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Rio Grande Yacht Club

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Updated May 2nd, 2013
Latest News
  • Please check your e-mails about the May 4th-5th and Cinco de Mayo events. The website schedule may be out of date, but won't be updated till mid-May


Cinco de Mayo Party

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The First RGYC Cinco de Mayo Party will be held immediately after the Joshua Slocum Race at 6.30 on May 3rd, at Rock Canyon. Watch this space for details.....
Where we sail:
Elephant Butte Lake, NM 87901
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Upcoming Events
  • May 4th - Joshua Slocum race, to be followed by ....
  • First RGYC Cinco de Mayo party
  • May 5th Jack and Jill
RGYC  Membership Renewals

Thanks you to those who have renewed their membership for 2013. Membership dues are payable by March 15th, at which time the password for "Members Only" sections of the web site will be changed. If you haven’t quite gotten around to that yet, the membership forms are attached for your convenience (click on the membership button below). It’s great to have your participation again!
New Members

We are delighted to welcome the following new members to the club:
  • Cody and Mijin Bush
  • Richard Oot
  • Stu Peale
  • Stephen and Neda Turner
  • Jay Livingston
meet our new members here .... (Members Page)
Crew Wanted/Available
Please leave a message on the Message Board. Webmaster receives copies of all posted messages.

Crew Available

We have crew available  for racing e.g.

Art, Las Cruces - "about 70 hours on J-24's and 10-12 hours on J-105's, all on SF Bay"
Dan "~100 hours at the helm of various 22'-27' cruisers (Catalina, Hunter). Also ~500 hours solo in a Hunter 14.7"
Tess, Las Cruces "Experience on Flying Scots on Selby/Chesapeake Bay"

Let's try to get new sailors on to some of our boats during the Spring Series.
Racing

Rules, maps, arrangements and scoring system will be posted here. Please note that because of low water, marks have been moved from their positions in the Spring 2012 season, and new racing maps are being used. They can be obtained from the Race Officer.
See new Racing Rules Page

For Sale

New Items posted April 9th-
Check Out the "For sale section"
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1974 Ranger 32 Shonto, $35,550.00
posted April 9th

1979 Catalina 30 - $12,500 . Posted February 11th

Message from "Satisfied Customer"
"I'd really like to thank RGYC for the help with selling it (my boat).  I got info on where to get repairs, the name of a local guy to help launch and pilot it. The buyers saw the ad in the newsletter. Couldn't have done it without you." MN (January, 2013).


Items, tools, hardware etc for Loan or for Sale

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After buying my second "hole-saw" in a year, again for a single job, it occurred to me that there might be value in having a forum for borrowing/loaning, buying/selling tools, hardware and other gear etc, or even establishing a "library" of tools and other items owned by club members, available to be borrowed, as a resource for our sailors. For example I now have a 2" hole saw, and and 1+1/8" hole saw, if anyone needs to borrow one :-(, and it was pretty useful to be able to borrow some bolt-cutters at short notice from Rich last year. As a start, if you have a job that requires a tool that you don't own, why not post a request on the Message Board?
 - webmaster
Items Wanted
Please remember to notify webmaster@rgyc.net, if you know that any one of the items listed for sale are no longer available for any reason.