . . .
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The 2009 Christmas Boat Parade
was small; only seven boats this
year, but the boats were decorated bigger and brighter than
ever and the event drew a crowd of several hundred at the
Nawiliwili jetty. The weather was just right; no threat of
rain, no wind and flat water. These conditions allowed the
boats to go far into Kalapaki Bay so even the folks at Duke's
got to see it. Read The Garden Island article
here and
here and see some
pictures here and
more here. The
Christmas party that followed at the clubhouse was excellent
and enjoyed by all who attended. Special mahalos to chef Dick
Olsen and to Party Chair Marcie Millett. Great job!!! |
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The Year-End Trophy Party
was a great
party. Nearly 70 party goers, NYC members and their guests,
enjoyed a delicious barbecued pork roast dinner cooked by our
very own resident chef Dick Olsen and his wife Liz. Party
Chair Marcie Millett outdid herself and decorated the
clubhouse in a festive mode. Attendees were allowed to reserve
tables by boat, so eight of the ten tables were occupied by
skippers and crew of our individual race boats. Pam Zerker of
Coyote provided a picture slide show of the season's races for
an interesting backdrop. See pictures of the evenings
trophy presentations
here. |
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Halloween Fun . . . The
race and the party that followed
were great fun. The wind was light
and we wanted to see as much of the
boats as we could so the RC sent
them on three legs, all inside the
harbor. OZone took an early lead and
held it throughout the race. Fast
Company and Papa a'u kept pace close
behind. Papa a'u corrected ahead of
Fast Co.
See all the pictures here. Thank
you to Sea Peterson and Joe Sager.
Race Results here. |
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Father's Day Keiki Fishing Tournament
. . . What a
wonderful day we had with over 70 keiki lining the shoreline
and docks at the Nawiliwili Small Boat Harbor with fishing
poles and nets in hand and ohana in tow. It was so much fun.
Click on the picture
of that cutie on the left to see the smiling faces of all the
darling keiki showing their prize catches to the judges.
Mahalo to all the generous Kauai businesses who provided such
grand prizes for this event. No keiki went home without one.
MAHALO ! |
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Opening Day - 2009 gave us a bright sunshiny day, but
didn't give us very much wind to play with. Papa A'u corrected
in PHRF to take the win and to beat Fast Company by just 12
seconds. Beautiful day; great clubhouse party; good company
and just way too much fun. Get the stats here >
Results
and click on the picture to see some photos and
HERE
for Tony's amazing slide show.. |
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The Change of Watch Party. . .
was a smashing success. Dinner was enjoyed by nearly 80 NYC
members and friends. Marty Ellis did her usual marvelous job
of decorating the tables. The 2008 SAILING SERIES TROPHIES
were awarded to 48 happy recipients and a good time was
had by all. Click on the picture to view the party photo
album. |
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Stories from 2008 . . .
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Meshach Launches
after 4 years on the hard ...
and an exciting and
successful launch it was. Click
here or on the picture to see the whole launch sequence.
Congratulations to Thor and Tanya Temme for a job well done.
And from Thor to Steve Mitchell and to Mike Dunham, a very
special MAHALO for the thousands of loving and hard working
hours they gave to the long project. We look forward to seeing
Meshach out on the race course when the 2009 Season opens in
February. |
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The 14th
Annual Boat Parade of Lights
and Christmas Party was a wonderful success. After many days
of rain and flash flood warnings there wasn't much hope that
we could pull it off, but Sunday morning dawned with a sunny
sky and the event went off without a sprinkle. Check "Current
Events" for the winners and click
here
to see some photos of the parade and party. |
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The Royal Flush . . .
The NYC clubhouse bathrooms are at
long last functional... not completely finished, but nearly.
Close enough to celebrate the Royal Flush - a donation auction
held one year ago, at the last year-end General Membership
meeting. Click
here
to see the Royal Flush pictures. |
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Stories from 2006 . . . in no particular order.
