Feb - Portland Yacht Club

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COMMODORE’S COMMENTS
G
erri and I have never
been to Paris, at
least not until New Year’s
Eve when our unbelievable
Entertainment Committee
transformed the club
into a French bistro of
magnificent proportions.
Organized by Jan and Donna Kay
Molenaar and Tom and Marianne Brusco,
the party bore the decorative touch of Ed
and Susan Burns, who pitched in and
unleashed a lot of imagination. All elegant,
all tasteful, all fun.
Here’s a flash from the small world department:
As we prepare to celebrate PYC’s
Centennial, guess who stopped by long
before the club’s beginnings. If you’ve
checked our 2005 Calendar, you’ll notice
the PORTLIGHT
published monthly by the
PORTLAND YACHT CLUB
1241 NE Marine Drive
Portland, Oregon 97211
P: 503.285.1922 | F: 503.283.4960
Email: office@portlandyc.com
EDITORS
Arvada Parrish and Lorry Hansen
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Stan Borys
Frank Tillman
OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES
Commodore .............. Bill Chevalier
Vice Commodore ......... Doug Foster
Secretary-Treasurer .... Heather Adams
Rear Commodore ............. Bob Lyon
Trustee (sail) Year 2 ..... Berkeley Smith
Trustee (sail) Year 1 .... Walt Witschard
Trustee (sail) Year 1 .......... Tom Brusco
Trustee (power)Year 2 ..... Lee Peterson
Trustee (power)Year 1 ....... Bob Bishop
our PYC Auction is scheduled for
November 4. Turns out that Meriwether
Lewis and William Clark went paddling by
the site of Portland Yacht Club exactly 200
years ago, on November 4, 1805.
They camped the night of November 3 on
Diamond Island (now Government
Island), then headed toward the Pacific on
the 4th. Their journals note they named
Tomahawk Island because Clark’s tomahawk
pipe was stolen there, and they called
what is now Hayden Island, “Image Canoe
Island” because of the ornamental Indian
canoes they saw there. (There are some
pretty ornamental canoes here now!) Wait
till the Auction Committee gets to work on this!
Speaking of committees, one of the best
ways for new (and not-so-new) members to
get acquainted and have more fun is to help
out on a committee. Just call one of the
committee chairs (listed in the January
Portlight) or call the office.
Urgent! Urgent! You must have your Crab
Feed reservations in by February 3.
Remember, attendance is limited to 390 people.
There are two Education Dock sessions in
February, one a CPR/AED class on the
12th, and a Diesel Seminar on the 26th. I
understand there’s a plot afoot to tell stories
about your commodore’s engines.
We’re also looking forward to the Feb. 11
Valentine’s Cookout, and the Open House
for Prospective Members on Feb. 20.
Prospects who indicated an interest at the
Boat Show or otherwise, will be invited,
and the Membership Committee will ask an
equal number of members to join the group.
The first weekend of the Portland Boat
Show was packed, and PYC’s booth was
getting a lot of attention. Membership
committee chairs Doug Foster and Bob
Bishop updated the booth, complete with
a non-stop computer slide show on a 42-
inch monitor.
Our membership incentive program is in
effect all year. Just sponsor a new
Boatowning or Active member, and you
will be awarded one month’s free dues, His
& Hers PYC t-shirts, 10 drink tickets and a
PYC Cookbook. Once your new member is
approved by the Board of Trustees, you’ll
receive your prizes.
The club’s new workboat has been put into
service, after a bit of reconditioning at Sells.
Our newest Trustees, Tom Brusco, Walt
Witschard and Bob Bishop, are the judges
for the Name the Boat contest, so we
should know the name of the successor to
Miss PYC sometime this month.
Here’s a harbinger of spring, in case you’re
getting tired of winter: our Spring Cruise is
only a little over six weeks away!
Bill Chevalier,
Commodore
For information
about commercial
advertising in the Portlight,
please contact the
PYC office at 503.285.1922
or email:
office@portlandyc.com