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TheBarnacle Commodore s Corner Dates to Remember May 4 Opening Day (Seattle) 14 General Membership Meeting 9 Spring Series Race Ends (5) 24-27 Memorial Day Cruise to Bremerton 30 Summer Series Race

) 13 Summer Series Race 3 14-16 Minto Mingle Cruise to Gig Harbor 20 Summer Series Race 4 23 Boats for Beds Event 27 Summer Series Race 5 Kersten Hubbard I d like to send a special thank you to Steve

Congratulations! Now that I have your attention, seriously, you missed a good time. I m starting to notice a pattern with our cruises.

1 TheBarnacle Commodore s Corner Dates to Remember May 4 Opening Day (Seattle) 14 General Membership Meeting 9 Spring Series Race Ends (5) Memorial Day Cruise to Bremerton 30 Summer Series Race (1) June 1-2 Gig Harbor Days 6 Summer Series (Race 2) 11 General Membership Meeting (Ukulele Night!) 13 Summer Series Race Minto Mingle Cruise to Gig Harbor 20 Summer Series Race 4 23 Boats for Beds Event 27 Summer Series Race 5 Kersten Hubbard I d like to send a special thank you to Steve and Janet Sisson for hosting the first-ever Tax Relief Predicted-Log Race/Cruise. If you didn t attend, you missed a great time and have been volunteered, in absentia, to be this year s Cruise Chair. Congratulations! Now that I have your attention, seriously, you missed a good time. I m starting to notice a pattern with our cruises. Within a couple hours of everyone arriving, someone ends up in the water. Sometimes, alcohol is not even involved. I know. Unbelievable. It s not all men who fall in or women. It s not just powerboaters or sail-boaters. Yet, there is a common link between all these impromptu swims. I ll give you the cruising season to figure it out. There may even be an extra special award at COW this year if the trend continues. If you saw my this week, you know that the Memorial Day Cruise will be held at Bremerton. Due to the unusually wet cruising season we ve been having, we re having a special contest. , phone, or radio in your best guess as to who will end up in the drink this cruise. I promise not to tell your spouse that you voted for them, but if you win, you will have some explaining to do.

There are a few minor rules: No pushing, hip-checking, or other encouragement allowed. The accidental swimming must be witnessed by at least two people.

2 There are a few minor rules: No pushing, hip-checking, or other encouragement allowed. The accidental swimming must be witnessed by at least two people. In lieu of the incident not being directly witnessed by others, there must be clear and convincing proof (whatever that is) that the dip took place. The M-O-B must escape unharmed. Entries must be received prior to your entrance into the Bremerton Marina. tkrhubbard@msn.com Phone: (leave message and disguise voice, if you must) Radio: 68/69, maybe we ll be listening and watching See you on the water! Kersten Social Committee Joan Marie, Chair Join us May 14 at the Mandarin Kitchen in Des Moines for our monthly social and general meeting. Dinner will start at 6:00 P.M. and program will start at 7:00.

3 Cruising News Could Be YOU!, Chair TAX RELIEF CRUISE Friday evening, April 19 th, seven TTPYC boats were Cruise Schedule 2013 May Memorial Day Cruise May 31-June 2 Gig Harbor Day Cruise June Minto Mingle June 23 Boats for Beds July 4 Raft up, Tramp Harbor September 1-2 Labor Day Cruise September Sleep and Creep tied up in Dockton: Tracer, Polaris, HobbEs, Mapril June, Brigadoon (the newer), Sloe Tango and Stealing Time. Saturday morning was time to race from the Manzanita buoy to the light house at the entrance to Gig Harbor. Sailboats below 30 started the 4.5 nautical mile race at 12:00 and sailboats over 30 started at 12:05 gps time. During the non-countdown, Tiberon and Prime Meridian came straight from Des Moines to join the racing. There was 15 to 20 knots of wind and many cruising items got rearranged to the cabin soles. Tracer came in first, followed by HobbEs, Sloe Tango and Tiberon. In the Predicted Log category Mapril June left the Manzanita buoy at his calculated time, ran the 11.5 nautical mile course and arrived at Gig Harbor only 1 minute and 5 seconds early. That error was small enough to get first place in this category. Maybe next year some other boats will become predicted loggers. The crews of Sir Rowdy, Day Break and the Edmistons, sans boat, came straight to Gig harbor for the after race happy hour, icebreaker game and a pot-luck dinner. A total of 11 boats achieved tax relief that weekend.

