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

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

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.

Please join us by car or boat, Saturday June 28th for this year’s PSCC Salmon Bake. As always, this popular event is free for members but RSVPs are requested by June 24th. Please RSVP with the number in your party on the member email list to keep count so we can order enough salmon. We’d love to have non-member guests as well! Fee is $10 for non-members (or join the club for $50).

What
Annual Salmon Bake and potluck. Club volunteers will bring grills and will be grilling salmon. This is a potluck so please bring a side to share. Also consider the following:

• Please RSVP
• Bring a side dish to share!
• Help set up or tear down.
• Bring a plate, utensils, and drinks if you can (we’ll have some plates and utensils)
• Bring folding chairs and a blanket

When
Saturday June 28th from 3pm to 7pm. Roughly, happy hour is from 4-5pm, salmon grilling 5-6, and cleanup 6-7pm. Some people will arrive before 3pm to help set up.

Where
Hidden Cove Park on the north end of Bainbridge Island
By car: Google Maps location for Hidden Cove. Parking available

By Boat: There will likely be a raft-up in Port Madison. Arrive Friday evening or Saturday before the grilling. We’ll anchor just south of Treasure Island. Hidden Cove Park is just to the South between the SYC outstation and the Port Madison Yacht Club docks. Fly your burgees and hail the raft on VHF 69.

This month’s meeting topic with feature Judy and Steve Dauzenroth presenting their 12-year circumnavigation aboard Code Blue. The meeting begins at 7pm May 16 and for those who want to go out to eat before the meeting, we’ll gather at Ivars at 5pm.

9-20-2012 we left Shilshole with a sailing friend. Spent a year and a half in Mexico. Did the Pacific Puddle Jump in 2014
French Polynesia – Marquesas, Tuamotus, Society Islands
Cook Islands – Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Palmerston Atoll,
Niue
Tonga – Vava’u, Ha’apai, Tongatapu
On Sept 20th 2012 we finally left Shilshole Marina
Zealand – four times
Minerva Reef – three times
Fiji – three times
New Caledonia
Australia – until May 20, 2020

Sailing Again After Covid

Steve left Scarborough Marina near Brisbane in Australia on August 10, 2022 with crew
Crossed the Indian Ocean with stops at Christmas Island, Cocos Keeling, Rodrigues, Mauritius and Reunion
Several stops in South Africa – first stop in Richards Bay, then around the Capes of Agulhas and Good Hope, into the South Atlantic
Long stop in Hout Bay, south of Cape town
Next to Cape Town, continued up the South Atlantic, to St Helena, Ascension Island, Brazil (Fernando de Noronha, Natal, and Fortaleza
On to the Caribbean – Grenada, Bonaire, Curacao, Columbia, Panama, through the Panama Canal
Back in the Pacific – up the coast of Mexico and the US and finally back home again! Sept 29, 2024.

Over 29,000 miles.

• When: May 16 2025 at 7:00pm PDT.
• Where: Puget Sound Yacht Club | 2321 N Northlake Way, Seattle, WA 98103
• Google Maps directions
• Zoom Link: Join Zoom Meeting

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.

• When: April 18 2025 at 7:00pm PDT.
• Where: Puget Sound Yacht Club | 2321 N Northlake Way, Seattle, WA 98103
• Google Maps directions
• Zoom Link: Join Zoom Meeting

Our March meeting featured Jim and Joy Carey who spent 17 years on a circumnavigation aboard SV Kelaerin, and have visited by sailboat more than 50 countries.

If you missed attending the meeting, you can watch their YouTube video here: