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• Memorial Day Cruise to Moody Gardens

  • Start
    23 May 2025
  • End
    26 May 2025
  • Location
    Moody Gardens
  • Spaces left
    0

  MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND CRUISE 

  FRIDAY-MONDAY MAY 23 - 26, 2025 - MOODY GARDENS 

  

  Join us for docktails, island breezes, resort pool, Boat Drinks Contest (idea thanks to Ryk & Doreen Williams), and more.  Schedule and more details will be emailed directly to attendees.

  Cruise leaders: Carol Ruhaak & Mark Wittig

  
  

  Moody only has 2 slips large enough for boats with 16'+ beam.  If the slips are full, anchor out and dingy in for the Fun.  Reservations include passes for the pool.  Join the waitlist if necessary because things come up requiring registrants to cancel.

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• TMCA 45th Anniversary Party

  • When
    31 May 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM (CDT)
  • Location
    Sylvan Park Pavilion 636 N Bayshore Dr, La Porte, TX 77571

       REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.

  TMCA will be celebrating its 45th Anniversary in its 46th year if operation. It will include a catered dinner as well as a live band and most likely a cash bar. The club is paying for the venue, the dinner and the band, the bar will be on you.

  This promises to be an excellent party in a beautiful location, and we look forward to seeing you there.

  
  

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• Pirate Cruise - Redfish Island

  • Start
    6 Jun 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM (CDT)
  • End
    8 Jun 2025
  •  
    8:00 AM (CDT)
  • Location
    Redfish Island

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  Cruise Leader is TIm Marshall

  The Pirate Cruise to Red Fish Island is fast approaching! A relaxing and entertaining excursion is planned.

  As is always the case with pirates there will looting and burning!!

  The plan is to have a bonfire on the beach and it would be good if you could bring some scrap wood or fire wood along. You can go ashore and scavenge for wood as there usually is a fair amount washed up on the island.

  Pirate clothing of any kind is encouraged. Cruise Captain Tim will pick the winner at the bonfire.

  The fun starts in the afternoon. Place the wood you have on the bow where it is reachable from the water. Tie a few strips of cloth around the bow as marks of your vessel. Then get aboard your dingy, armed with your water weapons. Approach the other pirate boats and try to take the wood and "vessel marks" from them. They will try to fend you off with their water weapons so you will have to dissuade them with yours. It promises to be a great afternoon!

  
  

  In the evening we will have a bonfire on the island and a shared meal. Bring beverages and a dish to share.

  I've been told water balloons are not allowed because turtles eat them and die. So, no water balloons.

  
  

  
  

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• Dock Party Anchor Out for Kemah Fireworks

  • When
    6 Jun 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 10:00 PM (CDT)
  • Location
    Anchor off Kemah, or at Pier 5 bathhouse

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  This could either be called a dock party or a short cruise, depending on how you want to do it.  On June 6th there will be a fireworks display at the Kemah Boardwalk at 0930 PM.  If you wish to watch it from your boat, then anchor out an appropriate distance from the boardwalk and the fireworks barge.  If you would like to join a Dock Party, then bring your food and drinks to Blue Dolphin Marina and join me in front of the bath house opposite Pier 5.  There are four picnic tables with benches there, but you should bring a chair if you want to be comfy.  The usual time for a dock party is 6-9 PM, but you should be aware that the fireworks do not start until 0930 PM.  This could be called an early celebration of independence.  Charles Scott

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• June TMCA Monthly Meeting

  • When
    13 Jun 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM (CDT)
  • Location
    Elks Lodge 623 Hanson Road, Kemah

  
  

  Our June Monthly Meeting will be at the Clear Lake Elks Lodge, 623 Hanson Road, Kemah, Texas.
  

  Socializing and dinner orders will begin at 6:00 pm and the business meeting begins at 7:00 pm, with the presentation to follow. 

  Come early, enjoy dinner and visiting with members and guests.  Be sure to wear your name badge.  We hope to see you there!

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• Father's Day Nassau Bay Raft Up

  • When
    14 Jun 2025

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  Lamy and Wendy Chopin are Cruise Leaders for this raft up, hang out and get sunburnt in Nassau Bay. More info to follow.

