Cruise Report: March 2026 Port Orchard Rendezvous

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March 27–29, 2026

This year’s Port Orchard Rendezvous was a great success and enjoyed by all who attended. Chris and Chris from Scintilla hosted, as Port Orchard is their home port. Attendees included Mike and Chris from Surt, and Jeff and Sharon—with their guest Barbara—from Boog, both boats moored side by side. Greg from Therapy was unable to attend due to a last-minute emergency. Lee Youngblood later joined by land in time to capture a few obligatory photos.

Friday night arrivals gathered for dinner at Kai Sao, a delightful and authentic Thai restaurant. On both Saturday and Sunday mornings, Chris and Chris kindly shuttled the group to the popular Pancake House & Diner, where there was something for everyone.

After breakfast on Saturday, part of the group attended the No Kings Rally, some equipped with signs and enjoying the chance to express themselves. Later, everyone boarded the Port Orchard–Bremerton foot ferry and spent a few hours exploring the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Museum. About half the group followed this with a long walk before returning by ferry.

At 6:00 p.m., the group reconvened on the dock and headed out for a Chinese dinner together. The evening concluded with an extended session aboard Boog, where the engineers set about solving the world’s problems.

Sunday morning brought a final breakfast before everyone headed home. All agreed it was a fun, relaxed, and intimate gathering. For next year, the planning committee may consider moving the event a couple of weeks later to coincide with the start of the Saturday market at the marina.

Boog on their way home
Surt on their way home

 

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PSCC Meeting March 20th: “First Time Around Vancouver Island”

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Finally, with a few sunny days, it’s looking like Spring and folks are planning summer trips again. Please join us on Friday March 20th for a presentation by Peter Hummel on the Pacific Seacraft 34, Pacific Star. With only a few of these nice photos, you can tell this is a meeting you don’t want to miss. . .

Circumnavigating Vancouver Island in a recreational sailboat for the first time can be intimidating. However, with a good boat, sufficient preparation, the right timing, and sailing with other experienced boaters, it can be an enjoyable, even unforgettable (in a good way) experience!

Please join us at 6:30 the Puget Sound Yacht Club – Yes the meeting starts at 7PM!

  • When: Friday, March 20, 2026 at 6:30pm PDT.
  • Where: Puget Sound Yacht Club | 2321 N Northlake Way, Seattle, WA 98103
  • Google Maps directions
  • Bring snacks to share if you can. . .
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PSCC Meeting February 20th – Marine Surveys

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With all the concern about insurance and survey requirements, I’ve asked experienced surveyor Lynne Reister, owner of LodeStar Marine Surveying and Consulting, Seattle, WA to give us a talk for the Feb. 20th meeting. She will talk about the survey process, a few common findings, and maybe even show a few pics of interesting electrical issues.

Lynne is an Accredited Marine Surveyor, a member of SAMS, (International) Society of Accredited Marine Surveyors and a Certified Marine Investigator. Starting with schooners and sail training, Lynne is sometimes known as the “woodboat whisperer”. She has mentored and taught survey courses nationally, surveyed as far away as Greece, and on all three coasts of the US and Hawaii. She has some stories. . .

Check out the Practical Sailor Insurance video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=062gvaRmvb0

Please join us at 6:30 the Puget Sound Yacht Club.

  • When: Friday, February 20, 2026 at 6:30pm PDT.
  • Where: Puget Sound Yacht Club | 2321 N Northlake Way, Seattle, WA 98103
  • Google Maps directions

Bring snacks to share if you can. . .

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PSCC Meeting January 16th – Cary and Tom on S/V Dragon’s Toy

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We have fun speakers with quite a story, Cary and Tom on s/v Dragon’s Toy for the January PSCC meeting.  Don’t miss this one!
 

 

Tom purchased the Dragon’s Toy, an Island Packet 37 cutter rigged sloop, in Hong Kong in 1996.  He sailed the boat through out Asia and down to Australia.  He then shipped it back to the US in 2001 and off loaded in Vancouver, WA.  Cary had been blue water sailing in Mexico since 2006.  Tom and Cary met in 2009 in Panama delivering a friend’s boat from Panama to Florida.  From 2009 until  2019 Tom and Cary participated in the Baja HaHa in 2010, 2014, 2018.  In 2011 they sailed down the west coast of Central America and through the Panama Canal.  From there they went west to San Blas Islands then north to Maine, back to Virginia to participate in the Salty Dawg Rally going from Norfolk VA to the Virgin Islands.  In 2014 they sailed Dragon’s Toy to Seabrook, TX where it was trucked back to the West Coast.

They have had lots of adventures and have tips you just can’t get, without being out there. . .

  • When: Friday, January 16, 2026 at 6:30pm PDT.
  • Where: Puget Sound Yacht Club | 2321 N Northlake Way, Seattle, WA 98103
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Tom, in the water, learned a few things in the famous 2007 dinghy flip photo, used in many of the Ha Ha talks and 38 North.