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2006 Gene Wells Memorial Series Off to a Great Start. It was a beautiful day for the first race of the Gene Wells Memorial Series. Papa Au has a great race, cruising past the field in the light consistent air. Mapuana, a Gene Wells boat, came in 2nd place. Ozone grabbed 1st in Club division after a loopy start. Click here to read about it in the newspaper. Click
here for results and
here
for
pix. |
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06 Rum Series #1 was a Smack-a-Doodle.
Lots of near misses and a good solid hit punctuated the highlights of the first race of the 2006 Rum Series. With gusts of 30 knots, the blustery evening was quite exciting. Ozone and Mapuana met at the Red Nun #2 with some damage to Mapuana's stern quarter. Mapuana also grazed the buoy, did her 360 and went on to win the Monohull division. Ozone gracefully bowed out, (pun intended), and Malihini took first in the open class. Dan took some great pictures from Malihini. Thanks. Click
here for results and
here for pix. |
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Dick Talks Turkey!
The
second
event
in
the
NYC
enrichment
series
was
very
informative
and
fun.
Rear
Commodore
Dick
Olsen
wowed
the
crowd
with
a
dynamic
slide
show
of
his
cruising
adventures
in
Turkey.
The
hour
long
presentation
was
enhanced
by
some
great
Turkish
appetizers
prepared
by
Liz
and
Dick.
This
was
the
inaugural
use
of
the
other
side
of
the
NYC
presentation
board.
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Playday at the Beach a Hit!
Click on the picture to see more. The sand castle contestants got busy at 10 a.m. working on their sculpture designs. There were two groups; one adults and one youngsters, and three individual contestants; two adult and one youngster. The sand artists all had just two hours to build their creations before the judging took place at 12 p.m. sharp. When the finish horn blew, the judge, Sonia Duran, a visitor from the Long Beach Yacht Club in California, carefully looked over the finished sculptures and made her difficult decision. Here are the contest results: |
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Groups
Adult Group: First Place: "Beach House" by the Niumalu Castle Company; Earl, Jody, Barb and Lee
Child Group: First Place: "Warrior Canoe" by Mrs. Cole's Class; Kapaa Elementary School
Individuals
Adult Individual: First Place: "Tatiana", a mermaid by Debbie
Second Place: "Da Turtle" by Andrea
Child Individual: First Place: "Honu" by Ayla
The fun continued in the warm sunshine at Kalapaki with everyone enjoying barbecued 'yacht dawgs' and refreshments and a few friendly games of bocce ball and horseshoes. The sunshine held throughout the day and a good time was had by all who participated. Thanks to Sharon and Karen for the pix. |
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2006 Opening Day a Breeze!!!
Nawiliwili Yacht Club's official opening day of the race season was a fun and windy affair. A total of eight boats participated and everybody had a super time at the clubhouse after the race. The new magnetic "rules and regulations" board was put to good use. Thanks to Doug Gibson for a fine job on that one. Click
here for results and
here for pix. |
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Stories
from
2005
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in
no
particular
order.
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Halloween Race and Party Pix!. Click on the picture of Neptune on the left to see some great pix taken by Sharon & Tonya. Mapuana won the race . . . click here for the results. The party was a blast. Sharon Gibson won the best on land costume as a Mermaid and Coyote took the boat honors as "The Stylish Pirates of Nawiliwili". Waddaya reading this for?, go look at the pictures! |
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Fun
Memorial
Day
Race
Weekend!
It
was
a
blast,
3
days
of
fun,
fun,
and
brutal
fun.
Check
out
the
results
by
clicking
here
and
for
some
great
pix,
click
on
the
picture
or
here.
Thanks
to
Marty
&
Toni
for
the
shots.
Are
you
a
masochist?
Then
click
here
for
pix
of
last
year's
Memorial
Day
Race.
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 Ranney
Warburton,
NYC
Member,
on
Fanning
Island.
Hey
everybody!
