Annual Meeting 2021 - An opportunity for all members to participate by Gerry Kamilos, Northern California Fleet, CYA Rear Commodore Classic Yacht Association Annual Members’ Meeting Keynote Speaker Do you know someone who has traveled from the His program, Travels with Geordie, is dedicated to East coast of Canada to its West coast with a dog, an the restoration of M/V Zephyrus and most recently old Range Rover, and an Air Stream in tow? restoring M/V Geordie. Geordie is named after his long time pup and companion who recently passed Do you know someone who ended up in Victoria six over the bar (eight bells for Geordie). years ago and fell in love with a Monk (a boat)? Peter will be the Keynote Speaker at the Classic Possibly, you know someone who has two early Yacht Association’s Annual Meeting. Peter will not be 1950’s tri-cabin Monks; and lives on one of them giving lessons about replacing an old Perkins engine while restoring the other? with a new Beta engine or on caulking plank seams. Peter will instead talk about the passion, purpose, Lastly, this person you may know, has their own You- persistence, pride, and ethos of being a steward of a Tube channel with over 18,000 subscribers, has over classic yacht. 200 episodes, and posts a new episode every Satur- day on restoring old motor yachts from Victoria BC. All Classic Yacht Association members are invited to listen to Peter’s virtual presentation at 11AM PST If you know Peter Knowles, then that is who we are on Saturday January 16, 2020. (See page 3 for the talking about. Peter, with the reliability of an Ed Monk Agenda of this year’s Zoom meeting.) design, has given thousands of classic yacht enthu- siasts lessons in almost anything one can think of to restore a classic wood-hull yacht every week for over five years. Peter Knowles in front of M/V Geordie during his Christmas Down- town Episode (#208). photo from a screen grab, B Shain CLASSIC YACHT ASSOCIATION WINTER 2021 From the Commodore Diane E. Lander Pacific time each day and continuing for approxi- mately three hours each day. Lots of agenda items Greetings from your Commodore! are being planned, and your bridge is hard at work planning to make the Well, we have made it to meeting interesting and the end of 2020. What a well worth attending. year and who would have Rear Commodore Gerry thought that we would Kamilos from the North- be living with a pandemic ern California fleet will be all year? When our first the meeting host. The Pacific Northwest Fleet Zoom link will be sent event of the year was out several times, close canceled because of 40 to the meeting so you - knot winds our annual don’t lose among your gathering at the base of messages. Watch the the Space Needle aboard CYA website for more our boats to watch the details, and also see the Space Needle firework on article in this newsletter - New Year’s Eve of 2020 with details intended who would have thought The CYA flagship, the Marian II, a 1928 Lake Union to whet your appetite. I that our entire calendars Dreamboat, all decked out for holiday cruising. loved the virtual Wooden photo courtesy of D Lander in every fleet would be Boat Festival in Septem- largely canceled by the ber put on by the Northwest Maritime Center in Port pandemic? Hopefully we will be able to gather again Townsend, and am hopeful that our Annual Meeting for some events in 2021 – with the vaccine on the will be just as well attended and interesting! We are way things are looking up. not calling this event the Annual Meeting and Change of Watch like we usually do – as it will not include any I don’t know about the rest of you, but going over Change of Watch this year. The bridge has decided to see my boat and getting in some limited cruising on a “do over” for 2021. Since everything was can- was the highlight of 2020 for me. I don’t know what celed, your bridge is serving another one year term in I would have done without my boat, and my ever our current positions. faithful French bulldog companions. I read that up to 50% of people are suffering from depression during I will look forward to addressing you at the Annual the pandemic. I hope that all of you are counting Meeting and will explain what I hope to accomplish at your blessings. We lost a number of members over the helm of our 51 year old organization in 2021. the year, including at least one death due to the pandemic. Let’s all count our blessings and move Stay healthy, wear your mask, forward in a positive way in 2021. wash your hands, and take good care of your old boat! I am currently getting ready to spend the Christmas holiday with my sister and brother in law. It will be just us, of course! Since they live outside of my household in nearby Port Ludlow, Washington, our holiday attire will include masks and facial shields. We intend to stay safe until the vaccine has been administered to all of us, hopefully sooner rather than later. Our Association Annual Meeting will be held virtually on January 16 and 17, 2021 starting at 9 AM Diane is prepared for our COVID-19 world. 