Happenings

May Board Meeting Wednesday May 2

OPENING DAY May 4—6 Anacortes Boat & Yacht

Show May 17-20 National Safe Boating Week May 21—27

Commodore Bob Hall 468-3765 Vice Commodore Mike North 468-3750 Rear Commodore Rob McNeil 468-2299 Secretary, Dee Dee Lozier 468-2742 Treasurer, Edwin Termulo 468-2244 Trustees Paul Henriksen 468-4822 Lane Langford 468-4581 Membership Chair Gayl Beller 468-2977 Web Wench Judy Welker 468-4007 Reciprocal Chair Dave Welker 468-4007 Sailing Chair Russ Johnson 468-2655 “Newsline” Editor Shanley Lett 468-3990

MAY 2018

COMMODORE’ S CORNER

Hello, LIYC Members, Thank you, Jim and Shanley Lett, for your April General Membership Meeting presentation “LIYC’s Year in Review”—so special for all of us. New members Mike and Mary Rey were introduced and given their membership package by Lori Taylor, our winter Membership Chairperson. Ed Carpenter was given a great sendoff by his family at the U of W Club the afternoon of April 24 with eight of us in attendance from Lope Island. John, Ed’s son, presented “Ed’s Adventures” to the large audience with many photos of Ed at LIYC activities including his leadership of award winning floats. Ed was a golfer, bird hunter, skier, mountain climber, bicyclist, a Husky, a Grandpa, fisherman and boater. He will be missed by LIYC and many more. Thank you Past Commodore Lane Langford for organizing vessel inspections with the Friday Harbor Power Squadron on April 25. Over 20 of you now have a Certified sticker on your port side. Opening Day, May 4, 5, 6, will soon be here at the Islander with Friday night potluck, Saturday activities evening buffet dinner and more fun. The Flat Point Clam Fest and potluck will take place on Sunday, June 10. Remember to call or email the marinas on Rob’s 2018 cruising schedule or page 2 of this newsletter. Moorage slips fill up fast this time of year. Happy Boating to all of you,

Commodore Bob

WHAT’S HAPPENING:

OPENING DAY OF YACHTING SEASON

May 4 and 5, 2018

Islander Resort

Join our friends from Friday Harbor Sailing Club for “Cinco in the Rain”, this year’s

theme:

Friday: Potluck in the Islander Meeting Room 6:00 pm: Bring your own plates, utensils, etc and a main dish, side, salad or dessert to share. Coffee will be provided and additional beverages can be purchased in the Islander Lounge. Saturday: Christening of the Boats starts at 3:00 pm followed by the Cinco in the Rain Mojito Contest: On the docks. Watch for the balloons marking which vessels are participating.

6:00 Buffet Dinner inside the Islander

For all the details, see Paul Henriksen’s 4/21/18 email

SAVE THESE DATES AND MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS NOW

June 15-17 Port Browning Marina 250-629-3493 July 27 Otter Bay Marina 250-629-7090 July 28 Telegraph Harbour Marina or anchor in Clam Bay 800-246-6011 July 29 Silva Bay Marina 250-247-8662 July 30, 31 Nanaimo Port Authority 250-754-5053 August 1 Maple Bay Marina 250-746-8482 August 2, 3 Sidney Marina 250-655-3711 August 4 Reid Harbor Anchor/Moor September 21, 22 Cap Sante Marina, Anacortes 360-293-0694

NATIONAL BOATING SAFETY WEEK IS MAY 21—27

May (Opening Day) is a good time to brush up on your boating safety knowledge so you “know before you go”. Here’s a simple pre-cruising season test: Go out on your boat this weekend, identify every navigational aid you see and affirm its meaning. Or, better yet, identify them on a chart (so you see every one). If you can’t do that, it’s time to brush up on your rules of the road knowledge with a boating safety course. A FREE boating safety course can be found at www.BoatUS.com/online course. And don’t forget to check out LIYC’s new boating education assistance program for courses offered by the Friday Harbor Power Squadron. See Lane Langford’s email for details (or go straight to the source langford1130@gmail.com.

HAPPY 40TH BIRTHDAY, LIYC

This is the Commodore’s Corner by Jim Lett from June 2002 recounting LIYC’s 2002 Opening Day. It’s just as relevant today as it was 16 years ago: “Red , White and Blue. Rain, Sleet and Hail.

That could have been the slogan for this year’s Opening Day of Yachting season. That weather is pretty typical of most of our Lopez Opening Days. But this year was a little different. WE HAD A PARADE!!! We actually had a boat parade! (Yes, I remember, last year Joe Golberg went out for a spin in Alien but one boat doth not a parade make.) Jon Larson (in the sheriff’s boat complete with blue flashing lights) led the horn blowing, flag waving, song singing line of about 16 boats around the bay and safely back to our Islander slips just before the next big gusts of wind hit the beach. It was glorious! Granted the “throngs” of well-wishers lining the shore were sparse and far between, but for a few minutes on Saturday afternoon, our little parade was as grand and exalted as any of the big Seattle clubs partying through the Montlake Cut. It was wonderful! Wonderful, too, is how I feel when I think about how lucky we are to live in such a beautiful place with such a great group of people. How lucky we are to be free to be patriotic, to make speeches, to gather, to sing, to parade. How lucky we are to be safe and at peace on our island while so many others around the world are not so fortunate. How wonderful to look forward to another season of cruising these spectacular waters. How lucky I am to be an American.

Jim”

AND THE TIMES, THEY ARE A CHANGIN’ OR ARE THEY???

With so many new members joining the Lopez Island Yacht Club in the last few years, the “Newsline” wanted to know how (or if) our club was evolving. Here’s what we found: 2000* 2018 # of members 147 175

# of members from 2000 22 still in LIYC in 2018

# of founding/charter members still in LIYC in 2018 3

% of power boaters 56% 49%

% of sail boaters 17% 22%

Some members have both 2% 9%

% of members with no boat, or with kayaks, inflatables 20%

% of those living just part time on Lopez 23% 46%

% with boats OVER 30’ 23% 37% More history? Although LIYC has always been open to both sailors and power boat-ers, LIYC’s founding members (1978) made sailing a requirement for membership. In fact, within 1 year, members were required to sail a figure-eight singlehanded and tell an unbelievable but true sea story. Also in 1978 , 24 countrywide sailors entered LIYC’s first sailboat race, the Rag Sailors’ Regatta. As more power boaters joined over the years, the sailing races were dropped. But 2012 marked the revival of Lopez’ sailing prowess with the Introduction of the 2012 Lopez Island Classic Yacht Race organized by Russ Johnson. That race is still going strong as the

40 YEARS OF FUN AND FLAVORFUL OPENING DAY CELEBRATIONS

Clockwise from left : Duane and Audrey Bordvick (2013),

Commodore Dave Welker (2010),

Dick Reiswig and “friend” (2012), Jerry and Diana

Hancock and Richard Miklich (2012), and

Sam and Gayl Beller (2013).