4 Memorial Day Cruise Plan on joining us Friday, May 24 through Monday, May 27 for the Memorial Day Cruise to Bremerton. We will be taking bets on who will fall in the water on this cruise---seeing that there has been a 'victim' every cruise this season thus far!! Entries must be submitted upon arrival in the marina or call them in by radio prior to docking if you think you or your spouse might be the one going in! Tides will be minus-3 that weekend, so there may be more than one winner. Please call the Bremerton Marina: to make your slip reservation. TTPYC has 10 slips reserved, so make sure you mention the club. Our slips are on B dock. Tiburon will be in B28, in case you want to be as far away as possible from the host boat. This is also the weekend of Kitsap Harbor Days, which means that there will be activities in Bremerton and Port Orchard (foot ferry). We'll plan on a traditional TTPYC potluckish Happy Hour every night...5/6/7-ish til whenever we run out of booze, snacks, get tired of each other, or a gun fight breaks out. Potluck dinner Sunday night. Please time your coming and going appropriately due to the current that rips through the marina! I tease about going in the drink, but we do want everyone to remain as safe as possible. A very special thank you to Doug and Sharon who have agreed to assist with hauling 'stuff' for the event! Let me know if you have questions, ideas, or want to volunteer to host the Labor Day cruise in Poulsbo. Kersten Commodore Host of Memorial Day Cruise h

34 th Annual Minto Mingle Sailboat Races and Cruise. June 15-16 2013 Gig Harbor, Washington (in front of Arabella s landing marina) Race Starts: 13:00 ish on Saturday. 10:00 Sunday.

5 34 th Annual Minto Mingle Sailboat Races and Cruise. June Gig Harbor, Washington (in front of Arabella s landing marina) Race Starts: 13:00 ish on Saturday. 10:00 Sunday. Once again it is time to dust off the old Minto s and come join the fun in Gig Harbor, Wa. Arabella s Landing Marina will be our host for moorage and the potluck dinner Saturday evening in the club house at 7:00 following the races. It is easy to get to this venue by car or boat. The entire town is walkable from Arabella s Landing Marina. If you come by car you will have to park on the city streets to avoid a $10/ day parking lot fee. You must call Arabella s Landing directly for moorage reservations at There are about 15 slips available on a first come, first served basis and I believe the rates are still $1 per foot. Anchoring out is also an option. There will be a $5 per boat event fee charged to offset the clubhouse rental and will be collected on the docks. Things to do: Walk about. Parks and the Gig Harbor Boatshop (public park) which always has something new going on inside. New 7 seas micro brewery. Gig Harbor history museum. New restaurants. And much more. Questions? Call Ron Moblo Race On!

Racing News Steve Foss, Race Fleet Captain Steve Sisson, Assistant Race Fleet Captain Spring Regatta, 2013 There

We had great help in all areas from putting in buoys, to putting in and hauling out boats, and set up and clean

If you check out our new racing blog, you will see that some folks thought this was the best year yet!

6 Racing News Steve Foss, Race Fleet Captain Steve Sisson, Assistant Race Fleet Captain Spring Regatta, 2013 There was good wind for the race, and a lot of it! Pat Stewart and his crew ran 43 races in the two days of the event. We had great help in all areas from putting in buoys, to putting in and hauling out boats, and set up and clean up of the BBQ. If you check out our new racing blog, you will see that some folks thought this was the best year yet! Follow this link to the blog and while you are at it, check out the other sections of our great new website! Thanks to the race committee! Thanks to everyone who helped with this event.

