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. (he succeeded Jerry Main in this post); me at 739-1528, and I’ll get you your “kit”. Thanks! and P.C. Steve Ross, Secretary. The group meets — Joe Coons quarterly, appropriately in the Commodore’s Room! APRIL 2003 THE JIB SHEET PAGE 3 Plan Now for RVYC Cruise! Featured Co-Cruising Chair Quinn Selsor advises that it is not too early to start thinking about signing up for the Royal Victoria Yacht Club Cruise the last Advertisers weekend in June. This well-attended annual event takes advantage of the BELLINGHAM YACHT SALES & Canadian July 1 "Canada Day". Since many RVYC members go cruising, we CHARTERS have been caring for get their vacant slips when we visit their club on a free reciprocal basis. powerboaters’ buying, selling, and Most BYC boats will arrive Friday, June 27 and stay through Tuesday, chartering needs for nearly 30 years! July 1, if they can. As in prior years the event will include a buffet luncheon As dealers for the magnificent (on Saturday) at the Empress Hotel followed by activities of your choice at the Sabreline and Albin boats, Dean, Royal B.C. Museum and the National Geographic I-Max theatre. A Sunday Nick and their associates can offer brunch on the Royal Vic's Clubhouse lawn is always a favorite too. A catered you a fine new boat to meet nearly dinner at the club is planned for Sunday evening. any need, and as brokers, they have Because the holiday falls on a Tuesday, the number of slips available to access through their contacts to us on the weekend might be limited; Selsor doesn’t want to have to set a limit thousands of boats offered by the on the number of BYC boats. He advises you to get your name on the list world’s brokers. You’ll see many of ASAP. He already has six names, mostly repeaters who remember last year’s their offerings at their exclusive wonderful fun-filled weekend. Get your name on the list by calling or send- dock at 1801 Roeder Avenue #174, ing an e-mail to Quinn and Roberta Selsor at rqselsor@ msn.com or by call- or you can call them at 671-0990. ing one of them at 676-5709. Or check their Web site, www.bellinghamyachts.com.

First Frostbite Race Report TOP TO BOTTOM INC. : The most One would not expect that those suited up for the Artic could possibly qualified in the harbor at what they have any influence with the weather gods but….an intrepid few ( actually do! The crew of hard-working divers, almost a dozen) took the chance Saturday, March 8th, and won! Snow was on detailers, and other pros reporting to the horizon as Catspaw, Blackfoot and Carrera ventured into the wet, white BYC Member Roger Schjelderup will and grey (did I mention cold?), but then they were rewarded with an excellent buff, wax, dive, bottom paint, var- day of racing. At the start, the sky rose, the islands appeared, even a hint of nish, scrub, paint, and make repairs sunshine was found. Winds real close to 8 knots (perfect!!) from the north- to your cherished boat, and, Heaven west made the course almost true. Blackfoot came in first followed by Car- forbid, even salvage it if it sinks, or rera and then Catspaw close behind (Al left the spinnaker at home). As we tow it when needed. Unlike left the boats heading for après-racing in the club, the snow returned, blan- “transients” claiming to do the same keting the bay once more; we awaited the next Frostbite Race on March 22. work, Top to Bottom gets it done What’s next on the horizon? Our “Numb Bum” series starts on April 9, right, year after year, and they do it (after daylight savings time starts April 6th). I can smell dinner from Jack honestly and completely, and stand Delay’s Island Reflections already. Registration is NOW!! Check the yacht behind each and every job. Call club for registration forms (on display by the door) or download the forms Roger at Top to Bottom, 671-7022; from our website www.byc.org. Remember your PHRF and PIYA certificates. they’re in the Harbor Mall. Our cruising class is enhanced this year to include adjustable cruising handi- caps, use your spinnaker or not, carry that anchor, furling is OK. And don’t forget the Vendovi Island Long Distance race on April 19th. New Member Another exciting, relaxing, challenging race year is upon us. Sign up TODAY!! Al Callery, Sailing Fleet Captain Social on 4/30 A Newcomers’ Social will be held on Wednesday, April 30 from VARC Race Week July 20-27 5:30 to 7:30 at the BYC for all new Ready for wonderful racing criss-crossing Georgia Strait? The Vancouver members who joined September, Area Racing Council (VARC) presents the 3rd edition of VARC Race Week 2002 or later! BYC Officers and July 20th – 27th, 2003, sponsored by Beneteau. From Vancouver, race to Silva Trustees will be present to answer Bay, Pender Harbour, Schooner Cove and Gibsons, with laydays at the beau- questions. Refreshments will be tiful marinas in Pender Harbour and Schooner Cove, and the opportunity to provided by Gail Walker. Invita- golf, kayak, hike or just while away a lazy summer day. There will be lots of tions will be sent to the new mem- prizes and awards and great parties after each race day. Register for the full bers, followed by phone calls as a eight days or the days that fit your schedule. Register before June 1, 2003, reminder for the event and Opening you will save 20% off the fee. For full details call Anne Pustil, 604-879-6092. Day on May 3rd. —Roberta Selsor PAGE 4 THE JIB SHEET APRIL 2003

