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BELLINGHAM YACHT CLUB The Jib Sheet April 2003 Volume 78 Number 4 SPRING CLUB SCRUB SATURDAY APRIL 19 Featured Stories Since October, 2001, the Club has held two • Club Scrub April 19 (1) “Club Scrubs” a year in “THE” APRIL CRUISE! the Spring and Fall. Past Commodore Karen Callery is planning a great • “The” April P.C. These events, coordinated Past Commodore’s Cruise April 25-27 at Blakely Cruise Coming (1) by the Building & House Island Marina. As past attendees know, this is always • Saturday Movie Party Committee, bring out as a great trip to a most hospitable marina. (1) many Members as possi- The theme this year is Paradise in the Northwest, featuring a tropical motif, so dress accordingly to enjoy • New Member Social ble to clean up, paint up, the games, prizes and fun on Saturday. (3) fix up our Club, saving us thousands of dollars in Folks can arrive Friday, and specific plans include a our annual maintenance Saturday 5PM Dock Party with your favorite appetizer, budget. then “Cheeseburgers in Paradise” at 6:00. Karen will Please come to the provide the burgers and you’ll bring the rest to go with BYC on Saturday, April them, potluck style. 19, at 9:00AM. When the On Sunday, coffee and pastries are planned. session ends at Noon, For marina reservations, you should call them Inside This Issue there will be a free lunch directly at 360-375-6121 and make your own ar- and refreshments for all rangements. Commodore’s Column 2 participants. Questions? For more info about the cruise, call Karen or Sail New Members 2 Call John Asmundson Fleet Captain Al at 676-0784. at 734-7591. And plan to be there: It’s always a blast! Members of the Month 2 Plan for RVYC Cruise 3 Frostbite Race Report 3 The ‘Once-a-Month Saturday Movie’ Featured Advertisers: As some of you have heard, we have sent on future Saturday nights. Bring a Bellingham Yacht Sales 3 decided to try a program presenting old- pad and pencil to tell us what you would Top to Bottom Inc. 3 time classic/favorite movies in the BYC like to see later in the season. How about Lounge on Saturday nights. As a trial, we “High Noon”, or “Shane”, “The African New Member Social 4/30 3 will start with a show every month, begin- Queen”, “Bridge on the River Kwai”, VARC Race Week July 20-27 3 ning with the Saturdays of March 29 “Gone with the Wind”, or “Hurricane”? BYC MAIN SHEET Calendar 4 and April 19th, at 7:00PM. You name it and we will try to get a copy Opening night we plan to show a DVD either on DVD or VHS. Captain Homie 5 entitled AFI’s “100 years of 100 Stars”. How about a Family Night, (bring the Ganges Cruise May 23-26 5 Originally shown June, 1999 on CBS, it grandkids) to see Cecil B. DeMille’s “The Special Memos 5 shows clips from hundreds of movies fea- Greatest Show on Earth” starring Betty turing the industry’s selection of the 50 Hutton! You bring your ideas... RBAW Coming to BYC 5 greatest all time stars. Making the intro- Remember, this is only a trial and we New Bartender Schedule 6 ductions and comments are 50 additional are open to suggestions including a name stars, most of whom are more contempo- or time change. 2002-3 Officers & Trustees 8 rary. Although three hours long, it has no We do intend to serve FREE POP- Classified Sponsor Listing 8 plot, so you can come late and leave early! CORN and the drinks are the cheapest in It’s been chosen because it’s a re- town. For more details, call me at 676- minder to all of you of some of the hun- 5709 or e-mail rqselsor.msn.com. dreds of old and great films we can pre- Quinn Selsor PAGE 2 THE JIB SHEET APRIL 2003 Commodore’s Column It’s hard to believe it’s Spring, trip, and Tim Mumford has put in a This month I want to ask every but with it comes the start of boat- significant amount of work on Open- one of our members to help our club by ing season. And what a year this ing Day, and John Asmundson will volunteering to serve on a committee, promises to be! The Bellingham be having another “Club Scrub” April or help on Wednesday nights during Yacht Club has really been a great 19. I would like to say again that the sailing season, or to help us get some place to be involved with, and vol- BYC’s success is due principally to you painting done on the front of the club unteerism has