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Port Townsend Yacht Club Volume 120 Issue 9 November 2020 Baggywrinkle www.ptyc.net ALL PTYC EVENTS Commodore’s Column: SUBJECT TO Adjusting Our Sails CANCELLATION DUE TO COVID-19 COVID -19 UPDATE: OUTBREAK STAY AT HOME MANDATE WITH SOME TRAVEL NOW IN EFFECT, UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. CALENDAR SALISH SEA MARINA UPDATES Fall Events Any seasoned sailor will tell you, that no matter the course plotted or what the expected weather Nov. 1, Daylight Savings report may be, there comes a time where you Time begins, Sun., 2:00am may need to adjust the sails to accommodate a Tuesday, Nov. 3, shift in the winds. Election Day VOTE! After attending Fleet Captain Elizabeth’s Zoom Cruise Planning session on October 10th, I’m Nov. 4, PTYC Board excited and ready to sign up for ALL of the Meeting, Wed., 1:30pm via cruises planned. Pivoting our Cruise Planning to the fall allows ZOOM more opportunities for locations and successfully getting Nov. 10, Tues., 6:30pm reservations for the dates we wish. General Meeting via ZOOM approve the slate of 2021 Your health safety was an important factor while planning these PTYC Officers and Board cruises (besides having fun, of course). We will abide by whatever the CDC guidelines and recommendations are at the time of each Nov. 1, Daylight Savings Time begins, Sun., 2:00am cruise. Since the future of large gatherings is still Thursday, Nov. 26, unknown for 2021, we will Thanksgiving Holiday not plan any large potlucks (Continues on page 3) that PTYC typically funded on our past cruises. Instead, we will call the 2021 cruising Reminder: year, “Organized Buddy Board Meetings are always Boating with our PTYC open to any member. This is Friends.” Your Buddy your Yacht Club and we hope Boating Organizer will make to see you on ZOOM. the reservations and plan the Contact the Commodore for details. activities. [email protected] (Concludes on Page 2) Page 2 Baggywrinkle November 2020 PTYC GENERAL ZOOM MEETING TUESDAY, November 10, 2020 Welcome to ZOOM monthly meeting: Cocktail Room Social 6:30PM Program @ 7:00PM, Meeting @ 7:45PM ‘Where in the world are the Chanpongs?’ (see Page 14) Speakers: Prospective PTYC Members Robert and Gail Chanpong Robert and Gail are a dynamic couple who worked and lived in developing countries for 30 years, while raising their family. Robert worked as a Geoscientist and Gail worked in Public Health. They are fairly new to the Pacific Northwest and happy to make Port Ludlow their home. They are members of the Port Ludlow Yacht Club, and are actively involved with the Port Ludlow Village Council. They are passionate about being on the water, whether fishing or cruising. They are looking forward to sharing their insights and perspectives of their experiences in these far away fascinating places. You may recall that Gail was our featured speaker at the PTYC 2018 Safety Seminar on Propane and CO2 safeguards. Be sure to make our Tuesday, November 10th ZOOM meeting to learn about boating adventures. Commodore’s Column (concludes): Adjusting Our Sails I can already see the merry-making starting to happen: Anchoring out with planned hiking/walking, kayaking, and biking excursions in the great outdoors, dinghy flotillas for socially-distanced happy hours, open-air farmer’s markets to visit, small group gatherings on vast lawns, Fourth of July dinghy parade (prizes for the best decorated dinghy), dinghy races, and more. We also plan to be mindful of asking for adjacent slips in marinas so we can visit across the water from our boats, hoping to reserve end-of-dock locations for ease of social distancing among ourselves. 2021 cruise signups are now on the website . Ready, set, go! It is not too soon to sign up. Why wait to be on a waiting list? You will note a Buddy Boating Organizer (BBO) is still needed for the Bell Harbor Cruise and some Co-BBO’s for others. Please consider volunteering to help -- it’s all part of the fun. More news: If you missed a general meeting, you can now catch a recording of it on our website. And, if you know of anyone interested in joining PTYC, invite them to a meeting. Just let me know and I’ll send them a Zoom invitation link. Thank you all for adjusting your sails -- we’ll get through this together. Commodore Debbie Volume 120, Issue 9 Baggywrinkle Page 3 COVID-19 AND BOATING IN THE CALENDAR NORTHWEST (continued from page 1) On March 19, Canada temporarily Fall Events closed its borders to non-essential (continued from page 1) travel. Dec. 2, PTYC 2021 & 2020 Joint Specifically, Canada does not allow pleasure boats to cross Board Meeting, Wed., 1:30pm via their border, per the Waggoner Cruising Guide. Updates will ZOOM be posted to our website ptyc.net, as they become available. Ilona Bell, Editor Dec. 8, Tues., 6:30pm General Meeting via ZOOM Dec. 25, Christmas Day Holiday January 