LYC Barbecruise Mermaid Winners

Year Theme Winner
2024   (65) All The Shingle Ladies
Crimmins, Murphy, von Jena, Neild, Bidlingmeyer, Callard, Jameson, Hall, Coleman, Sagges, Watkins, and Wellborn
2023   (64) The Fun-damentals of Sailing Leland Yacht Club Sailing School students John Glenn and Lucy Erickson, Pete and Gordon Draper, Lizzie Ryan, Isaac Jakary, Violette and Bridgette Smith, Lillian and Pierce Watkins, Maddie Ansley, Oliver Beuche, Presley and Tatum Marinos, George Bachmeyer
2022   (63) Bar B CRUISE TOM-SHIP BLATZ, CRIMMINNS, KLEIN, McFADDEN, OLSEN, STRIETMANN, VON JENAA, WATKINS
2021   (62) LYC Race Committee - Keeping the JOY of Race Sailing Alive Dunn, Pfenning, Paine, Wenstrup, Watt, Watkins
2019   (60) Survivor Leland Bolan, Watkins, Crimmins, Hartman, Frank, Klein, Strietmann
2018   (59) Greasers vs Sailors LYC & LCC STAFF
2017   (58) Itching to Get to Sailing School Irwin, Scherer, Sutton families
2016   (57) Candidates for Commodore Grogan, Schroer
2015   (56) Rindercella The Gits Family Boat
2014   (55) Sailing Bad Watkins, Crimmins, Heslop (LYC Sailing Instrtuctors)
2013   (54) Redneck Yacht Club Watkins, Crimmins, Strietmann, Bolan, McFadden
2012   (53) Leland 2012 Olympics The Pendergast Family
2011   (52) Barbecruise Las Vegas Style Grogan, Schroer, Renneker
2010   (51) Bar-B-Cruise Police Heslop and Strietmann
2009   (50) The Leelanau Theme Song: A Tribute to all Bar-B-Cruiser's of the Past and Present Family and Friends of Marilyn Wheeler Pendergast
2008   (49) Priceless Satterwhite, Wilkinson, Adams, Von Jena, Bolmer
2007   (48) BBC Fire Dept Heslop, Strietmann, Strietmann
2006   (47) Chronicles in Leland Watkins, Lindquist, Hall, Johnson
2005   (46) Loc Leelanau Monster Strietmann, Schmidt, DeSando
2004   (45) FerryTale BBC Schaub, Miller, Palmer, Herman, Korson
2003   (44) Peter Pan in Cherry Land Neild/Roloson
2002   (43) MIB - Mermaids in Black Strietmann
2001   (42) Le Land of OZ Grogan, Schroer
2000   (41) Cherry Potter Lindquist, Workum
1999   (40) Cottage Chaos Trimble, Jameson
1998   (39) My Fair Leland Schwendener
1997   (38) Gulligan's Island Schwendener
1996   (37) Leland is the Place to BEE Gard, Gits
1995   (36) Life Is A Bowl of Cherries Noling, Hottinger
1994   (35) Bar B Cruising Bedrock Style Grogan, Schroer
1993   (34) Bar B. Cruisin' Western Style Grogan, Schroer
1992   (33) Leland is the Right Spot Schmidt, Anthony, Gard, Adams
1991   (32) The First Forty Williams, Sherer
1990   (31) Leland's Little Mermaid Grogan
1989   (30) Extra! Fudge Tanker Spills Bachmeyer, Burnham, Rollison
1988   (29) ? ?
1987   (28) ? ?
1986   (27) The Future of Leland - What's Next Petty, Bachmeyer, Burnham and Shea
1985   (26) Leland Soap Operas Neil, Keeble, Nixson, D. Workum, Sr.
1984   (25) Honk If You Love Leland Boesel
1983   (24) Slice in Fudgieland Neild, Keeble, Nixon, Scott
1982   (23) History of the Barbecruise Wellborn, Boesel
1981   (22) Land of de Wine ?
1980   (21) Leland Loves a Grad Party Wellborn
1979   (20) Van's Garage and Gas Storage Lucy Gits, Morgan, Shea, Wheeler
1978   (19) Leland's Papal Candidate G. Miller, P. Gard, Owsley
1977   (18) We're Still Raisin Hell Strietmann/Heslop
1976   (17) Bicentennial Barbecruise Bingham
1975   (16) Green Grow the Rushes Ho Ellie Workum, Pendergast, Workum
1974   (15) Leland Liberated Army Carol Owsley, L.Workum, Anthony
1973   (14) Sugar and Spice Ellie Workum, Burt Jamieson
1972   (13) Teen Angels-Hells Angels Owsley, Ball, Anthony
1971   (12) Peace Paddle J. Lindquist/Shea
1970   (11) Carnival House Boat J. Lindquist/T. Lindquist
1969   (10) Spirit of Fishtown Bill Hall, Evans
1968   (9) Jonah and the Whale D. Pendergast, N. Gits, S. Keeble
1967   (8) Ye Olde Gift Shoppe D. Pendergast, N. Gits, S. Keeble
1966   (7) Merry-go-round Circus W. Walker, Shaeffer
1965   (6) Mary Poppins Shea, D. Workum, Nash
1964   (5) Litterbugs D. Pendergast, N. Gits, S. Keeble
1963   (4) Swans Elders
1962   (3) Santa Goes to the Barbecruise D. Pendergast, N. Gits, S. Keeble
1961   (2) Fireboat Hancock, J Lindquist
1960   (1) ??? ???
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