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<strong>Sep</strong>tember 2011<br />

Vol. 61 No. 09<br />

Willow Bar Weekend<br />

Photo by Dale Mack


truly<br />

appeared in Au-<br />

We were<br />

not sure last month. The PYC boaters<br />

took full advantage and were all over<br />

the river and seas. Many were up<br />

north, some were in the sloughs of the<br />

Columbia with the Grand Banks club<br />

cruising, and lots joined the Hey Jude<br />

and Conundrum for the Upriver Magical<br />

Mystery Tour.<br />

Commodore’s<br />

Comments<br />

S<br />

ummer<br />

gust.<br />

As I write this column, Hey Jude is in<br />

the John Day River (the other John<br />

Day near Astoria). Yesterday the First<br />

Lady skillfully picked geo-cache spots<br />

for the teams to locate on the cruise. I<br />

could tell more but I would be shot for<br />

divulging secret information. We have<br />

sunshine this morning and will be starting<br />

the cruise tomorrow at Ilwaco. The<br />

next Portlight will share the full story as<br />

well as the mystery of the marshmallow<br />

pies.<br />

In between cruising, members were<br />

busy as usual. The Outstation Committee<br />

was approved to install a new<br />

electrical panel and has been busy reconfiguring<br />

the docks. Gravel work<br />

has continued on the parking area and<br />

dredging is set again for November.<br />

Take time to thank this group for the<br />

continued improvements to this beautiful<br />

asset of PYC.<br />

Our new ramp at G row was delayed<br />

waiting for parts but should be installed<br />

by the time you are reading this. Moorage<br />

Upgrades continue with a focus on<br />

upgrading the shoreside electrical components.<br />

The Open Moorage Committee<br />

will be meeting with the Long<br />

Range Planning group in <strong>Sep</strong>tember to<br />

outline the issues and opportunities in<br />

the open moorage design. This is a<br />

major project and the committees are<br />

fully discussing all issues before finalizing<br />

a recommendation.<br />

The club will be holding an Open<br />

House on <strong>Sep</strong>tember 10 for the entire<br />

boating community. All members need<br />

to think about prospective new members<br />

and make sure they sign up to see<br />

our facility. We have had several new<br />

members take advantage of our Deferred<br />

Initiation program. Also, since<br />

the open moorage is on prominent display<br />

during the Open House, members<br />

need to tidy up and pretty up for this<br />

date.<br />

Fall is almost upon us and the nominating<br />

committee chaired by Doug Foster<br />

has been formed. The club only works<br />

through the active participation of all of<br />

its members. If you have an interest in<br />

serving on the Board and the 2012<br />

Committees, let Doug or Nancy know.<br />

This is also the time of the year for interested<br />

young ladies to apply for the<br />

Daughter of Neptune position. Look<br />

for the article in this Portlight on the<br />

