A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for - John A Sheed

Commodore’s Column by Neal McQuarrie

Finally, a break in the rain, it’s about time. As I write this on the 21st of April, we are getting prepared to leave on the Wake-Up Cruise. The weather looks very good for our trip with warm temps and some sun.

I would like to share with the club a challenge we have and ask for your help. Our outside catering of the WR has proven to be very popular, and tasty as well. When we ask for RSVP’s

numbers, we order our food based on those numbers, and we are on the hook for the money. When someone cancels the club has to pay for the food to the caterers. I realize that sickness and emergencies happen, and we are prepared for that. This works the same way when members prepare the meals. It is not as critical because we can generally use the extra food. Please use caution when cancelling. Thanks in advance for your understanding and cooperation.

For those of you who could not attend Training Day, you missed a good one. Thanks to John and Lois Morris for their excellent work on putting this together. During the day, Peter Joseph presented me with a completely re-finished tiller. It turned out beautiful and is residing in my den. The tiller is exchanged from the current Commodore and is passed to the new Commodore during “Change of Watch”. It designates that our new Commodore is at the helm of the club. Peter, thank you taking out the nicks, and covering it with new varnish. It will last a very long time.

For those of our members who travel to other Yacht Clubs and want to exchange burgees, the club will provide “Exchange burgees” (the small ones) without charge upon request by our members. This is a note of clarification on the policy. The question was raised at Training Day.

• PLYC Board Meeting, Wed,5/2, 1430, WR

• Appetizer Potluck & RootBeer Floats, Wed, 5/2,1700, WR

• Cinco de Mayo, Catered,Sat, 5/5. 1700,WR

• Commodore’s Cruise Pre-Meeting, Mon, 5/7,1630,WR

• Soup & Salad, Wed,5/9,1700, WR

• Opening Day FestivitiesSat, 5/12, 1000, Marina,BBQ 1100, WR

• Hot Dog Night, Wed,5/16,1700, WR

• International Potluck, Sat,5/19, 1700, WR

• Lite Bites, Wed, 5/23,1700, WR

• Say eh!! Catered Dinner,Sat, 5/26, 1700, WR

• Summer Salad Potluck,Wed,5/30, 1700, WR

Coming Events!

Your April Wreck Room Coordinator is Kat Boggs

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Speaking of burgees, here is a picture of Piotr Wareham in Antarctica with the PLYC burgee hanging in the Southern Hemisphere. I am pretty sure he is the only one in our club who has exchanged this far south, and also has exchanged burgees in Alaska. Congratulations on your sailing expedition.

Vice Commodore’s Column by Billie Land

Thanks to Polly Peters our April Wreck Room Coordinator, we have enjoyed a variety of Wreck Room meals. Polly did a great job with quality meal experiences. Please find her and let her know how much we appreciate all of her and her helpers’ efforts for making April a great success at the Wreck Room.

The Wreck Room Coordinator for May will be Kat Boggs. She has some wonderful things planned. I’m looking forward to it.

If you can help Kat in any way, please let her know.

Piotr Okonski has just returned from a sailing expedition to Antarctica. He was one of nine crew members on a 70-foot sailboat from Ushuaia, Argentina to the Antarctic Circle and back. This trip required him to cross Cape Horn twice. He took our Port Ludlow burgee with him and hung it up in the National Antarctica Scientific Center Akademik Vernadsky Station, the southernmost bar in the world! We are one of only two burgees hanging that far south in Antarctica thanks to Piotr.

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PLYC OfficersCommodore Neal McQuarrie Send Email

Vice Commodore Billie Land Send Email

Rear Commodore John Morris Send Email

Past Commodore Anne Burrell-Smith Send Email

Treasurer Robin King Send Email

Secretary Gary Hicks Send Email

Fleet Captain John Simpson Send Email

Sail Captain Kathy Gager Send Email

Port Captain Doug Svik Send Email

Communications Officer Rand Lien Send Email

Property Officer Anita Louise Cressy Send Email

JAG Janet McKinnon Send Email

Social Director Carol Cole Send Email

Staff WR Scheduling Coordinator Lori Longo Send Email

Bar Manager Bob King Send Email

Also, thanks to Aleksandra for supporting him in his crazy endeavors. As most of you know, it is hard to let a loved one go so far away and experience the adventures of their heart while waiting to hear that they are safe. Piotr is living his dreams. WOW, what an adventure!

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Rear Commodore’s Column by John Morris

Welcome to May. Club activities are picking up. Training Day was a success. I can't say enough about the hard work and dedication of our volunteers. We want to give special thanks to Diane Neesz who made a trip to Silverdale the morning of Training Day to insure we had an adequate supply of sandwiches. We also want to thank my lovely wife Lois for coming up with the innovative ideas for the Silent Action and a raffle approach where the raffle ticket buyer got to choose what items their tickets were used for and not win an item they may never use.

