Page 9 - Mid America Boating - March 2023 issue
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Tony Blank is I-LYA’s Mid-America

      Boating Skipper of the Year



      Born and raised in Temper-
      ance, Michigan, Tony Blank has
      been a lifelong boater. Blank’s
      boating  experience  began  in
      the womb as his first boat ride
      was a mere few days before he
      was born. He joined Bay View                                                                                                                         9     [     MID-AMERICA BOATING     ]     MARCH 2023
      Yacht Club in 2012 where he
      began getting more involved in
      the organization. Blank served
      as Rear Commodore of BVYC in
      2015, Vice Commodore in 2016
      and Commodore in 2017. To this
      date, he is the youngest commo-
      dore in Bay View Yacht Club’s
      history. As  a Past Commo-
      dore, Tony continues to serve
      Bay View Yacht Club in a few
      different capacities, now as Bar
      Manager and Chairman of the
      Board of Trustees. Blank served
      the Inter-Lake Yachting Associ-
      ation as Power Boat Treasur-                                                Cleveland native stands watch
      er in 2019, Fleet Captain and
      Recording Secretary in 2020,                                                aboard USS Rafael Peralta
      Power Boat Vice Chairman in
      2021, and Power Boat Chairman
      in 2022. When not supporting                                                PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 17, 2023) – Lt. j.g. Sam Consolo, from Cleveland, stands watch
      Bay View Yacht Club, Blank can                                              in the helicopter control tower aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile de-
      be found cruising Lake Erie,                                                stroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) as an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to
      frequenting Maumee Bay State                                                Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 51 lands on the flight deck, Jan. 17. Ra-
      Park, Kelley’s, Middle  Bass                                                fael Peralta is assigned to Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON)
      and South Bass islands, and                                                 15, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal
      Vermilion. MAB                                                              surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Greg Johnson)







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