Clang! The
unmistakable sound of an empty aluminum can crashing into a pile of its
discarded brethren. This is a sound heard more often these days than the
clanging of a main halyard on a mast in the fresh breezes of years gone by.
The VBYC is
going green, and certainly doing its part for the environment, becoming a
community leader in recycling. The spike in aluminum can recycling has been
nothing short of remarkable; “I’d say we’ve achieved a 99% diversion rate of
cans being tossed in the bush” said club maintenance man Shooter Schott,
leaving bored early morning walkers with nothing to do and the beach banter
column emptier than the Club fridge on Monday morning.
Clang!
Another one bites the dust.
The shift in
focus of the club has more than a few sailing purists gripping the gunwales. “We
all love sailing, but the numbers don’t lie, and they tell a different story”
explained an exhausted looking Commodore Van Berkel.
He
clarified: “I love sailing, but lets be honest, sailing numbers are down across
the board, I mean I haven’t had my boat on the water in years, the yacht club
needs to diversify. There is a chance the winds will never come back, and even
if they do, I might be too busy to get out there, we need to start thinking
about VBYC without the Y”.
In a
statement from his official Twitter account, VBYC Secretary A.J Tooley added “Lets
get serious, commodity prices for aluminum have been steady grinding, buoyed by
strong demand in China the future looks bright, gains on top of gains, diamonds
cutting diamonds, I’m focusing on the East wind”.
Clang!
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