2608 BOYER AVENUE EAST SEATTLE, WA 98102 Phone (206) 709-2000 Volume 74, Number 1 January 2009 dock. On the other hand, some do Don Wilson, has scheduled an enjoy cruising at this time of year. evening of bowling at The Garage. Your Bridge officers will do some The final club event for January is winter cruising of their own when Martini Madness on the 31st, an they host their counterparts in the event chaired by Captain Scott and Grand 14 Yacht Clubs of Puget Tracy McPhee. All these events Sound at the “Officer's Cruise-in,” provide terrific opportunities for held at the Winslow Outstation on members and their guests to be January 23rd through the 25th. For entertained while enjoying the Commodores, it is their final delightful food and beverages. Cruise-in and they essentially become the entertainment for the Last month was an event filled time, weekend, as the Vice and Rear and as usual, there are numerous Commodores from each club people to acknowledge for their conduct a roast of their own work. The Tarettes, after decorating the clubhouse for the holiday COMMODORE DALE ROBERTS Commodore. With the help of adult beverages, it becomes a hilarious season, hosted the Captain's Dinner. COMMODORE’S REPORT time for all. Thank you Tarettes, especially NOVEMBER 2008 Vivian Johnson, for her efforts on January will also see a Friday Night the decorations. Captain Bill Field J anuary is upon us, and for Social on January 16, sponsored by and his committee skillfully many, winter boating doesn't enter P a s t C o m m o d o r e L y n n directed the Special People's into the realm of possibilities. It is Montgomery and other members Holiday Cruise in which our club either too cold, too wet, too windy or who were born in 1938. This social members provided twenty boats to other pursuits become more will be the kickoff event for the take 115 guests out for a cruise on attractive. Often, the easiest choice is QCYC First of Season IPBA race, Lake Washington. The complete to leave your boat securely tied to its which is being held on the 17th. The effort involved 83 volunteers and following day, your Fleet Captain, the entire undertaking went off HIGHLIGHTS index Commodore’s Comments . 1 Outstation Report. 5 January 2009 Docks Committee. 7 Publishing Notice . 8 HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Fleet Captain Calendar. 8 Rear Commodores Report . 4 Jan. 31 QCYC Martini Madness Lighted Boat Parade. 7 Special People’s Holiday Cruise . 5 Looking Ahead . 9 Vice Commodore’s Report . 2 Memoriam. 11-12 Moorage Report. 6 PAGE 2 without a hitch. Next, Captain Larry Chmela; Misti & Ed Allison; Randy Jamerson, the Lighted Boat Pat Rubish; Dorothy & Larry Dubia; FEBRUARY Parade Chairman, did a masterful Susie & Commodore Dale Roberts; FEBRUARY job of organizing an event that was Elaine & V/C Ed Jennerich; Nancy BILGEBILGE PUMPPUMP hit by strong winds and heavy & R/C George Austin. My snow. Friday night's 40mph plus apologies if I omitted anyone. DEADLINEDEADLINE gusts forced the cancellation for that JANUARY 10TH night's parade. Saturday night's Moorage. The Moorage Committee JANUARY 10TH procession was highlighted by will be contacting mooring heavy snow and cold temperatures, m e m b e r s w h o s e i n s u r a n c e making it an evening to remember certificates are not current or who QCYC EMAIL NOTIFICATION for the 26 boats involved. d o n o t h a v e c u r r e n t D O L If you are not currently receiving E-mail notification registration stickers on their boats. from Queen City YC of timely news and informa- The next time you walk through the If you fit in either of these categories tion, and would like to be included, please send an parking lot, stop and admire the would you please see they are E-mail to: [email protected] new cover on the BBQ smoker. brought up to date – it will certainly Captain Phil Strnard donated his save the committee and me a lot of labor and billed the club just for the unnecessary work. The Moorage materials. Thank you Phil, it looks Committee is also addressing the fantastic! The Bridge conducted a issue of “storage boats.” Our goal is fund raiser for Boyer Children's to encourage members to use their Clinic. By merely passing a can boats and to become active in Club around at five different club events, activities. If you know of anyone our members contributed $750. who fits into this