There is no arguing that our club had a Year of Awesome in 2012. Well, you could argue about it, but you’d sound a little crazy.

From success on the racecourse (the Henley crews, gold at Masters Nationals, a Champion Women’s double at the Charles, and of course, our Women’s Double that took us all the way to the 2012 Olympics) …

To a massive new dock installation at home, where folks from across the club – and their families, too! – came out in droves to be part of a club-historic effort …

To the diverse group of club members who showed up at the home of our dear friend and fellow club member Stephen D. Vermillion, III, to christen a hull in his name just before he passed …

To the countless little things fixed or improved upon all over the club by those who take no credit and want no glory …

Yep, PBC. We definitely had one of the most active years of club participation in recent history.

So, take a moment to reflect on 2012 and pat yourself on the back for an awesome year. Then take another moment to thank the club member who stood shoulder to shoulder with you as we moved ramps, floats and old sections of dock away to make way for the new.

Thank folks like our former club president Bob Price and our newly elected president Ed Ryan, who set in motion many of the people and mechanisms that helped us make last year the success that it was.

Join us in thanking everyone who was part of the solution, any solution, that made our club an even better place to be.  THANK YOU, NAMELESS FACELESS FELLOW CLUB MEMBER!

Finally, remember the passion that former House Committee chair Stephen D. Vermillion, III, had for PBC up until the very moment he passed. And when you do, grab hold of the positive change we saw in 2012 and with everything you have, pull it into 2013, the Year of More Awesome.

It doesn’t take a village.  It takes a club.  A club of champions … GO, PBC.