The Barnacle Dates to Remember Commodore s Corner Dave Clifford June 1 Summer Series 1 2-4 Gig Harbor Days Cruise 8 Summer Series 2 15 Summer Series 3 22 Summer Series 4 29 Summer Series 5 July 4 Tramp Harbor Raft Up August Cruising Month No Barnacle this month September 1-3 Labor Day Cruise to Longbranch 15-17 Sleep N Creep Docton Summer has finally started to arrive! Don Brame and his team have done a great job putting together a Mid-sound Summer Solstice party-event for June 20th. I encourage everyone to participate. Read Don's article for specifics. We have former TTPYC members, Dale and Cynthia Carlton, making a presentation at our September Social meeting about their cruise sailing to Hawaii spending the winter there and then returning. This will be a real interesting presentation. Joy and I are headed off to circumnavigate Vancouver Island in the next few days. We will be traveling with George and Daphne on Tracer. Have a great cruising summer. Dave
Social Committee Janet Sisson, Chair Our social committee is taking a much needed break. We will be back in September with another exciting program. Dale and Cynthia Carlton, former TTPYC members, will give a presentation on their cruise sailing to Hawaii, spending the winter there and then returning at our September Social meeting See you on the water! Racing News Charles Hendrick, Assistant Race Fleet Captain (and a dedicated group of volunteers!) Spring Series Wrap Up Guy Amsberry had his camera out for the spring series and sent this link to see photos. https://www.flickr.com/photos/amsberry/albums/72157680500645292 Summer Series is here!! Please see schedule below: Series Date Committee Boat TTPYC SUMMER SERIES 1 June 1 Blue Max TTPYC SUMMER SERIES 2 June 8 Blue Max TTPYC SUMMER SERIES 3 June 15 Blue Max TTPYC SUMMER SERIES 4 June 22 Blue Max TTPYC SUMMER SERIES 5 June 29 Blue Max Registration is done through the Regatta Network, which you can reached at the url below: https://www.regattanetwork.com/html/calendar.php?series=1&state%5b%5d=wa#
Swiftsure report: Below came from: http://www.swiftsure.org/results/ The Sun and the Moon literally lined up on Memorial Weekend (according to the BC professor that presented an informative slide show at the skippers meeting) to produce the largest tide swings of the year and therefore the largest tidal currents. This coupled with very light air in the first day produced very challenging conditions on Saturday. Three Tree Point Yacht Club had two boats up to the spring classic Swiftsure. Both boats finished!! Equus was in the #1 class and finished in slightly over 24 hours and was 6 th in class. Les Chevaux Blancs, in the #2 class, finished second in this class! This was no small accomplishment given the #2 class started later in the morning and 8 out of 9 boats in #2 class were unsuccessful getting past Race Passage before the tide turned and produced 6-7 knots of current in the passage. This necessitated a 7-hour anchor in a small bay waiting for the tide to turn so Race Passage could be successfully navigated. At Neah Bay, the turnaround point, in this 101-mile race, Les Chevaux Blancs was 8 out of 9 boats, but at the finish with the wind tide, Les Chevaux Blancs made the correct call to enter the bay from the west, the rest of the fleet approached from the east and were washed away by the tide from the finish line and finished hours later. The boats were escorted out to the start line with sound of bag pipes. Note the bag pipe player on the foredeck (in a kilt).
Boats going to the start line. Cruising News Joan Marie Van Gasken Ahoy the cruise fleet! Here is an updated 2017 TTPYC cruising calendar. We still have room for hosts, so please give me a call or email on the date you would like to host or co host. Hosting is WAY BIG FUN! Let me know if you have questions. Date Cruise Hosts/Co-Hosts June 2-4 Gig Harbor Days Raft Up Ray and Debra Valpey July 4 Tramp Harbor Picnic Before the Fireworks September 1-3 Labor Day Longbranch Raft Up September 15-17 Sleep and Creep, Dockton GIG HARBOR DAYS IN (WHERE ELSE?) GIG HARBOR! JUNE 2-4, FRIDAY TO SUNDAY This celebratory cruise will be a raft-up in Gig Harbor with a weekend chock full of fabulous events in hopping Gig Harbor! *Big Parade (you don t want to miss the library book cart race seriously!) *Lots of food and craft vendors *Live music in the park *and more! (We will have a full list of scheduled events available to you when you arrive) Please let Ray or Debra know before May 30 that you plan to attend so we can start gathering eggs for Saturday s quiches. Sloe Tango will arrive Friday afternoon. Please call us on cell (206-972-0278 or 206-953-5704) when you enter the Bay and we will start waving and get ready to help you raft up. We will be flying our Burgee. Please fly yours, if possible, too?
