More About Us...      At our General Membership Meeting, a speaker is usually invited to discuss various issues of interest to the boating community. Delegates from the various member clubs of the ABYA then disseminate this same information to the membership of their own clubs.      The ABYA also promotes camaraderie among its members by sponsoring various social functions throughout the year. The year’s first major event is our Spring Rendezvous, which is usually held the first weekend of March. This event has grown throughout the years to the point where we now have approx. 400 members attending for the weekend activities. The highlight of the weekend is the very popular RUBBER BAND BOAT RACES. These boats built by members of our member clubs can cover the distance of thirty feet in a swimming pool in less than a second. The speeds that these boats achieve has forced us to go from stop watches to an electronic timing device just so the times could be recorded accurately.      In June, we host a Spring Dinner Dance at one of our member island clubs. This event has been a good kickoff to the boating season. In recent years our September meeting has been changed to Sunday and the island club where this meeting is held has extended an invitation to all attending the use of their facility for that particular weekend. October is another Sunday meeting and again the island club where this meeting is held offers up a full weekend for those wishing to go by boat. However, unlike other Island meetings held throughout the summer, this one can still be accessed by car.      The last major ABYA event for the year is held on the first Saturday of December. This is our annual Commodores Christmas Ball and has had attendance reach over 700 people.                                                                      More...