application process.<br />

Look at your calendar for <strong>Sep</strong>tember<br />

and you will note the cruises and events<br />

continue at a fairly rapid pace. <strong>Sep</strong>tember<br />

is usually one of the best weather<br />

months for us. Take advantage and<br />

join one of the events. It has been confirmed<br />

that the Scotch and Cigar night<br />

is on for October 22. Thank you to<br />

Mike and Tammy House for taking the<br />

lead and getting Stuart to lead the night.<br />

As usual-none of this is possible<br />

―without a lot of help from our<br />

friends‖<br />

Rod Wells<br />

Commodore<br />

M/V Hey Jude<br />

Portlight<br />

Deadline<br />

<strong>Sep</strong>tember 10<br />

Email articles and photos to:<br />

Dale Mack<br />

celtic-myst@comcast.net<br />

Daughter of Neptune<br />

Candidates Needed<br />

P<br />

YC<br />

is now seeking candidates<br />

for the 2012 Daughter of Neptune.<br />

Young ladies wanting to<br />

apply should submit a letter to the selection<br />

committee by Friday, October<br />

28th. The letter should include a brief<br />

personal background, including special<br />

interests and achievements. The letter<br />

should also include the reasons why she<br />

would like to be considered to represent<br />

PYC as their Daughter of Neptune.<br />

The Daughter of Neptune representative<br />

must by 15 years old by June 2012.<br />

She will need to be available during the<br />

year for evening and weekend functions,<br />

including the Kid Fest, Starlight<br />

Parade, Opening Day, Astoria Regatta,<br />

and various CRYA clubs’ events such<br />

as Ladies Dinners. The 2012 Daughter<br />

of Neptune will be crowned at the 2011<br />

Ladies Holiday Dinner, December 8.<br />

Letters should be submitted to the<br />

PYC office attention: Daughter of<br />

Neptune selection committee.<br />

the PORTLIGHT<br />

published monthly by the<br />

P O R T L A N D Y A C H T C L U B<br />

1241 NE Marine Drive<br />

<strong>Portland</strong>, Oregon 97211<br />

P: 503.285.1922 | Fax: 503.283.4960<br />

Email: office@portlandyc.com<br />

www.portlandyc.com<br />

EDITOR—Dale Mack<br />

OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES<br />

Commodore Rod Wells (power)<br />

Vice Commodore Nancy MacGregor (sail)<br />

Secretary/Treasurer Larry Cirotski (power)<br />

Rear Commodore Nick Johnson (sail)<br />

Trustee Julie Hinkley (power)<br />

Trustee Michael Hahn (power)<br />

Trustee Frank Bocarde (sail)<br />

Trustee Brian Hedges (sail)<br />

Trustee Chris Dorn (sail)<br />

2 • <strong>Sep</strong>tember 2011 www.portlandyc.com


Welcome New PYC<br />

Members<br />

Sean and Morgan Hinkley. Sean is<br />

the son of Jim and Julie Hinkley. He<br />

works for the City of Beaverton in Operations.<br />

Morgan works for the State<br />

of Oregon Child Support Division.<br />

They live in Sherwood, Oregon. Sean<br />

began boating in 1990 at the Willamette<br />

<strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong>. Sean and Morgan enjoy<br />

