Texas Mariners Cruising Association upcoming events

Redfish Rendevous (18 Jul 2026)

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Cruise Leaders: Lamy & Wendy Chopin

Come out and join us at Redfish Island for a day on the water. We will plan to be at anchor by lunchtime Saturday. Depending on the weather we may stay the night or we may head in around sundown. Either way we will enjoy swimming and hanging out!

If you've never been to Redfish reach out and we will provide more details on how to get there and how to anchor.

Nassau Bay Raft Up (25 Jul 2026)

Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:00:00 GMT

Cancelled due to alligator warning.

Water Volleyball (25 Jul 2026)

Sat, 25 Jul 2026 20:00:00 GMT

New Magnolia Brewing Company dock party (15 Aug 2026)

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 21:00:00 GMT

Take a break from the heat and join us for a field trip to the Heights! We will be meeting at New Magnolia Brewing Company for beers, Feather Bowling, food trucks and music! What's feather bowling?? Come and find out!

TMCA August 21 Monthly Meeting (21 Aug 2026)

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 23:00:00 GMT

TMCA August 21 Monthly Meeting - August 21, 2026

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

Socializing and dinner orders will begin at 6:00pm, and the business meeting begins at 7:00pm, 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!

August sno cone dock party (22 Aug 2026)

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 21:00:00 GMT

Mark your calendar! We have a great sno cone party planned for this date. More information to come.

Labor Day Cruise 2026 - Moody Gardens (4 Sep 2026)

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Cruise Leader Arthur Tailleur

Please join us for the annual TMCA End of Summer/ Labor Day Cruise to Moody Gardens.

Friday

Arrival on your schedule

5:00pm Docktails on the Colonel dock. Bring a beverage and a chair.

Dinner on your own

Saturday

Breakfast and lunch on your own.

6:30pm Potluck dinner the main Colonel Dock. Bring your favorite summer dish to share a beverage and a chair.

Sunday

8:30am Shared breakfast on the Colonel Dock

Lunch on your own

6:00pm Docktails on the Colonel dock, bring chair and your favorite beverage.

Dinner on your own

Monday – Departure on your schedule.

THINGS TO DO AT MOODY:

Galveston Island Wine Festival is Sept 4-6 at Moody Gardens.

Resort Pool, Palm Beach, Pyramids, Imax - check Moody website for packages/pricing

Dingy exploration around Offatts Bayou, find a lunch diner/bar on Offatts Bayou?

Fishing from the pier

Most of all – Socializing, getting to know new club members and catching up with ‘old’ members!

IMPORTANT – HOW TO REGISTER:

Register on the TMCA website. Those not registered on the TMCA site will drop to the waitlist should all slips be filled.

2. Call Moody Gardens give them your credit card info and let them know you are with TMCA to get the $70 price. (409-683-1299) Do Not Call Moody if you have not registered on the TMCA site.

The Moody concierge works very hard providing us with unlimited ice and rides to/from the lobby during the weekend, so we would encourage each boat to contribute $20 per boat, as a tip for this service. (cash will be collected there).

Sailing Angels Hero's Cruise & Luncheon (12 Sep 2026)

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT

Pirate Cruise - Wussy Bay or Redfish (25 Sep 2026)

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:00:00 GMT

Cruise Leader is TIm Marshall

As is always the case with pirates there will looting and hopefully burning this time if we get to go to Red Fish Island.

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. We will all vote to pick the winner on the beach.

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.

Some clarification on the flags and wood situation for others to “steal/raid” from your bow. What I used last year was cut up t-shirts with my boat name on them attached with clothes pins to my pulpit and lifelines. Casey and David had both wood on the bow and some cloth strips tied to their pulpit and stanchions. Kevin had engineering tape streamers on his aft deck because the pulpit is very high on his boat. There really are very few rules. The first year we had 3 boats for the pirate games and last year we had 12 registered and 3 more may join. I think this is going to be a lot of fun.

Criteria to win the game. Last year Casey Brown won with an innovative piratical scorched earth policy. The rule was multiple items from one boat will not count for you unless you've been to every other boat in the fleet. The idea was you'd have to visit all the boats in the fleet multiple times, She decided that if she took all the stuff, even though it wouldn't count for her, it wouldn't count for anyone else either if it wasn't there to be had. Innovative, winning strategy. Now illegal. :)

He or she who steals the most stuff from the most boats, sequentially, wins a valuable prize and possible collectors item but don’t get too excited about that because it’s mostly about bragging rights. Multiple items from one boat won’t count as multiple items unless you have something from every other boat out there. This should keep the unscrupulous among you from taking everything at once off a near defenseless single hander. The game will run from 2:00 to 3:00 and I'll confirm that with a radio call on channel 68.