Arrived
here
at
Fanning
on
Thursday
afternoon.
Passage
from
Honolulu
was
just
over
5
days.
We
had
some
unexpected
excitement
on
the
way
in
when
the
motor
crapped
out
about
a
mile
north
of
the
pass
and
we
had
to
get
out
the
raft
with
the
little
outboard
and
nurse
the
boat
into
the
channel.
We
had
planned
on
getting
there
with
the
incoming
tide
which
drives
a
5-6
knot
current
into
the
lagoon
so
we
luckily
swept
into
English
Harbour
with
the
help
of
Mother
Nature.
On
the
way
in
we
could
see
a
couple
of
guys
out
at
the
left
scoring
overhead
barrels
The
inside
of
the
lagoon
is
about
5
miles
wide
and
about
10
miles
long
with
a
fringing
barrier
reef
with
coconut,
ironwood
and
breadfruit
trees.
We
are
anchored
next
to
the
main
village
and
have
already
met
some
of
the
locals
and
went
to a
potluck
last
night
on
Chuck
Corbett's
boat
with
local
fresh
fish,
crispy
breadfruit
chips
and
not
quite
warm
Australian
beer.
It
was
great!
A
group
of
the
local
people
from
the
village
came
and
played
music
and
sang
with
those
wonderful
harmonies
that
are
such
a
part
of
the
South
Pacific.
Joey
and
Trevor
surfed
overhead
waves
yesterday
but
the
swell
is
on
the
way
down.
I
had
to
sit
it
out
because
I
tweaked
my
knee
hurrying
to
get
the
raft
out
to
keep
the
boat
from
going
on
the
reef.
I
sure
hope
it
gets
better
as
this
is
not
the
time
I
want
to
be
laid
up.
Laid
back
maybe
but
definitely
not
up!
Breaking
news,
this
just
in:
Trevor
scores
giant
Ulua
while
out
spearfishing.
Check
it
out!
Anyway
I
will
update
you
as
time
permits.
Aloha,
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 Keiki
Fishing
Tournament a
Blast!
Click on the
picture to see
way too many
pictures of this
monumental
event. Thanks to
Sharon, Tonya
and Carmela for
story and pix.
Ranging in age
from 3 to 16, as
many as 30 Kauai
keiki and their
ohana braved
gray skies and
frequent passing
showers to
participate in
the Father's Day
Keiki Fishing
Tournament
sponsored for
the 6th year by
the Nawiliwili
Yacht Club.
Keiki lined the
docks and shores
of the
Nawiliwili Small
Boat Harbor
casting for "the
big one" that
would assure
their early pick
of the huge
assortment of
prizes
generously
contributed by
the following
sponsors: Wal*Mart,
Keiki Kottage,
Kauai Children's
Discovery
Museum, Hawaii
Fishing News,
Avon Rep. Ann
Burton, Kazi
Foods-Burger
King & Kentucky
Fried Chicken,
Cost-U-Less,
Déjà Vu, First
Hawaiian
Bank-Kapaa
Branch, Kalapaki
Beach Hut, Kauai
Lagoons Resort,
Lihue Fishing
Supply, Long's
Drug
Store-Kapaa,
True Blue
Kauai-Kalapaki
Beach Boys,
Wallace Theaters
and Pete & Nina
Peterson. When
the 1 PM horn
sounded and
fishing was pau
the judges went
to work while
the young crowd
anxiously
inspected the
prize table. Top
anglers of the
day were: Kiani
Higa & Anikka
Cadavona who
tied for Biggest
Fish Caught;
Maka Bailey
caught The Most
Fish; Jensen
Koga caught the
Longest Fish
(and the first
fish of the
day); Makane
Daligcon caught
the Fattest
Fish; Aaron
Salvador caught
the Prettiest
Fish; Trae
Matsumoto caught
the Cutest Fish;
Kody Panui
caught the
Ugliest Fish;
and Kaeden
Fernandez caught
The Most Unusual
Fish. Prizes
were then
awarded for the
assortment of
other marine
life brought in
for judging
including crabs,
guppies and
shrimp... Then
came the "Fish
Story" awards -
and prizes were
awarded as the
keiki explained
why they came in
empty-handed. In
the end, due to
the generosity
of our wonderful
sponsors, no
keiki went home
without a prize
and everyone had
a delightful
Father's Day.
