Updated May 1, 2008

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COMMODORE'S CORNER

Paul Jones
Commodore

It is the first of May.  Spring Regatta was last weekend.  The weather wasn’t too bad, a little sun, a little rain and a little wind, especially on Sunday.  It seems like we either have too much wind or not enough lately.  Hopefully conditions will be just right for the Summer Series which starts next week.  Brigadoon will be the Committee Boat again this year and we have some fun things planned (wind permitting).

Carol and I had planned on leaving Friday for the Port Orchard cruise but when we got to the marina, the wind was blowing 25-30 knots from the Southwest.  As I sat on the boat listening to NOAA Weather Radio, the 1:00 report said SeaTac, Southwest winds 24 knots gusting to 33 knots.  At West Point it was blowing 9 knots from the North.  Well, we elected to wait until Saturday morning to leave and we had light winds and decent but cold weather.  We had 6 boats show up and several members come by car.  We shared the activity float and shelter with the Quarter Master Harbor Yacht Club.  We met some really great new people from their club and had a great time.  Larry and Jamie did a fantastic job with the wine tasting and barbecue on the pier.

Opening day of boating season is this weekend.  Carol and I are looking forward to attending and being able to participate in some of the activities.  I’ve been many times before but never as a guest of the Seattle Yacht Club.  It should be a lot of fun.

There is a lot going on right now with the Club.  The Mid-Sound Summer Social Committee has been hard at work organizing this year’s event.   Take a look at our web page to see what is going on.  Sue Waters has a Mid-Sound Summer Social tab on the left side of the home page where she has listed all of the events and all of the sponsors we have lined up.  Everyone should get this event on their calendar now because it is going to be a lot of fun.

I would like to thank Tom Brown, Tom Davis, Jim Redmond and Gordon Kells-Murphy for organizing a work party this weekend to spruce up the club bulletin board.  The same group is working on a long term plan for completely renovating the bulletin board, and should have a presentation ready for the fall General Membership meeting.  Another group is working on ways to improve and rejuvenate our racing program.  Larry and Jamie have been hard at work planning for the General Membership meeting in September and the Change of Watch Banquet in October.  Ray and Debra Valpey have the next cruise ready to go so look for a flyer in this month’s Barnacle.  All of the things we do take a lot of behind the scenes work to assure that they all come off without a hitch.

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