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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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May Meeting: At the whim of the ocean: Tactical sailing, moments of awe, and startling vulnerability

Come hear the details from newlyweds Daniel and Rebecca Lewis of their journey aboard Gypsy a 1979 36 foot Islander Freeport, designed by Bob Perry. It has a fin keel and a skeg hung rudder.

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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April Cruise: Annual Circumlocution of Bainbridge Island

Join us for the 38th Annual Circumlocution of Bainbridge Island this April 27th and 28th. This is a fun annual tradition that includes prizes for 2nd place, a perseverance award, and hors d’oeuvres contest (Horrors, D’Hoovers) so bring your best appetizer. Race rules, (based on 2023 rules – credit to Steve Hulsizer!) are below. If you’re planning to attend or even just tentative, let us know on the PSCC mailing list.

 

 

Race Rules:

PUGET SOUND CRUISING CLUB

THIRTY-EIGHTH CIRCUMLOCUTION

OF BAINBRIDGE ISLAND

The Office of Circumlocution is proud to present

The OPENING DEBATES of the 38th CIRCUMLOCUTION OF BAINBRIDGE ISLAND

at 1000 hours, 27 April, 2024, on a line true west from the West Point lighthouse and east of the VTS lanes. The debates will be argued initially upwind from this line, then the Masters of vessels who have mangled the administration of issues may choose to sail either north or south. Boats heading north must leave the “SF” buoy on the far left as described below in Para 11, before heading to Agate Pass, and shall be prepared to discuss the possible effects of global warming. Boats heading south around Bainbridge Island have no marks and leave no traces. The determination of the most clueless administrators will be made under the power lines just past Keyport Naval Station and Underwater Weapons Research Center.

There will be three Platforms for Debate. 1) Smaller craft and gray double-enders under 38 feet LOA (former Trump Cabinet members who were, will be, or are subpoenaed). 2) Half-fast, in mid-size craft (former administrators hoping to live in obscurity). 3) Larger and/or those who think they are really fast (former Cabinet members who claim the Biden administrators stole their cushy jobs).

The first platform will start at 1000, the second at 1015, and the third at 1030. Boats with more than one hull must wait 15 additional minutes for each additional hull.

The Debates will be monitored by the Florida Governor DeSantis who will dash out Disney World to sound a single long horn blast at each plank laying session except for the multiple hull boats. Protests must be registered in advance the night before with Supreme Court Justice in Waiting Ginni Thomas.

The following are frowned upon and are grounds for public scorn:
Failing to have at least one sail up starting and finishing.
Use of internal combustion engine(s).
Failing to sail the entire course on your bottom in your bottom.
Failing to navigate the entire selected course.
Failing to display a PSCC burgee.

The HIGHEST and MOST VALUED Award will be given for SECOND PLACE. First across will be proclaimed by unanimous consent as Commodore for the 2024-2025 year.

An award will be given for the BEST HORROR D’HOOVER. Judgment will be by secret negotiations in the Raft-up described below.

An award will be given for PERSEVERANCE. To qualify the vessel must cross the Finish Line prior to 0001 hours on 28 April, 2024.

The Nominating Convention will be a Raft-up for all boats north of Lemolo in Liberty Bay. Powerboats with dance floors are encouraged to attend. The Raft-up will be the base of the HORRORS D’HOOVER Contest and the Awards Ceremonies.

As always, good candidates never travel in the middle of the nautical road. Cross the middle of the nautical road quickly. See DBT COMDTINST M16672.2 Rule 10 (c). With regard to Buoy SF, you must stay east of the traffic lane until Buoy SF is past your beam before crossing to the west side. Do not impede or force a WSF ferry or other large or government vessels in Rich Passage (considered a narrow channel) to stop or change course.

As directed by the DBT, in accordance with dicta from the Lesser State of Washington, debaters must stay at least 1000 yards ahead, behind, or abeam of any Southern Resident Orca (SRO). The Commodore for Life, Jack Tar, meows his assent.

The above paragraphs are to be taken seriously, as there are many NVOs (Non Vessel Owners) who oppose mere citizens using public waterways.