cruising and OSU tailgating (GO<br />

BEAVS).<br />

Bryan Berry and Lynne Barbier.<br />

Bryan and Lynne met three years ago<br />

on a blind date, and have been together<br />

since. It comes as no surprise that their<br />

boat, a Carver 35, is named Blind Date.<br />

Turns out that Bryan changed the name<br />

after he met Lynne and surprised her!<br />

Bryan bought the boat, his first larger<br />

boat, 4 years ago. He has been a boater<br />

for as long as he can remember, and he<br />

owned a number of smaller boats. A<br />

friend bought a larger boat and was<br />

looking for a gullible buddy to buy one<br />

also. Enter Bryan!<br />

He kept the boat at Johns Landing, but<br />

found it hard to get people to come<br />

downtown to join him out on the water.<br />

Thus began a search for a yacht<br />

club on the big river. He considered<br />

CRYC, Tyee, and PYC, and chose PYC<br />

due to its location, friends in the club,<br />

and possibility of owning a boathouse.<br />

He purchased one immediately after<br />

joining.<br />

Bryan owns a landscaping business, as<br />

well as some rental properties. Lynne<br />

is a flight attendant. They live in Vancouver,<br />

but they have dinner on their<br />

boat 4 to 6 nights a week at their boathouse<br />

during the summer, and a couple<br />

nights a week during the winter – talk<br />

about dedication.<br />

Bryan and Lynne are active with the<br />

Christmas Ships program. When not<br />

boating, they like to ride their Harley<br />

Davidsons, travel, snowmobile, and ski.<br />

They also like to visit their beach house<br />

on the Washington coast. Lynne has<br />

three grown children.<br />

Floyd and Lynn Jones. Floyd has<br />

lived in the <strong>Portland</strong> area all his life.<br />

He worked as a teacher of occupational<br />

horticulture in the <strong>Portland</strong> school system<br />

until retiring 7 years ago. Lynn<br />

worked as a registered nurse. Floyd<br />

was introduced to boating in the navy,<br />

where he served for four years. He has<br />

been sailing for 35 years. First boat<br />

was a Catalina 22, but he eventually<br />

graduated to his current sailboat, a<br />

Beneteau Oceanis 400, which is currently<br />

located at Marathon Key in Florida<br />

(on the hard during the hurricane<br />

season). He sails the Keys and Bahamas<br />

from November through April (eat<br />

your hearts out!). When not in Florida,<br />

he runs his fishing boat in Alaska. He<br />

used to do some chartering, and has a<br />

skipper’s license.<br />

Floyd has sailed for years in <strong>Portland</strong>,<br />

and has crewed on several PYC boats.<br />

He and his high school buddy, Lane<br />

Brown, bought the Beneteau together<br />

in 1995, and put it into charter with<br />

Sunsail. He and Lane have raced together<br />

in <strong>Portland</strong>. Floyd has sailed<br />

with others at PYC over the years, and<br />

is not a stranger to PYC.<br />

In addition to sailing and fishing, Floyd<br />

likes to dive, golf, ski, travel, garden<br />

and work with wood (he built two kayaks).<br />

Floyd and Lynn have one grown<br />

daughter, who also likes to sail.<br />

Dave Latimer<br />

Membership Committee<br />

S/V Elara<br />

Outstation Access<br />

Road Gets New<br />

Layer of Gravel<br />

Manager’s<br />

Report<br />

C<br />

an<br />

you believe<br />

that it is already<br />

<strong>Sep</strong>tember<br />

I was hoping for a much longer<br />

summer than we had. I hope that you<br />

had a good time on your boats this<br />

boating season and an extended Indian<br />

summer occurs.<br />

In case you didn’t know, we have maintenance<br />

repair forms available on<br />

Terry’s office door as well as in the<br />

office and on the bulletin board behind<br />

the bar. Please fill them out if you notice<br />

a problem on the docks or at your<br />

slip and Terry will take a look at the<br />

issue. It is a much better solution than<br />

mentioning it to the staff.<br />

I have also been aware that sometimes<br />

the dock carts are not being cleaned<br />

out after oil or other contaminates are<br />

spilled in them. Diesel does not smell<br />

very good on your blankets or clothing<br />

after transporting them to your vessel.<br />

We installed an intercom from the office<br />

to the fuel dock in order to inform<br />

you that we are sending someone down<br />

to fuel your boat. If it is within office<br />

hours and you haven’t heard from us<br />

push the PTT button and hold it while<br />

you talk. The office will respond. I<br />

hope that this will keep you informed<br />

about our response.<br />

Fred Carter<br />

<strong>Club</strong> Manager<br />

PYC GOLF<br />

Is A Year Round Sport<br />

Contact<br />

Larry Snyder<br />

503.737.1509<br />

lls.las@comcast.net<br />

www.portlandyc.com <strong>Sep</strong>tember 2011 • 3


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Aloha! Now close your eyes and<br />

