Cruising Corner
(These are open to members and non-members alike. Please contact event hosts.)
Jennifer and I will be cruising Whiskey Run to Kingston on Friday, November 23rd, then on to Poulsbo for Saturday night. Please forward this on to anyone who might be interested, we'd love more people to show up. Feel free to come along yourselves, we'd love to see your faces at one or both ports. So pack up those pre-made meals from thanksgiving into a cooler, grab the wine you couldn't finish and get out sailing with us!
Ben, Jennifer, MacIntosh and S/V Whiskey Run
First Snooze and Cruise of 2007, Sloop Tavern Style
Hosted by Ken Chin, 2006 Commodore’s Cup Winner
10 Slips reserved at the Port Orchard Marina
Information: kenchin_17@hotmail.com
ANY MEMBER WISHING TO COMMUNICATE WITH THESE VOYAGERS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO SO!!!
Greetings from the Great Pacific Northwest. Of course you are more than welcome to visit us on your travels. We can compare stories and tales. Please feel free to call me or Dan Freeman our cruising chair to arrange introductions. If you are able, please bring a burgee!
Neil Bennett
"stephanie.f" <rsforrester@xtra.co.nz>
01/27/2007 11:39 PM
To: <neil@osc-voc.com>
cc:
Subject: greetings from "down under"
I have just read your latest newsletter on your website. Let me introduce the Kiwis from Down Under - We are a couple of "kiwis" from the Bluff Yacht Club - the most southerly club in New Zealand and we live in Invercargill, the most southerly city in New Zealand. We are a small club of around 140 members. We own and sail a Noelex 25 trailer yacht and spend most of our on the water time sailing in our beautiful southern lakes in the Fiordland National park.
We retired at the end of 2004 and in late April this year we are about to fulfil a dream and travel to your part of the world with a view to travelling the "inside passage". We plan to spend nine days in and around Seattle arriving on 1 May before heading for Ketchican on 10 May. We are hoping to meet members of a local yacht club during our visit and wondered if we can visit your club when we are in Seattle.
kind regards
Ross & Stephanie Forrester
STYC Inaugural Poker Rum
What a blast! We only had 10 entrants this year, but with the Duck Dodgers I lost count at 50 boats on the raft (2 rafts actually, we broke a bow line on one of the boats and the full raft came apart). Kelly and I had a great time hosting the Poker Rum players, glad of the good ground tackle we had out!
The game ended up being 5 card stud. Gamblin' Dan Randolph of Runner walked away with first place with an 8 high straight (well, his crew anticipated this and tried to abscond with the rum prior to the hands being opened, but that's another story), Quiet John Endreson of Blue Lullaby came in second with 2 pair- 10's and 3's and Krazy Bob Leighton of Spice squeaked into third with a pair of Queens, Ace high.
I hope that everyone enjoyed this event, I know I sure did. I've been thinking about a holiday cruise- anyone up for it? We can have some more great cruises, but I sure would like to have some input into what you want to do. I'm always game for an excuse to sail somewhere and hang out!
Dan Freeman