U THE BYC MAIN SHEET— SAVE IT / POST IT U APRIL 2003 April 2003 4, 18 Fridays at Five. 5-7PM, bring appetizers (see p. 5) Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 17 Board Meeting. 6PM (Finance Committee 5:30). Open to all members. Call:Comm. Gargett, 734-3499. 1 2 3 4 5 19 Club Scrub. 9AM to noon, free lunch afterwards. Contact: John Asmundson, 734-7591 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 19 Movies at 7:00. See story Page 1.

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 25-27 Annual Past Commodore’s Cruise to Blakely Is- land. Contact: Karen Callery, 676-0784

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 30 New Member Reception. See story p. 3.

SAILING EVENTS: Contact Al Callery, 676-0784 27 28 29 30 9, 16, 23, 30 BYC Numb Bum 1, 2, 3, 4 1800 Hours 19 Vendovi Island Long Distance Race 1000 Hours May 2003 MAY 2003 2,16 Fridays at Five. 5-7PM, try to bring appetizers Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 - 3 - OPENING DAY! Reception, Ceremonies, Boats Away, Parties, Awards. Tim Mumford, 733-4353

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 15 Board Meeting. 6PM (Finance Committee 5:30). 23-26 Annual Ganges Memorial Day Cruise. Contact: 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Joe Coons 739-1528/[email protected] SAILING EVENTS: Contact Al Callery, 676-0784 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 7,14,21,28 BYC Spring Series Races 1, 2, 3, 4 1800 Hours 10 Around Lummi I. Race 1000 Hours 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 17-18 Ski-Sea Junior Regatta

24-25 RVYC Swiftsure Race June 2003 JUNE 2003

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 6,20 Fridays at Five. 5-7PM, try to bring appetizers

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 19 Board Meeting. 6PM (Finance Committee 5:30). Open to all members. Call:Comm. Gargett, 734-3499.

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 27-30 Royal Vic Y/C Cruise. See page 3. SAILING EVENTS: Contact Al Callery, 676-0784 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 4,11,18,25 BYC Spring & Summer Races 5,1,2,3 1800 Hours 14 WOW/Etchells Spring Regatta 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 21-22 Point Roberts Race

