2. Vice Commodore's Report
Summer is here! Join the fleet cruising the San Juans—join your Club at the outstations for Memorial Day, Big Brothers, July 4th and Labor Day. Come on and celebrate!
Volunteers Needed Still looking for that chance to volunteer? Opportunities come in all sizes, but each is destined to give you a sense of accomplishment. Please let me know.
Opening Day
Special Thanks Manager Bob Pound and Edmonds Vice Commodore Ted (“the boat guy”) Newton of Olympic Boat Center Lake Union furnished Queen City with two shuttle boats enabling us to move hundreds of guests between QCYC and SYC. Thanks Olympic, Bob and Ted from all of us at QCYC!
Thanks to All Members We had so many volunteers—what a great effort. Give yourselves a big round of applause. In the limited space of this column, I can’t mention everyone by name, but here are a few special mentions: Pride of QCYC spearheaded by Jerry Zuvich—over 100 volunteers. Many of our mooring members donated moorage slips for our visiting guests; without your generosity we could not carry on. Capt. George Austin turned out a set of stainless steel doors for the BBQ. Jim Damery—what more can I say—the man’s a giant! (If you don’t believe me ask his able assistant Igor (Dick Geving). Special thanks to the fabulous crews who cooked and cleaned—and I am told partied a bit themselves—To the bartenders all—Thanks as well to Pat Baker, Tom Youngs and those great shuttle drivers and to Todd Wallick who detailed the shuttle boats before they were returned—to the Tarettes for your excellent cheerful service—and to everyone who participated on whatever level—you made it a great success. Thank you!
Our Visiting Clubs The visiting yacht clubs of the Grand XIV helped turn the event into a real party. We had more than 60 visiting boats in our moorage! Thank you for coming and we look forward to seeing all of you next year!
Docks This is the time of year when more of the stuff on top of the docks gets addressed, as the undersides are now underwater. Dave Svendsen needs your help and there are opportunities for you to pitch in no matter what your skills or interests. Kelly Stocklin has offered to spearhead an effort to rebuild the transverse dock at Winslow. These are fun projects and a great chance to be involved and get to know other members. A lot of people are gone this time of year. Keep an eye on the docks—and contrary to what mom said~please talk to strangers~
House Craig Ranta has volunteered to lead the effort to evaluate our technology needs and has assembled a crew of experts, including John Rogers, Dick Geving, Steve Farber, Tom Kuhn and Kyle Bixby. If you have skills in this area, contact Craig and see if he could use a few more hands.
Moorage Remember, if you are going out of town and you are on a moorage wait list, you should designate someone to respond to moorage offers in your absence. This designation should be sent in writing to the Moorage Committee. Remember too, only the Moorage Committee can sublet slips. Members can loan a slip to another member for up to 10 days.
Outstations At Deer Harbor and Ganges, please be considerate of others. Remember you are allowed four-nights moorage after which please leave the dock prior to 1600 hours. If you extend your stay due to lack of demand, please give up the dock to the new arrivals and raft out. See rule 12 for maximum rafting (the rule applies to both Deer Harbor and Ganges).
Happy Boating!
Bill McGillin
Vice Commodore
