Come to the Event and Welcome Potential Members

•  Have a family? Bring the kids.
• Personally invite potential new members to come with you.
• Are you a skipper? Invite your crew.
• Have a boat in the Shilshole Marina? Invite someone on your dock.

What’s Happening

• Racing, Cruising, Social, Educational and Junior Sailing Lessons information will be available
• Complimentary food, plus, one free drink ticket for guests (future members) and no-host bar
• Door Prizes
• Kids are Welcome – Kid food and activities available
•  Remote control T37 sailboats sailing a mini regatta
• Membership Information
• Adult and Family Membership is only $35 per month
• No initiation fee during this event.

Friday, April 27th
5:30 to 9:30pm
CYC Clubhouse
7755 Seaview Ave NW

Corinthian Yacht Club offers several ways to help you get started in sailboat racing or brush up on your skills. The Rookie Rally Educational series provides a solid foundation of racing skills via classroom instruction, hands-on exercises, and on-the-water activities. Our educational committee members are also glad to meet with you to help you work towards your goals! We expect to have at least one on-the-water practice session at Shilshole at the end of the series. We also will provide you with the opportunity to come out and help with the Race Committee on a weeknight race, which puts you in the center of the action! You need to have appropriate sailing gear, including a PFD, and basic sailing skills.

CREWS: This is a great opportunity to expand your skill base, move to another position on the boat, or start racing your own
boat!

May 7 “Welcome to the Racecourse”: Walk-through a typical race. Handicap racing, One Design, distance vs. buoy races.
Paperwork / organizational requirements. Conduct of a race per RRS. Reading Sailing Instructions. Starting sequence
and basic rules

May 14 Starting & upwind legs: Rules during starting. Finding the favored end. Standard starting tactics. The advantaged
side of the course vs. advantaged side of starting line. Rules when sailing to windward, and at the weather mark.

May 21 Downwind angles, gybing on wind shifts: Rules when sailing downwind. Leeward mark rounding rules and
tactics. Favored end of the finish line. Rules when finishing.

May 29 (Tues) Boatspeed Basics: Foils above and below water. Balance. Main, jib, and rig controls. Windward sail trim in light, medium, and heavy air. Downwind trim. How to read a tuning guide. Basic tuning for keelboats.

Call the club office for more information, (206) 789-1919

Gretchen Hanna and Eric Becker at work.

A cadre of volunteers led by Mary Thornton painted both floors of the CYC Shilshole Clubhouse over two weeks in early March, putting a bright new finish on an interior that hasn’t seen new paint in many years.

Thornton thanks all of those who pitched in on the effort and said the club is now a place that all members can be proud of and will attract more potential renters who provide a significant source of income for the club.

Other key leaders in the painting effort were Mary’s husband Joel, who took time off from his job as CYC club manager, to spend over 100 hours on the brush-and-roller brigade. Noel Morgan, who is in the construction business, donated over 2 weeks  labor and materials to do the prep work, such as patching walls and baseboards and fabricating a wainscoting for the columns. Without his professional help the beautiful finished job would not have been possible. Because the weather was so rainy, Gary Harr painted for 3 days when he could not do his landscaping job.

Thornton also said Steve Johnson donated much of the cost of the paint, which totaled 21 gallons. She estimated that members contributed about 350 hours to the effort.

Members who volunteered were:

Melanie Edwards, Vicky Ross, Jamie Thomas, Chris McMurdoch, Robert Liston, Eric Becker, Gretchen Hanna, Remmert Wolters, Rich Demler, Larry Anderson, Gary Harr, Derek Storm, Ken Johnson, Jim Geros, Trey McDonald, Sunny Fenton.  Marty Selig who was out of town for the painting weekend sent a painting proxy, Mark Tomila, who painted all day Saturday and Sunday.

To see a gallery of photos of members painting the clubhouse, click here.

