september 2012 COMMODORE` S CORNER

september 2012
Happenings
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COMMODORE’ S CORNER
September Board Meeting
Wednesday, Sept 5
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Cruise to Reid Harbor
September 8-9
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General Membership Mtg
September 19
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Cruise to LaConner
September 21-23
Commodore
Diana Hancock
468-3871
Vice Commodore
Duane Bordvick
468-3152
Rear Commodore
Jim Ghinazzi
468-4292
Secretary
Julie Duncan
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Treasurer
Judy Welker
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Trustees
Jerry Hancock
Dave Welker
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Membership Chair
Gayl Beller
468-2977
July Fourth Float Chair
Judy Welker
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Reciprocal Chair
Dave Welker
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“Newsline” Editor
Shanley Lett
468-3990
Ahh...September. Staff Commodore Jerry and I left the
office early this week; boating to the West Sound Café on
Orcas Island for a wonderful pasta dinner. The boating was
smooth and dinner was delicious. The event was a great opportunity to recharge while being on the water in softer evening light, and we had plenty of time to make it home before
dark. I bring this up because now is the time to be filing
away those great boating memories for conversation around
the winter fireplace.
By the way, boating in the morning is also fun. On the east
side of Orcas Island, Café Olga is no longer serving dinner
but the owners still serve breakfast and lunch. Their breakfast
rolls and blackberry pie are wonderful. However, if you are
planning on eating pie for breakfast, we were told to call
ahead (the day before), because they sometimes sell out. You
might think berry pie for breakfast is a little unusual. I live
with unusual. The staff commodore keeps saying, “Live a
little, life is short, let’s take a boat ride...in the morning.”
Lopez Island North Cruise members apparently heard the
message about having a good time. Finishing their 13 day,
eight ports of call cruise in northern waters; their final stop
was Sidney BC where Jerry and I joined the group for a rousing good time. Jim and Shanley Lett hosted the event that
produced great stories, a delicious barbecue and potluck under the Port of Sidney tent, and a boat-to-boat poker walk
with prizes for the best and worst hand. (I won the prize for
the worst hand.) We also had an opportunity to visit the
Thursday evening Farmers’ Market, window shop and visit
on each other’s boats.
The last Slo-Mo Zeman cruise of the season is September 8-9
to Reid Harbor on Stuart Island. Gary Zerbst said he will be
there and knows Sam and Gayl Beller plan on attending.
Stuart Island has the Turn Point Light (house) Station, Lovers’ Leap and a wooden box stocked with printed T-shirts and
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SEPTEMBER GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
September 19, 2012
Islander Resort Marina
6:00 No-Host Social Hour
7:00 Potluck Dinner and Program
Bring a main dish, salad, side or dessert to share and your own plates,
utensils, napkins. Coffee and tea will be provided. Other beverages can be
purchased in the Islander Lounge.
Bill and Migael Scherer
Will present
“Living Aboard: The Romance and the Reality”
CRUISE TO REID HARBOR, STUART ISLAND
Saturday, Sept 8—Sunday, Sept 9
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For details, contact Gary Zerbst, 468-2861 or
zeman@rockisland.com
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Quilt Walk in LaConner Shops
Museum of Northwest Art: Wine and Glass Talk (Benjamin Moore)
And lots of shopping, restaurants, galleries
Dinner Details to Follow
Questions: Call your hosts Tom and Susan Patty and Bill and
Glenda Pugerude
COMMODORE’S CORNER, continued
envelopes (for the honor system payment). Gary said he is looking forward to seeing other LIYC members on
this relaxing and fun cruise.
The first summer membership meeting and potluck dinner is September 19, at the Lopez Islander Lodge and
Marina. Bill and Migael Scherer will present “Living Aboard: The Romance and the Reality”. The Scherers have been cruising for 37 years and living aboard aboard Tuwamish, a 54 foot ketch they built. Migael is
the author of A Cruising Guide to Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands.
And, two days later, September 21-23 is the last (gasp!) cruising event of the season. The cruise to LaConner
is being hosted by Tom and Susan Patty and Bill and Glenda Pugerude. Under the heading of “Ask Busy
People to Get Things Done”, the Pattys have just returned from Switzerland and Glenda has just finished baking 400 cake pops for The Galaxy of Burlesque at the Lopez Community Center. Glenda also recently baked
the desserts for the third Great Pairings wine and food pairing benefit at Woodmen Hall. A big “Thank You”
to these four LIYC members for stepping up as hosts on the club’s last cruising event of the season.
And the party goes on.
THE 2012 LOPEZ ISLAND CLASSIC
YACHT RACE
The race is in the record books. On Saturday, August 18,
2012, eleven yachts competed for honors in this first of its kind
race (at least in recent history) on Lopez Island. All eleven
boats raced in the same class and sailed under the Performance Handicap Racing System (PHRF) which provides a
seconds per mile handicap to equalize the ability of all boats
to compete.
The top 3 finishers
were (1) Tom Andrewes (shown at
right with race organizer Russ Johnson), on his Davidson 29, Madame
Pele (2) Russ Johnson, Dave Welker,
and Duane Bordvick
on the Etchells 22,
Valkyrie and (3) Bill White, Rod Duncan and Fred Nielson on
Etchells 22, Williwaw.
Ed. Note: See also the first hand account of the race by racing
enthusiast Miss Windbags on page 4.
