Throughout the year, AYC has various social events outside of our Racing, Cruising, and Education programs (which are social events in and of themselves).
Photo: Mike Ferring
The main one is our monthly meeting, held the second Tuesday of every month at Dave & Buster’s – Tempe Marketplace, located at 2000 E Rio Salado Pkwy, Suite 1100, Tempe, AZ 85281. Social Hour and dinner service start at 6 pm, and our program starts at 7 pm, so come and enjoy a meal with your friends, and then settle in for our awesome speakers’ series. Take a peek at past meeting speakers and topics.
Another regular social gathering happens at Spinnaker Point after racing on Saturday nights at Lake Pleasant. One of the fleets presents a post-race social event with munchies, and it kicks off a great discussion of why you blew the start on the last race.
Several Tempe Town Lake racers gather after Sunday racing at nearby Hundred Mile Brewery to hydrate, eat, and talk about the day’s racing. If you’re a regular, sign up for their rewards program and associate your phone number with a credit card. It’s easy, and you can get discounts.
We have several other events that are off the water as well. Our annual Campout is a getaway to the cool of the Coconino National Forest. We also have an annual Commodore’s Party in May that recognizes members who have won the club awards, and we seat the new year’s Board Members.
The big racing event of the year is the Birthday Regatta, where the Saturday night dinner and party is always a great get-together. Many folks come out just to party with us on Saturday night! See pics here
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