Cruising 2008

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Fridays in February

At the Shilshole Clubhouse, the bar will open at 6:30PM, there will be appetizers and the talks will start promptly at 7:00PM. They will go until 9:00PM.

• February 8: Wendy Hinman and Garth Wilcox

  Garth and Wendy will talk about their seven year Pacific Circumnavigation.

• February 15: Chris Tutmark will speak about yacht rigging.

  Derek Storm and Cindy Gossett will present a slide show of their cruise to Antarctica. This was not a proper yacht club type cruise, but a cruise on a large steel vessel. (Large compaired to any boat in the club, but small compared to most commercial cruise ships.) Lots of scenery and wildlife.

• February 22: Paul Baker and Suzette Connolly

  Paul and Suzette will talk about their six year circumnavigation.

  Far Side of the World --

  Adventures from Australia to Brazil during a Six Year Circumnavigation

  Altair is a 1983 Cal 35, we were avid racers on keel boats for years before leaving to go cruising. We left in 2000 and return in 2006 almost exactly six years to the day. Stops in the Indian Ocean and Atlantic between Australia and Brazil included Ashmore Reef, Cocos Keeling, Rodriguez, Maruitius, Reunion, South Africa, St Helena, and Fernando de Noraha.

• February 29: Jim and Barbara Cole

  Jim and Barbara will talk about their three month cruise to Alaska on their Hallberg Rassy 36 in 2005.

March 15-16 - Wine Cruise to Langley, Whidbey Island

Join us for a Wine Tasting at Langley.

The number to call for reservations is: (360) 914-1739.

We will plan on having the Wine tasting happy hour on the biggest boat start about 4:30 pm. We can make dinner plans at that time.

If each boat would bring two bottles of wine to share and a story or two, we will have a fun time.

April 26^th - Pizza Cruise to Kingston

Join CYC for what has become a traditional annual event for cruisers and racers alike. We will meet in Kingston Marina at 1700 for appetizers and drinks and then go to Bella Luna for Pizza. Details for RSVP will follow. See if you can get a reservation at the marina. Call (360) 297-3545. But they save half the moorage for non-reservation visitors, so if you can't reserve, arrive early.

May 24-25-26^th - Memorial Weekend

Saturday May 24

Travel to Longbranch and raft up, No plans to potluck but the cruisers will probably gather for cocktails on the biggest boat as usual. The dance this year at http://www.longbranchimprovementclub.org features the "Rockin Big Band " "PEACEABLE LANE".

Sunday May 25

The fleet will decide to either travel and anchor at Gig Harbor, where we will have dingy races, or, if the fleet is smaller than in years past, we may go to Penrose State Park. Penrose has a public oyster beach and is a lovely South Sound destination. Note that there is a big sand bar there (exposed at low tide) so look closely at the chart when arriving at Penrose. We will anchor individually or raft on the west side of the bar.

Monday May 26

Return north. A favorable current runs through the Narrows in the mid to late morning and should sweep us home through the early afternoon.

Norma and Allen Goldstein will be leading the cruise and are planning on an 11 am departure on Saturday from Elliott Bay Marina to catch the (approx) 15:30 tide change at the Narrows and ensure plenty of time to get to Longbranch before dusk. They hope to see you there at what is probably their favorite cruise of the year! If you are planning on going, please let them know.

June ?? - Small Boat Race to Blake Island.

Cookout and campout. (Snooze and Cruise)

This one requires some explanation: We meet at Duwamish Head and set up a start line, The big boats are the marks for the small boats and they finish off Blake Island. We reserve the group camp site and the big boats carry tents and cooking gear. We ferry it in to shore (or drop it at the marina) and have a cookout on the beach. Some folks tent and others sleep on the boats. On Sunday we set up a start line and off go the small boats back to the head and a finish line.

July 3-6^th - Poulsbo - Kingston

July 3 (Thursday) at Poulsbo, July 4 (Friday) Quartermaster Harbor. Then ???

July/August

Barkley Sound and/or Gulf Islands

August 2-3^th - Commodore - Gibson

This is another event with appeal for CYC racers and cruisers alike. Join us for this fun race starting at the Meadow Point Buoy and ending at Port Ludlow. Winners and others will receive fabulous prizes. We will stay at the Port Ludlow Marina. (Each yacht is responsible for making their own reservations for moorage in the marina. Contact Port Ludlow Marina at 360-437-0513.) Again this year we have successfully reserved the picnic area. We will meet at 1800 hours for potluck and barbeque at the Barbeque Pit, which is reserved for us. Bring something to grill and/or a salad, side dish or dessert.

RSVP for planning purposes to to Derek Storm storm@drizzle.com. (CYC members only, please.) We need your PHRF handicap (or we need to negotiate one with you) for the reverse start. If you plan to participate, please do let us know so we can setup the reverse starts.

Schedule:

9:00 Saturday

Skipper's meeting in the Shilshole Clubhouse

10:00

Start in front of the breakwater. Reverse handicap start - slow boats start first

6:00pm

Potluck at the Port Ludlow Marina

7:00pm

Awards

8:00 - 10:00 Sunday

Dockside breakfast potluck

11am (approx)

Reverse start for sail/race home

October ?? - Fog Cruise (rain?) to Bainbridge Island

Join the diehard cruisers for this trip to Eagle Harbor and Bainbridge. We reserve 150 feet of dock space at the City Dock, maintained by the City of Bainbridge (47° 37.29N, 122° 31.06W), and rafting is permitted. Dinner will be a local restaurant to be determined.

November ?? - Dinner Cruise

Pizza Cruise to Kingston and Game night on Sunday at Port Madison.

We plan to have dinner at Luna Bella Ristorante. RSVP to be arranged.

Sunday, we will sail over to the Port Madison Yacht Club for a Game night. We will have games such as Yatzhee, Scrabble, Sequence and others. Please bring a favorite game of your own to play.

December 31 - January 1^st - New Year's Eve Cruise

Bell Harbor