CYC will be holding two training sessions for volunteer drivers for our mark set and rescue Boston Whalers, starting this Wednesday evening at CYC Shilshole at 7 p.m. The club will focus on volunteers for Shilshole small boat sailing as our top priority.

To be eligible to be a volunteer driver, you need to be (a) a CYC member, and (b) legally authorized to operate a powerboat in Washington State (we will talk about the state licensing requirement in the class).

It’s fun and challenging, and gives you a great opportunity to give back to your fellow sailors. Also, if you are a Thursday night dinghy sailor, we will average out your scores for the nights you volunteer.

Dinner will be available, starting at 6:00, for $15 a person.  The program will start at 7:00.  Let the Club Office know as soon as possible if you plan to join us for dinner: 206-789-1919.

In addition to introductory comments from Commodore Ken Johnson,  Board members will give brief reports on particular topics, including:

• membership renewals and new member efforts
• racing participation and registration,
• financial status
• cruising program plans
• Rookie rally
• Whaler driving training
• Status of CYC race committee boats and whalers
• Bar matters
• Juniors – sailing camps, race team, NW Opti Regionals

Of course members are encouraged to ask questions and provide suggestions as to how the Club can do better.  (As if encouragement is needed!)

We hope to see you on April 6^th.   Please join us.

One of the exciting (and frustrating) aspects of sailboat racing is the number of lead changes you can have in one day.  Wow, did we see it last Saturday.  However, you probably shouldn’t have as many lead changes off the water as we have this week.  I humbly apologize for the scoring irregularities and greatly appreciate your patience while we have worked through them.

Current registrants have been updated on the webpage.  http://www.cycseattle.org/racing/results-and-registrants/

Please join us for some or all of the following clubhouse activities:

Friday night social, the bar is open.  Derek Campbell of Banshee will again assess the possible potential weather and tactical options for Saturday.  The discussion will begin at 6.30ish.

Saturday morning breakfast at the clubhouse between 7-8 am.  The magnificent sailing crew of Tantivy brings you another delicious $5 menu including pancakes, bacon, juices and coffee.  IHOP ain’t got nothin’ on this.

Saturday afternoon after racing the clubhouse will be open for carousing and in depth strategy review.

Lastly, the Puget Sound sailing community lost a longtime supporter this week when Jack Rabbit’s owner Chester Hibbert passed away.  Those interested in paying tribute can stop by CYC Friday night or Saturday morning and pick up a small token that you can fly from your boat.

Sincerely,

Bill Blodgett

CYC Fleet Captain Race

First, a shout-out of thanks to NOEL MORGAN and all the volunteers who helped staff the CYC booth at the recent Seattle Boat Show.  Noel helped organize the volunteers, and, with the help of STUART BURNELL and BRIAN WATKINS, moved the booth equipment in, set the booth up and, on Super Bowl Sunday, took it all down and back to the CYC Clubhouse.  And thanks to BOB ROSS who first pushed the idea of a CYC booth, and made the necessary arrangements with the Marine Trades Association.

A list of the volunteers who staffed the booth is set out below (and our apologies and appreciation for any we may have missed) many did multiple shifts. The Club benefits when people from different backgrounds and sailing experience come and work together for the Club.  And, despite our location at one end of the hall, we had nearly 300 visitors to the booth and received 10 Club membership applications.  At our February Board meeting, we accepted over 30 new membership applications, half of which were Adult Family memberships, likely an all-time record!

Boat Show Volunteers:

Larry Anderson                                             Chris Metcalf

Paul Baker                                                     Noel Morgan

Stuart Burnell                                                Nojan Moshiri

Rich & Kristine Bustamante                         Michele Rogalin

Jim Caro                                                         Tom Spinner, Jr.

