May 3

Mug Race festivities will kick-off with the welcoming party near the waterfront pavilion Friday, the 2nd of May. Please drop by to support the club as we welcome the Mug Race entrants.
Beer, water, and several soft drinks and probably munchies will be available.
Rough time to kick off – around 5PM until the Beer is gone…
On May 3rd, Is the actual Mug Race. Once again Palatka Yacht Club will provide Safety Boats to ensure a safe evolution. As such; we are soliciting as many Club boaters as we can put on the water to ensure safe travels for the sailboaters. We probably have just about enough, but one more boat, or two, would give us a better margin for overall safety – this is also an opportunity to invite a boat-owning friend!

April 13

We have our 6th Annual “Blessing of the Fleet” coming up on Palm Sunday, the 13th of April. at 2 o’clock All boat owners and operators are encouraged to participate – whether as club members or not. Get the word out! Plus, Bob McCarty will be demonstrating his aqua aerobics on his water-jet go faster…

Following the Blessing, we will adjourn over to Tom and Pat’s Tiki Bar for a unified good time and Tom’s demonstrated “Finest Kind” Bar-B-Que expertise. All attendees are asked to bring side dishes, or desserts. and own unusual libations. Boat parking will prove necessary to Breast out.

December 13

Our Club Christmas Party is scheduled for Friday, 13 December, with the Social hour beginning at 6:00 pm sharp. We will have a fully catered event with Stacy from Peas and Carrots putting on the menu and our venue will once again be provided by Tate and Jessie Miller, they will be hosting our party at the Grand Gables Inn, 603 Emmitt Street in the South Historic District. Music will again be a Jazz Trio from Swing and a Miss Band. This event will be Putnam County Dress, which means Suits, Gowns, Collared Shirts, Shoes, Sport Jackets, Sack Dresses,etc. Leave flip flops and shorts at home, we plan on encouraging everyone to show off their best terpsichorean talents on the smooth wood floors of the Gables’ historic white pine deck.

December 7

Please join us at Porchfest, Saturday 07 December, starting 11:00 am at Grand Gables Inn, 603 Emmitt Street, in the Southern Historic District of Palatka.
Palatka Yacht Club has Co-Sponsored the Porch at Grand Gables
along with primary Sponsor, Seminole Electric. There is no charge!

September 21

We meet again at a new-to-us venue, The Gnarly Gar!
1300 (1:00pm) to 1600 (4:00pm) 482 Cove Dr, Satsuma
Check out their Web page here

Our August 17 raft up at the Sand Bar was really wonderful
the weather was very cooperative with relatively mild (for Palatka!) temperatures. There were four vessels in our raft;

Gary Bliss’ Boston Whaler 13
Tom Keith and his crew of Rex, Michele and Jim onboard the deckboat
Darryl and Lynne with Janet crewed onboard Cypress Moon, Albin CB 35.
Shaun, on his Sea Ray Sundancer, 31 foot cruiser

AUGUST 17 Next Palatka Yacht Club Meeting will be a Raft Up at the Sand Bar, also unofficially called

Just a hundred yards past Red Marker “22”, near the Ruins. We will anchor around 1300 (1:00 pm). High tide locally will be at 1354.
We will enjoy the water and fine company until 1600 (4:00pm).
Be sure to bring sunscreen, hats and long sleeves, it’s gonna be bright out there.
“Cypress Moon” will have ten pounds of smoked Harissa Chicken drumsticks to pass. See you there!
Everyone is invited – please join us.

Be sure to mark your calendars for November 11th (Coincidentally “Veteran’s Day”). This is also the timing of the club’s annual “Joe Morris Chili Cookoff Competition. This year it will be held at the Driscoll residence at 132 Orange Tree Road – East (by God) Palatacky 32131. A Board of Director’s meeting will start at […]

Annual dues are due January 1 and are past due on January 31. Dues are $100 per person and can be mailed to PYC @ PO Box 2004, Palatka, FL 32178 or taken to the January change of command ceremony on the 21st. The ceremony will be at Brown’s Landing where we will have the […]

Where: Darryl Currie’s, 4056 Browns Landing Road Time: 3:00 pm Social, 4:00 pm pot luck dinner Menu: smoked Boston butt, smoked beef for sandwiches Members may bring a side dish or dessert to share. If you have a favorite dish you would like to share, please let Betty Poteet know. Water, tea and ice will […]

Red Cross CPR Training will be conducted Saturday, 23 APR 2022, 0900-1200 at the St Paul’s Episcopal Church Fellowship Hall at Federal Point. 124 Commercial Ave. East Palatka, 32131 Many thanks to Past Commodore Ernie Driscoll for arranging this event and much gratitude to St Paul’s Episcopal for hosting us!!! Once again; $40.00 per student. […]

BLESSING OF THE FLEET – 2022 The Palatka Yacht Club is sponsoring a Blessing of the Fleet, Palm Sunday, April 10, 2:00pm at the City’s Municipal Docks.  All boaters are welcome to participate.   The blessing of the fleet is a time-honored tradition that goes back many centuries into the murky sea of legend and tradition. […]

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PALM SUNDAY – April 5th, 2020
Downtown Municipal Piers– Palatka, FL
Procession begins @ 1:30 p.m.
OPEN TO ALL – PUBLIC INVITED
No boat too big, or too small
If it can be rowed, or towed; it will be Blessed

COMMODORE’S CORNER Ahoy Members!!
The nominating committee (Betty Poteet, David Girardin, and Linda Girardin)
announces the following proposed slate of officers for 2014.

Commodore Rhonda Masters Treasurer Traci Reed
Vice Commodore Bruce Drackett Secretary Betty Poteet First Year Director Ed Reed Past Commodore Gail Hart

Nominations and elections will take place Saturday, November 16, 2013, at one of
our only meeting. Elections will take place before dinner.
Bruce Drackett