Diana
22nd ANNUAL LIST OF BOAT NAMES
The 10 most popular boat names for 2012 include:
1. Seas the Day
2. Nauti Buoy
3. Aquaholic
4. Dream Weaver
5. Pegasus
6. Serenity Now
7. Second Wind
8. Liquid Asset
9. Miss Behavin’
10. Blew By You
This year there are 3 newcomers: Nauti Buoy, Serenity Now, and Blew By You (a word play on an
old Roy Orbison song made famous by Linda Ronstadt. Gt it? Blue Bayou?) Two others made the
list for a second time: Dream Weaver and Pegasus.
The list has been tallied for the last 22 years using
the half-million-members of Boat Owners Association of the United States (BoatUS).
The Scoop from the Poop Deck
…a first hand account The shores were packed. Okay okay
okay - Jane Simonson, Karen Bistrin, Judy
Welker and Beth Andrewes sat out on the deck
of the Bay Café drinking wine, eating lunch and
watching eleven sailboats joust for position on
the starting line. Okay, okay, okay - it was a
staggered start and each boat would be
crossing the starting line at a unique time
based on its individual rating. Welcome to the
inaugural Lopez Island Classic Yacht Race,
talked about by old Lopez salts for years and
finally put together in 2012 by a couple of LIYC
brain surgeons.
Things started to get lively pre-race
Friday night in the meeting room at the
Islander. Fierce competitors edgily sized up
one another. Okay, okay, okay - most of them
couldnt recognize each other without their
glasses on. It is important to note that for a
short 8 mile race, long pre-race meetings are
absolutely essential to heighten the stature of
the event. Okay, okay, okay - we lingered
because we like to drink.
One single handed sailor found out he
was one of the early starts and confessed that
he was going to follow the first boats around
the course because he had never raced
before. Sailmaker Tom Andrewes let drop that
a Seattle sailing pro and his wahine were
coming up to crew for him. (Tom had also
invited LIYC secret weapon Lori Taylor
aboard.) All this got Russ Johnson, our
esteemed race organizer and no lightweight
sailor himself, revved up and thinking more
strategically about tactics on the Etchells that
he, Dave Welker and Duane Bordvick were
sailing. Rodman Duncan and Bill White
watched all the shenanigans with aplomb.
They knew they also had a fast Etchells and
werent worried. And, they had their own secret
weapon Fred Neilson coming aboard.
Okay, okay, okay - The race. Well, it
was all on and bam bam bam the boats
crossed the starting line more or less on time
and the sails became specks as the boats
raced down towards Cattle Pass. Out of sight,
out of mind. Another glass of wine all around
for the gals at the lunch table, binoculars and
handheld VHF radio forgotten. We may be race
chasers but ladies do like to lunch.
Uh oh. Boats on the horizon. Everybody
at the table look busy. The winds stayed
strong, the sailors stayed stronger, spinnakers
flew and our gang was headed home. Cheers
erupted each time a competitor crossed the
finish line, and bicyclists, beachcombers, and
Doug Cram with a great camera added to the
ever growing list of spectators.
Doug Cram. That reminds me. Ever
diligent and never off duty Duane Bordvick and
Doug came upon the perfect perpetual trophy
for the event while away on the recent LIYC
North Cruise. Impressive find. History will
remember those whose names shall grace thy
gleaming cup. Okay, okay, okay - its a little
tarnished but it sure would be great to have the
winner fill it up with rum and pass it around
next time.
Trophy presentation at 6 PM. Welker
had cleaned behind his ears and looked rather
spiffy. Russ started off the presentation by
thanking all participants. What a range of
boats, what a range of experience. From single
hander Jay Simonson on his Cape Dory, Eric
Hall on Bluenose, Doug Simmons on his
Columbia 28, Richard Miklich on his Arlberg 35
to Lark Dalton on the 5.5 with Russ Levine and
Laine Nichols. There was Dick Behan on
Rowdy, Dean Vandemant on his Buccaneer
295, George LeBoutillier on his Alerion
Express with Stepper and the kids, and the
previously mentioned characters on their
Etchells and Davidson 29. They were all
winners, they all did our yacht club proud and
they now have lots of stories to embellish at
the bar. Props to single-handers Dick Behan
and Jay Simonson for beating to weather in
small boats and big winds. Great prizes from
Bill Diller and the Islander were awarded.
Thanks, Bill! The turnout and enjoyment had by
all makes it almost a certainty that the Lopez
Island Classic Yacht Race will return again
next year. Okay, okay, okay - thats it.
Sincerely, Miss Windbags
NORTH CRUISE 2012 LURES 24 LIYC MEMBERS AND FRIENDS—July 29 thru Aug 12
Mike and Barbara Morey and Duane and Audrey Bordvick
dinghy to Telegraph Harbor. At right, Dick and Barbara
Reiswig, Lisa Cram, Shanley Lett and Audrey Bordvick enjoy
a hike above Howe Sound. Below, Jamie and Lauren Stephens survived their first Strait of Georgia crossing.
(Above) Jerry and Diana Hancock and Jay and Gale
Lynch caught up with the North Cruisers at the tail
end for a fun weekend in Sidney.
(Left) Jim and Shanley Lett, Mike and Barbara Morey, Dick and Barbara Reiswig, and Steve and Cindy
Fessler (on their first cruise with the yacht club) enjoyed the won ton prawns at Thetis Island Marina.
In all, 24 members and guests participated in all or
part of this year’s North Cruise, which included Silva
Bay, Vancouver’s False Creek, Bowen Island, Ladysmith, Thetis Island, Maple Bay, Genoa and Sidney.
Tom Andrewes
360-468-9090
andrewes@rockisland.com
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Sail repairs
Dodgers
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Canopies
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Tom Andrewes, a “Sailmaker’s sailmaker”
Sailing and Sailmaking since the 1970s.
Member of Lopez Island Yacht Club and
Royal New Zealand Yacht Club
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