PSCC Annual Pumpkin Cruise – Oct. 24

This year we will be cruising to Bainbridge (Eagle Harbor public dock) for our annual pumpkin cruise. PSCC has paid to reserve dock space – look for the orange cones. You will need to pay for your moorage separately – moorage here is a good deal. After you arrive, carve your pumpkin and have dinner. Around 7:30pm we will have our socially distanced happy hour on the dock with our pumpkin carving contest. Set your pumpkin on the dock with a candle inside and let the fun begin. Best pumpkin will win a prize. Greg and Lindsay will be the Cruise leaders for this year's pumpkin cruise. Good chance Bardo will be on the hook in Port Madison Friday night. Please monitor VHF 69 over the weekend for club communication and remember to fly your PSCC burgee.

If you are planning to join the cruise, please e-mail Greg.

PSCC October Club Virtual meeting - Bruce Hedrick presenting on weather for sailors

Friday Oct. 16th 6pm-7:30pm

Bruce has raced and cruised the Pacific Northwest his entire life. He earned a Bachelor’s of Science from the University of Washington in Biological Oceanography and learned meteorology “to keep from getting kicked around on the race course.” Bruce spent nearly two decades as Associate Publisher for Northwest Yachting Magazine, retiring in mid-2015, and was the chairman of the board of trustees for the Northwest Marine Trade Association in 2014. (photo of Bruce driving Playstation is a bit dated, but cool)

Bruce has a very informative website – www.sailish.com. Bruce is also the author of the weekly sailing update that goes out to many sailors in the area – “Bruce’s Brief’s”. The weekly weather update is an excellent resource for local sailors.

For a replay of Bruce Hedrick’s presentation on maritime weather for the Pacific NW from the PSCC October club meeting on Zoom click here.
Passcode: 3EH==hFC   (Note: The first few minutes are missing, recording started a little bit late)

PSCC September Corona Race

The PSCC annual Corona Race was great fun. We had 5 boats in the race (Red Hot, Imagine, Altair, Boog, and Bardo). Barquinho came to Blakely to join the fun in the evening. The weather was perfect for a sailing race and everyone had great race times. The winner of this years Corona Race was Imagine with Andy, Aloe, and Janelle as crew. Second Prize went to Altair with Paul and Suzette as crew.

Below are the race results:

Corona Race handicap applied:

• Imagine 2 hrs 34 minutes
• Boog 3 hrs 10 minutes

• Altair 2 hrs 51 minutes
• Imagine 3 hrs 3 minutes

PSCC July Cruise  ·  Exploring Blakely Rock  ·  July 3rd to 5th

PSCC cruisers have for years had an informal raft-up for the Poulsbo Fireworks on the third, joining hundreds of other boaters. Sorry - canceled this year!  Instead the July 3 cruise plan was to anchor in Blakely Harbor Friday night, then go exploring at Blakely Rock the next morning.  Blakely Rock is one of the best tide pool locations in Puget Sound. At low tide it's more like a small island with a white shell beach for dinghy landing and anchorages on the west and south sides and large enough for social distancing.  
Latest report from Shez: I just wanted to say thanks to all of you that could make it out this 4th of July weekend. We had a most excellent fireworks display, a great hike and saw lots of fun critters on the island. I lost my drone to the sea monster this weekend, but still have some fun pics to share. Mike & Sheryl sent the video of the rare daylight octopus!

PSCC June Cruise – Phinney Bay/Bremerton

Phinney Bay on the weekend of June 27/28 / Manzanita Harbor on Friday Night
Bardo heard the following hail on Friday night on VHF 69 while pulling into Manzanita bay “Corona Beer, Corona Beer, Corona Beer – this is Raven Dancer”. More corona beer handed out to passers-by in tenders on Friday night. A few Corona beers may have been personally delivered by tender. Tom and Renee on s/v Barquihno are our newest members – picked up their burgee on Friday night in Manzanita. Great to have them come along on their first club cruise. We had ten boats in Phinney Bay - A new club record there! Floating happy hour worked well – good social distancing. A little wet and a nice sail home. . .

PSCC Meeting  June Zoom Review

A 10 year Circumnavigation on s/v Slip Away •  with the Rich Crowell and Jan Schwab.
In 2003, Rich & Jan left Los Angeles on their 1978 Islander Freeport 41' ketch, s/v Slip Away, with a long-term plan to spend several years exploring the world. They completed their circumnavigation in 2019 - 10 years, 4 months and 13 days to sail around the world, sailing over 57,000 miles, and visited 33 countries and overseas territories. Crossing the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans, it's been an awesome adventure! Rich and Jan shared their Seven Seas World Cruising Video and answered questions on a Zoom meeting, bit of their travels, people, places, and pics with information about boat maintenance done along the way. You are sure to enjoy hearing about their cruising experiences - If you missed it - don't fret. To watch a replay of our June virtual club meeting just click on the movie below. The first 30 minutes of the meeting are club business. After the club business section the video replay is a pre-recorded presentation by Rich and Jan. The last 40 minutes of the video replay are the Q&A after their Seven Seas presentation.