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Hey Boat Captains!!!

The CYC trip to Barkley Lodge on June 10-11 is nearing!!  

I want everyone to go, so make plans now!!  …

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2017 Easter Brunch

Enjoy an elegant Easter brunch with your family at the Commonwealth Yacht Club.  Start your bayside breakfast with a buffet complete with lots of pastries, muffins, fruits & grits while one of the following options are prepared for you and your guests.

The Bay Breakfast Platter

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 MARCH 2017 CYC NAUTINEWS ARTICLE

Welcome to March and the beginning of the 2017 boating season for most of us!! No matter what Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, has predicted, it looks like winter is over in most of the Midwest.   The first day of Spring March 20.   Hooray!!

The recently renovated Commonwealth Yacht Club opened on February 4, 2017 with the Mid Winter’s Blue’s party. If you have not visited the…

Thanks to Ann Donnelly for these great pics!…

CYC NautiNews Article

February 2017

Hello to February 2017

If you have boat projects for 2017 better get them organized because I am not Phil, but as I see it, the beginning of the boating season is a mere 7 weeks away.

February 11 is the…

CYC NAUTINEWS ARTICLE FOR

JANUARY 2017

Welcome 2017!!

Here we are in January and baby it’s cold outside!! This is for the brave hearts who are wintering up North.  Winter cold, snow and dreary days  makes me want to hunker down and hibernate along with Punxsutawney Phil, hopefully when we pop up on February 2 we will not see our shadows. …

December 2016 CYC NautiNews Article

The 2016 boating season is mostly over.  We carry into 2017 all the fun memories we shared with our friends and family in 2016.  The winter months gives us a opportunity to sit back and check out all the catalogs to figure out what boat repairs and work we want to do when spring breaks.   Our CYC Commodore, Officers and Board of Directors are working on the 2017 event calendar.  If…

Thanks to Ann Donnelly and Suzy Pence for taking all of these great pictures!…

November 2016 CYC NautiNews Article

With November I get a little sad and start missing the boating season, even though there is so much to look forward to in winter months. I get particularly sentimental missing our boating friends who have left or will be leaving Green Turtle Bay heading to warmer temperatures, or beginning a new adventure by sailing around the world and that’s you, Ann Matejcek. Bon Voyage to all of you and safe travels, you will…

October CYC Nautinews Article

As usual,  summer has gone by way too fast.  I think it was a fun, crazy and busy summer.   Now that fall is upon us, we have to take advantage of all the fall events at Green Turtle Bay, Commonwealth Yacht Club and Grand Rivers.  Fall to me means crunchy leaves, pumpkin – flavored everything, fall foliage, along with the Commonwealth Cup…

September Commonwealth Yacht Club Newsletter

Hey Water and Lake People, summer is not over.  According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac the Autumnal Equinox is September 22, 2016 at 10:21am EDT. 

From then on temperatures begin to drop and the days start to get shorter than the nights.  We all know even if the day’s gets shorter, we still have loads of time left to enjoy our…

CYC August NautiNews Article

We still have lots of summertime left to have “Fun in the Sun” in August.

Enjoy summertime, at Green Turtle Bay, Barkley and Kentucky Lakes where there’s simply no better time or place to be boating or enjoying land activities.   The season has been fantastic for so many of us with warm/hot temps and all the sun and fun we can handle.   

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July CYC NautiNews Article

It’s July, finally summer 2016!!  July and August at the lake are the lazy, hazy days of summer. Cook outs; cooling off and soaking up the sun in one of Green Turtle Bays 2 outdoor pools; anchoring out in one of many beautiful coves on Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lakes or evenings just relaxing at the Commonwealth Yacht Club enjoying a delicious meal and visiting with…

CYC June NautiNews

What time is it?  It’s Boat O’clock time.  Yay, summer has arrived, sunshine warming our water and hearts.

The Commonwealth Yacht Club board and Green Turtle Bay marina have scheduled numerous fun events for everyone this summer.

Let’s review June events, starting with the CYC Board meeting at 8:30am. at…

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