feel the cool tropical breeze…take a<br />

deep breath and smell the<br />

aroma of an authentic Hawaiian<br />

Island dinner. Join us<br />

<strong>Sep</strong>tember 9th!<br />

This will be a Cookout to remember.<br />

All the details will be forthcoming<br />

in upcoming email newsletters<br />

Are you feeling lucky<br />

Perhaps a “high stakes” Card<br />

Game during the <strong>Sep</strong>tember<br />

23rd Cookout<br />

would be right<br />

up your alley.<br />

Details will<br />

be forthcoming<br />

in<br />

upcoming<br />

email<br />

newsletters.<br />

www.portlandyc.com <strong>Sep</strong>tember 2011 • 5


Upriver Cruise<br />

Magical Mystery Tour — Part 1<br />

Photos by Dale Mack<br />

Born a poor young country boy - Mother Nature's son<br />

All day long I'm sitting singing songs for everyone<br />

Sit beside a mountain stream - see her waters rise<br />

Listen to the pretty sound of music as she flies<br />

P<br />

YC, Wednesday morning August 10th, 9am. Time to<br />

fire up the V8’s, open the boathouse door and head<br />

to Ilwaco so we can join the Magical Mystery Tour<br />

(MMT) Upriver Cruise. A beautifully clear day with no boats<br />

on the river and nothing but speed to our name, the Conundrum<br />

and her crew of one (Greta), made its way to the coast.<br />

Blasting away with the Beatles’ Revolver and Rubber Soul in<br />

the iPod, we made it to the party by 1pm that afternoon, supposedly<br />

seen by Hey Jude around Tongue Point with the afterburners<br />

on full blast. I’m sure all of you know that gas to<br />

run your boat is a small part of the cost to actually HAVING<br />

it so you can contact me if you really want to know the fuel<br />

burn equation for the trip. Or, you can watch it later on the<br />

Speed Channel if you have cable.<br />

As the MMT Upriver Cruise is in full force at the time I’m<br />

writing this on the back deck of M/V Conundrum on Sunday<br />

afternoon in the sunshine, you can expect that this cruise<br />

report won’t be very long. For those that are on the cruise,<br />

it’s been wonderful because Mother Nature has blessed us all<br />

with a missing Summer, meaning that at no time was it more<br />

than 70 or less than 55 outside with plenty of sunshine and<br />

lots of happy faces. It truly has been a Magical Mystery<br />

Tour.<br />

One of the highlights of Ilwaco was watching all the sailboats<br />

hit bottom while docked such that they enjoyed sleeping<br />

sideways (but don’t you all enjoy that). It was Ilwaco’s way<br />

of asking you to stay a bit longer, Bob and Sam Dubay and<br />

Dave and Mary Latimer. I personally practiced my land surfing<br />

balance while walking the wobbly dock fingers, assisting<br />

boats in and out of the harbor.<br />

PYC’s routine dockside appetizer share was very yummy<br />

even though the darn winds would not calm down. Larry<br />

Snyder gave Sandy Gordon first prize for her Bloody Mary<br />

cups appetizers. Sandy was happy that so many enjoyed the<br />

appetizer / drink. The secret recipe may be available for sale<br />

in the PYC store. Sandy is still waiting for that first prize …<br />

Larry<br />

For those that are interested in biking the good old fashioned<br />

way (no motors), then Ilwaco is your place. The Discovery<br />

Trail is a magnificent way to explore the beach as well as the<br />

forest and was so enticing that even Steve Pearson was seen<br />

(Continued on page 7)<br />

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(Continued from page 6)<br />

on a bicycle. Steve, his wife Sierra and Rob Petersen were<br />

given bad advice on which trail to take and had they continued<br />

before doubling back, they’d be somewhere in British<br />

Columbia.<br />

The 200th anniversary of Astoria’s founding in 1811 was<br />

celebrated in style by our very own Bo Knab who found a<br />

way to carry almost as many people on Luscious, furling ol’<br />

glory as part of the parade, than the Hanke’s did on their<br />

boat. Diane Hanke was seen later on Sunday calling the<br />

Guinness Book of Records to see what the record number<br />

was for most people on a 44’ Tollycraft. I think she’s not the<br />

record holder for now but if you see her soon, buy her the<br />

biggest cocktail you can afford as she needs it.<br />

Everyone in Astoria found food, drink, shopping at the<br />

Farmer’s Market, good biking & hiking and good weather!<br />

And oh by the way, Roger Jorgensen discovered Tanqueray<br />

Rangpur Gin and is now in love.<br />

You’ll have to wait until the October issue for any more on<br />

the MMT Upriver Cruise.<br />

Steve, Sandra & Greta Gordon<br />

Your PYC Cruise Directors<br />

M/V Conundrum<br />

www.portlandyc.com <strong>Sep</strong>tember 2011 • 7


Upriver Cruise — Ilwaco<br />

Photos by Dale Mack<br />

8 • <strong>Sep</strong>tember 2011 www.portlandyc.com


Upriver Cruise — Astoria<br />

Photos by Dale Mack<br />

www.portlandyc.com <strong>Sep</strong>tember 2011 • 9


<strong>Portland</strong> <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong> Sailors<br />

