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November 2006 POR T L A N D YA CHT CLUB MONTHL Y Vol. 56 No. 11

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COMMODORE’S COMMENTS

Fall is a time for Thanksgiving! and we are in the final phases of redesigning the gions. To find out more, sign up for the casual Bar, Flag Room, and potentially a Lounge Area three hours of learning, sampling, and having a s daylight savings in the North end of the Ballroom. The House fun time! A time becomes a re- & Grounds Committee is actively working cent memory, Fall is a time toward getting this underway. They’ve done • With so much on the November schedule, we to be thankful for the great an exceptional job of getting the dining room only could fit in oneCookout on Nov 10th. Be fun we’ve shared at the Club updated. sure to bring the whole gang. Our movie mas- throughout this past Spring ters won’t let you down! The following cookout and Summer. Again, I want I didn’t know PYC had so many Pirates, but in on December 1st will also feature Hollywood’s to thank everyone who has late September over 120 members and guests best! contributed to making 2006 such a spectacular enjoyed our Entertainment Committee’s Pi- year both on the water and off. rates Party an’ Pig Roast. The pictures on the • Stan Borys and the “Last Act Repertory The- front cover only show half the fun of the eve- atre Group” promise a hilarious night at my Our Moorage Upgrade Committee has com- ning! Many thanks to Frank Tillman for or- expense during the upcoming Commodore’s pleted a study of the pilings in our moorage. ganizing the pig cooking party (truly the best Roast. What did Diane and I do to justify this The Board recently approved funding the first ever) and to Berkeley and Carole Smith for or- humiliation??? group to be replaced with steel pilings. This ganizing the booty hunt on the Island. Several replacement process will continue for the next members brought their children and everyone • If you suddenly realize you did not get enough few years until all the pilings are state of the art had an exciting time! cruising during Summer, pack your heater and steel. join other PYC members Thanksgiving week- Bob Martin wasn’t to be outdone as he put to- end for the “non – official”Left Over Cruise to Meanwhile, the Finance Committee has been gether our annual Beacon Rock Cruise. I’m the Outstation. No dockmaster, no schedule, tasked with looking into all funding options to not sure what Bob did differently this year, just a fun time for all! expedite upgrades to our moorage – replacing but we set several records for participation: al- the existing docks with cement docks. most 40 club boats (16 sail boats) with over • PYC’s 98th Annual Meeting is Monday, No- 90 members who enjoyed perfect weather, Bob vember 27th. Included in this important meet- The Bar area of the Club gets substantial use Sudlow’s famous crawdads, wonderful New ing are the election of your 2007 Officers and York steak dinner, and great merriment cel- Trustees, a financial update, Committee Re- ebrating at least two birthdays. ports and a presentation of the 2007 proposed budget by Vice Commodore Heather Adams. The renovation of the Dining Room by the Members will also get to select the 2006 winner House and Grounds Committee is virtually of the “Boner’s Award” from a potentially long completed. The 120 members and guests who list of nominees. Another traditional award, the PORTLIGHT attended PYC’s Salmon Feed not only enjoyed the Larry Barber Trophy, will be awarded to the published monthly by the John LeDoux’s tasty fresh Chinook salmon “Outstanding PYC Member of 2006”. with all the trimmings, but the new ambiance PORTLAND YACHT CLUB of the dining room. John’s motto throughout • Invitations are going out soon to PYC’s La- 1241 NE Marine Drive the planning and execution of the event was the dies’ Holiday Dinner on Dec 6th, entitled Portland, Oregon 97211 KISS principle (Keep It Simple and Straight- “Christmas Memories.” This is an event that P: 503.285.1922 | F: 503.283.4960 forward) and it paid off extremely well! always sells out quickly so please make your reservations early! Email: [email protected] Our Portlight Editors, at the suggestion of EDITORS Ander’s Printers, switched to printing our Port- • Speaking of the Holidays, Thanksgiving week- Skip and Mary Ann Nitchie light on recycled paper the last two months. end is always a great weekend to decorate your The quality is still top notch! boat or boathouse for the Holidays. We’ll again PHOTOGRAPHERS have prizes for the best decorated as we “Light Stan Borys Looking ahead at November’s Mix: Up PYC For The Holidays”. Frank Tillman • Don’t put your Hawaiian shirt away yet as Fair Winds and Following Seas! OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES it is almost mandatory garb for OCSA’s Beach Commodore Doug Foster (sail) Party, culminating the 2006 sailing season Vice Commodore Heather Adams (power) with a fabulous evening complete with live Doug Foster Secretary/Treasurer Berkeley Smith (sail) music and a silent auction. Sailors really know Commodore Rear Commodore Bill Chevalier (power) how to party! S/V Monkey Bar Trustee Year 2 Walt Witchard (sail) • November 5th brings a different twist to past Trustee Year 1 Eric Gazow (power) wine tasting events – instead of visiting the lo- Trustee Year 2 Tom Brusco (sail) cal vineyards, we are bringing an Italian wine Trustee Year 1 Mike Stansell (power) expert to PYC. Italy produces a wide variety Trustee Year 1 Roger Jorgensen (power) of wines besides Chianti in their 20 distinct re- PAGE 3 | The Portlight | 11.06