1, 2021 HAPPY NEW YEAR Visit “WHO'S WHO?” (for Members Only) online at: ptyc.net to see if your photo is posted. If not, a designated photographer will be at our meetings on a quarterly basis to snap your picture for “WHO’S WHO?” —- our Club’s photo catalogue featuring our current membership. You can also update your posted photo. We look forward to seeing you around—–-literally!! Paul Happel and Joe Burson “Here’s lookin’ at you, kid!” Click here for a Jefferson County COVID-19 Update SALISH SEA MARINA UPDATES Page 4 Baggywrinkle November 2020 PTYC “techies” Leslie Roubal & Ilona Bell made our ZOOM meeting recordings on our website. Dave & Lisa McCammon, Jim & Susie Gorski and Paul & Elizabeth Eisenhardt “hosting” the three “cocktail rooms” at our October meeting on-line Social! Commodore Debbie thrilled with the early success of our unique on-line meeting experience for PTYC members! [email protected] AMERICANS, GO HOME! Canadians Track U.S. Boaters Sneaking Across The Border : NPR https://www.npr.org/2020/08/02/898165324/americans-go-home-canadians-track-u-s-boaters -sneaking-across-the-border Tim Loika Volume 120, Issue 9 Baggywrinkle Page 5 2021 PTYC Scholarship Application (PDF) 2021 PTYC Scholarship Application (MS WORD) Page 6 Baggywrinkle November 2020 Recreational Boaters Association of Washington (RBAW) Report for November Lakebay Marina Update Due to best efforts the RBAW Marine Conservancy could not come up with the additional dollars for the purchase price of Lakebay Marina in Pierce County which was a project to provide additional public access to a waterfront area for boaters. Even with some last ditch efforts by our Board to offer the owner some lucrative incentives to extend the purchase agreement, it failed. However, on the bright side, the Conservancy remains a verified 501C3 non-profit corporation with the mission of identifying and acquiring other properties around Puget Sound for boaters and continues to solicit tax deductible dollars to move the mission forward. On to the next project. Stay tuned. Possible 2021 Legislation on Mandatory Use of PFD’s In the 2020 legislative session there were two bills introduced by Rep. Cindy Ryu concerning, first, the mandatory use of PFD’s on all watercraft which transitioned to wearing PFD’s at all times for those of 18 years and under on vessels under 19 feet. It failed to move forward. Secondly, she introduced a bill to change the WA State Boater’s Card from a lifetime card to one that must be renewed every 10 years with a renewing fee. That also failed. There is strong reason to believe she is determined to introduce another bill with regards to the mandatory use of PFD’s again in the upcoming session. RBAW lobbyist, Doug Levy, attended a committee work session along with the State Parks boating law administrator, Rob Sendak, and the company that conducts the Boater’s Education Card courses. At this session, Rob Sendak indicated he would not be opposed to the mandatory use of PFD’s on vessels under 19 feet. RBAW has been informed that the general organized paddle craft group is not averse to mandatory use of PFD’s. RBAW remains vigilant on this issue as the next legislative session approaches. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Charging Outrageous Fees Holding Up Marina Upgrades Due to the NMFS charging outrageous fees to private and public marinas making needed upgrades, virtually all marina improvement projects, many of which affect yacht clubs, have been on hold for over a year. These “mitigation” fees being assessed for the most part are cost prohibitive and mostly unattainable. Progress has ground to a halt as the Army Corps of Engineers is stopped from moving forward with requests. Supposedly these mitigation fees are to be used to help save the Southern Resident Orcas and protect the salmon. There is no direct connection to the individual improvement projects which in many cases make the marinas more environmentally friendly ie. removing creosote pilings or replacing old docks with which higher environmental quality ones. Even with many meetings and discussions between RBAW and other affected organizations, no compromise has been reached so RBAW has reached out to member yacht clubs and others to raise enough funds to hire a specialized lobby group with close ties to Congressional members who can help. To this end, RBAW has offered to match dollar for dollar any contributions up to a $5000 maximum in shared contributions. Stay tuned on this one. (continues on next page) Volume 120, Issue 9 Baggywrinkle Page 7 Recreational Boaters Association of Washington (RBAW) Report for November (concludes) RBAW Annual Meeting on November 14 Will Go Virtual Everyone is invited to attend our virtual annual meeting on November 14 where our keynote speaker will be Hilary Franz, State Commissioner of Lands and head of the Department of Natural Resources.