at Whidbey Island Race Week<br />

W<br />

ow!!! This has been a great<br />

summer for PYC racing<br />

sailboats travelling out of<br />

area!!! The latest group has been those<br />

who took their boats to Oak Harbor,<br />

WA to compete in Whidbey Island<br />

Race Week, held this year during the<br />

week of July 17-22. With 107 boats<br />

entered, once again PYC was wellrepresented,<br />

both in numbers and in<br />

performance. For those of you who<br />

don’t know what this regatta is, the<br />

most common nickname is ―Adult<br />

Summer Camp‖. The event includes<br />

five days of racing in the Oak Harbor /<br />

Penn Cove area of northern Puget<br />

Sound (east side of Whidbey Island).<br />

The weather conditions can be anywhere<br />

from no wind to LOTS of wind,<br />

but it’s generally warm and sunny. The<br />

committee schedules several races each<br />

day – wind permitting – followed by a<br />

party in ―the tent‖, after which, anyone<br />

still standing heads for dinner or bed.<br />

The next day, they do it all again. This<br />

year, the event included eleven races<br />

(twelve races for the Santa Cruz 27<br />

class and only ten races for the P-1<br />

fleet) in four days – no wind forced<br />

cancellation of racing on Friday. Despite<br />

some bumps, broken gear, and<br />

other assorted issues, everyone I’ve<br />

talked to has said it was a great event<br />

and they can’t wait for next year!!<br />

Since there were PYC members sailing<br />

on other <strong>Portland</strong>-area boats, here are<br />

the results for all of the <strong>Portland</strong> boats,<br />

PYC or not:<br />

Mark McCuddy P1 Fleet<br />

Tiger Lily 2nd place out of 6<br />

10 races<br />

Frank Bocarde<br />

P2 Fleet<br />

Bluefin 14th place out of 16<br />

11 races<br />

Joby Easton<br />

P9 Fleet<br />

Raindrop 1st place out of 11<br />

11 races<br />

Mike Pitarresi<br />

P9 Fleet<br />

Yeah Baby 7th place out of 11<br />

11 races<br />

George Brown P10 Fleet<br />

Skookum Too 4th place out of 6<br />

11 races<br />

Steve Weir<br />

P10 Fleet<br />

Bob 6th place out of 6<br />

11 races<br />

Special mention should be made here<br />

about Mark McCuddy’s performance in<br />

getting that 2nd place. Despite a couple<br />

of ―Ooops‖ races, Mark and his<br />

crew managed to rack up a very impressive<br />

record of four first place and two<br />

second place finishes during the week!<br />

Way to go, Tiger Lily!!!<br />

Now it’s time to bring everyone home<br />

and start seriously racing here on the<br />

river. While Tuesday and Thursday<br />

night racing is in full swing through the<br />

end of August, <strong>Sep</strong>tember and October<br />

bring the longer races and more of the<br />

weekend regattas. Next on the calendar<br />

for PYC races is the Fall Regatta. This<br />

is a two day regatta on <strong>Sep</strong>tember 17-<br />

18, with post-race gatherings at PYC<br />

after each day of racing. Our final race<br />

of the year will be the Gran Prix regatta<br />

on October 8-9, again with post-race<br />

gatherings at PYC each evening. So,<br />

for those of you who would like to take<br />

part in these events, mark your calendars<br />

and get your race entries in early!!<br />

Mike Stainsby<br />

Co-Captain, PYC Race Fleet<br />

S/V Kermit<br />

Photos by Mike Baker<br />

10 • <strong>Sep</strong>tember 2011 www.portlandyc.com


Mark McCuddy<br />

Tiger Lily<br />

2nd place<br />

out of 6<br />

Frank Bocarde<br />

Bluefin<br />

14th place<br />

out of 16<br />

George Brown<br />

Skookum Too<br />

4th place<br />

out of 6<br />

www.portlandyc.com <strong>Sep</strong>tember 2011 • 11


Outstation Docks<br />

Upgrades<br />

T<br />

hanks<br />

to a hard working group<br />

of volunteers, Mike Stanstell,<br />

Ted Antonsen, Mike House,<br />

Roger Jorgensen, Ken Kudrna, and<br />

with assistance from PYC Dockmaster-<br />