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• Bayland Cruise - Texas Outlaw Challenge

  • Start
    20 Jun 2025
  • End
    22 Jun 2025
  • Location
    Bayland Marina

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  Cruise Leader will be Philip Kropf

  This is a cruise designed for us to watch some of the Texas Outlaw Challenge mariners arrive at Bayland Marina on Saturday morning as one of the stops on their “Gunslinger Poker Run” event (re: https://texasoutlawchallenge.com/), there to pick up their poker card, to perhaps fuel up their thirsty gas-guzzling beasts, and then to grab lunch and a brewski or two at O’Neal’s. This cruise was first run back in 2012 (when O’Neal’s didn’t even exist!), and a photo album from that cruise can be seen on my Flickr site by clicking here. Since there is no swimming pool at Bayland, like there is at Harborwalk which is another one of the stops, the boats don’t linger at Bayland for very long, but it is great fun to watch it all while it lasts!

  The “Goose Creek Dinghy Excursion” part of the day was a cruise feature which I created back in 2001 when there just wasn’t much to do there at Bayland on hot summer afternoons! I led that fun event every year for the next several, and there was always great participation! Photo albums from two such Goose Creek explorations, in 2015 and 2017, can be found by clicking here and also here. So bring those dinghies and we will spend a couple of hours in the afternoon cruising up this close-by waterway that bisects the city of Baytown.

  O’Neal’s Sportsbar & Grill (click here) opened in June 2018. The food is good, the beer is cold, there is often live music, and the view of passing ships in the HSC, and especially of the Fred Hartman Bridge, cannot be beat, especially at sunset and after dark! It had been a long time since Bayland Marina had a venue onsite such as O’Neal’s, where one could go for dinner, and/or just some cold beers at the bar out under the palapa, and so I am looking forward to it again!

  TMCA has a very long history of cruising to Bayland Marina (https://baylandmarina.com/bayland/), and that is ever since it first opened in the mid-90s! It is a fine weekend destination due to its relatively short distance from Clear Lake (10.5nm), and with its great docks, plenty of electric plug-ins, clean restrooms, and ship’s store, it is well worth cruising to! The long-awaited dredging of the entrance channel took place a couple of years ago, and looking at the tide predictions for the weekend no one should have any access problems. If you cannot make the trip on Friday just come on Saturday, but the go-fast boats generally arrive around mid-to-late morning, and so if you want to see them you need to arrive early!!

  My “Navigation to Bayland Marina” destinations file, which includes waypoints and other important information, is available by clicking here. Slip fees for TMCA at Bayland are $1.50/ft per night, payable at the ship’s store. There are always plenty of open slips and so you really do not need to make a separate reservation with the marina.

  I am hoping for a nice turnout for a fun cruise to Bayland Marina!
  

  Philip Kropf, Cruise Leader

  s/v Silhouette

  713-598-6454

  pkropf@flash.net

  
  

  

  

  

  
  

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• Cruise to Port Aransas

  • Start
    22 Jun 2025
  • End
    29 Jun 2025
  • Location
    Starting from Harborwalk after Tx Outlaw Challenge
  • Spaces left
    15

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  This is a cruise Ken and Kelly Hutchinson will be leading. There are a coupls of ways we can arrange the trip and we will go over the trip with those that sign up and see which way is best for everyone.    The Cruise will be June 21st thru June29th. 

  Matagorda Marina has slips available for us. Port Aransas has slips available for the dates we will be there, however they can't hold them. If you plan on going, please register online with TMCA and call the Port Aransas Marina and register (361-749-5429)

   . More information will follow as it becomes available.

  We hope you can join us!

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• 4th of July Cruise to Moody Gardens

  • Start
    3 Jul 2025
  • End
    6 Jul 2025
  • Location
    Moody Gardens
  • Spaces left
    14

  Registration is closed

  Cruise Leader is Errol Gomez

  This cruise will fill up Fast. The rest of us can anchor out and also go to shore for the pool and TMCA  activities. Moody Garden will have 4th of July activities and fireworks

  Location Moody Gardens

  Registration is required and will open about a month before the start date.

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• July TMCA Monthly Meeting

  • When
    18 Jul 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM (CDT)
  • Location
    Elks Lodge 623 Hanson Road, Kemah

  
  

  Our July Monthly Meeting will be at the Clear Lake Elks Lodge, 623 Hanson Road, Kemah, Texas.
  