Please plan to: * Share Happy Hour treats and tall tales aboard Sloe Tango anytime after 6 on Friday, then out to dinner by dinghy or assemble impromptu shared meals on the raft. * Gather on Sloe Tango Saturday at 9AM for a quiche and juice breakfast (or just for coffee and conversation if you are early risers) and then choose to either relax on your boat, take in the parade and related festivities, or???? * Reconvene for Happy Hour, at 6 PM, and share Happy Hour and potluck along with Bananagrams and other silly games or optional returns to town for night life. * Gather for coffee, bagels and juice Sunday morning aboard Sloe Tango and enjoy the Blessing of the Fleet ceremony. We Hope You Will Join Us! Debra and Ray (and Clover) debravalpey@comcast.net or rayvalpey@gmail.com (see above for phone numbers.) Spring Opening Day Cruise Bell Harbor Marina Seattle Cinco de Mayo Cruise 2017 May 5 th -May 7 th We had a good turnout for this year s spring cruise at Bell Harbor Marina. The weather cooperated so we able to enjoy a lot of outdoor activities. Friday evening we had margaritas and Mexican themed appetizers, many thanks to the margarita bartenders Ben Stewart and Chris Jones. The appetizers were wonderful and such a great variety. Tom Spohn dressed the part in celebration of Cinco de Mayo. Be sure to check out the TTPYC Facebook page. Saturday turned out to be a beautiful day, many members visited the market and wandered at waterfront. Tim and Caroline McShane even made it to the Seattle Yacht clubs opening day crew races. Way to go Huskies. That evening we continued the Cinco de Mayo celebration with a Mexican theme potluck. I would like to say everyone out did themselves in this department. We had 12 boats participate: Amazing Grace, Tracer, Too Fat to Fly, Dionysus, Yikes II, Viva, Tiburon, Mapril June, Prime Meridian, Day Break, Hobbs, Brigadoon, and our newest members on Salish Mermaid, Duane and Gina Rubash. Ray and Debra Valpey arrived by bus with Clover. We also had our usual furry friends on board. Samantha, Maggie, Molly, Ginger, Clover and of course, our kitty friends, Buddy and Bandit. This was a fun cruise, so I am looking into reserving slips for next year around the same time. Carol Jones, Past Commodore
Happy Diners Pot Luck Dinner Furry Friends
Summer Solstice By The Sea* Don Brame, Chair *Formerly Mid Sound Sailing Social All things are now set for the Mid Sound Summer Solstice by the Sea on June 20. We have the sponsor s checks in house, the race permit from the coast guard, and now we need participants (and some volunteers to help set up, clean up, and run the race.) If you are not going to be cruising north on June 20, please come join us for the Solstice. See the brochure attached to the email for details. We will race at 6:30 PM, dinner and raffle will be 8-9 PM, and then sunset cruising on the longest day of the year! Thanks to Tom Hubbard for the outstanding brochure. Share it with your friends. Hope to see everyone there! Membership News Doug and Sharon Andrews, Chairs Samantha, The Sea Dog, Assisting Member News If you have news you want to share with members (think new grandchildren, addresses, boats, jobs, retirements, trips and/ or great photos of a trip, etc.) Just let us know. Email your announcement to Kristie & Don, the Barnacle editors, K6352@aol.com and Doug & Sharon membership chairs at doug@highlandmistltd.com. Let s keep in touch! 97 Years Young! Betty Haines just celebrated her 97 th birthday! Doug and Sharon helped her celebrate and shared this photo with us. Congratulations, Betty! Happy Birthday!
Welcome New Members! This month we are welcoming three new members to our club. Bill and Kristina Wood, Little White Rabbit, 1981 Merit 25 They have joined us for races many times and we look forward to seeing them even more. Luke Duvall, who has no boat as of now, but has joined us for socials at Angelo s as he learns more about boating. Duane and Gina Rubash, Salish Mermaid, 2007 Hunter 36. Duane and Gina (And Maggie their dog) joined us at Bell Harbor for our Cinco de Mayo Cruise. You can see from their photo that they enjoyed it! TTPYC 2017 Reciprocal Yacht Clubs For the most up to date list of yacht club reciprocals visit: YachtDestinations.org to find over 90 plus yacht clubs with reciprocal privileges with TTPYC. The first time you use this website you will need to Create an Account and be sure to indicate that you belong to TTPYC. Once you create an account and sign in then you will have access to the most up-to-date database of TTPYC reciprocal clubs. The clubs available can be found under the Destinations Tab or under the Details tab. By clicking on the icons on these pages you will find all of the information needed about a clubs facilities, terms of use, and the surrounding area. RECIPROCITY NOTE: You must fly your TTPYC Burgee while using guest moorage and have your TTPYC membership card available for verification. A condensed version of reciprocals is also listed in the back of your current membership roster.