7 Membership News Doug and Sharon Andrews, Chairs Samantha, The Sea Dog, Assisting TTPYC members, we are inviting you to share a little of yourself with the other members of the club. Each month the Barnacle is going to try and feature a member or two, starting with the members that have joined us most recently. With that said there are many older members, in the club longer, I am sure have some interesting tidbits about themselves or their boating life we all would like to hear. Some subjects to think about but certainly not limited to: *How did you get into boating, sail, power, other and where. *How many and what types of boats have you owned. *How did your boat or boats get their name. *What prompted you to join TTPYC. *Special trips you have taken or may recommend. *What is your favorite part of boating? *Helpful boating tip you could share. *Next on your horizon, trips, a new boat or just something to share. Please pick a subject or two to share with your fellow club members and send your short article, 2 or 3 paragraphs, to Kristie & Don, the Barnacle editors, K6352@aol.com and Doug & Sharon membership chairs, doug@highlandmistltd.com. Include the year you joined the club and a picture of you and your crew and or your boat would be fun to include in the article.

8 Jim and Vicki Carey Jim first was exposed to sailing on a Sunfish at a church picnic in the late 1980 s. He was immediately hooked. In 1991 we bought at 12 foot AMF Puffer and had many great and harrowing adventures on Puget Sound and on (and sometimes in) lakes from American Lake to Lake Whatcom, generating many stories. For a couple of years ending in 2000 we had the good fortune to use a 32 Columbia that belonged to a friend. He was ill and could not do maintenance so for the price of a little work we had the use of the boat. Alas, his health did not recover and the boat had to be sold. Jim and Vicki Carey aboard the Polaris on the 4 th of July We purchased our current boat in 2006 when Jim retired. It is a 27 foot 1985 Cal and we have had many adventures together in her. We are seven years older now and looking for something a little more accommodating to old fogeys like us. Something with head room for Jim who is 6 1, decent engine access for the sake of his back, and a walk off transom so I can get into the dingy with a little more ease. Our home of 39 years is in Federal Way and we have a grown son and daughter. Vicki retired just this December after 19 years working in school offices for the Federal Way Schools. Jim is mostly retired from Group Health as a Dispensing Optician, but goes in to work a few days a month in the winter. When we are not sailing we enjoy swing dancing, which we do in spurts and starts as the mood hits us and we hear of a good blues band playing somewhere.

9 Captain Ray (Valpey), Mate Debra, and crew Chloe and Nike on /Sloe Tango We have long appreciated boating, having each come into it at different times and under different circumstances. Ray was a student at Berkley in the wild and crazy 60 s when his roommate introduced him to sailing in the bay. Now there you find wind, matey! I had some pleasant boating experiences as a youth and younger woman, but it was in linking my life with Ray's that really got me loving being on the water. Our first boat was a San Juan 21. Her retractable keel kept us separated from the shoulders up in the V-berth. Kind of tippy ride--i learned some new ways to say I m sacred, Ray! Then we chartered a Catalina 32 in the San Juan s and I liked that, thereby developing a serious case of 9 foot itis. Synchrony was the answer to that plea, a 30 foot Hunter with a comfy cabin and great stability on the water, though she wouldn t win any races! She served us well for several years and then Ray got 7 foot itis, and that led us to Sloe Tango (a 376 Hunter), named for the sweetness of the sloe berry, a cousin of the rose family, and for the dance of life and collaborative forces of wind and waves as we slice through the waters of our Salish Sea (when there is wind, that is!) We joined TTPYC in about l995, soon after we acquired Synchrony, and we relish the camaraderie, adventures and practical assistance that being part of this community has brought us. We have served in many capacities, including cruise chair, social chair, trustee, secretary, and commodore. We sail with our 4 pawed kids (our human kids were never very into sailing--too slow and you can t water ski with one!) So our crew is Chloe, our loving Maltese, and Nike, our nutty geriatric cat. Nike has used up a slew of her nine lives and she must be on borrowed time now. One night, in Montague Harbor, she jumped (?) in the middle of the night and swam 300 yards to shore. We searched high and low for her, then sadly had a quiet ceremony in her honor, and slowly plodded home. Six weeks later we got a phone call. She was hanging around a French restaurant on the island and had decided she did not care for the food. And that is just one of her Nike Chronicles. Chloe stays close to our side and appreciates the friendships she has made through the club. We take two or three weeks every summer, usually traveling north, but occasionally south. Desolation Sound has been our furthest venture and we hope to travel to Barclay Sound and Princess Louisa Inlet (i.e. Chatterbox Falls) in the future. Want to join us?

