THE DINGHY
The Newsletter of the SINCLAIR INLET YACHT CLUB
The best of yachting ~ in the heart of the Puget Sound
Sinclair Inlet Yacht Club is composed of yacht owners, and persons
interested in boating and amateur yachting. Many of our members have
boats located at the Port Orchard Marina. Some of our members come from
Vashon Island and Seattle while others come from as far away as Mount
Rainier and Everett. With low membership fees, many reciprocals and a
great group of people enjoying good times we encourage anyone
interested in boating to consider joining our Yacht Club!
We hope you enjoy our newsletter and become interested in the Sinclair
Inlet Yacht Club. See you on the water!
SIYC 2013 Bridge:
Commodore Scott Jungquist
360-340-4408
Vice Commodore Rhonda Jungquist
360-769-2213
Rear Commodore NathanMerry
206-920-2653
Secretary Sarah Merry
360-480-5218
Treasurer Jan Anderson
360-569-2520 / 253-208-8477
Quartermaster ...... …………...... Bill Barton
Phone: (360) 871-2940
Reciprocal Chairman...... Richard Tossey
Phone: (253) 312-7884
2013 RENDEZVOUS SCHEDULE
Cruise Schedule and Workshops!!!
Poulsbo - June 21 - 23rd – Host Scott & Rhonda Jungquist
What a spectacular weekend everyone had at Poulsbo! Per usual there was more food provided than we could consume. The weekend started with a salmon (provided by Scott & Rhonda) boy did you miss out on a treat if you missed it.
Saturday was filled with shopping and a group took the shuttle, provided by the casino, to enjoy a leisurely brunch there. After returning to the marina we picked up a couple more members and took in the educational & entertaining “MarineScienceCenter”. From there the club moved on to do some wine tasting at the “ Eleven Winery” , where we picked up a few more club members. The evening finished with a dessert buffet on the dock, which included the swapping of boating tales of adventure.
Sunday morning everyone ate their fill of Sluy’s bakery goodies before heading for home ports.
SIYC enjoying desserts and conversation on the dock June 22nd 2013 Port of Poulsbo. Including, new members Mark & Tami McKay & their four legged family member.
A merry bunch! SIYC cycled through the Eleven Winery Tasting Room in Poulsbo earlier in the evening in three different “shifts” ~ Wonderful time!!! The Port served in the Chocolate cups, a particular favorite!
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There are still more to attend this Summer,
including an extended trip into the San Juan Islands later in July!
Port Orchard - July 4th - 7th – Host Scott & Rhonda Jungquist
NOTE: July 3rdScott & Rhonda will be going to Liberty Bay and rafting up for the night to watch the Third of July Fireworks there- Please let Rhonda know, if you plan to join them.ASAP
July 4th They will return to Port Orchard and join up with the rest of the SIYC ! The following slips have been reserved for SIYC boats 33, 34, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 & 44 – Everyone is free to contact the Marina and confirm reservations (360-876-5535) but please contact Rhonda as well;so she will know which ones are taken and who to expect where. All other slips no pre-assigned will be given out to members on a first come first serve basis.
Scott & Rhonda will be hosting a traditional Fourth of July BBQ on E dock – (slip E 59). Jungquist will be providing hotdogs, hamburgers, chips & soda. They request that everyone else bring their favorite salads, desserts or other side dishes & accompaniments you would like at the BBQ. The BBQ will include a Quarterly all members club meeting.
Something new & exciting, Rhonda will be introducing a game at the start of the BBQ, which will be on going throughout the firework finale.
The town's Fathom's of Fun Festival is going on from June 28th through the Fourth (see flyer attached for info and events)
July5thwe will head to Slaughter County Brewery for JazzNight
July 6th - for those still hanging with us - we willpretend we are tourists in our own town and"tour our town" (don't worry, not as boring as it sounds!- I have done this a few times - it IS fun! We will discover new things about our little town or rediscover things we may have forgotten we loved!)
San JuanIsland’s - July 20th - 28th – Host TBD
LakeBay - August 17th - 19th – Host Nate & Sarah Merry
Brownsville - September 20th – 22nd – Host Verne & Virginia Logan
Please let Rhonda Jungquist or Sarah Merry know as soon as possible if you would like to fill any of the open Host positions.
Also - a recent recip. review from our members Al & Lyndi Gaston who used the recip. at Brownsville after leaving Poulsbo last weekend.