  Socializing and dinner orders will begin at 6:00 pm and the business meeting begins at 7:00 pm, with the presentation to follow. 

  Come early, enjoy dinner and visiting with members and guests.  Be sure to wear your name badge.  We hope to see you there!

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• Nassau Bay Raft Up

  • When
    19 Jul 2025

  No Cruise Leader yet for this one so save the date, more informaiton to follow

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• August TMCA Monthly Meeting

  • When
    15 Aug 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM (CDT)
  • Location
    Elks Lodge 623 Hanson Road, Kemah

  
  

  Our August Monthly Meeting will be at the Clear Lake Elks Lodge, 623 Hanson Road, Kemah, Texas.
  

  Socializing and dinner orders will begin at 6:00 pm and the business meeting begins at 7:00 pm, with the presentation to follow. 

  Come early, enjoy dinner and visiting with members and guests.  Be sure to wear your name badge.  We hope to see you there!

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• Snow Cone Dock Party at Waterford Marina

  • When
    6 Sep 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM (CDT)

  Hosted by Lamy and Wendy Chopin.

  More info to follow.

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• Houston Maritime Museum Tour

  • When
    13 Sep 2025
  • Location
    Houston Maritime Museum

   The Houston Maritime Museum shares the wonder of maritime history with a focus on Houston and the Texas Gulf Coast.  The museum offers a variety of maritime exhibits covering centuries of maritime history and Houston's impact on the maritime world. This will be at their new location: 2940 Riverby Road, Houston, TX 77020  Join us for a tour with a docent and a group lunch afterward at a nearby restaurant.  Tour will last about 1 1/2 to 2 hours.  For more about the museum visit https://houstonmaritime.org

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• September TMCA Monthly Meeting

  • When
    19 Sep 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM (CDT)
  • Location
    Elks Lodge 623 Hanson Road, Kemah

  
  

  Our September Monthly Meeting will be at the Clear Lake Elks Lodge, 623 Hanson Road, Kemah, Texas.
  

  Socializing and dinner orders will begin at 6:00 pm and the business meeting begins at 7:00 pm, with the presentation to follow. 

  Come early, enjoy dinner and visiting with members and guests.  Be sure to wear your name badge.  We hope to see you there!

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• Explore the Islands Cruise

  • Start
    20 Sep 2025
  • End
    21 Sep 2025

  Cruise Leaders are Wendy and Lamy Chopin.

  This could be the new Three Bird Island or the Vingt-Et-Un Islands off Smith Point or possibly both but you can bet it will be in Trinity Bay. 

  More information will be posted here.

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• Sailing Angels Salute to Heros Cruise + Luncheon

  • When
    27 Sep 2025

  No information yet. Stay tuned.

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• Octoberfest Dock Party

  • When
    3 Oct 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM (CDT)

  No information yet. Stay tuned

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• Harvest Moon Regatta

  • Start
    9 Oct 2025
  • End
    12 Oct 2025

  This is more of an announcment than a function at this point. TMCA does sometimes organize a start party lunch where we meet at a restaurant on the seawall and watch the start of the race. More info will be posted here as we get closer to the date.

  
  

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• October TMCA Monthly Meeting

  • When
    17 Oct 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM (CDT)
  • Location
    Elks Lodge 623 Hanson Road, Kemah

  
  

  Our October Monthly Meeting will be at the Clear Lake Elks Lodge, 623 Hanson Road, Kemah, Texas.
  

  Socializing and dinner orders will begin at 6:00 pm and the business meeting begins at 7:00 pm, with the presentation to follow. 

  Come early, enjoy dinner and visiting with members and guests.  Be sure to wear your name badge.  We hope to see you there!

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• Redfish Island Kite Fest

  • Start
    18 Oct 2025
  • End
    19 Oct 2025
  • Location
    Redfish Island

  This is an overnight cruise to Redfish Island. Saturday afternoon we'll fly kites from our boats and possibly from the island too. There may or may not be a winner declared. There will likely be a bonfire on Redfish Saturday evening with snacks and maybe s'mores so feel free to bring a little wood to contribute to the pile.

