Tiburon YC Hits the Big Five-0

The members of Tiburon Yacht Club, which is located on the east side of Marin County’s Tiburon Peninsula in the waterfront development of Paradise Cay, celebrated their 50th birthday on Saturday night. "The big bash was all that we anticipated or could ask for," reports club volunteer Jon Price. "Those who attended were decked out in ’50s garb and ready to rock ‘n’ roll."

‘Fashionably late’ is apparently no longer in fashion, as the party started half an hour earlier than the scheduled time of 6:00 p.m. "The bar was packed with revelers from the get-go," said Price. "Dinner consisted of fabulous hors d’oeuvres in huge quantity and extraordinary quality, satisfying both the gourmets and gourmands in attendance, which even included of some of the originals who were present at the founding of the club in 1965." Founding members in attendance included Bob and Patty Cerf, Don Kunstler, and Allen and Joan Dekelboum.

A ’50s rock ‘n’ roll band, the Hot Rods, kicked into action at the end of dining, and was still going strong until late evening. "Participants’ nostalgia with some of the songs was overcome by the urge to get out on the floor and let it all hang out," said Price. "It was an amazing scene to see so many of the elder members abruptly shed their years and return to their youthful vigor."

The party was preceded by the Friendship Regatta, a congenial race between TYC and Corinthian YC, also located in Tiburon. The 21 entries, ranging in size from a Cal 20 to a Santa Cruz 50, sailed in two divisions, Spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker, with the spinnaker boats starting upwind and the non-spinns starting downwind toward the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. After the light-air start, a nice breeze filled in, topping out in the mid-teens. The short courses were completed in about an hour, and, to sweeten the anniversary celebration, TYC wrested the trophy from defending CYC.