CLUB CRUISES

WYC has a number of annual and special cruises each year that are planning and led by our experienced members.  Most cruises are a few days, but some may span several weeks.  We urge you to get informed on the next planned event and participate.  The best way to learn sailing and cruising is to get involved with one or more Club cruises.  As Cap'n Ron says, "If its going to happen, it'll happen out there!"

When you read through all these adventures, you really get the feeling that WYC members are out there, exploring the Gulf and the World!

This is the index page to all of the past cruises.  Click on the underlined heading to go to a more detailed explanation of the cruise event.  If you sponsored a cruise that isn't on here and you've got some pictures and some witty narrative, send it to me and I'll add it.  

Freeport 2004 

 

Offshore to Freeport and back in a perfect weather window!

by Vernon Downing

 

British Virgin Islands - (Aug 2002)

by Richard Collins

 

One of the more ambitious cruising events was this first ever first-ever Club cruise to the British Virgins Islands and the Moorings charters.  Join the Collins, Croners, Courtneys,  Downings,  Swonkes, Shannons, and Beverly Dreher, Scott Flechsig, Ed and Pam, and the Tenants as they visit Peter, Cooper, and Norman Island, the Baths, the Dogs, Jost Van Dyke, and North Sound.

<the Downings visit the Baths

Cruise Week 2002

with Vernon Downing

Vernon planned and led a fabulous trip down the coast to Bridge Harbor

<Cruise Route

Cruise to Port Aransas (2001)

by Curt Nicholls

Rather than taking the arduous task of racing to Pt. Aransas in the fall, a number of members decided to take that same week and do a leisurely cruise through the same waters and towns.  

<Heading for Pt. A

The Saga of Erin's Child (2000)

with Mike and Linda Hill

Mike and Linda head up the Intracoastal Waterway enroute to the Bahamas and places beyond.  Mike provided an excellent step-by-step guide to traversing the ICW.  Click Here!

<Erin's Child underway

Racing to Veracruz (Jun 2000)

with Russ Orr of C'est le Vie;  written by crewman  John Davis

John writes about his trip to Veracruz, Mexico and return trip via the Mexican coast on C'est Le Vie

<C'est Le Vie lies off Isla Lobos,Mexico

Boats

by Capt. Jack Holcroft

We catch up with the crews of four boats which have departed WYC waters for points beyond.  Here they all arrive on the west coast of Florida and reunite!

<Argonauta cruises the Ship Channel

 

Windsong Crosses the Gulf

by Capt. Dick Hamner 

Dick and Nancy and crew take their brand-new Catalina 470 from Tampa to Clear Lake

<the Happy Crew

 

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