Harbor Renovation

By: David Schaden Secretary

The Board of Directors established Vision 2026 which included aspirational goals including renovation of our harbor. In November of 2020, Commodore Gary Marowske, asked that we revisit the harbor renovation plans that were started almost 10 years ago and bring a proposal to the board for consideration. A small group consisting of David Schaden, Pete Beauregard, Chris Izzi, Todd Andrus, Joe Schaden & Graham Korneffel proceeded with the objective to create a phased approach to renovate the harbor based on safety, end of life priority, member satisfaction, secure detailed costs and target a net zero impact to overall slip count. In the spring of 2021 after several months of collecting quotes and finalizing harbor design concepts the Board was presented initial financial costs for a phased approach.

Commodore Marowske then asked Director Bruce Knapp and Director Rick Lueders to lead the effort in coordination with the finance committee to investigate strategic funding scenario’s for the clubs overall debt and potential harbor renovation costs.

Throughout the summer, both teams working in parallel continued to refine their respective tasks. There was a sense of increased optimism building that this Vision 2026 item may become a reality. After careful consideration the board voted to proceed with the Harbor Renovation. The scope of the renovation includes 113 new slips impacting T-dock, Guest Wall, Shoreline, Moby, Gas, Hickory & newly formed Gazebo dock. This renovation included incorporating floating docks, a new swing bridge, fuel dock and in well pump out systems. Immediately following, a new Strategic Harbor Committee (SHC) was established with the purpose to ensure a newly renovated harbor is ready for the 2022 boating season. The SHC comprised of Director David Schaden, Director Pete Beauregard, Harbor Chair Chris Izzi, Past Commodore Blaise Klenow, Treasurer Bob Weiland, Finance Chairman Mike Soboleski, Harbormaster Alex Turner, and Graham and Curt Korneffel from EC Korneffel This committee established a bi-monthly meeting cadence to monitor every detail including project design, timing, cost and meeting minutes for effective communication to the Board. This harbor renovation is one the largest single projects to take on in the history of the club which started with demolition in November of 2021 to our grand opening ceremony in June of 2022. This project could not have been done without the commitment of everyone involved including our partnership with EC Korneffel Company and their key vendors delivering a fabulous new harbor in time for our boating season.