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From the Helm—Betty Foster, Commodore
Newsletter Vol. 38, No. 10
October 2014
Linda Barrett, Editor
[email protected]
www.shelterbayyachtclub.org
1000 SHOSHONE DRIVE, LA CONNER, WA 98257
October 2014
Shelter Bay Yacht Club
Photos-Jim Barrett
Captain Jim and I are so sorry we were unable to enjoy the end of
season cruise to Sucia Island as I have heard nothing but raves reviews.
You know what they say about boats: “…a hole in the water into which
you pour money”. Right now we are pouring money into a new transmission cooler! Many thanks to Greg and Vanessa Finch, with help from
Rob and Anne Hays, Claus and Turid Dassel, Chris and Darlene
Dailey, Murray and Val Laidley, Mike and Carol Silhan, Jon and
Debbie Galbraith, Dale and Kim Oldis, Ken and Susan Olsen, and
Lynn Ries and Rod Proctor for another memorable yacht club outing.
A total of 29 boats and 62 members enjoyed good food, beautiful sunsets,
and stories around the campfire.
Thanks to Linda Barrett, assisted by Past Commodores Alan and Janet Bargmeyer,
John and Judy Carr, Kirsten and Don Chandler, Bob and Pat Cushman, Wayne Fero
and Norma Seashore, Tom and Dee Ihrig, Roland and Nancy Miller, and Bill and
Jeanice Veselka, we were feted to a very delicious Italian dinner for our first Clubhouse
dinner of the Fall. The dinner was catered by La Traviata Restorante Italiano of La
Conner and featured chicken, veal, pasta and tiramisu. The evening was concluded with
a presentation by Gary and Cindy Ladd about their remarkable journey to the South
Pacific and beyond in their sailboat Distant Shores.
Your SBYC membership renewal notices will be going out this week. Please remember to
thoroughly review your contact information etc. If you would like to update your photo,
contact Rod Proctor and he will schedule a new photo session with you.
The next time someone asks you to volunteer to help with a dinner or a cruise, consider
this: “Individual commitment to a group – that is what makes a team work, a
company work, a society work, a civilization work.” (Vince Lombardi)
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Vice Commodore—Chris Dailey
The nominating committee would like to present the following recommendation of candidates
for next year’s Board positions. Elections will be held at the October dinner meeting on
October 18th.
Rear Commodore – Jim Barrett
Jim retired from the University of Washington in 2001, after a long and
successful career as a department director in the health sciences, and now
enjoys his true love which is boating. Before meeting his wife Linda, Jim
lived on his 35’ Chris Craft “Part Two” and began its first of many remodels.
Jim is a past Commodore of Puget Sound Yacht Club in Seattle. Along with remodeling,
delivering, and captaining his and other boats, Jim has been Shelter Bay Yacht Club’s web
master. Jim always has a smile on his face and loves living in Shelter Bay with his wife
Linda in their waterfront home. To Jim life is supposed to be fun, why else would we be here!
Fleet Captain – Bud Myers
Boating has been part of Bud’s life starting as a kid with an 8’ pram and 10’ run-a-about
with 15HP; when he married Sue he built a 20’ run-a-bout. Many other boats filled the
intervening years until 1992 when Bud and Sue partnered with another couple to
commission “Able Too”, a 42’ General Marine Corporation yacht, which was built as a
handicap accessible boat that they put in charter for 7 years. This vessel has a wheelchair
hydraulic lift that Bud loves to show off! Bud states that having a boat in charter service
was not the most pleasant experience so they bought out their partners and now cruise on
Able Too as their private yacht, which they moor in Shelter Bay Marina. Along the way Bud
and Sue bought a fully restored 1965 Century Resorter and Bud has another wooden boat
project going. Bud and Sue have been very active cruising members of the club and have served as both port
host and dinner host many times.
Treasurer – Bob Cushman
Bob has been a boater since 1957. He held several rankings in the Coast Guard Auxiliary
during his 25 years of membership. Bob and Pat joined Shelter Bay Yacht Club in 2003.
They have been very active as both port hosts and monthly dinner hosts. Bob has served as
Shelter Bay Yacht Club Rear Commodore, Vice Commodore and Commodore from 2006 to
2008. Bob has an extensive background in running a hardware store and working for large
corporations in various production supervision and management positions. They are active
cruisers on the 37’ Californian power boat “Alexis Leigh”.