Terry Truan, a section of the old head<br />

walk was tied into the existing dock<br />

connecting AB and CD docks. At<br />

times, Terry was balancing out on the<br />

end of sixteen foot 4 x 6 stringers used<br />

to tie the docks together. The two<br />

docks will be decked in <strong>Sep</strong>tember to<br />

create a sixteen foot wide patio dock at<br />

the outstation.<br />

Photos by Dale Mack<br />

Ted Antonsen also did some detail<br />

work by caulking the showers and<br />

painting the piling collars white. We<br />

also started staining the docks which<br />

will be finished in <strong>Sep</strong>tember.<br />

The Island Cove Café provided great<br />

sandwiches for the hungry crew.<br />

Bob Morgan has ordered a 600 amp<br />

electrical panel and with Mike<br />

Stansell, and Eric Gazow are planning<br />

on replacing some of the dock wiring<br />

with copper to reduce the voltage drop<br />

experienced during large cruises at the<br />

outstation.<br />

Mark your calendar for <strong>Sep</strong>tember 9<br />

and 10 if you want to help finish<br />

decking the docks. A signup sheet will<br />

be posted at the club.<br />

Note: No stern ties will be allowed on<br />

the connecting docks until the installation<br />

is complete.<br />

Phil Gentemann<br />

Outstation Committee<br />

M/V Calypso<br />

12 • <strong>Sep</strong>tember 2011 www.portlandyc.com


IRIS Continues to<br />

Cross Indian<br />

Ocean<br />

I<br />

was awakened by the different feel<br />

of the boat and then heard the<br />

autopilot alarm sound meaning it<br />

couldn't hold the course. I jumped up<br />

from a fairly sound sleep and dressed<br />

for deck with harness and shoes. It<br />

was 0030 hrs. Iris had rounded up. I<br />

turned off the autopilot and got us<br />

back on course. Re-engage, the autopilot<br />

would only steer right. With the<br />

help of Marty Kirk from Rogers Marine,<br />

I much later saw that the sensor<br />

arm had been broken from the hydraulic<br />

drive. The windvane paddle had<br />

broken off several days before and I<br />

was waiting for port to replace the broken<br />

safety tube. So there was nothing<br />

left to do but steer.<br />

Iris was in the eleventh day of the<br />

nearly 2000 miles passage from Cocos<br />

to Rodrigues Island. I was alone and to<br />

this point having a good passage. My<br />

young Swiss crew had departed Iris at<br />

Cocos. There had been a mutual falling<br />

out and having them leave worked out<br />

for the very best. Iris was a happy boat<br />

again. Things do work out for the best.<br />

When the autopilot went out I figured<br />

landfall could still be obtained during<br />

daylight that day if we continued. So I<br />

steered the rest of the night and day<br />

briefly heaving to so I could make coffee<br />

and grab something to eat.<br />

By 1150 hrs I could see the smudge of<br />

Rodrigues on the horizon. Several<br />

hours later I approached the entrance<br />

to the outside reef. A rain squall obliterated<br />

all visibility. It passed. The<br />

Coast Guard called me on 16 and directed<br />

me to enter the well marked<br />

dredged inner harbor and tie to the<br />

jetty. I told the officer that I was very<br />

tired and would like to just anchor and<br />

sleep and clear in the morning. He<br />

insisted. Iris was able to tie to the concrete<br />

wall ok as I turned off the engine<br />

and coasted in as the transmission cable<br />

was broken. Indonesian fisherman<br />

were standing by and took dock lines<br />

and stopped us. That was luck having<br />

them there as the dock is usually deserted.<br />

Iris was secured to the wall at 1620 hrs,<br />

12 days and 6 hours after rounding<br />

Hornsby Island at Cocos. The first<br />

four days propelled us with 25 to 30<br />

knot trade winds. In one 24-hour period,<br />

Iris covered 195 miles point to<br />