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PSCC 2026 Meeting and Cruising Calendar

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The 2026 meeting schedule and cruising schedule has now been planned and is posted as a PDF or in the table below:

January Meeting 1/16/26
February Meeting 2/20
March Meeting  3/20
April Meeting 4/17
May Meeting 5/15
June Meeting 6/15
July & August:  No Meetings

September Meeting 9/18
October Meeting 10/16
November Meeting 11/20
December Meeting 12/18

Jan – No Raft-up or Cruise planned
2/21-22 Winslow Dock Cruise
3/27-28 Port Orchard Cruise
4/24-25 39th Circumlocution / Liberty Bay
5/23-24 Oro Bay Cruise
6/27-28 Salmon Bake / Port Madison
Out Cruising (Fly your Burgee) Might find folks 
in Bywater Bay, San Juans, or BC-AK
9/26-27 Tequilla Race / Blakely Harbor Raft-up
10/24-25 Port Madison YC / Pumpkin Potluck
11/28-29 Brownsville Dock Cruise
Dec – Potluck or Pizza?

Hope to see folks at both the meetings and cruises! Watch the PSCC email list for announcements or changes prior to each event.

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November 21 Meeting: Cruising to Alaska

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It’s Fall, wet in Seattle and you may be feeling the chill. So come join us for a great Alaska talk with Chris and Chris on Scintilla. Of course there will be a bit of info on when and how to get up to the good stuff, Glacier Bay and bergy bits, native villages and fjords. Bring your questions – learning from folks who have actually done this trip is way better than trying to sort out the blogs and guides. The cruising club tries to balance the tech talks with experienced knowledgeable cruising talks. Join us!

  • When: Friday, November 21 2025 at 6:30pm PDT.
  • Where: Puget Sound Yacht Club | 2321 N Northlake Way, Seattle, WA 98103
  • Google Maps directions

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Cruise Report: Photos from the Pumpkin Cruise

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The October Port Madison Yacht Club potluck coincided with bad enough weather that everyone took the big boat, a Washington Ferry. Some folks tracked down “Pia the Peacekeeper” Troll in a Bainbridge Park. Looks like some serious pumpkin carvers! Judging by the dessert, I’m sure the potluck was delish! The ferry ride home was reported rolling. . .

Cruise Report by Lee. Photos (most of them) taken by Chris and Chris on SV Scintilla

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Pumpkin Cruise Port Madison 10/25/25

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Please join the Puget Sound Cruising Club for our Pumpkin Cruise to Port Madison, October 25th and 26th.

The club traditionally meets at 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.

 

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PSCC Meeting – October 17 with ABYC Lithium Pro Installer Sarah Scott

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Please join us for our October PSCC meeting at 6:30 pm at the Puget Sound Yacht Club. Our speaker will be Sarah Scott, an experienced ABYC / Victron certified professional installer with her own company, Sarah’s Shipshape Services. Also if you would like to submit Lithium Battery questions before the meeting, please do it on the pscclist@groups.io email list a few days before the meeting.

Some folks meet for dinner at 5:00 pm at Ivar’s Salmon House, 401 NE Northlake Way, Seattle – join us if you can. Then we meet at the Puget Sound Yacht Club, 2321 N Northlake Way, Seattle at 6:30pm, just West of the Northlake public boat ramp and the hot tub boats.

Presentations start at 7pm, with a break for treats, tea or coffee. Folks bring snacks to share, and there is usually a modest fun raffle.
Hope to see you all at the next meeting.

  • When: October 17 2025 at 6:30pm PDT.
  • Where: Puget Sound Yacht Club | 2321 N Northlake Way, Seattle, WA 98103
  • Google Maps directions

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PSCC Meeting Friday, September 19 – Summer Cruising Stories

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PSCC Meeting at the Puget Sound Yacht Club, 2321 N Northlake Way. The meeting begins at 7pm and for those who want to go out to eat before the meeting, we’ll gather at Ivars at 5pm.

It’s kinda traditional for the first meeting after the July-August cruising season to be “all about here you went this summer”. So please bring your stories, pics, and charts to share your adventures. I always like to see as many pics as possible, so let’s keep each boat show to 10-15 min. so we don’t overwhelm everyone, and more people can share their summer highlights. I know some of you have done extensive trips and this may just be a warm-up teaser – we will ask you to do a longer presentation when the days are darker in coming months.

Like any cruiser raft-up, please bring a treat to share; hors d’oeuvres to cake (you know who you are). If you think chips are a major food group, you can up your game here: Food Network Easy Appetizers Pictures. We are after all “an eating club with a sailing disorder. . .”

  • When: September 19 2025 at 7:00pm PDT.
  • Where: Puget Sound Yacht Club | 2321 N Northlake Way, Seattle, WA 98103
  • Google Maps directions

Additional reminder that the Annual Tequila Fun Race with Blakely Harbour Raft-up is September 27-28th.

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