Commodore:  

Dawn Jackson

Dawn is a native Houstonian who grew up near the Texas coast. She developed a love for all things water at an early age at with her family at their bay house on the Colorado River in Matagorda.  Dawn is a Registered Nurse of many years and is currently Director of Perioperative Services as San Jacinto Methodist Hospital in Baytown, Texas.

Dawn and husband Ricky are the proud parents of two children and five grandchildren.  The family moved to League City from Houston in 1999.  Dawn is active in a number of charitable organizations in the area. 

In 2007, Dawn and Ricky bought Let’s Jet, a 42’ Carver Montego Express Cruiser.  They have enjoyed membership in the Waterford Yacht Club since 2008 with Dawn being the Social Director in 2010.  While boating has become their favorite past time when home, they are also avid divers making annual trips to the Caribbean to enjoy the beauty underwater.

Vice Commodore: 

Scott Stillman

Scott Stillman is a Financial Advisor with Ameriprise Financial. " I give good Financial Advice for a living, helping you plan to avoid making financial mistakes.  I identify and prioritize the planes that need to land and I land one plane at a time.  (retirement, retirement plan distributions, investments, tax management, small business, estate planning strategies, wealth preservation, charitable giving, and executive compensation and benefits strategies.)

Scott attended Texas A&M were he stayed and ran the Edward Jones office in College Station for 10 years before moving to Waterford Harbor in 2009. Scott is a member of the Seabrook Rotary club, Habitat for Humanity, Literacy volunteers, Texas off shore multihull association. 

In 2007 Scott and his wife Jennifer bought VII C’s a 42 foot catamaran and sailed her from Fort Pierce Florida, down to Key West, then across the gulf to Kemah, for their first trip without adult supervision. 

Scott and Jennifer have made the Harvest moon twice along with several cruises up and down the coast.  Their favorite location in the bay is 3 miles up Double Bayou. They eventually plan to go cruising but probably not for another 10 years.

Rear Commodore:   

Ross Gauld

Fleet Captain:   

Rus Records

Rus started his boating career by paddling home-made pirogues around the bayous of South Louisiana.  He created his first sailboat by plugging the drain holes his Dad had drilled in an old 12 foot rowboat to make it into a sand-box, and adding a ketch rig including two masts, a bowsprit, and six sails.  He hadn’t yet figured out sail trim, so the sails were all nailed to the braces and couldn’t be adjusted.   It worked great downwind, though.  After his first trip down the bayou behind a strong North wind, he went about 12 miles south and couldn’t figure out a way of sailing it back.  It’s probably still there, on the shore of the Vermilion River north of Abbeville. He gradually worked his way up the sailboat food chain until he could afford a real sailboat, a new 1987 Catalina 27 “Lost Ark” that he and wife Sandy bought to sail the Tennessee River at Huntsville, AL.   After being transferred to Dallas, he saw his first Vagabond 47 ketch which looked like his original vision of a sailboat cum sandbox, though much bigger.  After being sent down the river to Houston, Rus and Sandy bought his own Vagabond 47 “Voyager” and they joined Waterford Yacht Club in 2000 on a bet.  They sailed “Voyager” all over the Gulf of Mexico, including 7 Harvest Moon Regattas (2 First Place in Class), and a three-week trip to Veracruz in 2000.    On the way back, they got caught in a tropical storm off Tampico, and Sandy and the boys flew back home, leaving Rus and his 1 crew member to sail all the way back. Rus served as Fleet Captain back in 2004 and as Commodore in 2005, and retired after that until this year.  Rus and Sandy sold ketch Voyager in 2009 after ten years, fell to the “Dark Side” and currently own “Voyager II”, a Performance Trawler 42 Trawler.  Rus has a 100 Ton USCG Master License, and teaches the WYC “Night Time in the Ship Channel” radar course in August each year.  Some say he is a passable cook as well.