point with double reefed sails.<br />

There followed three weeks on a wonderful<br />

island which tourism has yet to<br />

find. There were no Internet cafes nor<br />

backpacker hotels. There seems to be<br />

only two nice beach resorts on the island<br />

and those are far from Port<br />

Mathurin. Also anchored at Port<br />

Mathurin was the British yacht Janet<br />

that I first encountered in Samoa in<br />

2008. My favorite activity was taking<br />

the local buses to different parts of the<br />

island then walking the beach or hill<br />

trails back to the boat. Of course I also<br />

enjoyed the selection of Mauritian rums<br />

and going to the market for fresh eggs<br />

and veggies. Mauritius English is the<br />

official language but people speak<br />

French or French Creole. Language<br />

never stopped the locals from being<br />

friendly and helpful.<br />

Towards the end of July a good<br />

weather window appeared for the relatively<br />

short 350 mile jump over to Mauritius.<br />

Light winds sounded good. I<br />

was getting geared up to leave on Saturday<br />

July 23rd. Friday looked good too<br />

but it is bad luck to began a passage on<br />

a Friday. Then early Thursday morning<br />

a boat sailed in and anchored under<br />

sail. I dinghyed over to greet them and<br />

learned they had sailed 2400 miles from<br />

Indonesia without engine or windvane.<br />

Three of them steered the whole way.<br />

One crewmember later asked me if she<br />

could sail on Iris to Mauritius as I was<br />

leaving soon. She wanted to clear this<br />

with her skipper first. She was a<br />

French backpacker who has more offshore<br />

sea miles and has visited and<br />

worked in more countries before 30<br />

then most people dream of doing in a<br />

life time. I said ok.<br />

We left on Saturday but not until midmorning<br />

as we had to clear and then<br />

had light to no wind for the three day<br />

sail to Port Louis, arriving at dawn on<br />

Tuesday. By afternoon Iris was tied to<br />

the downtown jetty which is just a few<br />

minutes walk to the downtown district<br />

with shops and the best open fruit market<br />

I've seen on the trip. It is just entertaining<br />

to swim through the sea of<br />

people at the market as it seems to be<br />

always crowded.<br />

Now two weeks later, Janet has arrived<br />

and we are exploring Mauritius. Yesterday<br />

Janet took the local bus south of<br />

town to a beach where she met crewmember<br />

Melanie on the beach and had<br />

lunch with her family who is visiting<br />

from Paris. Me I'm doing boat projects<br />

in an exotic place with the parts<br />

Janet has brought from home. Isn't<br />

that the definition of cruising<br />

The AIS alarm is great on these passages.<br />

It sounded the alarm for eight<br />

ships on the way to Rodriguis. None<br />

of which I could see. And then it identified<br />

three ship on the way to Maurituis.<br />

First there was GPS, then Sat<br />

phones and sailmail on HF radio, now<br />

AIS. Don't leave home without it.<br />

John Colby<br />

S/V Iris<br />

Photos Wanted for<br />

2012 Calendar<br />

T<br />

he<br />

PYC Calendar Committee is<br />

looking for photos for the PYC<br />

2012 calendar. If you would<br />

like to submit photos for consideration<br />

please send a full resolution digital copy<br />

to Terry Johnson at:<br />

tj622@comcast.net<br />

The photos should be of PYC member<br />

boats. The photos need to be submitted<br />

to Terry Johnson no later than <strong>Sep</strong>tember<br />

30.<br />

Terry Johnson<br />

S/V Ozymandias<br />

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Photo by Dale Mack<br />

Saturday — <strong>Sep</strong>tember 10 — PYC Open House<br />

and the “Cruise to Nowhere”<br />

Enjoy the anchorage in front of the club and casually slip into the Fall boating season. There is a cookout on<br />