made the difference. the members who volunteer! before opening day. If you will just Our cruises have been very The continued excitement and give me a call (920-5645), or e-mail me well attended (nearly 40 in Anacor- growth of our club is dependent upon ([email protected]), I will be happy to tes on March 21.) Our clubhouse every one of us doing our bit to help. go over your opportunities to serve, continues to improve, thanks to the As we have grown and expanded, the and assist you in any way I can to work of you members. Sailing sea- need for volunteers has also continued make the BYC even greater! son begins in earnest soon, and to grow – and this is good. I know it is (I should also say the need for vol- already we have great support and difficult to commit what little time we unteers is because we are growing, not participation from both power and all have to serving as a bartender, because we don’t have great volun- sail boaters to ensure safe sailing, running the Mark Boat, scrubbing the teers now. In fact, if I tried to list eve- challenging racing and a lot of fun. club, serving on a committee, helping ryone who helps now, we would have We have two major events run our Ship’s Store, or putting on a to put out a 50 page jib sheet! So let coming, first the Past Commodore’s Friday at Five, but in doing so you are me say THANK YOU to EVERYONE Cruise to Blakely Island, and then making a very significant contribution for EVERYTHING you have done!) the following week, Mardi Gras in to our success. Not only does the club Remember, it's the water, the boats May (Opening Day.) PC Callery benefit, but I have found that you’ll and the friends! has a full agenda for the Blakely meet some great people! John Gargett, Commodore New Members! Members of the Month Welcome to the BYC’s New Members! These are This month I’m saluting our Past Commodores! the folks who joined us in the past month; please make You may not realize it, but the Past Commodores of them welcome —- and they’re all invited to the New- our Club are big boosters of our BYC! comers’ Social from 5:30-7:30 on Wednesday, April 30, Past Commodores pay no dues, a tradition that be- presented by the Membership Committee (see story op- gan many years ago to offset the huge cost, and time, posite). that goes into their job during their five years of “going Shelagh Considine, 2501 E Street #401, Bellingham, through the chairs” at our Club. But beginning a num- WA 98225, 756-1556, [email protected], no boat yet… ber of years ago, the PC’s founded a local chapter of The Mark Dinello, 1660 N. LaSalle Unit 2502, Chicago, International Order of the Blue Gavel, an organization IL 60614, (312) 961-8478, [email protected], 35’ Beneteau of PC’s around the world, and began collecting funds to sailboat Strictly Pleasure help out the BYC. Many of the PC’s contribute to this Steven & Hope Hanson, 3304 Silver Lane, Belling- fund, often an amount equivalent to, or even more than, ham, WA 98225, 676-4394, [email protected], 28’ Fiber- the present annual dues. Then, each year, the PC’s vote form powerboat Foxylady. to give the Club money for various projects. Cal & Bernetta Leenstra, 514 S. State St., Belling- The PC’s donate $2,500 annually for the Inati Bay ham WA 98225, 734-8250, [email protected], 51’ Jean- outstation lease, and $300 annually to pay out-of-pocket neau sailboat Negotiator. web site costs. They have given more, too: in 2001 they David & Linda Simpson, P. O. Box 322, Bellingham, donated $3,000 for the mirrors on the lounge wall; ear- WA 98227-0322, 647-5342, no boat yet... lier, they donated our big-screen TV. Traditionally Scott & Tammy Walker, 2007 N. State St., Belling- these checks are presented at our Opening Day ceremo- ham, WA 98225, 647-3727, [email protected], no boat nies. The P.C.’s also invite the present Commodore to yet… all their meetings to hear reports on the State of the All of you folks are entitled to roster notebooks and Club and to offer suggestions for the good of the BYC. rosters, refrigerator magnets, pins, decals, and member- Officers of the chapter are P.C. “Bud” Peterson, ship card. If you don’t have all these materials yet, con- President (a job he’s held since its founding); P.C. Bob nect with me at a Friday at Five, the April 30 social, or call Moles, V.P.