Suzette Connolly                                           Derek Storm

Sunny Fenton                                                            Joel Thornton

Cindy Gossett                                                 Steve Travis

Ken Johnson                                                  Bruce Van Deventer

Peg Johnson                                                   Bill Vlases

Fritz Johnston                                                Lydia Volberding

Tom Kerr                                                       Derick Vranizan

Adam & Stefan Krzes                                                Sarah Wait

Peter Lorimer                                                Brian Watkins

Charlie Macaulay                                          Remmert Wolters

Gaston Martin                                                Frank Wyland

In his post-show report, Noel recommended that CYC have a booth next year, probably smaller (although the Opti was a big draw for kids) and located in the main part of the show, like the other yacht clubs.  Noel noted several matters we could do better – but for the first time, I am very pleased about how well the Boat Show booth looked and performed.  Thanks Again To All Who Made That Possible.

Secondly, speaking of volunteering – we always can use more volunteers.  Here are some areas and whom you can contact:

• Web Page, computer, etc – Nojan Moshiri (nojan@mac.com);
• Boat maintenance, especially the Club-owned Opti’s – Brian Watkins (brwatki_sail@live.com);
• Membership outreach – Sunny Fenton (sunnyfenton@gmail.com);
• Club facilities – Steve Johnson (sjohnson@j-arch.com);
• Social and educational – Cindy Gossett (gossett@drizzle.com);
• Sponsorship and business membership – Bob Ross (bob@sailnorthwest.com).

Thirdly, if you have not already, please renew your CYC membership.  And consider becoming either a Supporting ($200 contribution) or Sustaining ($500 or more) member – so far we have raised over $16,000 from this successful program!

Finally, by the time you read this, we are back on the water!  After all of our meetings, and planning, it is great to be sailing again.  Thanks to BILL BLODGETT, Fleet Captain Race, who has labored hard to make the many necessary changes to the Race Book (and running the KAM booth at the Boat Show) due to the revisions to membership and race fees.

Please talk up the CASUAL CLASS STARTS for each of the Center Sound Series – they are FREE for CYC members and only $25 for non-members ($50 for signing up for all 3 of the races).  More relaxed sailing, shorter courses, use or do not use flying sails – just have FUN.

And that is what being at CYC is all about.

The Corinthian Yacht Club thanks you for your membership, volunteerism and activity with the club.  If you have any questions about the payment you just made, or need assistance, please email the office at manager@cycseattle.org or call 206-789-1919.

The bar will open starting about 6 pm.  We will have dinner catered by Buca di Beppo.  A fee of about $10 per person will be charged for dinner.  If you want to join us for the dinner, please plan to arrive by 7 pm.

We’ll have the chalk talk start at about 7:30 pm.  Feel free to come by before or after dinner to just hang out and relax.  Stay as long or as little as you like.

Not a CYC member yet?  Come on in and we’ll help get you signed up.

Stan Honey, America's Cup technology director.

Stan Honey, director of technology for the America’s Cup Event Authority, and John Craig, a well-known regatta coordinator and former Canadian Sailing Team coach, will give a presentation on the upcoming cup races in Saturday, Feb. 25, at 7:30 p.m. at the downtown Seattle Public Library.

The program is being put on by The Sailing Foundation. Tickets are available at $10 each at thesailingfoundation.org. Space is limited, and many of the tickets already have been sold.

Honey, an engineer known for technical innovation in yachting, also co-founded Sportvision Inc., a leading developer of enhancements for sports broadcasting credited with introducing the yellow first down line used in football broadcasts.

He also was technical director and navigator for the ABNAMRO Volvo Race Team and was executive vice president technology for Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.

“Stan, in my opinion, is one of the most interesting and talented guys in our sport today — and a fine speaker as well,” said Dick Rose, a member of The Sailing Foundation Board. “I am sure that he and John Craig will have some dramatic video and unbelievable stories to tell.”

Craig has a strong record in sailing and has been coordinating huge regattas on the constrained waters of San Francisco Bay for many years. He also served for several years as coach of the Canadian Olympic Sailing Team. He is the coordinator in charge of running the next America’s Cup races between