MARKET PLACE This is a section for the benefit of our members. If you have something boat related to sell or trade, just send the info on to Kristie at K6352@aol.com and we will place it in this new section each month. Remember this is for members only! For sale: Chinook S2 9.1 1986 Lots of sails including a fresh set for racing. 2012 electronics replaced. 2012 the mast was stepped and everything in the standing rigging was disassembled, cleaned, inspected, repaired or replaced as needed. Mast, boom and spreaders received a fresh coat of paint. She has lots of racing and cruising miles left in her. $21,000 OBO Contact Dean Conti 253-395-7381 or dean@alphapre.com Website information I m not sure how many folks realize that member Nicholas Wood and Dan Downhour are our volunteer webmasters. Over the last few years, Nick has really upgraded the look of our site. He is working on other upgrades as well. However, it has been hard to get information to him, so.. if you need to contact him about the website or give him information to be posted, please email him at webmaster@ttpyc.org. As always, send Barnacle information or pictures to Kristie at K6352@aol.com.
EXTRAS! Doug Andrews shared these events with us!. Des Moines Marina Association 2017 Calendar of Meetings & Events (Note: City Council Meetings scheduled 1st, 2nd And 4th Thursdays at 7pm. In addition, scheduled Committee Meetings precede City Council & begin around 5:30-6pm. Check website for changes. DMMA attends for Marina-related topic.) (As of March 2017) June 3 Opening Day of Saturday Market in the Marina Parking lot 14 Monthly Meeting Standard agenda & review Dock Talk newsletter 20 Dock Talk submitted to Marina for inclusion in tenants July billing distribution July 4th of July Marina Fireworks display 12 Monthly Meeting Standard agenda look at City 2018 budget forecast going in to 2017 plan 21-23 Waterland Weekend Classic Boats/Cars and Parade August No Monthly Meeting September
13 Monthly Meeting - Standard agenda & preview of City/Marina budget for 2017 20 Dock Talk submitted to Marina for inclusion in tenants October billing distribution October 11 Fall DMMA General Meeting All members & tenants invited. Standard agenda; Mayor/Council November 8 Monthly Meeting Standard agenda & review Dock Talk newsletter. Review progress with City/Marina budget. Preview of proposed moorage rate change for 2017 December No DMMA Monthly Meeting? Marina We received this invitation from the Rogue Yacht Club in Oregon. It s Hard to Believe That The Southern Cascade Regatta Is Just A Few Short Months Away! If you ve been stalking the current registrants page on the regatta network website as much I have, you will see that 9 Lasers have already registered and 4 Ultimate 20 s. AND IT S ONLY MAY 1 st! With Howard Prairie Lake being full and a brisk registration pace, the Southern Cascade Regatta is shaping up to be an event you don t want to miss! One thing I wanted to mention is that your registration, lodging & meals are not confirmed until you pay at check out on the regatta network website. With lodging spaces being extremely popular, I want to make sure you get your spot secured right away. Here is the link in order to register: http://www.regattanetwork.com/event/14091 Here is the link to the camping at Apserkaha Park so you can take a peek at the layout: http://jacksoncountyor.org/parks/camping/howard-prairie-lake/apserkaha-park Feel free to email me with your preferred cabin and/or rv spot when you have paid through check out and I ll confirm with you right away. EXCITING NEWS!! Medford, Oregon s own World Famous Harry & David has graciously signed on as a sponsor for our regatta! We are beyond excited to welcome them aboard! We are really looking forward to seeing all of you at the regatta! Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions at all. Happy Sailing ~ Cindy Warwick, Rogue Yacht Club Regatta Committee 541.855.9207
Officers for Three Tree Point Yacht Club 2016-2017 Commodore Dave Clifford Vice Commodore Dennis Hansen Secretary Joy Clifford Treasurer Shelly Conti Race Fleet Captain Assistant Race Fleet Chuck Hendrick Past Commodore Carol Jones Trustees: Dan Downhour, Chuck Hendrick Doug Andrews, Vickie Carey, Rose Edmiston Appointed Officers Cruise Fleet Captain : Joan Marie Van Gasken Social : Janet Sisson Webmaster: Nick Wood, Assisted by Dan Downhour Membership: Doug and Sharon Andrews Barnacle Editor: Kristie Brame Historian: Open Records and Roster: Tom Hubbard PHRF Ratings: Mark Harang