Ship-to-ShoreShip-to-Shore The South Sound Sailing Society’s Newsletter Volume 42 Issue 10 June 2013 http://www.ssssclub.com June Meeting: Awards, Election, Potluck Soldier Sailing June 1 Come one, come all! To the finest feast of the season! The tables will be groaning with excellent food as Members bring their best recipes to the OYC deck for the traditional Potluck Star Spring Series 1 June 3 on the second Tuesday in June, the 11th. Doors open a half-hour earlier than usual, at 1800 hours, to allow for a long evening of conviviality. Bring along friends, family, anyone who Wednesday Race 2 loves good food, and good June 5 sailing tales! Thursday Racing, Night 2 Burgers and fixin’s are June 6 supplied, along with a LifeSling selection of frosty June 8 beverages. Please remember to bring plates and Star Spring Series 2 June 10 silverware for yourself and your guests. We will be Awards Potluck Elections missing our Master June 11 Grillmeister this year: Thera Visitors Welcome Doors open at 1800, Meeting starts 1830 Black will be on another adventure during June, so First Wednesday Series Race 3 have pity on those of us June 12 working hard at the grills to June Cruise take her place! June 15-6 This is the last meeting of Black Star Regatta photo:Steve Worcester More Black Star photos on line Barb Stuart Star Clinic the 2012-2013 membership June 16 year, and includes awards presented by Race Chair Joel Rett for top racing honors this year and Cruise Chair Glen Star Spring Series 1 Hellman for the most dedicated cruising folks; see their articles for more information. Also June 17 important at this meeting is the election of new Club officers; read more about the officer First Wednesday Series Race 4 candidates elsewhere in this newsletter. See you, appetite and plate in hand, on June 11th! Burger Night Micki McNaughton, The Stargazer June 19 IF YOU ARE PARKING AT OYC FOR THE MEETING SIGN IN AT THE DOOR. Thursday Racing, Summer Series June 20 Commodore’s Corner: Star Spring Series 2 When I looked for a way to get more active in the Olympia sailing scene 25 years ago, the June 24 SSSS was there welcoming one and all. It is nice to see some things don't change. It’s has been Second Wednesday Series Race 1 both an honor and pleasure to represent such a fine Club. We finish our Membership year with June 26 a legendary potluck and awards ceremony, and a changing of watch. Ex-Board Members step aside, while the new are ushered in. Barbara Stuart Memorial Regatta June 29 I hope you will join me in thanking Board Members for their long-time service to the Club: the Board. Past Commodore and organizer extraordinaire Micki McNaughton; Vice- Star Summer Series 1 Commodore Debe Andersen thanks for having my back; Secretary Barbara Emmons and July 1 Treasurer Terri Coe, thanks for keeping us all legal!; Member-at-Large "Mr. I make it happen" Independence Cruise Bill Hutchinson; keeping the on the water action coming Race Chair Joel Rett, Cruise Chair July 3 Glen Hellman, and Reciprocal Moorage Manager Dave Moorehead; keeping everyone Star Summer Series 2 refreshed House Chair Eric Nystuen; Ship-to-Shore Editor-web mater and scorer among other July 8 things, our very own "Mr. energy" Steve Worcester. Keeping the Club an force on the Puget sound race circuit, are long-time volunteers Toliva Shoal Race Chair Don Waterhouse; and Second Wednesday Series Race 2 Southern Sound Series Rep. Dave Knowlton, PIYA Rep. is Eric Egge. Finally, for continuing July 10 and excellent relationship with OYC, Fleet Captain Sail and liaison with SSSS Susie Zuelke Thursday Night Racing, Series 2 and Rick Antles. See you on the water, July 11 Richard Bigley, Osa Star Summer Series 1 July 15 2 NEW COURSES : AWARDS : RACE TO STRAITS : SSSS CALENDAR Ship-to-Shore June 2013 Second Wednesday Series Race 3 Summer Cruise Roundup MID SUMMER’S CRUISE July 17 BLAKE ISLAND, JULY 20-21 FATHER’S DAY CRUISE Thursday Night Racing, Series 2 EAGLE ISLAND, JUNE 15 & 16 OK, it’s a ways up there, just across July 18 Join us to celebrate dear old dad at Eagle Island from Seattle, but hey … IT’S JULY! If Mid Summer Cruise on the north side of Anderson Island, between you’re out cruising anyway, just plan on a July 20-21 Anderson and stop coming or McNeal Islands. In going at Blake Star Summer Series 2 Island. Or, it’s a July 22 the past, the Engvall family has very nice one or Second Wednesday Series Race 4 providing a place two day cruise up. Burger Night for the potluck