The Recip. at Brownsville worked fine but with a few changes .They are running it little differently there; both the Brownsville and West Seattle YC's provide funding for reciprocals at the Brownsville marina each month. When the allotted money has been used by visiting boats, there are no reciprocal slots available until the next month. So early in the month is a better bet to get in there on a reciprocal. As we were going in late in the month, the Brownsville YC allotment was used up, but the West Seattle YC was not, so he gave us that one. The only other noteworthy item was that the location of the reciprocal berth has changed. It is no longer on the West side of the North breakwater; now you can use any of the guest slips along the East breakwater (but not the North breakwater). The facility was nice; the deli was quite good, and the specialty meats market (Sweeny's) was quite interesting; all kinds of exotic meats. There is also a well stocked convenience store a very short walk from the clubhouse. And the marina currently has the cheapest diesel around.
Thank you, Al & Lyndi for your review.
Great to get a member’s input/articles!!!
COMMODORE’S CORNER
Normally this would be where our Commodore adds his thoughts; but he has chosen to make room for the following update from a fellow member, Doug Cook.
Doug’s review from National Marina Day…
We had a good day with our Sinclair Inlet Yacht Club at the Bremerton Marina. We attended several one hour seminars, had a free pulled pork lunch with ice tea, water and cash bar (I think I downed 6 sandwiches but they were small)... Listened to Bob Meng, with the power squadron, talk about on water training and we got him to talk boat batteries most of the time. I learned a boat load of info on batteries...
I did not know it’s against the regulations, to have wing nuts holding down battery cables. I have one I need to replace...
He verified the thought of keeping batteries plugged in 24/7 to extend their life. He says he gets over 10 years on his batteries.
Most common killer of batteries is low water level. Once that happens, toss that battery or it will take down the others.
He also spoke about not installing a new house battery with older ones. His reasoning was that if the older house batteries were just a little weak, i.e. could not get to the 99.7% full charge level, the smart charger will continue to try and get the older batteries to full and that will kill the new battery since it should only have a trickle charge when it is fully charged.
When stacking battery cables on the battery post, always have the biggest battery cables on the bottom and smaller ones at the top; otherwise if a smaller battery cable is under the bigger one, the smaller cable may act as a resistor and heat and possibly destroy the smaller gauge cables.
When multiple batteries are in the house bank, take the negative from one corner and the positive from an opposite corner. This ensures all the batteries in the middle are discharged/charged equally...
We listened to Roger Slade, USCG and Pres. of Vessel Assist at Port Hadlock talk about rescuing boaters and best methods of emergency anchoring and helping stranded boaters.
Scott Alprin had, a hands on session, on how to properly approach and dock a boat even in adverse conditions. Scott also taught a good "Spousal Survival" seminar on what to do if the Capt. becomes incapacitated while at sea and/or goes overboard. He even had the girls practice firing off fire extinguishers.
We also had an excellent seminar from Anne and Laurence Yeadon-Jones, authors of the “Dreamspeaker Guides”, give an informative presentation on safe and fun boating in Puget Sound; where they have spent the last two years researching local anchorages and marinas for their new Puget Sound Boater's guide due out in July in paperback and as an app within a year or two for both Apple and Android tablets. We saw some of the pages of this new guide and I am already on the list to purchase one of the first dozen that come off the line...
We toured the police boats, the Fisheries boat and Sheriff boats... fun time for all...
Overall, we had a great day and finished it off with a 3 hour happy hour at Anthony's...
Oh, and they had the Navy Jazz band provide live music... cool day overall... Next year the marina plans to provide a two nights for one moorage...
Thank you Doug, for this valuable information.
Interested in SIYC Gear?
Contact Bill Barton to place an order: (360) 871-2940
Jackets
Men’s $50.00*
Women’s 50.00*
Vest 45.00
Sweatshirt 20.00
Hat 15.00
T-Shirt 15.00
Any item can be personalized for an addition $5. *Personalization for jackets is included
in the cost listed and they are always personalized with the individual’s first name. In
addition, if you have any item you would like to have embroidered with the SIYC
emblem, please let Bill know. Most items can be done for $5 each.
Plan to attend:
SIYC business meeting are held every month on the second Tuesday of each month, at the Moondogs Too restaurant in Port Orchard, starting at 6 PM.
The next SIYC business meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, August 13, 2013.
Time: 6 PM
Location: MoondogsToo (Upstairs)
The meetings are open to all SIYC members and the Board encourages your participation.
See you on the water!!!!!!!!!