MANAGER’S REPORT

November 4 Finance Committee Meets November 5 Wine Tasting don’t know if all of November 8, 15, 22 & 29 Men’s Golf I you have heard yet, November 10 Portlight Deadline but our Office Manager Shan- November 10 Movie and Cookout non Thayne has moved back November 11 OCSA Awards Banquet to North Carolina to be near November 15 Board Meeting her family. She has worked November 16 Bridge Club here since 2002 and has been November 17 Commodore’s Roast instrumental in organizing and November 18 LRP Meeting running the office in a manner that literally November 19-26 Club House Closed—Thanksgiving & Floor Refinishing changed our landscape. Before Shannon came, November 24, 25 & 26 Leftover Cruise it took two employees to do her job. She not November 27 Annual Meeting—All Members only possessed excellent skills, but also came to December 1 Movie & Cookout work with a great attitude and a sense of humor. December 6 & 13 Men’s Golf I will miss her skills as well as her friendship. I December 6 Ladies’ Holiday Dinner know that we all wish her the best of luck in her December 10 Children’s Christmas Party future endeavors. December 10 Portlight Deadline Now I would like to introduce you to Julie Rea- Lunch November 4, 11 & 18 & December 2 & 9 gan. She has been hired to take over Shannon’s No Lunch November 25 job so please stop by and introduce yourselves to her. She has been training for three weeks with Shannon and will be an asset to our team. We MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS EARLY! have also hired Ron Sexton to assist Terry on the docks and with our maintenance. Ron recently

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Our Friday night happy hours are really taking off. If you haven’t joined us yet, please give us C RYA N OT E S KEEP IN TOUCH a try. It’s a great way to relax after the work week. RYA has a website; www.crya.us. It Mike and I are cruising. includes the Christmas Ship sched- C Please address mail to: ule, meeting dates and other perti- Fred nent information. Mike McDonald and/or Ann Elliot 146,000 Boaters Educational Cards have been 411 Walnut Street #3577 issued to date. Green Cove Springs, FL 32043 The O’Laughlin’s will be passing out children’s PFD’s again at the January Portland Boat Show. Our email address on the boat for text only There were 16 boating related deaths in the documents (NO forwarded 2006 season of which 11 were not wearing life documents or pictures) is: Christmas Ships jackets. Only 3 involved motorized vessels. [email protected] will pass the club twice. A portion of the lower dock at Sand Island We are having a ball! We are going to is damaged and unusable. The cause is not known. Campbell River (Vancouver Island) tomor- row, and from there, we’ll begin our trip There is now a smaller fireboat located in south to Victoria where we’ll moor our boat Friday, December 7 Hayden Bay for quick access to the river. It was and winter over at the Coast Hotel Marina donated by City Council. with a view of the Empress Hotel. We will The 2007 Opening Day Theme will be “Cen- be visiting Portland in November to pick up a car that we’ll drive north for the win- & tennial Celebration”. Friday, December 15 ter. We will definitely stop by the club to Ken Kudrna & Larry Justice say “hi” and reconnect with friends. CRYA Delegates Ann Elliot PAGE 4 | The Portlight | 11.06

FIRST ANNUAL FALL PYC GOLF SCRAMBLE PAGE 5 | The Portlight | 11.06

P Y C R O C K S

riday the 13th turned out to be a Light Up PYC for the Holidays F lucky day for our PYC Auction. How fortunate we are to have so many members who put forth of their time and efforts to make this auction so successful. Kudos to our Vice-Commodore, Heather Adams, who worked diligently to put the event together. A big “thank you” to all Win Prizes for the Best Decorated of the donors, bidders, committee people and staff for making this event very special. Boat or Boathouse in your Row Also, “thank you” to the young people of PYC is always a very festive place during We’d also like to light up each row at night Southridge High School in Beaverton for the Holidays. The Holiday Magic is even by putting lights on the row’s handrail via serving dinner and to the Sea Scouts for greater when our Boats and Boathouses are a photocell or timer. If you have outdoor their participation. illuminated by Christmas Lights! light sets you’d like to contribute to the effort, please drop them off at the club (C7s During the Silent Auction, we enjoyed lis- Diane and I will be decorating our boat with or C9s). If you’d like to donate some elec- tening to the music of the Lowell J. Mitch- strings of colorful outdoor lights over the tricity to your Row’s festivities or help staple ell duo. After the closing of the Silent Auc- Thanksgiving weekend. So please join the the light strings, please let the office or me tion, a delicious lasagna dinner, supplied by fun by decorating your boat or boathouse!! know. Ted and Betsy Leonardi, was served, along We’d like all the boats and boathouses lit Let’s Light Up the River for PYC!! with a spinach/parmesan spread, antipasti, up by December 5th, as the first Parade of salad, various breads and a dessert of vol- Christmas Ships on the Columbia will be cano ice cream, prepared by Chef Dale Thursday, December 7th. This year we will Doug Foster Richards and his staff. give prizes to the Best Decorated Boat or Commodore Boathouse by Row. Judging to be in early First prize in the successful raffle ($10,000+ December (weather dependent). raised) was a three-day trip to the magnifi- cent Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. The big winners were Frank and Sandra Tillman BOAT SHOWS & RECRUITING (who, at the time, were vacationing in sun- ny Mexico). lease make note of the upcoming past, plan to join us again this coming year. During the oral auction, conducted by P dates for both the Portland and Those newer members who have yet to ex- James Dean and Russ Kuhn, one of the no- Seattle Boat Shows in January 2007. perience “selling” our club to the boating table bids of the evening was for member public, please consider signing up. Booth #1908, which was won by Berkeley and Portland Boat Show Carole Smith…..notable for the fact that assignment times are generally three hours Berkeley and Carole will be Commodore January 6 – January 14, 2007 long, compensated by admission to the and First Lady in 2008. Portland Expo Center show. Look for further details in the Port- 2060 N. Marine Drive light and in the Flag Room. It appears PYC has raised approximately Portland OR 97217 $60,000+ for our Centennial Year. Prospective Member Seattle Boat Show The level of participation was so great by Open House new and long-time members that we would January 26 – February 4, 2007 February 18, 2007 have to reprint nearly the entire roster to Seahawks Stadium & Exhibition Center properly thank everyone…so 1000 Occidental Ave S. Prospective Seattle WA 98134 Member Flotilla to Outstation March 10, 2007 THANK YOU ALL In 2007, the two boat shows do not con- flict, as the Seattle dates have been adjusted Elaine and Bob Sudlow to avoid Seahawk game dates. For those PYC members, who have as- sisted in our recruitment program in the PAGE 6 | The Portlight | 11.06

COOKOUT SEPTEMBER 29 PAGE 7 | The Portlight | 11.06

November 10 This is the last movie for 2006. Key Largo Let us know what you would like to see.

As a hurricane wreaks havoc outside, Army veteran Frank McCloud (Humphrey Do you have a favorite film that fits our Bogart), Nora Temple (Lauren Bacall) format? Cliff and I are reviewing films for and her invalid father-in-law face a worse showing at the club. We are watching lots storm inside the Temples’ tumbledown of movies. Florida hotel. Frank stopped by merely to pay his respects to war-widow Nora, Our format: only to find the hotel commandeered by exiled gangster Johnny Rocco (Edward G. 1. Not much longer than 90 min. Robinson) and his band of goons. Will the 2. Features boating, cruising on the water, war-weary Frank step up to the plate to cruise ship, sailing, pirates… Just about save the Temples? anything on the water. Come one! Come all! 3. Upbeat and fun. Classics. Movie Nights continue at PYC on December 1 4. Musical Comedy is a plus. November 10th & December 1st Niagara 5. Singing welcomed 6. Nostalgia encouraged. Enjoy the cookout with friends Marilyn Monroe is a shameless hussy who 7. Goes with popcorn, milk duds and your and family and then join us for wears skin-tight sweaters and flirts with favorite beverage. the movie. anybody in long pants. Joseph Cotton is her 8. Multiple short subjects are great. long-suffering husband who, nonetheless, The show starts at 8:15pm. It remains obsessed with her. On a vacation runs about an hour and a half. trip to Niagara Falls, everything unravels; Steve Callihan

Marilyn and her lover plot to kill Cotton Cliff Swan Get some popcorn, your favorite by flinging him over the falls, but their drink and enjoy the show. plan goes awry in this fine noirish thriller. Email your suggestions: This time around, Marilyn even … sings! [email protected]

DIANE & IGUANA GOLF SCRAMBLE

n September 27 some of PYC’s O most enthusiastic golfers partici- pated in what promises to be the first of many “all-club” golf fests. Twenty intrepid men and women played the “scramble” on Broadmoor International Golf Course’s challenging front nine. Expertly organized and marshaled by Linda Nurss and Gayle Timmerman, the event was followed by Get out to the Bridge Club November luncheon and awards. Longest drive was 16. Men are encouraged to join in. won by Howard Shaw, “KP” (closest to Bring a little something for lunch the pin) by Julie Hinkley, and the win- and $2 to cover the wine. We start ning foursome, at one over par, included at 10:00 and are usually over by Bo Knab, Karen Owings, Ron Nurss and 2:00. There are rewards for top and Larry Snyder. The event was such a success bottom scores. The humor is good that the plan is for both a Spring and a Fall natured and your skill level is never event next year. questioned. Day of the Iguana Larry Snyder Men’s Golf PAGE 8 | The Portlight | 11.06

BEACON ROCK CRUISE PAGE 9 | The Portlight | 11.06

SALMON FEED PAGE 10 | The Portlight | 11.06

SECURITY SALMON FEED PIRATE PARTY

YC is fortunate to enjoy a very n Sunday October 8, we had our rrr! A vast thar me hearties! PYC P low theft rate. Listed below are O annual salmon feed. Thanks to A got into the “Talk like a Pirate” some things you can do to help keep it that Fred, we were able to enjoy some of the week spirit with a Pirate and Pig Roast way. best salmon of the season. Unlike the past Party. Over 130 pirate clad members and several years where we have been supplied guests attended the fun filled evening. Bar- Locks Please lock your boat and boat- with farm raised salmon, this year was spe- bara Peterson and Julie Hinkley decorated house when you leave the area. cial; we had the luxury of enjoying fresh the club house in pirate style with skel- Chinook Salmon from the Columbia Riv- etons and treasure chests filled with gold Lighting Consider installing motion sen- er. The salmon was prepared on the BBQ doubloons. A dingy excursion across the sor lights on the front, rear, and interior of with a lemon garlic mayo glaze, slices of sea to “Treasure Island” revealed an excit- your boathouse. Enhanced lighting on all orange and a light dusting of fresh Italian ing and fun filled Treasure Hunt, put forth rows would improve the moorage security. parsley. The salmon was accompanied by by Carole and Berkeley Smith, along with wine, green beans almandine, coleslaw and helpers Bruce and Rachel Aschim, Nancy Alarms Technology has advanced sig- garlic French bread. To top it off we were Kirk, and Cheryl McNaughton. The trea- nificantly in this area. Monitored alarm treated to a wonderful carrot cake. Al- sure hunt involved many sailor skills and systems are available for both vessels and though the committee did an outstanding was rewarded by fine pirate booty, claimed boathouses. job with little effort, the evening could not by Captain Don Dell! Brian and Donna have been truly enjoyed without the ex- Moore welcomed PYC Pirateers to a true Limit Access Please don’t prop open the cellent help of Fred and his staff. Thanks pirate feast with a fabulous roast pig or gate near ‘N row’, as this allows others easy bunches for your efforts. Thank you com- two, slowly cooked over an open pit by access to the moorage. The same holds true mittee; Jim and Julie Hinkley, Skip and Captains Frank Tillman, Bob Lyon, Jim for the automated gate to the PYC lower Mary Ann Nitchie, Nancy Kirk and her Hinkley, Russ Kuhn, Ken Free, and Dan parking lot. If you see the gate stuck in friend Phil (the fire man), Bob and Elaine Dickson. First Mates Sandra Tillman, San- the open position please contact the PYC Sudlow, and my lovely wife Lisa. Together di Free and Julie Hinkley served the feast office, or the security company and inform we made an easy, friendly time of working with flair. The evening was capped off with them of the situation. the salmon feed. So on with the tradition. entertainment by Freddie Anderson singing country ballads. Reduce Temptation Do not leave valuables in plain sight in your vehicle or John LeDoux Julie Hinkley boat. In the Portland area this is the prime Barbara Peterson reason for vehicle break-ins. Entertainment Chairs Personal Recognition Get to know NEW MEMBERS your neighbors and those who moor on your row. PYC welcomes new members this month. Burglars search for the easiest target of op- (look for the stars and say hello!) portunity. Locks, lighting, alarms, limited access, reduced temptation, all decrease Stephen and Sandra Gordon own a 35’ the odds of a burglary. At this time the Carver, Shangri-La. Stephen works in Sales PYC Manager and Board of Trustees are at IBM. The Gordons live in NW Port- researching various ways to enhance our land. overall security posture. Please do your part to help keep the bad guys on the other Tom and Sarah Ronne have one daughter, side of the fence. 31, and own a 37’ cruising sedan, Saragosa. Tom’s business is Lakeland Properties, Inc. Tom and Sarah reside in Lake Oswego. Gary Eckert

The dinghy motor died when Terry was transporting Bruce and Rachel Aschim to the island. He had to paddle them back to the gas dock. PAGE 11 | The Portlight | 11.06

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE COLBYS

he two jumped straight up out had calamari and beer, this time I had cala- elephants. It was a long but beautiful walk T of the water next to the boat fac- mari and beer. This was a trip back in time. with views of Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz ing each other several feet above the sur- Our next stop was Santa Cruz where one Islands farther to the east. The ranger told face and dove back in as if performing at of my sisters lives. The little boat harbor us that 22 to 23 thousand sea lion pups are a Marineland show. But these porpoises was a bustle with boating activity. As a born yearly on San Miguel Island alone! But weren’t, they were offshore with their pals transient boat we were end tied and had a hook worm has infested the herd. Maybe chasing and playing in our bow wave as we front row seat. We were warmly welcomed there will be a balance. After seeing the sea slid down swells in 30 knots of wind with at the Santa Cruz Yacht Club. Our depar- elephants at the east end we realized that gusts to 35. The autopilot held well but ture from Santa Cruz was delayed a day. All the group of 25 on shore were also young while the porpoises played a swell pushed but one line was cast off when a boat came sea elephants. We should have realized this us around too far jibing the main. First the in and told us that it was blowing like stink as they did not bark but communicated by preventer line broke and the boom swung out there--30 to 35 knots he said. Janet said grunts and burps to the degree that they across the boat and the stainless fitting no way. Back for another beer at the yacht would have made any teenage boy envious holding the block to the boom broke and club that night. The next day proved to be of their ability to make gross noises. the sail swung to leeward unattached and a very pleasant sail across Monterey Bay free. After a brief discussion Craig Sham- and around the corner to Carmel’s Still- After stops at Santa Cruz Island we sailed baugh took the wheel and with the help of water Cove. The days were getting shorter for Santa Barbara and took a slip. Check- the engine got us into the wind enough so and a chill was in the air. ing in to Canada is easier. They wanted to the main could be brought down and se- see the ship’s papers, get paid up front and cured. Within hours we were in the lee of Next stop San Simeon. There the bay was then put a dye in the head so we wouldn’t Cape Mendocino and had to motor into full of skittish Harbor Seals fishing. They discharge into the bay. We visited a friend Noyo River, our second stop since leav- followed as I rowed ashore but when you there who drove us around and let us use ing Portland Aug 10. Noyo River is next looked at them they would dive with a her washing machine and drove us to a gro- to Fort Bragg in Northern CA and is shal- splash. Unless you are in a harbor most cery store. We also visited the Mission. low and narrow. It seemed we were enter- California coves and bays have a surge and ing a strange quiet backwater after the roar a surf to deal with landing. This was no dif- Back at Santa Cruz Island for one night of the ocean. Next morning large sea lions ferent. We were out of practice and almost we ran into a couple we had met in Ha- did come on the dock, as Don Eudaly had flipped the dingy beaching. It was a short waii! They were not on their own boat so warned me, but not on our forger. That walk to the Hearst Castle entrance and when they hailed us from kayaks it was a night we anchored outside the breakwater there were no crowds that day. There at the real surprise as they live in Balboa. We were of Bodega Bay and the next afternoon went Castle the tour guide told us that the haze invited for drinks on the boat where they under the Golden Gate on a strong flood in the air, we had noticed it the day before, were guests and stayed for dinner. The next with a growing westerly wind: perfect. The was from a fire farther south. That fire was morning we went on to tiny Santa Barbara City passed us almost too quickly as one just controlled several days ago. Island for the night then to Catalina. There, wanted to savor the afternoon sail. at Catalina, we anchored in one of the only San Luis Obispo Bay is not a particularly coves facing the mainland that doesn’t have We stayed 15 miles south of the Bay Bridge pretty bay. But what was interesting there mooring buoys. There were plenty of emp- at the Coyote Point Yacht Club in San was the realization that sea lions had ba- ty buoys but unlike 40 years ago boats now Mateo. Our daughter Joanie lives nearby. sically taken over. The only floating dock have to pay and it is not cheap. Dick, the other crew, thought the yacht was protected by a chain link fence. From club was very hospitable as they made the there we made the run around Pt Concep- Now we are docked in Alamitos Bay in showers sway the same as the boat. He was tion. Winds were predicted to gust to 30 in Long Beach, at a dock owned by my other still rocking. the afternoon. So we left in the early morn- sister. We’ll stay here about 3 weeks then on ing. We tucked into San Miguel Island, the to Newport Beach, San Diego and Mexico Three weeks later Janet and I left in thick western most of the Channel Islands, and the first part of November. fog. The only way we knew we were going that night at anchor the winds did gust to under the Bay Bridge is hearing the traf- 30. Thank you Wylie Grabisch for use of your fic and looking up and seeing the bridge’s CA chart books. And hello to all PYC mem- underside. The fog lifted momentarily The next day the weather was calm and bers. Hope all is well with each of you. enabling us to see North Beach and Fish- warm and we walked the long clean white erman’s Wharf area. That night we ate in sand beach and met the island ranger of the the seafood restaurant at Half Moon Bay National Park Service. San Miguel along John & Janet Colby or Pillar Point Harbor as they call it. The with four other channel islands is a National same restaurant I ate in 25 years ago while Park. That afternoon the park ranger lead a anchored there in our 27’ sloop. Before I group to the east point to view juvenile sea PAGE 12 | The Portlight | 11.06

PYC’s COMMODORE’Son Friday, ROAST November 17th.

