A visit to the Marathon Yacht Club

Weather: Mostly sunny; North wind 18 – 22 knots and gusty (third consecutive day); Temp range 65 – 80 degrees

Comment: The day started off with cereal, coffee/tea and the cruisers’ net.
We performed more routine chores today. they included:

• Clean the vent hose for the holding tank;
• Replace hose and fittings for refrigeration cooling water pump. We finally have a permanent installation;
• Dinghy to West Marine for parts for the refrigeration cooling water pump installation;
• Walk to Keys Fishery – purchase Mahi Mahi for “cook your own meat” dinner at the Marathon Yacht Club; then walked to the Marathon YC. The folks were most hospitable. We had long conversations with Commodore Tom Smith and his wife. They live aboard their boat. There were about 70 people in attendance for this evening’s event. We were to be seated with two couples from the Fort Lauderdale YC, but they didn’t show. Too bad.
  
  MYC has about 400 members. The facilities are on the small side, although their dining room holds more people than upstairs at SCYC, if one were to take both SCYC rooms into account, the facilities would be around the same size. Their grounds are much smaller as is the marina, but the slips are for much larger boats. It appears that most members keep their boats at other marinas in Marathon. The grounds and marina are well manicured and well maintained.
  
  In 2005, the building sustained significant damage from Hurricane Wilma. Members came together, pitched in and rebuilt the marina and redid the entire interior of the building. Through their efforts, the cost of the repairs was relatively small. The insurance settlement was significantly more than the repairs due to the fact that the members did all of the work.
  
  Following dinner, we had a nice, dry dinghy ride back to the boat where we read, relaxed and played a few games.