Oct 14 TellTales · The super swell Sock Hop Pub Night in October brought out the teenager in all...

The super swell Sock Hop Pub

Night in October brought out the

teenager in all the guys and gals who

attended – including some very sharp

dressers! See more photos on page 7.

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Commodore’s Report by Patrick Beattie

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I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I would like to thank everyone that came out to the September General Meeting. I feel so much that this is one of the key ways that members stay informed about the board’s hard work in the administration of this Club. Norbert Schlenker has been working very hard

on getting the invoices out as well as working with the other board members to put together a budget for next year that will be reviewed at the AGM in November. Although the Sailing School is over for this year, the Fleet Captain Dinghy team is hard at work getting next year’s Junior Program ready to go. continued on page 2

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October 2014 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

5th 1030 Captain Passage Race 7th 1900 Board Meeting 17th 1700 Pub Night & Sock Hop 19th 1030 Jack Langdon Trophy Race 25th 0830 Fall Work Party 26rd 1900 Evening Talk with

Nikki Van Schyndel

November 2014 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 19 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

2nd 1030 Long Harbour Race 4th 1900 Board Meeting 7th-‐10th Boyz Cruz 15th 1800 Commodore’s Banquet 16th 1030 Season’s End Race 25th 1900 Annual General Meeting

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SALTSPRING ISLAND SAILING CLUB TELLTALES October 2014

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Commodore’s Report continued from page 1 As you will see in the Past Commodore’s report, Eric van Soeren and his committee have been extremely busy working towards the zoning project. I would like to thank all the people on this committee for their great work on moving this project forward. Wayne Tepper and Paul McManus and their committee continue to complete projects with the House and Grounds, and as you will hear they have a great list for our fast approaching October Work Party. Another busy department (like always) is Wharfinger. Rod Macdonald has been reviewing the marina and moving boats to maximize the marina space. I assure you this is no easy task. I would like to thank the members for their coopera-tion in helping Rod streamline this process. Lynn Clark and her crew did such a great job on the Salmon BBQ. As you may know this is Lynn’s last term on the board and I will miss her and all her great imput to the board. I heard rumours that the Staff Captain’s team had a great planning

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session preparing for the Sock Hop pub night. It must have been inspiring, as they really put on a rocking good time. In closing I would like everyone to mark their calendars for the AGM on November 25th. Please plan to attend and keep yourself informed on what is going on with your Club. ■

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Come and Hear Nikki’s Amazing Stories

Speaker Nikki Van Schyndel, author of Becoming Wild will share her adventures as a forest dweller in a very special evening presentation at the clubhouse. After primitively surviving off the land and sea for 18 months on the rugged raincoast of British Columbia, she built a log cabin from a how-to book in the tiny island community of Echo Bay, population 13. Hear about her unimaginable encounters with wildlife, foraging for wild edibles, cooking on a woodstove, fishing, hunting and operating a one-of-a-kind, wilderness experience company. Nikki is a great speaker, come out and listen to her incredible experience.

Sunday, October 26th • 7:00 pm • Free Admission

Reminder to Members

Annual membership dues and moorage fees are due November 1st.

Please be sure to get your payment in on time to avoid penalties on delinquent accounts. If any of your contact information has changed, this is also a great time to let us know.

Also remember to fill in and send back the volunteer questionnaire which was recently emailed to all members by Volunteer Coordinator, Wendy Vine. This is vital information for planning club activities and managing our valued volunteer resources.

Thank you!

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Vice Commodore’s Report by Wayne Tepper

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We have a great team making up our House and Grounds Committee for the coming year: Paul McManus, Michael Clark, Jill Sydneysmith, Peter McAllister, Casey deJong, Peter Brouwer, Mike and Marilyn Dawson, Roy and

Patricia Marlatt, Gaye “GG” Gardner and Zsolt Sarkany. I’m pleased to report that the upstairs interior of the clubhouse is basically completed save for a proper brass plaque to adorn the Commodores’ Nook. We have some long-needed House and Grounds projects on the agenda for completion for this coming year. Some of these Projects are well underway. • Construction of a guard rail for the concrete

wall at the clubhouse parking area. • Construction of a culvert and walking bridge

over the ditch between the parking lot and upper grass area.

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• New spring-loaded protection rods for the parking area.