category, please With a matching amount, the total encourage them to get involved in donation will be $1500. Thank you the Club and to use their boats. for your contributions! Finally, I'd Alternatively, if they are no longer like to thank Vice Commodore Ed in a position to use their boats, Jennerich and Rear Commodore encourage them to sell or to donate George Austin for the impressive their boat (possibly to the Junior job they have done in carrying out Boating Program). their responsibilities this year. It is really helpful to have such capable Docks. Waterfront Construction Junior Officers and it really makes will begin work on January 5th. my job that much easier. They will be bringing in a work barge which will take up some Dale Roberts space on the reciprocal dock. Art Commodore Mauldin & Waterfront will try to minimize the space and the inconvenience BUT we do have a VICE COMMODORE'S REPORT limited window of opportunity to complete the tasks at hand. (See the W hile the holidays are behind us, message from Art Mauldin and I'd like to take this opportunity to Dave Svendsen elsewhere in The thank the decorating committee of Bilge Pump) the Tarettes, chaired by Vivian Johnson, who made the Clubhouse With the exception of 2 minor items, look so wonderful. I personally the Fire Plan for the docks has been liked the nautical theme -- approved by Seattle Fire Dept. – particularly the sailboats! Thanks to that's the good news. However, this Vivian & Gary Johnson; Kathy & means that the clock is now ticking Mike Fish; Tim & Nadeane for us to complete the tasks required Rutledge; Linda Dishneau; P/C by the plan. For some items, we have a maximum of 7 years to PAGE 3 complete them; others have a shorter completion date. This will be an expensive project – the Docks Committee will be working with Planning and Finance to develop final costs and a strategy on how to phase-in the required work. In addition to the costs, this is a complex project including smoke vents, draft curtains, upgrading our fire standpipes, which will require the commitment of all members in order to complete the project in the time required. Please keep in mind that this work is in addition to our routine dock maintenance and repair program. If you have skills in this type of project management, please contact me. In consultation with the AAC, the conference room upgrades are moving forward on schedule as are the Outstation lighting and N O T I C E updating projects. Thanks also to Moorage payments are due on receipt of billing. Any indebt- Tarette President Kathy Fish and the edness beyond 30 days is cause for suspension. Any indebt- Tarettes for their wonderful support edness unpaid by an additional 60 days is cause for expul- of the Winslow project. sion. In closing, I'd like to make a By-Laws (Article III, Section 8) shameless plug:! After the 1st of the year, I'll begin putting together the committees f o r m y C o m m o d o r e y e a r . All Ceramic China Toilet by Sealand FYI—there are 4 appointive officers (fleet captain, chaplain, surgeon, • Low Power Draw - 15 amps m e a s u r e r ) ; 1 9 S t a n d i n g • No Foot Pedal! C o m m i t t e e s ; 4 0 S p e c i a l • Fresh or Saltwater Flush • Household Size Seat Committees; and 12 Socials & • 12-24 Volt DC Events Committees – THIS IS A • Quieter than Vacuflush TOTAL OF 56 committees. These • No Odors! are the folks that make the Club • 24 Blade Macerating Turbine function. I'm really, really hopeful ! • Easy to Install Yourself there will be continuity in many of ew • We Take Trades the positions but there is always N • No Clogging Design room for additional people. One of • Quiet Flush with Low Water Usage my goals will be to see that there are assistants/or understudies for each M A R I N E S A N I T A T I O N , I N C . of the committees so that we always Come See in Our Showroom have someone who can take over if On Lake Union - Since 1976 the chair is unable to fulfill their 1900 N. Northlake • Seattle, WA 98103 Phone (206) 633-1110 ——Toll Free 1-800-624-9111 r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s w h i l e a l s o developing a pool of experienced PAGE 4 people who can move into those the boats as phone Santa's, which dinghy, on the water side. Then they positions in the future. generated a few odd gift requests called a truck and cleaned the place (by the boat traffic directors).