Bilge Pump: June 2012

The Bilge Pump is going digital and will be available on line beginning in June. We will produce both the regular hard copy and digital copies for June, July/August and September. However beginning in October The Bilge Pump will be digital only. Make sure that your e-mail is correct as listed. You may to have a hard copy sent by calling the office and requesting it.

Once a month, when the digital package is ready (usually on the 1st, unless that's a weekend) you will receive an e-mail with a link. The e-mail will alert you that the new issue of The Bilge Pump is out and provide a link for you to click through to the newsletter. 

With Opening Day now past, a small group used the May work party to put us back together again. The temporary float needed some repairs and to be moved back to its storage location again. Some preparations for a reconfiguration of the junior club’s summer program floats was also done. The goal of this rearrangement is to make better and more reliable facilities available for the junior activities, to free up Work Float #1 and to free two slips for long term assignment without interfering with the junior activities. Big thanks to: Jim Mcfadden, Pete Collins, Pat Dore, Don Wilson, Ron Stevenson and Chuck Gould.

Advance work is underway for the big job of installing the required smoke vents in the flat roofs. Queen City Yacht Club has now received written notice of compliance with all provisions of Chapter 94 extensions to the Seattle Fire Code, except that the smoke vents are still outstanding. The club should be very proud of itself for stepping to the front of the pack in proactively working toward property protection advancements, to increase personnel safety for our members and guests and to give fire fighters adequate tools and a relatively safe working environment for them to fight for us in the event that we do suffer a fire. We’ve done a great deal to make their job possible here and to reduce our possible losses. We have done a very large job and it’s been planned, and executed with volunteer efforts. We do the word “volunteer” proud at Queen City! Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

The April 25 general meeting featured a presentation about this club’s status and efforts in regard to compliance with chapter 94, which is new fire code exclusively addressed to marina covered moorage, which was adopted as city ordinance in May of 2005. We’ll try to make that presentation more available to you. It answered a lot of your questions.

The safety ladders project is now well underway and a larger group of ladders is currently being fabricated and should be installed during this month. The project includes 280 ladders to be installed over the next four years time. Help on this project, including the formation of a team to carry on with it, is very much needed.

Problems on the docks? Report them to your dock captain. Don’t know one? Until we have that program fully functioning, please report problems to Captain Dick Dow, who has graciously volunteered to be a clearinghouse for these matters. That’s a huge burden off the chairman’s back and he is intensely grateful.

Come see what we are up to at one of our committee meetings: 6:00 PM, Tuesday, June 26, or July 24. Have some fun with us: 8:30 AM Saturday, June 9 and July 14. Our schedule is easy to follow. The second Saturday of every month is a marina work session, and the fourth Tuesday is committee meeting night.

Arthur Mauldin
Docks Committee Chair

IT’S TIME TO TRAIN FOR THE DOGGY OLYMPICS

Dear Fellow Dogs,

Please tell your people that it is time for them to start getting you ready for the QCYC Doggy Olympics on Sunday, September 2, at the Outstation! Time to be determined.

You can compete in such events as Best Dressed, Trickiest, Sit, Stay, and Come; Esther Williams Toy Retrieval, Walk Around Puddles Toy Retrieval, Agility Course, Most Recalcitrant (Mom taught me that word) and more!

You may not even have to train for some of these! You will be competing for prizes, certificates and a chance to be the Top Dog! Call my folks at 206-300-2933 if you have questions or want to help.

Sincerely,

Scruffy Dubia
(with help from Larry and Dorothy)

A Guinness World’s Record was set by Karen Thorndike, who became the first American Woman to sail solo around the world in a sloop, AMELIA, from 4 August 1996 to 18 August 1998, starting and finishing at San Diego, California.

Her log books and sextant were on display in the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Museum from 2008 to 2010.

Karen is still boating and will arrive in an electric boat (I will miss the sails).

Steve Barton
Meeting Night Programs Chair 

Daniel Jensen is designer and creator of the Union Cigar Society located on Lake Union. Daniel has spent the last 8 years cultivating relationships with the best cigar makers in the world and the selection at Union Cigar’s shop reflects his efforts. His knowledge of product and commitment to quality enable him to carry such top brands as Padrons, Tatvase and Arturo Furente just to name a few.

Daniel will be presenting on how to select, maintain quality and best enjoy premium cigars.

The Electric Boat Company’s owner Jennifer Towne will be bringing a new“ Duffy 22 Cuddy” to the QCYC for display. She will be available to answer any questions and provide a brief overview of The Electric Boat Company and what they offer. Jennifer has logged thousands of ocean sailing miles and holds a 100 ton master’s license. Her 45 ft sailboat is currently in Mexico.

Steve Barton
Meeting Night P:rogram Chair