• Hand rail for Vera and the A-frame. • Organize and clean up the lower basement of

the clubhouse. • Clean up and re-organization of the upper

storage shed and workshop. • Re-painting of the top rails around the

clubhouse. Most of these improvement projects projected for this year will cost our Club very little money. Being a volunteer Club, our membership has stepped up to the task and given their time and expertise – and in many cases material – to keep our renovation costs at a bare minimum. We have the Fall Work Party coming up on October 25th. Some of these projects will need some skilled help. Click this link to see the Agenda for the day, or check the list posted in the clubhouse foyer and sign up for a Work Party task. Come join us, work side-by-side with your fellow Club members, and enjoy the day. See you on the 25th! ■

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on the side of your boat and you convert inside to 120 volt plug, make sure you use a power bar with a built in breaker. The Wharfinger committee will start winter power checks after November 8th so please have all your needs – heat, bulbs, etc. – set up to save us time. If your intentions are not to use power for winter heat, please coil your cords up and store on your boats, for example in the cockpit. This will save a lot of confusion later when checking: no cord, no question need be asked. If you have any questions regarding the docks, moorage etc, don't hesitate to call or email [email protected]. Have a safe fall/winter season. ■

Wharfinger’s Report By Rod Macdonald

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The docks have been somewhat busy, some slips being filled, some vacating, and members trading up or down in size. There is a waiting list consisting of one vessel over 40’. A number of members are also in the hunt for a vessel and wish moorage

when they purchase. Fall/winter is upon us and thus the heat is going on in our boats. Just a few facts to remember: winter rates start on November 1st and run thru April 30th. I have noted a lot of heaters running already. Please be sure all electrical cords are 30 amp marine use/purpose and in good condition, or replace. If you do not have a 30 amp receptacle

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Club website – click this link to view. We will be replacing a split board in the pier; sorting, consolidating and relocating all the useful tools and fastenings that we have in the lower shed at the turnaround to the top shed; tightening bolts on the fingers and electrical posts; powerwashing the flat storage dinghy dock; and a number of other tasks. There is a fair amount of surplus and used material to dispose of. If you are aware of any other tasks that could be done while willing hands are on site please advise me at [email protected] I expect that the water will be shut off in mid-November and the onset of winter will be signalled when the Club burgee and the BC flag are removed from our flagstaff. See you at the Work Party! ■

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During the last few weeks I have been tapping a few folk on the shoulder hoping that they would replace me as Rear Commodore at the end of November. I am pleased to advise that a first class and knowledgeable member

has agreed to stand for the role. All the other folk I spoke to can rest easy, all I ask is that you give the new owner of this proud title all the support you have been kind enough to give me over the past three years. Club members will have the opportunity to meet and vot on the full slate of board candidates at the AGM in November. I have posted a list of jobs in the Club foyer for the Fall Work Party. This list is also available on the

Rear Commodore’s Report by Bob Jones

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Sunday, September 28th was beautiful and sunny for our annual Salmon BBQ. Sixty-four members enjoyed the very special white Spring salmon which had been marinated and cooked again by Roger Kibble, assisted by Nick Sladen-Dew and Michael Clark. Thank you to the members who had a part of

this: Debbie and Peter Brouwer, and Don Rose for table set-up; Ruth Humberstone and Don Rose for shopping; Gail Meyer, Ruth, Laura Dafoe, Julie Van Soeren and Mary Jane Knipers for pre-preparation and serving; and Jill Sydneysmith, Patricia Marlatt and RB Bortz for cleanup. The pie ladies who made those delicious Nectarine and Apple Galettes were Aly Markert, Laura Dafoe and Victoria Skinner. Very special thanks go to Sylvia Greenwood for arranging flowers for the tables and two display bouquets. By the time you are reading this Telltales issue, members will have re-lived their rock’n’roll youth and danced to the Golden Oldies of the 50s and 60s at October’s Sock Hop Pub Night on Friday October 17th. Liz Anderson, Nancy Bortz, Karen Laidlaw and Louise Devlin put their heads together continued on page 7

Staff Captain’s Report by Lynn Clark

SALMON BBQ A HIT (Clockwise from top right) Chef Roger Kibble gets an assist from Nick Sladen-Dew; What’s a BBQ without a cold beer in your fist? David, Don, Bob and friend share a toast; Karen, Cheryl and Dorothy still looking tanned from the summer; Rod, Patrick and RB are waiting for the dinner bell; Chris and Dorothy are all smiles; RB and Nancy – what’s that, an empty glass?; Tony and Alex definitely cleaned their plates!

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Staff Captain’s Report continued from page 6 to re-create the décor, music and food of that era. Thank you also to Taylor Devlin, RB Bortz and Michael Clark for manning the BBQ. Upcoming events include the Fall Work Party on Saturday, October 25th. We will again have a substantial coffee break at 1030 hours which will allow the Staff Captain and committee to do a thorough clean-up of the kitchen as a Work Party task. The coffee will be on at 0800 hours. Planning is underway for the Commodore’s Banquet on Saturday, November 15th. Harbour House and the Fabulous Flakes are booked. If you loved the large number of Door Prizes at last year’s banquet, we could use your help! We are humbly asking for donations of items for Door Prizes from our members. They could be nearly-new goods but could also be skills and/or experiences. Please contact members Laura Dafoe or Louise Devlin with your donations. A call has also gone out to all members to search your files for great Club-related photos to include in this year’s Commodore’s Banquet slide show. If you can contribute some images, please contact Wendy Vine, who will be assembling the slides. She will need them in hand by October 31st. Tickets for the Commodore’s Banquet will be sold at Apple Photo from November 1st by cash or cheque. ■ ROCK & ROLL LIVES! Burgers (of course) and poodle skirts ruled the evening. Can you name the overgrown teenagers here?