29 30 BAR HOURS: THURSDAY-SATURDAY, 5—9 PM, PLUS RACING WEDNESDAYS. APRIL 2003 THE JIB SHEET PAGE 5

CAPTAIN HOMIE’S RECIPROCAL CRUISING Retired Member Frank Richardson, “Captain Homie”, from time to time sends us communiqués… I come to the South Sound twice a year. (Anything RBAW at BYC in April South of Alki Point “South Sound” to me, and it has some On April 4th at the Friday at 5 RBAW folks will of the best Reciprocals.) attend for a short talk about our Recreational Boat Des Moines Y/C is nice. Margaret, the caretaker Owners’ Association of Washington and a short Q&A (she and her husband were voted Boating Family of the Session. Then, on Saturday, April 5th, RBAW has re- Year) is usually there to give you a key. Getting thru the served the Ward Room for its meeting with the Council gate to your boat is a trip. First the way you have to open of B.C. Yacht Clubs. Interested BYC members are in- the gate means you must use both hands. And when the vited to attend both events. The Saturday meeting will gate closes as you leave to go up to town, you get a pretty start at 1000 and end about 1400-1500. RBAW has good idea of what the doors sound like at McNeil Island! made arrangements for lunch to be served, but it’s past Tacoma Y/C has a killer Sunday Brunch (they’re the reservation cut-off time. Of course, you can just walk kind of famous for it). Excellent security. I love listening over one of the other restaurants and grab a sandwich, to the wolves and coyotes singing from over at Pt. Defi- or maybe RBAW can squeeze you in! Info is on the web- ance. My little scooter works great when I’m down here; site WWW.RBAW.ORG about the meeting. in fact it’s great just about everywhere I use it… Oro Bay Y/C was one of the best places that I stayed in South Sound. I met the harbormaster, and he gave me a ride to the Country Store. It’s worth seeing, I Ganges Trip May 23-26 found out from a local exactly how far it was to the store, Joe & Judy Coons are the cruisemasters for the 7.2 miles round trip, but often people will offer you a annual Memorial Day Cruise to Ganges Marina on ride. No cops on the Island. Hitch hiking is accepted. The Saltspring Island May 23-26. Some boats will go Friday, numbers for the combination have never been changed! while others will arrive Saturday, with the return set for At Quartermaster Y/C they don’t change them ei- Memorial Day Monday, May 26. ther! They repaved the path — a hillside tram would As last year, the boats will take a Sunday excursion, have really been nice, the climb to the road is pretty probably to Montague Harbor for a picnic and hike; but physical! I did okay with it. Glen McCormick (old Vashon the Coonses have some other ideas up their sleeve, in- family) is the caretaker. He has a new Cape Cod Cat sail- cluding a Saturday dock party and “dinner out”. boat that he lives on. Real wide, but lots of room. He’s If you have questions, call Joe at (360) 739-1528, or spent a lot of time at sea in his younger days. e-mail him at [email protected]. Last year about 10 I found out that in about 120-140 feet of water, north boats attended the event, and this year Joe is hoping for of the Nisqually Flats are some big crab. And I found two a bigger turnout. “After all”, he says, “It may be the clubs that I’m going to try and get reciprocal with: One is only easy way to visit Canada —- and it’s cheap!” the South Sound Sailing Society. If you stay at Percival Landing, when you fill out the pay envelope you just write in SSSS and they pick up the tab (not sure for how many nights). And Olympia Y/C is right next door, fun. SPECIAL MEMOS I also learned that April 5th the Shelton Y/C has a Remember to check the bartending schedule if Oyster-Ham fund raising dinner that I plan to attend. I you’re a bartender! You’re responsible for securing a re- have some nice friends at Shelton. I’ll be presenting them placement if you’re unavailable. with a BYC Burgee to hang with the rest of their collec- Members can use the BYC Reciprocal Dock for tion. So now I have two reasons, six months apart, to go loading and unloading when it’s available, but try to there. Perfect. I love it when I can add structure to my keep it open during the May-September season for our life, lest I just be wandering around aimlessly. visitors. You must register if you’re stayting overnight, The South Sound Cruising Club has its reciprocal and Members do pay the $3 fee for electricity if used. at Swanton Marina (slips 219&221). They have a mail- BYC Members should follow the same ruyles as other in-refund-back setup. This is the best place to do laundry dock visitors. South of Bainbridge Island. I never got to check out the There’s lots of good information at the BYC crab-spot. The day before they closed the season until???? Web Site, BYC.ORG! You find the yearbook (but not With my pass for the Marine Parks, $110, I need 6.8 members names and addresses); ship’s store info; sched- stays at a dock to get my money’s worth — no problem! ules, and lots of good links to other sites from the redes- Homie creates pictures with under 1000 words, and is igned BYC web site which is maintained by volunteer found cruising or at his e-mail address, capt.homie Dick Grimshaw. Check it out… @pocketmail.com. He is the BYC Reciprocal Chairman. —-Joe Coons BELLINGHAM YACHT CLUB 2625 Harbor Loop, Bellingham WA 98225 Phone: (360) 733-7390 Fax: (360) 733-3601 E-Mail: [email protected] Printed in U.S.A.

The JIB SHEET Club Newsletter for APRIL, 2003

Joe Coons Jib Sheet Editor 739-1528 / [email protected] Kelsey Overby, Frank Richardson, & John Vigor Contributors

2001-2002 Officers & Trustees: John Gargett Commodore 734-3499 Marlene Bolster Vice Commodore 671-5772 Richard Veach Rear Commodore 647-0720 Tim Mumford Fleet Captain 733-4353 Peter Smith Secretary 671-6887 Karen Callery Immediate Past Commodore 676-0784 Trustees who meet 3rd Thursday of each month at 6:00PM: Don Dangelmaier, Jamie Foti, Karen Heggem, Dick Johnson, Ray Nelson, Meredith Ross, Quinn Selsor, and Roger Van Dyken Blue Gavel/Past Commodores Officers: W. S. “Bud” Peterson President Bob Moles Sr. Vice President Steve Ross Secretary

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