See how your Commodore & Commodoress react to unusual situations

Master of Ceremonies: Stan Borys

Performances by The Last Act Repertory Theatre Group of:

“BACK TO SCHOOL”

Our special school lunch at dinnertime and Program is approved by the PTA (Portland Teachers Anomalous)

Entrée: Boeuf Bourguignon (Beef Burgundy) a la Molenaar String Beans Almandine Baguettes Provencal A succulent dessert And a Special Surprise Bar: 5:30 pm Dinner: 6:30 pm Showtime: 7:30 pm

Casual Attire Cost: $16.00 per person

Pre-registration is recommended by Wednesday November 15th!! (Before enrollment is cut off!!) (503) 735-0632 or e-mail: [email protected]

Remember: No Talking in Class!!! PAGE 13 | The Portlight | 11.06

CENTENNIAL AUCTION PAGE 14 | The Portlight | 11.06

New Year’s Eve Bash Stairway to Heaven in 2007

Dress Totally Your Choice Casual / Semi Formal / Formal (or all of the above)

Program Dinner • Bar opens at – 7:00 • Seafood Sauté with Lobster, Scallops, etc. • Butler Hors D’oerves – 7:30 • Slow-Roasted Prime Rib • Gourmet Buffet Dinner – 8:30 • Stuffed Chicken ala Monarch (Catered by Monarch Hotel) • Champagne & Balloon Drop – 12:00 New Year’s Day • Sleep over on your Boat or Music • The Marriot Courtyard • Spectacular “Sandpoint” • Continental Breakfast – 9:00 to 12:00 • Leftovers • Libations • Football In the Flag Room

PYC Ladies Dinner Christmas Memories December 6, 2006

Featuring the Lakewood Theater Tap Dancers

Cocktails at 6:00 pm • $20.00 per person • Dinner at 7:00 pm Reservations Required: 503-735-0632 or www.portlandyc.com PAGE 15 | The Portlight | 11.06

COMING EVENTS

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 29 30 31 Nov 1 2 3 4 Finance Committee Ladies’ Golf Men’s Golf Happy Hour Daylight Saving Ends Lunch

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Cookout – Movie OCSA Awards Wine Tasting Men’s Golf Portlight Deadline Banquet Happy Hour Lunch

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Board Meeting Bridge Club Happy Hour Lunch Men’s Golf

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Clubhouse Closed Men’s Golf Thanksgiving Leftover Cruise Leftover Cruise Clubhouse Closed Clubhouse Closed for Floor Refinishing Clubhouse Closed Club House Closed Happy Hour No Lunch

26 27 28 29 30 Dec 1 2 Annual Meeting Leftover Cruise Men’s Golf Cookout – Movie Lunch All Members Happy Hour

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Men’s Golf Happy Hour Lunch

PYC’s Tour of Italian Wines Sunday November 5th from 3 – 6 PM No need to go all the way to Italy. Join Cooie Bates, an expert in Italian Wines, for a casual presentation at the Club, Italian Hors D’oerves, and sampling of several Italian Premium Wines. In just three hours you will become more knowledgeable in the very diverse varieties of Italian wines (whites, reds, desserts, etc). Learn the many subtleties that comprise the different Italian Wine Regions and how to best match your food menu with appropriate wine. This will be the perfect opportunity to restock your wine cellar for the upcoming Holidays. Wine will be offered at wholesale prices. $12 per person Please call and make your reservations by November 1st Gerry and Kathleen Gregg Christopher and Susan Dorn Ken and Laura Obrist 2005 M/V YOHO 2006 S/V Libertas 2006 M/V No Boss

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