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Port Townsend Yacht Club Volume 120 Issue 7 September 2020 Baggywrinkle www.ptyc.net ALL PTYC EVENTS Commodore’s Column: SUBJECT TO Boating — COVID-19 Style 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 Most of our boating this summer has been anchoring out. We cruised to Sept. 2 PTYC Board Meeting, Wed., 1:30pm via various places in the San Juan Islands ZOOM including Reid Harbor at Stuart Island, Sept. 8, Tues., General and discovered Cypress Island’s little Meeting, 6:30pm via ZOOM establish the Nominating gem of Pelican Bay. We also cruised Committee for the PTYC to Sucia Island’s Echo Bay four times. 2021 Officers and Board Yes, Sucia just might be our favorite! It appears that Sucia is everyone’s Sept. 12, Attend Virtual Wooden Boat Festival, paradise, as it has been very crowded, see website: counting over 80 boats in Echo Bay, https://virtualwbf.org/ (see page 5) but there’s always room for one more. With miles of trails, kayaking and Sept. 12, Participate in Virtual Wooden Boat exploring, it leaves ample space for Festival, see website: everyone. It was nice to see a few https://woodenboat.org/ participate-in-virtual- PTYC members up in the islands. festival/ (see page 5) I’m writing this article while sitting on (Continues on page 3) the deck of Rain Shadow at Pleasant Harbor. It’s nearing 95 degrees today, Reminder: Board Meetings are always but a slightly cool breeze off the water open to any member. This is is keeping us comfortable. What a your Yacht Club and we hope to see you on ZOOM. glorious day for reading, kayaking and Contact the Commodore dropping the crab pots. for details. [email protected] (Concludes on Page 2) Page 2 Baggywrinkle September 2020 Commodore’s Column (concludes): Boating — COVID-19 Style Pleasant Harbor provides its guests with plenty of room for social distancing and we feel very comfortable here. Boaters are diligent wearing masks on the dock and enjoying very small gatherings of 6 or less on their boats. It appears others feel more comfortable alone on their boats, but are still able to socialize with the boats in slips next to them and passersby on the dock, while maintaining distance. Members, I think we can do this and be safe with a few creative safety adjustments. We are looking forward to planning cruises and being back on the water as a club in 2021; but, it remains questionable about indoor clubhouse events for the time being. Fleet Captain Elizabeth Eisenhardt will be conducting a Cruise Planning meeting on October 10th via ZOOM. I encourage everyone to attend virtually. We’d like to know where YOU would like to cruise in 2021. Start thinking about it now and watch for more information from Elizabeth on the details and instructions on how to sign up to attend. We also plan to give ZOOM a try for the September 8th General Meeting. ZOOM is easy to use and free. You can attend via your smartphone, laptop, desktop or tablet. There is nothing to download on your end, just click on the link in your invitation from me, pour yourself a beverage, and raise a toast to your PTYC friends, in the safety of your own home. This first ZOOM meeting will be a test and we will perfect it as we go. September is the time we select a Nominating Committee, looking ahead to elect officers for 2021. Cindy Walsh has volunteered to head up this Committee, again. If you would like to be on this committee, contact Cindy at 360-301-3050, or let us know at our September 8th General Meeting being held via ZOOM. More information regarding ZOOM is coming as September 8th nears. Stay tuned. We have been successfully conducting Board meetings via ZOOM since March. No, it’s not the same as being there in person, but won’t it be nice to see the smiling faces of your friends? We hope to see everyone on ZOOM, Tuesday, September 8th at 6:30pm. This will be a chance to give it a try before the October 10th planning meeting. You can contact anyone on the Board for help with ZOOM or should you want to give it a trial run, before September’s meeting. As your Commodore, no one will be happier than me to have our clubhouse events and cruises back to normal! It’s been a tough year for everyone. Stay safe and stay healthy. Commodore Debbie Volume 120, Issue 7 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. Oct. 7, PTYC Board Meeting, Specifically, Canada does not allow pleasure boats to cross Wed., 1:30pm via ZOOM their