Note a new hazard in Rich Passage. In mid-April, 2023, a green and white hippopotamus came out of the woods and mucked about on a sand bar. With its enormous mouth, it is capable of eating small ships. It particularly likes sailboats because they come complete with toothpicks and dental floss. Note that these green and white hippopotamuses have enormous mouths on both ends of the body. Many of these beasts live in the shallow and muddy waters of Eagle Harbor.

 

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April Meeting: Rachel Wold Presents the NANOOS Boaters App for Marine Passage Planning

Know Before You Go: Using Networked Ocean Observing Data to Plan a Safe Trip

Join us for the April 19 PSCC meeting where Rachel Wold will be presenting on the NVS online portal which helps plan your marine passages with charts and weather information.

 Speaker Bio: Rachel Wold has taught navigation, participated in USCG Auxiliary safety cruises, and piloted boats through the Inside Passage. She works in ocean science at the UW Applied Physics Lab leading cruises to monitor water quality. Combining her boating and science backgrounds, she is currently Outreach Chair for the Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems (NANOOS), demonstrating the NANOOS Boaters App to recreational boaters and collecting feedback to enhance usability.

NVS Application Details: Weather and sea surface conditions in the Pacific Northwest are highly variable so mariners need accurate and up to date information when planning their next trip on the water. The Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems (NANOOS), part of the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS), provides these near-real time observations and forecasts. The NANOOS Visualization System (NVS) is a free online portal with applications developed for the maritime community.

Learn how to use the NVS Boaters App’s networked ocean observing data and other tools like digital NOAA nautical charts, routing capabilities and marina information to safely navigate our waters.

  • When: April 19 2024 at 7:00pm PDT.
  • Where: Puget Sound Yacht Club | 2321 N Northlake Way, Seattle, WA 98103
  • Google Maps directions
  • Zoom Link: Join Zoom Meeting
  • Jeff (SV Boog) will be running this meeting.

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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March Meeting: Family of 5 on SV GenM Adventures in Mexico

A family of five set out on a custom KHSD45 named GenM for a fantastic year or two of Mexico adventure in 2019. Then Covid happened and they stayed four years. Join us for our March meeting and hear all about their cruising adventures in Mexico.

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 February Cruise to Port Orchard Marina

The February PSCC cruise will be to Port Orchard marina on February 23+24, with Scott and Donna on SV Celestial as cruise leaders.

The marina has a floating, covered event tent and if I can get a rollcall of how many boats plan on attending, I can reserve slips very close to the tent. If any of you have a portable propane heater that would be great. The marina has some to rent if necessary.

There are several nice restaurants in the cute little town and a foot ferry across to Bremerton with a waterfront park and a really good FREE history museum of the Naval Ship Yard.

Please let me know if you can make it (Scott+Donna’s email available on the PSCC member email list) and include names and boat names and if you would like a reservation near the event.

Let’s fly our burgees!


Photos from the Cruise:

Donna reports: “We had 14 people at the Friday dinner, 20 people at Saturday night, and 14 again at Sunday breakfast potluck. A visit to the free Naval museum in Bremerton was only a $2 ferry ride ($1 for sr citizens).”

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PSCC February Meeting: Jim and Barbara Cole Cruising the Eastern Mediterranean

Jim and Barbara Cole own Complexity, a 36-foot Halberg Rassy. They sailed away from Shilshole Bay Marina in Seattle on 21 June 2008 and have since been exploring the world from their boat. Complexity is enjoying a well deserved winter rest in a dry berth in Malta while they visit family and friends in the USA.

Barbara and Jim’s last PSCC presentation was about their passage from Southeast Asia to the Med via the Red Sea in 2020. They thought major challenges would be storms in the Indian Ocean, Somali pirates, uncharted reefs in the Red Sea, and crew relations on a tiny boat for such a long time. Instead, the biggest challenge was being “stranded at sea” for 78 days after all international borders along their route closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

At the PSCC meeting on 16 February 2024 Barbara and Jim will make a presentation about the next chapter of their cruising life. They spent the past three sailing seasons living and cruising in the eastern Med including Cyprus, Greece, Turkey, Albania, Croatia, Montenegro, Italy, and Malta. They explored ashore from their boat in all of those countries plus England, Scotland, Iceland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, North. Macedonia, and Kosovo.

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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