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stay ahead. Charging down the side of Prevost with the other half of the fleet out of sight is very exciting, especially as you approach the spot in your mind where you think “we have them!” And just before that joyous yell, there they were. Rats. In the end it was too close to call which side did better and the holes in Navy Channel shook it up even more. Velica chose the Mayne side of the Channel and did very well. Ogopogo lingered off Davidson Bay for a few minutes but was then seen heeled to 40 degrees exiting into Plumper Sound. Deryn Mor, having beaten all the FF’s into Navy Channel found a hole on the Pender shore but saved her day with a beautiful spinnaker reach to the finish. The common thing about these three boats was that they all sailed strong smart races and earned their way to the podium. Ashore the fun was all it had been expected to be and the band was also very good. The food and drinks, excellent. Despite the lack of wind on the second day this is still my favourite race. — Martin Herbert aboard the Kay D Thanks to both Eric and Ole for hosting the Saturday Afternoon Travelling Happy Hours aboard their boats. The Port Browning Pub had us booked and accommodated by 6:15 and provided us with great food, beverages and service for the evening. The band was an 8-piece little-big band of local musicians – Big House Voodoo – who did an excellent job of providing the music and entertainment. This was a great way to spend the weekend, despite Sunday’s non-existent sail. Montague Harbour Race Race Day was a lovely October Sunday, and while a gentle breeze eventually filled in, it was very light at best, and only temporary. Even thought, the skippers of Wildfire, Imp, Kay D, First Draft, Kaitoa, and Deryn Mor elected to attempt the full course. continued on page 9

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Round Saltspring 2015 The 2015 edition of Round Saltspring is looking for a Race Chair, someone who has strong organizational skills and the ability to communicate clearly and delegate effectively. Are you who we’re looking for? Would

you be able to recommend someone who we should be recruiting? Contact either Patrick Beattie or Kevin Vine if you have any ideas or suggestions. Round Penders Single-Handed Race Eleven boats were able to commit the two days required to sail the Round Penders Single-Handed Race. Saturday, September 20th was sparkling day with a fine sailing breeze, which took the fleet from the SISC start line down Navy Channel to Port Browning. The course on Sunday the 21st was to sail around the bottom of South Pender and home. It was a sparkling day too, but without a breath of breeze anywhere until after we had tied up the last of the boats in their slips at SISC for the day. Only then – too late – a gentle and compelling SE arose. Timing is everything. Saturday’s big question day was: “Which way do you go around Prevost Island?” As you can see from in Martin Herbert’s race report, the “right way” may have been “either way” ... It was a very hard call as to which way around Prevost would turn out the best and the fleet divided pretty evenly on the choice. Then the wind headed in Captain Passage and turned it into a beat. The boats on the port side maintained a leisurely but relatively steady beam reach. Velica charged across into James Bay and was soon around Peile Point. Caliente followed, then the two Flying Fifteens, changing places in the shifting wind and tide surges. Once around spinnakers were hoisted again by those who could and the NFS fleet worked hard to

Racing Forum by Kevin Vine, Fleet Captain Racing

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Kaitoa with Philippe, and by the Ben Mohr Rock rounding, we had managed to get into second place behind the slippery, well-sailed Dart. It may have been Kay D followed by Wildfire who rounded Ben Mohr next, but I’m not sure. Philippe and I were too busy trying to keep the boat trimmed and on course to notice. What was clear to us on Kaitoa, in our occasional glances back, was that the fleet was compressing, and the pressure was on. As everyone charged toward the finish line, Caliente’s higher-faster downwind angles paid off and the big red boat squeezed off Kaitoa and at the eleventh hour managed to finish several boat lengths ahead. Mind you, by this time, Ogopogo was watching both of us, safely tied up at the dock. The difference in finishing times for the SISC fleet, after racing for nearly 3 hours, was only 8 minutes. The final podium standings were: Ogopogo (first), Caliente (second) and Kaitoa (third), followed closely by Oasis, Yolanda, Wildfire, Imp, Velica, Kay D and First Draft. Coming up… Montague Harbour Race RESCHEDULED: Sunday, 26 October 2014 Skippers’ Meeting: 1000 Start: 1030 Time Limit: 1730 Course: Start — Julia, Parker, Sphinx Is (P) — Finish (This is a re-run. A short course may be announced at the Skippers’ Meeting.) Long Harbour Race Sunday, 2 November 2014 Skippers’ Meeting: 1000 Start: 1030 Time Limit: 1700 Course: Start — Horda Shoals (P) — Long Harbour around Clamshell Island, red quick-flashing light buoy, and Green U55 buoy (S) — Finish Don’t forget to check the website for racing details, photos, and the full stories behind these events. If you’d like even more racing details, notifications, and reminders, write [email protected] and ask to be put on the email list. ■