on Catch the tide July 24 their property on running through Star Summer Series 1 Oro Bay, but this Tacoma Narrows July 29 year scheduling just and you can ride it doesn’t work so all the way up Secretary’s Series Race 1 Colvos Passage to July 31 we’re moving it to Eagle Island. There Blake Island. Thursday Racing, August Series are several mooring We’ll shoot for a August 1 buoys there and the pot-luck at 1800 as usual. Star Summer Series 2 anchorage is good. August 5 On the island there END OF is a wonderful SUMMER Secretary’s Series Race 2 beach and a couple August 7 of picnic tables. COVE first start 1830 Miss Conduct, Spring Series photo: Bill Sheldon JARRELL Eagle Island is a More Spring Series photos on line Star Summer Series 1 great place to watch COVE, August 12 seals frolic in the morning. Potluck at 1800. AUGUST 17-18 It’ll be bakin’ in August, I predict. So Secretary’s Series Race 3 INDEPENDENCE DAY CRUISE come get cool at this beautiful state park August 14 BOSTON HARBOR JULY 3-4 on Hartstene Island. Lots of dock space Thursday Racing, August Series Boston Harbor brings in a large barge with and buoys and we’ll plan a pot-luck again August 15 some of the most awesome fireworks you’ll see. ‘round 1800. Single-handed Races And, we all get a ring-side seat, at anchor, in So I hope to see many of you out there August 17 Boston Harbor Bay. They’ll not be a pot-luck for cruising this summer. Since this is the last this one. But, raft up to any friendly Member and newsletter for awhile, let’s do our End of Summer Cruise it’s sure to be a party. Just bring lots of munchies communicating via e-mail. I’m at August 17-18 and treats to share. The fireworks are on the [email protected]. Jack & Jill Races evening of the 3rd. Glen & Ann, Midnight Blue August 18 first start 1500 Pre-Order Your 2013-2014 SSSS Calendar Star Summer Series 2 Summer racing is upon us. Aren’t you glad you didn’t have to input all those June sailing August 19 dates on your calendar? Wait, you had to write them in yourself? Then you must not have the Secretary’s Series Race 4 2012-2013 SSSS 13-month calendar. If you do, you know that all the Meetings, race and Burger Night Cruise dates, regattas, and special events like Soldier Sailing and LifeSling are already input August 21 for you. You’d have incredible photos from Peggy and Dan O’Brien, Jim Findley, Steve Thursday Racing, August Series Worcester, Glen Hunter, Steve Wyant, Jim Johnstone, Bill Sheldon and others gracing your August 29 wall. You’d even have convenient details like holidays, full moons, and daylight savings time reminders already noted. Board Meeting September 3 As we wind down this SSSS year, plan ahead and pre-order a 2013-2014 Calendar. This big, high-quality 13-month calendar will be waiting for you at the first General Meeting in Fall Star Regatta September, complete with the entire upcoming year’s Club schedule and beautiful photos September 7 from this year’s racing and cruising. The September-to-September calendar is just $25 and Fall Dinghy Regatta will get you through to the General Meeting in September 2014. September 8 Pre-ordering helps me know how many to have made and reduces the risk of too many to sell. Unlike t-shirts and ball caps, calendars don’t hold their value well as the year progresses. General Meeting If you want one, or more, please go ahead and shoot me an e-mail to let me know: September 11 [email protected] or [email protected] . Either address works. Visitors Welcome Doors open at 1830, Meeting starts 1900 Thanks, and have a great summer! Thera Black Ship-to-Shore June 2013 grandfather on Long Candidates for the Island Sound, New York, 2013-2014 SSSS Board and Penobscot Bay, Maine. He took a hiatus So that you get to know the SSSS officer from sailing of about 25 candidates a wee bit better, here is a little years, but then moved to about each of them. These are all very Olympia four years ago talented and dedicated folks, and we’re and got back into sailing lucky to have them not only as Members , by connecting with people but soon, officers guiding our Club! Please at the South Sound Sailing take a moment when you see them to thank Society. He crews Some of the new Board, nominated at the May Meeting, them for their service. And offer them any regularly with Joel Rett on left to right: Richard Bigley, Debe Andersen, Jayne Patrick, suggestions for next year that you may Maranatha and with Tony Peter Wyeth, Joel Rett, and Glen Patrick have.