Trustee – Gary Ladd
Gary has been around boats his entire life, sailing on his Dads 31' Dutch sloop in the North
Sea out of Holland, racing a San Juan 24 in San Francisco and buying their first sailboat in
1983. Gary and Cindy sailed mostly around Commencement Bay but also in San Juans
and Lake Chelan before moving to SF Bay Area in 1998. They bought their current boat, a
Lafitte 44, “Distant Shores” which is a Robert Perry design and Taiwanese built cutter in
2003. After outfitting her they took off for blue water
cruising in 2008, finally returning in September 2013.
Gary and Cindy were members, for a year, at the Ballena
Bay Yacht Club in Alameda and retain membership with
Majuro Yacht Club in Marshall Islands as well as Musket
Cive YC in Fiji. Gary is looking forward to learning the ins and outs of the
yacht club as a trustee before stepping up to other positions of leadership
in the future!
Gary Ladd at the September dinner,
sharing stories about the adventures
that he and Cindy shared on their
boat “Distant Shores”.
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From the Clubhouse—Murray Laidley, Rear Commodore
We are now into the fall dinner season after the very successful Taste of Italy clubhouse
dinner courtesy of Linda Barrett and the Past Commodores.
With our very successful new-member recruiting in 2014 and seeing increasing participation
in the club, I have a favor to ask of you. As is not uncommon in other clubs, the effort and
leadership falls on the capable shoulders of the few. We have what might be called "dinner
host burnout". On the bridge’s "agenda" for 2015 is to identify new owners for clubhouse
and cruise events. I have an almost complete list of hosts for 2015 and have asked each of
them to recruit strong "seconds" into their crews. So please volunteer, or expect a follow up
call in the near future to join a crew.
Now on to dining and dancing courtesy of Judy and John Bennett and their crew on October 18th. See the
attached flyer for all the details. Mark your calendars for the November 15th Greek dinner, hosted by Claus
and Turid Dassel and the Commodore’s Ball on December 13th, hosted by the McKeans and McFarlanes.
Spanakopita
Leftedakita
Tzatziki
Saganaki
If this sounds “Greek” to you—you are right!
Come join us for an Olympic feast catered by the
Greek Islands Restaurant of Anacortes
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Saturday, November 15th
5:30 Happy Hour (BYOB)
6:30 Dinner
Complete menu and details to follow in November Dolphin. Registration will open on October 20th
and will close on November 5th or when filled to capacity, whichever comes first.
Dinner Hosts: Claus & Turid Dassel and crew
Rhapsody in Blue
Masquerade Ball
SBYC annual Commodore’s Ball
Coming December 13th
Mark your calendars for this special evening
OCTOBER 2014—SHELTER BAY YACHT CLUB
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A Ragin’ Cajun, Hot & Spicy Evening
Saturday, October 18th
5:30
Cocktails (BYOB)
6:15
Annual Meeting & Election of 2015 SBYC Officers
6:30
Dinner
7:30
Dance to the Music of
Zydeco Explosion
MENU
Only $15 per person
Spicy Seafood Gumbo over Rice
Show your Ragin’ Cajun spirit !
Green Salad
French Bread
Dessert
Dinner Hosts: John & Judy Bennett
and crew
On-line registration begins on
October 1 and closes on October 10
or when filled to capacity, whichever
comes first.
Checks must be in the box in the
office by October 10 to hold your
reservation. After that, people on
the wait list will be accepted.
Suggested attire is
Red and Black
New Member Coordinator—Valerie Laidley
Shelter Bay Yacht Club has a new member. Here is our newest member to date. Look for
him at our next dinner and say hello to…
Chris Chambers, who has a 40 foot Grand Banks moored on F dock. Chris lives in Shelter
Bay, enjoys boating, tennis and golf. He is looking forward to cruising with the club and
attending club functions.
It was great to meet so many of the new members who have joined the club May and
attended the September dinner.
