January 2025

Happy New Year To All

I hope everyone has made a new year’s resolution to attend more boat club general meetings and to get your work days in early.

The Christmas dinner was a fun time for all. The kids enjoyed arts and crafts before the dinner and a great visit from Santa after. Thanks to our great cooks, the turkeys and ham were delicious. The number of attendees was a little disappointing, remember this is for all
members not just for those with kids.

The Commodore’s Dinner is scheduled for Jan. 18 at 6:30. All past commodores and a guest are invited. This is a member’s dinner also. New York steaks will be served.

Dana will be serving his fantastic Prime Rib at the February 15 dinner. Because the steak and prime rib dinners are so popular, when making reservations, members can make reservations for themselves only up until Wed. the night before the Saturday dinner. After 9:00 p.m. on Wed., members can then add guests to their reservation. This is to give priority to members first especially at the popular dinners then open it up to guests after Wednesday. The total number we can handle will be 125. Reservations can be made at dixonboatclub@gmail.com or Pam’s cell at 707-592-4395, (please text) beginning the Sunday before the Saturday dinner.

As with all of our dinners, we need help with setup on Saturday morning at 8:00 and especially after the dinners for clean- up. This is a great way to get your work hours in.

Fish Derby Winners

Congratulations to Anthony Bettencourt who took the small fish slot with a 3.15 lb fish and guest Tommy Agosta who won the large slot with a 5.8 lb. fish on the Dec. 28 Derby. Each won $70.00. If you would like to be a part of the fun, the next Derby breakfast and fish tournament will be on Jan. 25, breakfast at 6:00 and fishing begins at 7:00.

Photo Chair

Dave asked to keep sending in photos. They do not have to be just fish. Show off your photography skills and send pics into Dave (Daveburke@gotsky.com). Check out the website to see great pictures.

Old Business

Because there is a concern about our deck and dock slippage, Bob has an engineering group coming in at the end of March (negative tide) to look at the situation and give us an idea of what needs to be done.

As reported earlier, if you want to launch a boat in a lake it must be inspected and decontaminated before launching. This is a 30 day process. For more info see the Solano Co. Water Agency’s website - https://scwa2.com/. Victor is still trying to see if we can have a decontamination site at the club. If people are further interested the Water agency is having a monthly meeting on Thurs. Jan. 9 at 6:30 at 810 Vaca Valley Parkway, Vacaville. I
tried calling to confirm, but they were closed for the holidays.

REMINDER – as of Jan 1, 2025 all people operating a motorized boat must have a Calif. Boater’s Card. The website for more info is –californiaboatercard.com. They have all the info and test that you will need.