Hello KCYC,

Before I get into May, I would like to say a special thank you to Gloria Young for Her presentation on the History of the luncheon GREAT JOB GLORIA THANK YOU! And thank you to my wife Cheryl for hosting this year’s lady’s luncheon in April.

The social and Cruise calendar have a generous selection of events and activities to choose from, it is like a charcuterie board of fun. Be sure to go to the club webpage and pick out your favorite selections.

Come Join the Fleet for Seattle Opening Day we will be on the Dock at Quean City Yacht Club May 5-7. Saturday, May 6 is the Flag ceremony followed by the crew races and boat parade at Seattle Yacht Club.

Kingston Opening Day Celebrations will be Saturday, May 13.

The May Board Meeting is Tuesday night, May 16, at 6:00.
Do not miss the General Meeting on Thursday, May 18, at 6:00. The food is always amazing.

Just when you thought the Fun was going to slow down, we have the Memorial Day cruse May 26-29 at Bell Harbor Marina in Seattle.

Just a reminder: the Clubhouse will be open from 6:00 to 10:00 on Friday nights to allow more time to enjoy the summer sun, starting Friday, May 12 (KCYC opening weekend) and running through Labor Day weekend.

Please sign up early. The Social and cruise schedule is filling up fast. What I have listed above is just the beginning of the fun at KCYC.

Cheryl and I look forward to seeing you around the club and on the dock. Please come and join the fun.

Art Hammon
Commodore

March Fleet Report

Most Recent

Tacoma Marine Daffodil Festival - April 24-26

We had 6 boats and 1 RV attend this event at the Tacoma Yacht Club (TYC) located at Point Defiance in Tacoma. This was our first time in many years that we participated in this action packed, long-time event. Our boats were moored in or alongside boat houses.  25 yacht clubs, 140 boats and 12 RVs attended. Our club was well represented:

• Our Commodore, Art Hammon,  participating in a formal flag ceremony,
• Jeopardy Trivia team led by Karen Viereck on Saturday,
• Entry in the Sunday decorated boat parade taking 1^st place in the wooden boat category,
• Several boats from our fleet attending, and
• Several non-boat members riding on member boats or driving by car.

Next Up 

May 5-7 Seattle Opening Day

This is a Seattle tradition with a long history put on by the University of Washington and Seattle Yacht Club.  A lot of Seattle and surrounding area residents come out to the Montlake Cut to watch the morning Windermere Cup crew races followed by the afternoon parade of decorated boats. KCYC also has a long-standing history of participating every year.

We have 13 boats intending to participate this year. Thank you Nancy Langwith for volunteering as Cruise Captain. KCYC is most fortunate to continue having moorage hosted by the Queen City Yacht Club (QCYC) on Portage Bay adjacent to the Seattle Yacht Club. QCYC will be open throughout this extended weekend for meals and nightly entertainment with live music. Below are links to QCYC and SYC providing details on all the action for the weekend:

2023 Opening Day Visitors Info | Queen City Yacht Club

Opening Day - Seattle Yacht Club

May 13 Kingston Cove Opening Day

Our own Kingston Cove Opening Day will be on the Saturday after Seattle’s.  Events will include:

• Past Commodores’ Breakfast
• Dock Ceremony including:
  • Color Guard
  • National Anthem
  • Introduction of Club Officers & Trustees
  • Blessing of the Fleet
  • Vessel Christenings
• Parade of Decorated Boats
• Celebration of Past Commodore Tom Picken’s life
• Fleet Steak & Shrimp Dinner

Come down to the Guest Dock at the Port of Kingston Marina and join in the festivities.  More details are on our website.

May 26-29 Bell Harbor Memorial Day Weekend
Join the fleet in Seattle in Elliot Bay! We have 18 slips reserved. The traditional ceremony honoring our veterans will be Monday morning in the Marina. 

The non-refundable reservation fee is $5.25 per boat.
Boats needs to call Bell Harbor directly at (206) 787-3952 to reserve a slip under the KCYC group reservation. Please email your assigned slip number to fleetcaptain@KCYC.org

Details on all upcoming cruises may be found on the KCYC website: Events and Cruises - Kingston Cove Yacht Club (kcyc.org).

Fair winds and following seas!

Chuck Turner
Fleet Captain

Report from your Rear Commodore

Hello from your Rear Commodore –

Very happy to be back with our boating friends after a few months in Arizona.  Karen and I are testing out this “Snowbird” concept and discovered we like it.  Many volunteers stepped up to support the bar operations in my absence. Thanks to all.

We are going to try out some extended hours this summer. The bar will stay open until 10:00 on Friday nights between Kingston Opening Day on May 13 and Labor Day.

The Social Committee is keeping me and our bar volunteers busy supporting the large number of upcoming events.   See the club calendar for details.  We love summer!

We did a bit of needed maintenance for some of the bar equipment this month, mainly for the soda gun.  We bought some new syrup box’s and had the gun rebuilt by Swire Coke.  They have been great to work with.

I have been working with the Port of Kingston to learn which yacht clubs are coming to Kingston and reaching out to invite them to our clubhouse on Friday nights.  It’s been fun.  On Friday, April 21 there were more people from Milltown Sailing at the Club then KCYC members.  It is good for bar business, but it would be nice to have a few more folks come out for meet and greet.  Again, review the website calendar for details.

Thank you all for your continued support of the KCYC bar.

Regards

Walter Viereck

Rear Commodore