Secretary: 

Judy Trznadel

Treasurer:  

Jennifer Stillman

Jennifer grew up in upstate New York, and eventually made her way to Texas. She is a graduate of Texas A&M University, and currently lives with her awesome husband, Scott, on their 42 foot catamaran, VII C's.  She is a CPA with a local firm, DRDA, and has over ten years experience in the tax field.

Director Social: 

Sandy Records

Sandy developed an interest in sailing while serving in the USAF as a nurse, and after meeting the fighter pilots at Tyndall AFB which were very active sailors.  She was dating the co-owner of the Hunter 33 “Fox II” when Rus showed up to visit the other co-owner, his childhood best friend and former bro-in-law.   One thing led to another, and Sandy and Rus were married aboard the “Fox II” in 1987.  After living in Huntsville, AL., and Dallas, TX, Sandy and Rus moved to Houston and bought the ketch “Voyager” in 1999 and sailed it all over Galveston Bay and the Texas Gulf Coast.  Sandy has served in just about every WYC Board position since she joined WYC in 2000, including Commodore in 2007.  She works for trop rocker singer/songwriter Kelly McGuire as his Business Assistant, and is active in events surrounding her son Morgan, who will be a senior and the varsity QB for Clear Creek HS, and son Ryan who is a junior in Advertising & Sports Management at Texas Tech.  Sandy works on numerous charity projects including the NASA Go Texan Rodeo Committee, the League City Golden Anniversary Gala, Clear Creek Project Graduation, Clear Lake Pan-Hellenic, and the NASA Ballunar Festival

Director: 

Ted Shannon

Ted is a native Texan, growing up in the Beaumont area.  His love of boating came at an early age, as his family was always involved in some sort of “small” boating activity.  Ted learned to water ski when he was only 10 years of age.  And when Ted and Rhonda married in 1976, they spent many weekends skiing and boating on Lake Livingston, where Ted’s parents owned a home.

 Ted and Rhonda made their transition into “larger” boats in 1990 when they shared a 38’ sailboat with friends in the British Virgin Islands.  They have been back on many occasions, sharing the experience with various friends and family members.  In 2003 Ted and Rhonda bought Happy Ours, a 60’ trawler built by Grand Banks.  They have been in the marina, and a member of the Yacht Club from the very beginning.

 Ted has been retired for a few years now, having worked for over 20 years in the electric utility industry.

Director: 

Robert Donley

Robert was born in Fairbanks Alaska eventually migrating his way down to Texas in 1973 to Fort Worth. Robert began his love for boating in 1988 with a 24’ boat on Eagle Mountain Lake, progressing to a 45’ boat on Clear Lake in Houston. After buying the boat with plans to move it north on a lake plans changed quickly after enjoying the beauty of the area and decided to move here instead in 1996.

Robert as a Masters License and Captains a few boats in the area, the Boardwalk Beast, Boardwalk Fantasea, and some private yachts. A charter member of the club and have enjoyed the people along with the activities.

Robert has a son and two grandsons still living in Fort Worth and enjoys occasional visits with them.

Director-Ship's Store: 

Marsha Ullrich    

Past 2011 Commodore: 

Lorraine Grubbs

Lorraine is the president of Lessons in Loyalty, a company specializing in helping organizations create cultures where employees come to work because they want to, not because they have to, recognizing that happy employees create loyal customers. Lorraine delivers keynote speeches to organizations on her recently published book, Lessons in Loyalty, which outlines the principles utilized by Southwest Airlines to create one of the most productive and successful cultures.  This message is quickly gaining momentum in the business community as a basis for companies who want to know how Southwest Airlines and other companies do it.  In addition, her book has now been published in four countries.   

In the summer of 2008, Lorraine bought a 32’ trawler in Oriental, NC and traveled down the ICW for 2400 miles from Oriental to Kemah, Texas to bring her boat home to Waterford Harbor. 

When not working and flying, you will find Lorraine living and traveling on her boat “Naciente”, in Clear Lake, Texas.