The other game is a Pirate Costume contest on the beach and we will all vote to select a winner from those who wish to compete. Pirates after all were an early and mostly democratic society.

About the food for the shared dinner. The first year it was mostly finger foods and it was fine. We had pinwheels, cookies, Caprese salad sticks and a big bowl of cut fruit. Last year there were quite a few more people and there was a lot of food. Dock party level food and we'll figure out how to get some tables to the beach. My point here is it doesn’t have too big or fancy. There will be a fire on the beach so s’mores and hot dogs, AKA scurvy dogs for purposes of this cruise, and other fire grilled fare are possibilities. I will bring some skewers but if you have some it wouldn’t hurt to bring your own. I will also have paper plates, bowls, knives, forks and spoons and a big roll of paper towels. If you need something else, please bring it. Dinner will start around 6:00 on the island.

Other than that, if anyone has any questions feel free to email or call me and if it seems something everyone should know I’ll send out an email.

Thank you for registering. I’m really looking forward to this weekend.

Tim Marshall

tim.marshall@marcotechsales.com

(281) 727-6947

October dock party (2 Oct 2026)

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Mark your calendar! We have a great party planned for this date. More information to come.

Palapa Island Cruise - Chris Hollomon (9 Oct 2026)

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Redfish Island Kite Fest 2026 (17 Oct 2026)

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Cruise Leaders: Lamy & Wendy Chopin

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.

Cedar Bayou Anchorage (23 Oct 2026)

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Cruise Leaders: Tim Marshall & David Embry

Description below is from a previous cruise. Details are subject to change.

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Join us Oct 23 - 25 for all or any portion of a cruise up Cedar Bayou. It’s an easy

navigation as posted on the TMCA website and following Philip's great navigation instructions. We anchor in a very protected channel, with an easy 6+ foot entrance at the channel. This is a casual Cruise, so bring your dingy to explore.

As a reminder, since a barge company took over the Finger Lakes, we now anchor upstream in the 'cooling channel', which is upstream of the old height restrictions so both sail or power can join this cruise.

There are limited places to take dogs ashore, but it has been done.

This is a great chance to practice anchoring in a protected anchorage. If you forget to register, no worries, come anyway. I plan to head over on Friday March 8, but others will likely come Saturday.

Rafting up to Petite Fleur is OK, will break up raft at night.

Will demonstrate soft shackle knot making if interested. Bring your own cord

(recommend Dyneema ¼” - or similar chord, at least 5 feet.)

Let me know if you would like more specific navigation information, but be assured, it is straight forward.

Looking forward to an enjoyable weekend. In case of bad weather, we will try next weekend again so stay in touch.

Adrian and Leslie on m/v Petite Fleur.

Friendsgiving dock party (6 Nov 2026)

Fri, 06 Nov 2026 06:00:00 GMT

Mark your calendar! We have a great party planned for this date. More information to come.

Bahamas Training Cruise (12 Nov 2026)

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 06:00:00 GMT

Cruise Leaders: Phil & Matilde Geren

The destination is still not nailed down but the point of it is to learn required skills for successfully cruising to the Bahamas. This will include anchorage selection and anchoring practice and many other things. There will likely be a couple of lectures/classes ahead of time to discuss the details.

More info to follow as plans develop.

2026 Chilin' Chili Cruise at Bayland (20 Nov 2026)

Fri, 20 Nov 2026 06:00:00 GMT

Cruise Leaders : Kevin & Marieanne Bjork

Details to come later

Holiday dock party (4 Dec 2026)

Fri, 04 Dec 2026 06:00:00 GMT

Mark your calendar! We have a great party planned for this date. More information to come.

Commodore's Ball 2026 (19 Dec 2026)

Sun, 20 Dec 2026 00:00:00 GMT

New Years Celebration at Moody Gardens (31 Dec 2026)

Thu, 31 Dec 2026 06:00:00 GMT

An enjoyable and rewarding time at Moody Gardens

Arthur Tailleur