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April Meeting: Coho Ho Ho Rally Presentation

The presenters for the April 18 meeting are Bob Vizenor and Doug Lombard of the Coho Ho Ho. Most of you are familiar with the Coho. If not, here’s a description:

The Coho Ho Ho Motto – “Be Safe, Have Fun, Realize Your Blue Water Dreams!”
The Goal of the Coho – “To help everyone to enjoy some great sailing, get safely down the coast, create a group of buddy-boats, foster camaraderie, and help everyone realize their blue water dreams”
The run south along the world’s longest lee shore is one of the more difficult passages for any sailor. With the education provided by the Coho seminars and the support the Coho provides, the trip can be safe and fun for the entire fleet.
We jokingly call it “The rally to get to the rally” as many boats will join the Baja Ha Ha in San Diego for the run down to Cabo and a winter of cruising in Mexico, and possibly beyond.

As usual, the meeting will start at 7pm at PSYC with a pre-meeting dinner from 5pm at Gasworks Brewing.

 

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February 21 Meeting: Converting to Lithium Batteries

Jim Shutt, Chris Harry, and Jeff Johnson will lead a discussion on converting your boats’ batteries from Lead Acid to Lithium. A real-life example will be presented, starting with lithium battery advantages and then looking at different charging options. The details of an installation will cover batteries, charger/inverter, controller/monitor, DC-DC charger, alternator protection module, alternator regulator, and solar controller. Questions and discussions are encouraged throughout the presentation.

Some club members will be meeting at Gasworks Brewing around 5pm (before the meeting) for drinks and/or dinner. Anyone who wants to join early is welcome to meet there.

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PSCC January 17 Meeting: Candy Masters’ World Cruise

Candy and her late husband David Masters bought a 46′ steel yawl in 1987 and completely rebuilt it from the inside out in a warehouse on 14th Ave NW Ballard.

Many thought they would never finish the project but they did manage to sail away in 2005 and then had thirteen lovely years of cruising about the world.

The presentation highlights the acquisition and re-fit, a shakedown cruise to Haida Gwai’i then the Patagonia and European portions of the trip, questions are encouraged!

Meetings are held every third Friday of the month at the Puget Sound Yacht Club. The meeting is open to all, but we do ask for a $5 donation at the door to help pay for the venue and club expenses. Zoom attendees can make a donation by Paypal or credit/debit card here. We look forward to seeing you there!

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PSCC November Cruise to Bell Harbor

PSCC’s November Cruise/Raft Up is scheduled for November 23/24, the weekend before Thanksgiving, at Bell Harbor Marina in Seattle’s Waterfront.

The Port of Seattle is still suffering from the cyber attack that infected it’s system earlier this summer, thus preventing them from taking reservations. Will and Mike at Bell Harbor Marina suggest if you are planning to bring your vessel for the event to phone them the morning of November 23, 206-462-9567. If your vessel is above average length/width you may want to phone them giving them a “heads up” of your plans.

It’s too early for the Christmas Ships this year but the Seattle Waterfront walkway is now open.

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PSCC November 15 Meeting: Modern Crew Overboard Rescue

Crew overboard rescue is an important concern to all Pacific NW boaters. Fortunately, today there are several techniques and resources to make overboard rescue easier. Margaret Pommert will discuss practical lessons learned from several overboard incidents, and demonstrate/discuss various pieces of MoB equipment.

Margaret has been doing sail training from Puget Sound to the East Coast where she worked with Navy Midshipmen. She has taught women Diesel Maintenance at Skagit Valley College and the Cruisers College program, and worked with the Sailing Foundation and the US Sailing International Offshore Safety at Sea hands-on training.

Meetings are held every third Friday of the month at the Puget Sound Yacht Club. The meeting is open to all, but we do ask for a $5 donation at the door to help pay for the venue and club expenses. Zoom attendees can make a donation by Paypal or credit/debit card here. We look forward to seeing you there!