2 photo by D Lander CLASSIC YACHT ASSOCIATION WINTER 2021 Annual meeting 2021 - January 16 & 17 by Bill Shain, Pacific Northwest Fleet & Editor of Classic Yachting Historically the Classic Yacht Association has begun Preliminary Agenda the new year with a Change of Watch ceremony and business meeting. Saturday January 16 (meeting will begin at 9:00 am PST) This year’s meeting will be different in several ways. Call to Order Diane Lander First, there will not be an international bridge Change Roll Call Gerry Kamilos of Watch. Because of the circumstances that pre- Approval of Minutes Gerry Kamilos vented our bridge officers from carrying out our Commodore’s Report Diane Lander planned activities in 2020, fleet officers of all fleets and the international association will remain in office Treasurer’s Report Jim Paynton for 2021. Historian Margie Paynton Second, the meeting scheduled for Victoria, BC will Membership Janice Palmer not be held in person because of health and safety Newsletter Bill Shain restrictions, including those of the Canadian govern- Webmaster Rick Etsell ment that currently prevents travel from the US to Canada. Yacht Registration David Hutchausen 501(c)3 Task Force Gerry Kamilos Third, the meeting will be held by Zoom. This pro- vides numerous benefits: Fleet Reports Fleet Commodores • Zoom is an electronic platform that will enable all Keynote Speaker(11:00 am) Peter Knowles members to participate. Instructions for signing Passion, purpose, persistence, pride, and ethos of into the meeting are available on the Association classic yacht ownership website. • Since travel will not be necessary, all members Nominations Committee Scott Andrews will be able to take part in the meeting with an Election of Officers & Scott Andrews internet connected computer or tablet. Directors • A richer program can be planned, bringing par- ticipants from all of our fleets. For instance, Peter Adjournment Diane Landers Knowles will be our keynote speaker. If you have After Meeting Visits Breakout rooms watched any of his YouTube segments you will have a preview of his knowledge of, and passion for, our classic boats. Sunday January 17 • Use of chat, questions, and break-out rooms (meeting will begin at 9:00 am PST) within Zoom will make it possible for us all to Call to Order for New Busi- Diane Lander participate in discussions, CYA business, and ness socially visit. Insurance of Classic Motor Todd Powell This is your Association. Please use this opportunity Yachts to be an active participant. Formation of a Classic Yacht Gerry Kamilos Association Foundation Up-to-date information about the meeting can be obtained at https://cya.wildapricot.org/2021-COW. Yacht Registration David Hutchausen Discussion Adjournment Diane Lander After Meeting Visits Breakout rooms 3 CLASSIC YACHT ASSOCIATION WINTER 2021 Keep on the Sunny Side - Taking electric motors to the next level by Joe Grez, CEO of PropEle Electric Boat Motors I’ve always been an active boater and have been release), local environment (noise, smell, soot, marine partial to classic sailing and classic powerboats. I life impact), safety (fumes, fire, explosion), reliability designed the EP Carry Electric Outboard to serve (filters, fuel lines, spark, injectors, air cleaners, spark ship to shore applications on portable boats but arrestors, exhaust thru hulls etc.), maintenance (see recently we’ve been drawn reliability), cost (no refueling, to demonstrating limitless maintenance, tow services), range concepts using solar. and vastly better torque and After considerable effort it’s control. On the downside, clear that solar plus classic there is range. hulls represent an enlight- ened pairing, not only from a Range is the first thing performance standpoint, but people think of - nobody from a historical context. wants to “run out”. In my 35 years innovating new Electric boating started products, I’ve seen a lot in the early to mid-1800s. of tech replaced. In every Between 1890 and 1920, The all electric Sunny Side with EP Carry and solar case we run into the same arrays as described. Photo contributed by J Grez. electric had become the inescapable mindset issue. most popular European Successful new tech always recreational propulsion means (besides sails and requires a difference in thinking, but always offers oars).