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May 28th - 31st Cruise to Des Moines - pictures courtesy of Jim (the official photographer) & Pam

Memorial Day weekend we continued to celebrate our First Mates with a cruise to Des Moines hosted by Al & Darlene Schnittker

SYC boats on the right

SYC boats on the right and the dock shed on the left 

Setting up for Friday evening's appertizer in the dock shed

Oh yes! very nice ....

Jim and Jane's land yacht, complete with anchor

Sunset on Friday night

Orientation for prospective members John and Kerry aboard "Time Out"

Getting ready for the SYC "men only" desert making contest on Saturday

starting to look good

Here, each contestant introduced his own creation

George                                               Larry

Tracy                                     Jim

Dick                            Al

Jim                                              Bill

Ted                                               Frank

Don                                    Jim

Jim                                                Dick serving his ice cream and scotch

Tasting time

Toasting the First Mate - again!

and again

The winner, Jim with his alcoholic cheese cake

Jim with the winner's loot

sitting around in the sun

Saturday Dinner - Italian beef sliders by Darlene and Al with salads and side dishes by members

Later on Saturday evening we got down to a serious game of "srew your neighbor"

down to the last two players

And the winner is prospective member Kerry (on the left)

Sunday breakfast, pancakes, French toast and sausages