The programs and presenters were incredible. Ratings from critique sheets showed that information presented averaged 4.6 out of 5, and presenter’s knowledge averaged 4.7. The overall program was rated 4.8.

We were overwhelmed by the generosity of our sponsors listed here:

I hope that as club members we will give them first consideration should we require any of their products or services.

As the season begins, the PLYC calendar has so many exciting events to look forward to. At the time of writing, the meeting for the Wake-up Cruise has just taken place with a record number of boats scheduled to attend. Opening Day on May 12 is always a fun celebration. Many more cruises are also on the calendar. The Broughton Rendezvous (June 30 through July 4) has ten boats registered now. I have communicated with Echo Bay and Sullivan Bay and determined that space is still available. There are two flotillas scheduled for May 29/30 and June 17. We are looking forward to seeing as many of our club members there and at all our scheduled cruises and events.

Sea Marine Port Ludlow Resort Alderbrook Resort

Dana Pointe Interiors Fisheries Supply Old Alcohol Plant Inn & Restaurant

Belmont Restaurant Sogno di Vino Restaurant Port Ludlow Marina

Pleasant Harbor Marina Rose Theater Ranger Tugs/Cutwater Boats

Patty & John Willis Lois & John Morris Sandy & Tom Boughner

Second Seasons Poulsbo Silver City Brewery Port of Kingston

Port of Skagit (La Conner) Port of Bremerton Roche Harbor Marina

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Photos Needed We need more photos of our club activities for the Jib Sheet and our new website! Please take photos at club events and send them with a brief description to Communications Officer Rand Lien, at JibSheet@plyc.us

Please don’t shrink your photos. Send the original file from your camera, it enables us to make the best image possible.

Highlights from the April 4 Board Meeting by Gary Hicks

The Board approved Carol Cole to fill the vacant Social Director position for the rest of the 2018 term.

Final numbers at the end of the first quarter 2018 after completing the Dues Renewal process are 119 active memberships, 122 total memberships, and 226 individual members.

In response to a question at the March Business Meeting, PLYC policy is as follows:

“Exchange burgees” (small ones) will be provided without charge upon request by members for trading with other clubs who don’t yet have a burgee hanging in the Wreck Room. “Boat burgees” (large ones) will not be

provided for trading purposes.

The Treasurer reported Club assets of $300,784.40.

Changes to the keying of the Wreck Room are underway. A project to improve the Wreck Room bar area is being investigated,

The revised Wreck Room operation that started in January using caterers for some meals and changes to the coordinator volunteers appears to be working although more extensive training efforts have been needed. Someone is needed to perform the Wreck Room Volunteer Scheduler function for the second half of 2018.

Preparations for Training Day, and Opening Day continue.

Work by the Emergency Planning committee continues.

The Nomination of Officers process for 2019 is starting.

Committee work to modernize the Club's website technology has started. The Board approved the Discovery Meeting Summary Document regarding planned website changes from the 3/13/18 committee meeting.

Fleet Captain by John Simpson

By the time the May Jib Sheet is published, we’ll have returned from the first PLYC Cruise of 2018. The four-day trip is scheduled as I write this—we leave tomorrow—down the Hood Canal to our destination of Alderbrook Resort, with an overnight stop each way en route at Pleasant Harbor. This is a trip Katherine and I have done for the past several years, and it is always a pleasure to get out once again on our boat as a new cruising season commences. This trip—the “Wake-Up Cruise”—is an event that gives us a chance to test out our boat systems, practice navigating and maneuvering our crafts, and renew the many friendships we’ve gained from the Club’s cruises over the past seasons. Katherine and I excitedly look forward to this cruise each season, although it’s difficult to tell if our

cat Molly shares our enthusiasm. And I think it is worth noting that this trip this time around has been enormously popular, with all available places fully subscribed by the 18 boats set to depart on Sunday morning.

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Opening Day for the 2018 boating season for the PLYC will be 12 May, with the Opening Day flag ceremony at 1000, followed by the new boat christening ceremony and the boat parade around Port Ludlow Bay, passing in review by Commodore McQuarrie. The parade is followed by lunch in the Wreck Room for members and their guests. There is a sign-up sheet for the Opening Day Parade now in the Wreck Room, adjacent to the Room’s sign-in clipboard. By all means, do join us for this tradition demarking the opening of the 2018 boating season!

The season’s cruises are now partially scheduled, as would be noted several places elsewhere in this edition of the Jib Sheet. We still lack Cruise Directors for the June and September cruises, and once again I’ll ask all cruisers to consider providing the necessary leadership for these two events. As always, I’m available to consult with about these possibilities. I hope we gain volunteers for these prime-time trips.