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• M/V Sam Houston - Tour of the Houston Ship Channel

  • When
    25 Oct 2025
  • Location
    7300 Clinton Drive, Houston, TX 77020
  • Registered
    2 registrants

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  The M/V Sam Houston has been operating as Port Houston’s public tour vessel since its inaugural voyage on July 30, 1958. This free service offers a leisurely, 90-minute round-trip, educational tour along the Houston Ship Channel. Welcome aboard and learn more about the port and maritime industry.

  Embarking from Port Houston’s Sam Houston Landing, visiting sightseers aboard the M/V Sam Houston can enjoy passing views of international cargo vessels and operations at the port’s Turning Basin Terminal. The 95-ft. vessel holds up to 100 passengers and features air-conditioned lounge seating, as well as standing room outside on the boat’s deck.
  

  Reservations are required to board the Sam Houston Boat Tour and we can register as a group. The reservations for October will be open on September 1st. Please sign up for this tour ahead of time so we can have our list ready for the reservation on Sept. 1st.

  
  

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• Greek Festival Dock Party

  • When
    8 Nov 2025
  •  
    4:00 PM - 8:00 PM (CST)
  • Location
    Clear Lake Park

  Hosted by Charles Parette and Linda Schoene.

  More details as they become avaialable.

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• 2025 Chilin' Chili Cruise at Bayland

  • Start
    14 Nov 2025
  • End
    16 Nov 2025
  • Location
    Bayland Marina

  Hope you’ll join us for the Chilin’ Chili Cruise at Bayland Marina!

  Cruise Leader: The Winners of last year's cook-off, David Embry and Casey Brown

  Friday, November 14

   Check for high tide for best arrival time

   5:00 – Docktails – (appetizers welcome)

   Dinner on your own

   Listen to live band (on your boat or at O’Neal's)

  Saturday, November 15

   8:30 – Group Breakfast – bring a dish to share

   Spend the day Chilin’ … explore up Goose Creek by dinghy or  purchase a $35 Day Pass for the Hyatt pool & hot tub

   https://www.resortpass.com/hotels/hyatt-regency-baytown-houston

   Lunch – gather at O’Neal's … (or some might want to check out the Hyatt restaurant)

   https://www.hyatt.com/hyatt-regency/en-US/iahrb-hyatt-regency-baytown-houston

   3:00 ish – Boating Stories & Member Trivia

   We’ll gather around a sombrero (instead of a bonfire)

   Mix up a pitcher of margaritas, pop a cold beer, chill a rose or blend a rum drink …

   Think of those questions you’ve always wanted to ask … and listen to some tall tales

   5:00 – Chili judging!

   Bring your best chili, cornbread, chips or dessert

   We’ll sample all as soon as the judges make their selections

   Bring your own beverage

   Plates, bowls, napkins, flatware will be provided

  Sunday, November 16

   Breakfast on your own

   Help take down tents & tables

   Departure on your own (check tides)

  Register on the TMCA site with complete boat information and note if you plan to come for both nights or just Saturday. Registration will close Thursday, Nov 6 so that we can provide information to the marina for slip assignments. We will provide your slip assignment by email with a diagram of the marina on Wednesday, Nov. 12 Our discounted rate for the weekend is $1.25 ft.

  You will need to check in at the office to pay when you arrive.

  Please fly your TMCA burgee and call on channel 68 when approaching the marina. I will also have my phone 713-724-3535. Bring your folding chairs.

  It is a short drive over the bridge, so you can come by land yacht, if not by boat. (Please let me know if you plan to come so I can bring enough bowls & utensils, etc.) Call me ahead of time for the gate code.

  There is a public boat ramp if anyone wants to bring their trailerable boat to explore the area.

  

  
  

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• November TMCA Annual Business Meeting

  • When
    22 Nov 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 9:00 PM (CST)
  • Location
    Elks Lodge 623 Hanson Road, Kemah

  
  

  Our November Annual Business Meeting will be at the Clear Lake Elks Lodge, 623 Hanson Road, Kemah, Texas.
  

  This is a first time Saturday Morning Meeting. The hope is that everyone local will be able to make it and those who can't make regular monthly meetings becase they're on Friday nights will also be able to make the meeting. Agenda to follow.

   We hope to see you there!
  

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• Christmas Boat Parade

  • When
    13 Dec 2025

  No information yet other than the date.

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