2025 Fun & Awesome Facts about our PTYC Past Commodores
Jane Asbury | Published on 5/12/2025
Antics of our beloved Past Commodores!
- This person rode their motorcycle in Rolling Thunder in Washington DC with 900,000 other bikers. ZOE ANN DUDLEY 2007
- This person is heavily involved in supporting the homeless & related projects. VINCE VERNEUIL 2012
- This person was married on a beach in St. Vincent (the Caribbien) and was married by the boat's Captain. DARREN O'BRIEN 2023
- This person needed 8 years and 6 colleges to get a degree. Geeez!! DUANE MADINGER 2017
- This person did shark fishing from a surfboard using raw liver as bait! (His legs were also dangling in the water....duh) HARRY DUDLEY 2009
- This person managed "The Silencers", a 6 person rock & roll band in the 1960's. GERRY WALSH 2015
- This person got run over by his own tender on a PTYC cruise. RICK REZINAS 2013
- This person, in 1974, was on standby at the UN while Yasser Arafat (head of the PLO) was speaking. He was part of the crew of the vessel Manitou. BRUCE PAINTER 2016
- This person performed in "The Follies", dancing and singing for a hospital Guild fundraiser....Hmmm, maybe this needs to be revived????? DEBBIE WILLIAMS 2020-21
- This person bought their first car for $300 and his mom gave him $1 per week gas money! JESS SCHEFSTROM 2018
- This person got permission from Dad at age 13 to convert an unused rowboat into a sailboat. He and a friend spent all day every day of the summer to make it happen - and it sailed quite well! FRED BELL 2011
- This person learned to drive a tractor before learning to drive a car. EILEEN BARATUCI 2024
- This person was Commodore during the complete refurbishing of the Clubhouse interior, including the Wall of Honor displaying the Club Commodores. GARY EISENBERGER 1996
- This person's first trip to Port Townsend was on a ferry from Keystone to the old ferry dock. They walked ashore to the football stadium for a "pee wee" football game. JIM GORSKI 2022
- This person was one of three Past Commodores who cruised together in Alaska for three months. (Hint: Commodore on 9/11) BILL BLOEMKER 2001
- This person was an Ensign, Lieutenant, and Captain before becoming Commodore. BILL ROTHERT 2003
- This person DARED to change the location of the annual Labor Day Cruise. BOB MIDDELBURG 2002