So here’s to the 2018 boating season, and we look forward to seeing you out there on the water!

Sail Captain by Kathy Gager

Port Ludlow is a popular sailing destination - as is demonstrated by the many visitors to our marina each season.  The Sailor’s Group has decided to take advantage of our beautiful location and have the June cruise right in Port Ludlow.  Deanne and Olav Pedersen are organizing this cruise.  June 22nd through the 24th, you may see us doing maneuvers to set our anchors/raft-up, use our dinghies, and hangout together. For me personally, the biggest challenge will either be: A) learning to set our anchor for the first time (and cleaning the mud out of it afterwards), or B) camping out on our 32-foot boat versus sneaking home for a long soak in the hot tub.  That isone thing we definitely do not carry onboard.  Actually, because the Sailor’sGroup is such a fun set of folks with amazing culinary skills, staying aboard

will be easy.   Those of you with a desire to join the fun, can sign-up by contacting me at: sailcapt1@plyc.us. Or, if you just want to visit us on the bay, just bob on over.  It is a short trip.

Prior to the cruise, the Sailor’s Group will have their first potluck organizational meeting on June 14th from 5 to 7 p.m., at the Wreck Room.   If you are interested in knowing more about the group or in participating in the program, please join us.   Please contact me at: sailcapt1@plyc.us to sign up for the potluck. 

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Ahoy Mates, Spring has sprung!  Time to bring out your colorful wardrobe, buy gifts, outfit your galley, check out Spring Garb that’s arriving!  The May colors for 20% discount are Yellow or White!  Sea you there!

Ship’s Store Anita-Louise Cressy

Property Officer

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PLYC 2018 Cruise Schedule

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• Commodore’s CruiseMay 15 - May 23

• June Cruise ∆June 10 - June 20

• July Cruise July 15 - July 26

• September Cruise ∆ September 6 - September 15

• October CruiseOctober 14 - October 18

• Cruise Wrap Up Party November 12 5 - 8:00pm

• December Holiday Cruise December 9 - December 13 ∆ Cruise Directors Needed or Cruise will be Cancelled

• Second Thursday SocialJune 14 5 - 7:00pm

• June Sail CruiseJune 22 - June 24

• July Sail CruiseJuly 1 - July 4

• Second Thursday SocialJuly 12 5 - 7:00pm

• July Sail Rum RunJuly 20 - July 21

• Second Thursday SocialAugust 9 5 - 7:00pm

• August Sail CruiseAugust 11 - August 16

• Dock PartyAugust 25 5 - 7:00pm

• September Sail CruiseSeptember 6 - September 9

• End of Season CelebrationSeptember 27 5 - 7:00pm

The dates are subject to change, so please check the PLYC Event Calendar for updates.

New PLYC Website Monthly Update by Rand Lien

The Board has reviewed and approved the New PLYC Website Discovery Meeting Summary Document that will serve as a roadmap for the development of our new website. You can download the PDF document by clicking the link below:

Click to download the Website Discovery Meeting Summary Document

Since the Website Discovery Meeting last month, Dan Land and I have been working on testing the technology integrations for the new website and

developing the website site map. Dan has used his extensive integration skills to successfully develop a working prototype of the various functions that we need.

At our next meeting of the Website Development Committee, we will discuss the testing progress, website sitemap recommendations, and new options that our technology explorations have provided. Then, the final wireframe decisions for website pages can be made.

The new website is scheduled to launch in September this year. Please watch for this article every month in the Jib Sheet to find the latest information on the new website.

PLYC Website Development Committee members are: Neal McQuarrie, Billie Land, Anne Burrell-Smith, Gary Hicks, John Simpson, Doug Svik, Rand Lien, Daniel Land, and Peggy Kulm.

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April Birthdays

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Pulled Pork Sliders at the WreckRoom 4/4/18

Tish’s Alaskian Dinner at the WreckRoom 4/28/18

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Photos from the Wake Up Cruise 4/22-26/18

Tish’s Alaskian Dinner at the WreckRoom 4/28/18

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Photos from the Wake Up Cruise 4/22-26/18

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Photos from the Wake Up Cruise 4/22-26/18

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Photos from the Wake Up Cruise 4/22-26/18

Member Posts Your Communications Officer has received several requests to share information with all members. Some of this information may have been already been shared through an email blast. The best way to share much of this content with members will be through the new website when it is completed. Until then, this section will be included in the Jib Sheet.

Marinco Shore Power Plug Adapter Chart

Daniel Land submitted this post. Excellent chart showing the various adapters for 30A and 50A shore power connections.

Click to download Shore Power Plug Adapter Chart  

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