EXTRAS Mid-Sound Summer Social Just a reminder that our Mid Sound Summer Social, which features 6 evenings of relaxed Thursday night sailing, followed by a dockside party to raise money for two local

10 EXTRAS Mid-Sound Summer Social Just a reminder that our Mid Sound Summer Social, which features 6 evenings of relaxed Thursday night sailing, followed by a dockside party to raise money for two local charities, the Des Moines Food Bank and Hospitality House, is just around the corner. The events will be held Thursdays, July 11, July 18, July 25, August 1, August 8, and August 15. Contact Kathryn Harang at or her at kabrunette@outlook.com, if you are available to help with the events. New Law Effects Boating This session the Legislature passed a bill dealing with Boating Under the Influence, it will affect everyone on the water. This is a rather far reaching RCW revision, from BUI for any combination of alcohol or drugs, plus monetary fines for anyone operating a boat + boat owner without prescribed safety gear. This means flares, lifejackets, or anything else required, depending on the boat. See the website for exact information S.PL.pdf

19 th Annual Leukemia Cup Regatta The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society is hosting its 19 th Annual Leukemia Cup Regatta on Saturday, June 8 th, 2013 held at the Elliott Bay Marina.

11 19 th Annual Leukemia Cup Regatta The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society is hosting its 19 th Annual Leukemia Cup Regatta on Saturday, June 8 th, 2013 held at the Elliott Bay Marina. Competitive racers, casual cruisers, seasoned pros and brand-new sailors are encouraged to participate in this year s Leukemia Cup Regatta on June 8 th at Elliott Bay Marina. The Leukemia Cup is an opportunity for sailors from around the Pacific Northwest to come together in support of a good cause while kicking off the summer sailing season. Over the last 10 years, boaters and their generous friends and family have helped raise more than $1.3 million for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society which have been used to fund groundbreaking research and much-needed services for local patients. and more! Leukemia Cup sailors may host a blood cancer patient and their family for a relaxing day on the water on June 8 th. After the race, everyone is invited to attend the post-event party, also at Elliott Bay Marina, featuring a BBQ dinner, live music by The Tropics, the Leukemia Cup awards ceremony, a short auction For more information, contact Brianna Rockenstire at (206) or brianna.rockenstire@lls.org Registration information is available at America s Cup To keep up with the latest on the America s Cup and to see some fabulous photos, visit this website.

12 Officers for Three Tree Point Yacht Club Commodore Kersten Hubbard Vice Commodore Kathryn Harang Secretary - Dorothy Fry Treasurer - Caroline McShane Fleet Captain - Race Steve Foss Assistant Fleet Captain - Race Steve Sisson Past Commodore - Debra Valpey Trustees: Doug Andrews, Tim McShane, Rick Edel, Jerry Carbaugh, Eli Tolin APPOINTED OFFICERS Fleet Captain- Cruise: Susie Dix Social: Joan Marie Webmaster: Nick Wood Membership: Sharon & Doug Andrews Barnacle: Kristie and Don Brame Historian: Records and Roster: Shelley Conti Ship s Store: Carol Jones

13 Three Tree Point Yacht Club P.O. Box Des Moines, WA

The Barnacle. Kathryn. Dates to Remember. Commodore s Corner Kathryn Brunette Harang. October 4 Fall Series Day 18 Change of Watch

The Barnacle. Kathryn. Dates to Remember. Commodore s Corner Kathryn Brunette Harang. October 4 Fall Series Day 18 Change of Watch Dates to Remember October 4 Fall Series Day 18 Change of Watch November 1 Winter Series 11 Membership 15 Winter Series December 6 Vashon Island TYC (SSS #1) 9 Membership January 2015 10 Duwamish Head Race