Marco Island Yacht Club Hosts Florida Yachting Council

Coming together from across Florida by boat and by car, nearly 100 delegates representing the 37 clubs of the Florida Council of Yacht Clubs (FCYC) assembled at the Marco Island Yacht Club (MIYC) May 13th to the 15th for a full agenda of social and business events. The FCYC holds six meetings a year at various member clubs throughout the state to insure a continuous flow of yachting and navigational information and support inter-club relationships and cooperation. The organization's mission is to encourage the sport of yachting, promote safety afloat, encourage reciprocity between qualified Yacht Clubs and to promote beneficial boating legislation.

Participating clubs stretch from the Panhandle North, all the way down the west coast to MIYC, then starting in Marathon all the way up the East Coast to Jacksonville.

Several awards were presented at the May meeting, including two to the Isles Yacht Club from Punta Gorda for sending the most delegates and bringing the most boats to MIYC’s Riverside Marina, and one to the Tarpon Springs Yacht Club for traveling the farthest by boat to come to the meeting.