Anne & John Lastelic
Pat Gerken & Richard Shepard
Vickie & Rich Mellinger
Anna & Bill McCall
Jan & Roger Riediger
Christine & Richard Walsh
SBYC 2014 OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES
Commodore
Betty Foster
466-7468
[email protected]
Vice Commodore
Chris Dailey
770-4553
[email protected]
Rear Commodore Murray Laidley
425-503-0392 [email protected]
Fleet Captain
Pat McGarry
360-399-1065 [email protected]
Treasurer
Deborah McFarlane 466-3038
[email protected]
Secretary
Terry Sigmond
466-1032
[email protected]
Staff Commodore Linda Barrett
466-3027
See directory or web site for personal email
Trustee
Tom Napier
466-0108
See directory or web site for personal email
Trustee
Bob Ellis
466-2109
See directory or web site for personal email
Trustee
Anne Hays
360-544-2787 See directory or web site for personal email
OCTOBER 2014—SHELTER BAY YACHT CLUB
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From the Charthouse,
Pat McGarry—Fleet Captain
The Shelter Bay Yacht Club cruise
to Sucia Island was one that will
certainly be remembered. Those that
left on Tuesday had a great trip up
North while those of us that left on
Wednesday had stiff headwinds and
had to shorten our destination to
Anacortes overnight, which turned
out to be a fun evening. Then the
weather settled and everyone arrived in comfortable
fashion. Sucia Island truly showed herself to be the
“crown jewel” of the Washington State Marine Parks.
2014 Calendar
October
9
Training at the Clubhouse-Jim Barrett
Getting the Most out of the SBYC Website
11
New Member Reception
18
Clubhouse Dinner—John & Judy Bennett
November
13
Training at the Clubhouse
15
Clubhouse Dinner—Claus & Turid Dassel
December
13
Commodore’s Ball—Jackie & Larry
McKean and Deborah & Ron McFarlane
The Board of Directors meets at 9 am the
morning of each club dinner.
Once we arrived we had ideal weather with cloudless
Dolphin articles are due by the 23rd of each
skies, warm evenings, gorgeous sunsets, trails to be
month.
discovered, and geodetic markers to be found. Our
port hosts saw that whoever wanted dock space got it
but it did take some bribery, I heard, and they
planned and executed the event to perfection. Many,
many thanks to our Sucia port hosts Greg and
Vanessa Finch and to their crew of Chris and
Are you excited to start our fall
Darlene Dailey, Mike and Carol Silhan, Claus and
training session on October 9th?
Turid Dassel, Dale and Kim Oldis, Ken and Susan
The kick off topic will be “Getting
Olsen, Murray and Val Laidley and all the others
that helped. Sucia Island is one of those places that as the most out of the SBYC web
site”. Jim Barrett (web master)
soon as you leave you are planning your next visit.
will cruise us through applications
Sucia Island was the last Cruise of 2014, and plans
available and clear any “fog” you
are underway for next year. Our schedule for next
may have about our cool web site.
year will be out shortly. Please consider helping at one
While standing “web site watch”,
of the cruises. It is a great experience.
participate in the online survey of “training session
Now that we are officially into fall, it is time to think
topics”. The survey will be used to discuss and
about some of the preparation we can do to our boats
select future subjects that have the clubs majority
to prepare them for winter. Although most of us have
interests, following the web site training.
some cruising plans for fall, it doesn’t hurt to start
In the mean time please forward suggestions you
thinking about those adjustments we need to make
may have to [email protected] or call me
to our boats to better prepare them for the oncoming
adverse weather. In particular, it would be a good time at (206) 396-3986.
to check our dock lines and shore power cords.
Training Coordinator—
Jack Cheetham
Web Manager—Jim Barrett
Jack Cheetham needs your help. As Training Coordinator, he is putting together this
year’s training program and needs your input on the topics. It is easy to help him.
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Please complete the web survey about training topics by October 7th.
Log in to the SBYC website.
Find and click on the new menu item “SBYC Surveys” on the left side of page.
Click on the SBYC Training Survey.
Answer the questions.
Click Finish.
This is the first trial of doing online surveys so help me out with feedback about any problems you have; we
will get them fixed before the next important survey coming to you very soon from your Commodore.
One more item, there are a number of “for sale” items on the SBYC Classified Ads menu. Please buy something and help me empty my garage. Also put up your own ad—it’s easy.
OCTOBER 2014—SHELTER BAY YACHT CLUB
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10/02
Mike and Dottie Price
10/8/2005
9
years
Marilyn Larsen
10/03
Pete and Carol Hayes
10/9/1965
49
years
Sue Agramonte
10/05
Tom and Elizabeth Richards
10/9/2011
3
years
Dick Houser
10/05
Peter and Kathleen Harradine
10/10/1980
34
years
Marianna Metke
10/05
John and Janet Gifford
10/22/1994
20
years
Gail Andrade
10/07
Rod and Sylvia Remington
10/23/1981
33
years
Ben Tjersland
10/07
Dennis Large' and Susan Brown 10/31/2013
1
years
Tom Burke
10/08
Peggy Duehning
10/10
Anthony Gobernatz
10/10
Jim Barrett
10/13
Skip Gates
10/14
Lee Gobernatz
10/17
Don Chandler
10/20
Bev Sundean
10/20
Jane Wilson
10/20
Dale Fournier
10/21
Bill Dinham
10/22
Ree Murphy
10/24
JB Taylor
10/25
Elly Kuenzi
10/29
Bill Veselka
10/29
Jerry Wilson
10/30
Dana England
10/31
Anna McCall
Classified Ads on the Shelter Bay Yacht Club Web Site
Do you have something to sell? Are you looking for something to
buy? You can advertise on the Shelter Bay Yacht Club for free.