Friday evening and on Saturday from 2pm to 5pm, the <strong>Portland</strong> <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong> will host a celebration of our<br />

boating season by inviting CRYA (Columbia River <strong>Yacht</strong>ing Association) and OCSA (Oregon Corinthian Sailing<br />

Association) member clubs, their guests and our potential members and guests to an Open House. There<br />

will be light food provided and a no host bar available. A short program will highlight some of our boating<br />

and cruising activities during the summer.<br />

After the Open House, the club, patio and bar will continue to be open for the members and the Cruise to<br />

Nowhere boaters. The barbeque will be available for cruisers wishing to use the dockside facilities for dinner.<br />

Plan on the cruise and consider bringing a prospective member to the event.<br />

PYC<br />

Fall Regatta<br />

<strong>Sep</strong>tember 17-18<br />

18<br />

Photo by Dale Mack<br />

From the<br />

Tango<br />

Cookout<br />

July 22<br />

Photo by Dale Mack<br />

14 • <strong>Sep</strong>tember 2011 www.portlandyc.com


Coming<br />

Attractions<br />

Kelly Bar Open Every Friday 3-9 pm<br />

Saturday Lunch Every Saturday 11:30-1:30<br />

Wednesday Lunch Every Wednesday (Apr-Oct) 11:30-1:30<br />

Golf<br />

Every Wednesday, year round<br />

Board Meeting Third Wednesday every month<br />

Bridge Third Thursday every month 10 am<br />

Portlight Deadline 10th of every month<br />

<strong>Sep</strong>tember<br />

2-5 fr Cruise: Labor Day—Willow Bar<br />

9 fr Cookout<br />

10 sa PYC Open House<br />

16-18 fr Cruise: PYC Ladies Cruise—Willow Bar<br />

17-18 sa PYC Fall Regatta<br />

23 fr Cookout<br />

30-2 fr Cruise: Beacon Rock<br />

October<br />

1 sa CRYA Closing Day<br />

8-9 sa Race: PYC Gran Prix Regatta<br />

15 sa SYSCO Awards Banquet<br />

22 sa Scotch & Cigar Night<br />

28-30 fr Cruise: Halloween Cruise—Willow Bar<br />

Sales - Installation - Service<br />

Please consider us for your next boat equipment or electronics project<br />

Visit our website for details on services we provide www.rodgersmarine.com<br />

3445 N.E. Marine Drive <strong>Portland</strong>, OR 97211<br />

Phone 503-287-1101 FAX 503-288-3745 sales@rodgersmarine.com<br />

Beacon Rock Cruise<br />

<strong>Sep</strong>t. 30 – Oct. 2<br />

PYC provides 'cook your own' steak<br />

with yummy sides on Saturday night.<br />

$14.00 per person — Cancellation policy in effect.<br />

M a u n i E l l i oRSVP t t R503.735.0632 e g a t t a or admin@portlandyc.com<br />

Photo by Dale Mack<br />

Photo by Dale Mack<br />

www.portlandyc.com <strong>Sep</strong>tember 2011 • 15


<strong>Portland</strong> <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong><br />

1241 NE Marine Drive<br />

<strong>Portland</strong>, OR 97211<br />

Need to Move a Car<br />

*** Snow Birds ***<br />

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To or From any State<br />

Over 100 terminals nationwide<br />

800.214.5622—Vancouver,WA<br />

www.unitedroad.com<br />

The BOATYARD At<br />

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503-543-2785<br />

All Services — Boats 20’ - 60’<br />

U p r i v e r C r u i s e — A s t o r i a<br />

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