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October 18 Meeting: Sailing on the Adventuress + Cruising Princess Louisa Inlet

Presenters:

  • Sailing on the Adventuress and the Pacific Swift Tallships
    One of our young members will talk about his
    summer sailing on these classic schooners
  • Cruising Princess Louisa Inlet, BC and San Juan’s
    A couple cruised to this idyllic location aboard their Catalina 36

 

Meetings are held every third Friday of the month at the Puget Sound Yacht Club. The meeting is open to all, but we do ask for a $5 donation at the door to help pay for the venue and club expenses. Zoom attendees can make a donation by Paypal or credit/debit card here. We look forward to seeing you there!

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PSCC Pumpkin Cruise to Port Madison (Oct. 26-27)

Please join the Puget Sound Cruising Club for our Pumpkin Cruise to Port Madison, October 26th and 27th.

The club has reserved the Port Madison Yacht Club clubhouse which provides a warm indoor venue for Saturday evening.

Those arriving by boat can raft up in Port Madison on Saturday and there will be a potluck party in the yacht club. Directions here. In past years there has been a pumpkin carving contest as well – feel free to bring a pumpkin if you want to continue this tradition.

If arriving by boat please monitor VHF Channel 69 and fly your club burgee.

 

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PSCC Meeting: September 20 – Cruiser Panel + Q&A

PSCC’s “calendar cycle” resumes with monthly meetings in September, and with that we also have a new Commodore to announce!  PSCC member Jim Shutt will be stepping into the Commodore role. Thanks Jim for volunteering!

New PSCC Commodore Jim Shutt

September 20 meeting – Cruiser Panel (3 short presentations) + Q&A:

  • When: September 20 2024 at 7:00pm PDT.
  • Where: Puget Sound Yacht Club | 2321 N Northlake Way, Seattle, WA 98103
  • Google Maps directions
  • Zoom Link: TBD

Presenters:

  • Jim Shutt will present on his Gulf Islands trip, on SV Apropos, a Hans Christian 43T.
    Summary from Jim: “My summer cruise was 2 weeks in the Gulf Islands aboard our Hans Christian 43. We went as far north as Thetis Island and visited some of our favorite anchorages on Salt Spring, Galiano, North Pender as well as a few stops on Vancouver Island. U.S. ports included Port Townsend, Stuart Island, and San Juan Island.”

 

  • John & Gerri of SV Charlie will present on their trip to Alaska in 2024. In their own words:
    “We left Ballard May 15th 2024 on S/V Charlie and returned to Ballard Sept 8th. We learned a lot about our boat, what works and what needs to be addressed and one very unexpected breakdown with cascading consequences.”

 

  • Chris & Julie of SV Morning Star, a Catalina 36, will present on their trip to Princess Louisa Inlet, BC and the San Juan Islands.

 

Meetings are held every third Friday of the month at the Puget Sound Yacht Club. The meeting is open to all, but we do ask for a $5 donation at the door to help pay for the venue and club expenses. Zoom attendees can make a donation by Paypal or credit/debit card here. We look forward to seeing you there!

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Salmon Bake Cruise June 29-30; No club meeting on June 21

We’ll be skipping the June 21 club meeting this month, but hope you can join us for the salmon bake cruise at Port Madison on June 29-30!

Full details on the salmon bake can be found on the email list – please RSVP there by Monday June 24.

The salmon bake will be at Hidden Cove Park on Bainbridge Island (Port Madison) on Saturday June 29th.

By boat:
We raft-up South of Treasure Island, in Port Madison, on Bainbridge Island and dinghy in to Hidden Cove Park. From the water, the park is between the Seattle Yacht Club outstation and the Port Madison Yacht Club docks. If you need a ride, someone with a dinghy will help. Call on VHF 16 or 69 We will be rafting up for those comfortable with it. We try to get a spot towards the south end of SYC. Some of us may be there Friday night and stay through Sunday. We’re going to have pot luck breakfast at 9:30 on both Saturday and Sunday.

By car:
The park is reserved Saturday from 3 to 7 pm. Show up anytime you want. We will start setting up from 3 to 4; happy hour will be 4 to 5, dinner will be 5 to 6 pm and clean up 6 to 7 pm. Any one traveling by car or truck to this event and doesn’t mind picking up something let me know.

 

 

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