The ads are for SBYC members only and one must log in to view
them.
Placing an ad is easy to do. Just log in to the web site at
www.shelterbayyachtclub.org and below the login box you will find
the Classified Ads site. Select “New Ad” and follow
the directions given. It is easy to upload a picture of
your “for sale” item.
Questions? Contact the Web Manager,
Jim Barrett, 466-3607 or [email protected].
SBYC Logo Items for Sale
The following items all have the SBYC logo embroidered on them. They are available to Club members at
cost. The prices include sales tax and the items will be delivered to your door. Items may be ordered on the
SBYC website or by calling Lynn Ries, or send an email to [email protected].
Twill Caps, Variety of Colors…………………………………………………………………………………
Long Sleeve Denim Shirts in Women’s and Men’s Sizes………………………………………………
Sweatshirts, Variety of Colors, Ribbed or Open Bottom (This can be ordered)………………….
Short Sleeve Polo Shirts, Women’s and Men’s Sizes, Variety of Colors……………………………
Reversible Vest, Variety of Colors……………………………………………………………………….…
Poplin Jacket, Variety of Colors………………………………………………………………………….…
SYBC Mugs………………………………………………………………………………………………………
SBYC Burgees 12” x 18”……………………………………………………………………………...………
SBYC Burgees 14” x 20”………………………………………………………………………………………
OCTOBER 2014—SHELTER BAY YACHT CLUB
$14.50
$36.50
$42.00
$28.50
$49.00
$52.50
$ 3.00
$20.00
$22.00
www.shelterbayyachtclub.org
Thank you 2014 Advertisers
Barrett Financial, Ltd.
1019 Q Avenue, Suite 1
Anacortes
98221 293-6287
Salon Bella Bella and Spa
3218 R Avenue
Anacortes
98221 299-2227
Edward Jones
708 E Morris St, Suite C
La Conner
98257 466-2933
Geiger’s Custom Cleaning Inc.
2203 Old Highway 99, #15
Mt Vernon
98273 428-5858
Hellam’s Vineyard
109 N First, #101
La Conner
98257 466-1758
La Conner Brewing Co
117 S First St
La Conner
98257 466-1415
La Conner Landing Marine Services
541 N Third St
La Conner
98257 466-4478
La Conner Marina
613 N Second
La Conner
98257 466-3118
La Conner Maritime Services
920 West Pearle Jensen Way
La Conner
98257 466-3629
La Conner Realty & Investment
615 E Morris St
La Conner
98257 466-3181
Latitude Marine Services
18578 McGlinn Ln
La Conner
98257 466-4905
LFS Marine & Outdoor
851 Coho Way
Bellingham
98225 800-426-8860
Lovric’s Sea-Craft
3022 Oakes Ave
Anacortes
98221 293-2042
Marine Sanitation and Supply
1900 N Northlake Way
Seattle
98103 209-633-1110
Marine Servicenter
2417 T Avenue
Anacortes
98221 293-8200
Maroney Marine Services
612 N Dunlap St, Suite E
La Conner
98257 466-4636
North Harbor Diesel & Yacht Service
720 30th St
Anacortes
98221 877-293-5551
Pioneer Market
416 E Morris
La Conner
98257 466-0188
Rovang Marine
3115 T Avenue
Anacortes
98221 420-4244
Tillinghast Postal and Business Center
623 E Morris St
La Conner
98257 466-0474
Tom & Jerry’s Boats & Motors
Tradewinds Company
11071 Josh Green Ln #B-500
4919 Macbeth Dr
Mt Vernon
La Conner
98273 466-9955
98221 299-9508
Interested in becoming a member of the SBYC? Applications for membership are available on line at
www.shelterbayyachtclub.org under Membership, or in the Shelter Bay Community Office.
olphin—October 2014 Newsletter
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1000 Shoshone Drive
La Conner, WA 98257
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