border, per the Waggoner Cruising Guide. Updates will be posted to our website ptyc.net, as they become available. Oct. 10, PTYC 2021 Cruising Ilona Bell, Editor Planning Session, Sat., 9:00am via ZOOM (see page 21) Oct. 13, Tues., 6:30pm General Meeting via ZOOM nominating the slate of 2021 PTYC Officers and Board Nov. 1, Daylight Savings Time begins, Sun., 2:00am Visit “WHO'S WHO?” (for Members Only) online at: ptyc.net to see if your photo is posted. If not, a Nov. 4, PTYC Board Meeting, designated photographer will be at our meetings on a Wed., 1:30pm via ZOOM quarterly basis to snap your picture for “WHO’S Nov. 10, Tues., 6:30pm General WHO?” —- our Club’s photo catalogue Meeting via ZOOM approving the featuring our current membership. slate of 2021 PTYC Officers and Board You can also update your posted photo. Nov. 26, Thanksgiving Holiday We look forward to seeing you around—–-literally!! Dec. 2, PTYC 2021 & 2020 Joint Paul Happel and Joe Burson Board Meeting, Wed., 1:30pm via ZOOM “Here’s lookin’ at you, kid!” Dec. 8, Tues., 6:30pm General Meeting via ZOOM Dec. 25, Christmas Day Holiday January 1, 2021 HAPPY NEW YEAR Click here for a Jefferson County COVID-19 Update SALISH SEA MARINA UPDATES Page 4 Baggywrinkle September 2020 PTYC Opens Recruitment for 2021 Treasurer We are taking nominations for our 2021 PTYC Treasurer. Contact our 2021 Nominating Committee: Cindy Walsh (360-301-3050), Mary Schefstrom (503-410-4568), or Rhonda Turner (360-798-9543) to make your nomination. Or better still, let them know that YOU would like to volunteer to be our 2021 Treasurer. To learn more about this PTYC Board position, contact Jim Pivarnik (360-301- 4250) . Again, I’d like to thank Paul Eisenhardt for his 2 ½ years of dedicated Treasurer duties. He carried us through a time of transition with QuickBooks and difficult accounting changes. Paul went above and beyond the call of duty. We also need to thank our current Past Commodore Jim Pivarnik for “wearing two hats” to finish out 2020 — as acting Treasurer on top of his Past Commodore responsibilities. We have some very dedicated PTYC members! Commodore Debbie Williams PROJECT RACCOON PTYC Members Jim Gorski and Duane Madinger, along with Bob Williams (not shown this time) working the damage from raccoons that have shredded the underside of our Clubhouse floor. A trapping service has already trapped one. PTYC Member Katie Habegger Volume 120, Issue 7 Baggywrinkle Page 5 PTYC GARAGE SALE SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17th, 2020 CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 Co-chairs Katie Habegger and Kathy Painter Generous PTYC Members and others have donated $2,000 to our PTYC Scholarship Fund, in memory of Past Commodore Kenny Mikkelson! PTYC Member Dan Newland is now the local Point Wilson Sail and Power Squadron Commander. 2020 VIRTUAL WBF September 12th Attending details at: https://virtualwbf.org/ Molly and Arabella meeting in Anacortes in the Participation details at: grass area between O and C dock. Kathy https://woodenboat. and Bruce Painter (Northern Sage) running org/participate-in- into Macy Galbreath and Bill Rothert (Lady). virtual-festival/ Yes . Molly is really in this picture . Look closely at Kathy’s feet. LOL Page 6 Baggywrinkle September 2020 Our Maiden Voyage Aboard “Farfrumwurken ” Tim’s sister Nannette and her husband Buzz joined us on our first, week-long excursion aboard our 45’ Bayliner. We left Port Hadlock Marina, heading south around Whidbey Island, anchoring out there, then continued through the Channel along La Conner, stopping at Cap Sante Marina in Anacortes for the night and then onto Snoring Bay at Sucia, in the San Juan Islands. The first night, we anchored out at Langley and the dinghy motor died on the way to the dock. Four of us in the dinghy, an oar for two of us, and Tim trying to get the motor started, made for lots of laughs; but, 200 feet later, we tied up. The next adventure was the inverter going haywire when we plugged into power at Cap Sante. With a generator and solar panels, we decided to head on to Sucia. We had a great time there. We made our way home from Sucia and were about two thirds of the way across the Strait, when we lost rudder control! Tim, aka Captain Crabby (due to his skills at calling dungies into our pots) brought us in just fine with the twin engines! It was a bit trying at times, but Tim was amazing. His sister sang him a cheer when we docked.