The Nawiliwili
Yacht Club is so
grateful to the
Kauai Community
for their
continued
support of this
treasured event.
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Kids
Don't
Float
Gets
Going!
NYC's
kiddie
life
jacket
program
is
now
for
real.
This
program
is
even
more
valuable
since
the
new
regulations
got
passed
mandating
life
jacket
use
for
kids
13
and
under.
Click
here
to
read
the
story.
See
another
picture
of
how
the
program
is
being
put
to
use
by
the
U.S.C.G.
Aux.
and
their
representative
Jim
Jung.
Click
here. |
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Stories from 2004 . . . in no particular order. |
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Hot News Flash! I actually got some pictures from one of our members! After my recovery ( I passed out from shock!), I managed to add them to our measly "pictures" section. Why are there so few member contributed pictures? I don't know but if this continues I'm gonna be forced to put up pictures of naked women . . . don't make me do it! Anyway go to the
pictures section to see some pix of Chris Jordan's run in the Vic Maui 2004. |
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NYC Members go out to the Beyond . . . Two different NYC related excursions went to the "out" island of Nihoa. Nihoa, is located approximately 120 miles to the northwest of the "forbidden" island of Niihau. Anyway you slice the pie, it's a far, far, desolate place to go to. For some interesting info on this island, click
here. Kevin Millet recently sailed his new boat,
Kalewa, which he happened to have designed and built himself, to the island; taking with him a hand picked crew of certifiables. Also a recent member of the "165 mile club", Kendall Struxness recently completed a grueling canoe paddle to the island. For the full rundown of this adventure, click
here. What about the pictures?? Click
here, silly! |
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New Pix from a Member!. Joe Sager's recent trip to Tahiti was fantastic and he was gracious enough to share his photos. Click on da pix for more! |
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The Kauai Channel Race
Kalewa Takes it All!
First to Finish
First in Fleet
First in Multihull! |
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The Kauai Channel Race was a huge success! Great winds, great weather, a great band all made for a great party! 7 boats competed, including 2 boats from Oahu. Word is the sail over to Ko Olina was pretty burly. Kevin Millet of Kalewa reported apparent wind speeds in excess of 40 knots on the nose! We had 2 starts, the first at midnight and the 2nd at 0700. The party officially started at 6 p.m. We had a great dinner catered by Joe's on the Green with uncle Mikey cooking steak & fish. Yum. Lots of beer was supplied by George Wells of
Keoki Brewing Company. The band was "Tongue & Groove" and tongue and groove they did, right up until the cops came at 11 p.m. We had some great donors for the silent auction and great buyers too! On top of all this fun & festivity, Ranney Warburton unveiled the new sign for the clubhouse! Way to go NYC members! For some cool pix, check in
here. Check da results
here.
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Memorial Day action! Lots of pictures … click here for results and here for pix. |
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NYC Clubhouse overrun by tiny humans! Click
here for pix. |
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"Mad Dog" LeHoven lined up for the kill |
Yacht Club scores big at Star Market! Thanks to a generous donation of an $800 shopping spree from lifetime member Marty Ellis, we'll be eating like royalty at the October 23rd General Membership "Eat & Meet"!
7:30 a.m. was the the call to arms at Star Market, Monday, October 11th. The NYC
contingent was there to claim the 3 minute shopping spree. An injury to the genetically modified NYC shopping superstar Kent forced a last minute replacement. Vice Commodore Tony was quickly substituted. Click
here for the rest of the story in pictures. |
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The NYC sign is up!! Click on the picture to see more! |
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