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Racing Forum continued from page 8 After a rather ragged start, the fleet headed down the harbour in search of cat’s paws generated by gentle SE zephyrs. It can be a lot of fun sailing in light airs, and the conditions in Ganges Harbour were just right. A couple of power boaters passed by the fleet, but did so at a very respectful low idle, creating no perceptible wake. Thank you to those skippers for their displays of courtesy and seamanship. By early afternoon, the fleet had struggled to the mouth on Montague Harbour, but one by one, they packed it in and headed home under power. Imp – one of our fleet’s most capable light air boats – actually managed to sail around Julia, Parker and Sphinx Islands and was well out into Trincomali Channel when her crew finally realized that persistence was futile, and started up her engine. Needless to say, the race could not be completed, and has been re-scheduled for Sunday, October 26th. Jack Langdon Trophy Race This past Sunday was another gift, even though it was the 19th of October. The weather was amazing and it turned out to be a near perfect sailing day. The 1000 skippers’ meeting was attended by representatives from 10 boats – a great turnout. But the harbour was a millpond. Kay D – with Martin and Tony – was the scratch boat of the morning, scheduled to start at 1030 in this reverse handicap event. At 1020 it looked pretty bleak, but there were suggestions of something filling in from the end of the harbour… an easterly? We postponed for 10 minutes, but still the start was slow and anguishing. Even Caliente – starting last – struggled as the wind swapped directions 180° just after they’d managed to get their spinnaker up and sort of flying. The slow start allowed Paul and April’s Ogopogo to slip away to a lead they never relinquished. I had the privilege of sailing on

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International One Metre Report by Roger Kibble

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Regular IOM sailing on Thursdays continued through the summer in the seemingly endless sunny days and perfect breezes. Quite a few club members dropped by our happy group to try out these amazing thoroughbred racing machines. All the local IOM racers are getting faster!

This was demonstrated at Calgary’s first major IOM regatta held on September 20-21 at Martin Herbert’s old sailing club at Glenmore reservoir. It was well organized by the national CYRA treasurer and chip off the old block, Steven Kibble and his local Calgary IOM cohort, Andrew Baak. I went to Calgary to represent the SISC IOM sailors. Lawrie Neish, our local sailing mentor, CYRA president and father of all things IOM, generously drove out to Calgary to be the Race Officer. September in Calgary is usually beautiful. The days are warm, the nights are cool and the trees are starting to change colour. It is against this background that the 3rd annual September Blender regatta was held on the calm but fluky waters of the Glenmore Reservoir. The event was co-hosted by Calgary Model Sailing Association and Glenmore Sailing Club. This year, the scope of the event was expanded to include two full days of racing plus associated lunches, dinners and social gatherings.

Twelve skippers assembled on Friday evening for official measuring by Lawrie Neish. The IOM class has strict rules on maximum weight and dimensions, sail size and build materials and all boats are measured and weighed prior to each regatta. While that took place, skippers got to inspect each other’s yachts and enjoy barbecue burgers and bar service.

After Lawrie’s skippers’ briefing, races began on Saturday at 1000 hours. Winds were light and shifty, even by Glenmore Reservoir standards. It became difficult to decide which end of the start

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line to start at as the wind could shift radically just seconds before the actual start. In several cases port tacker at the left end of the line managed to cross the entire fleet and make it to the windward mark without tacking.

At the lunch break, the skippers were treated to an official “white hat” ceremony for the out-of-town guests by an official from Calgary City. Thus, Lawrie and myself, along with Jerry Brower from Everett, WA became official Calgarians with certi-ficates to prove it!

Lawrie skillfully managed the fleet to complete 16 races by the time racing stopped at 1630 hours. After retreating to the clubhouse, the tired racers were treated to famous “Blender” margaritas while I and my local team of volunteer sous chefs prepared a much applauded Salt Spring Island marinated salmon dinner. The warm spectacular weather continued on Sunday. Skippers found that the wind direction was generally the same but in a stronger version. It was not quite #2 rig weather but certainly a few boats were overpowered in the gusts. Racing went on non-stop until 1430 hours when lunch was served as the results were being tabulated.

Under Lawrie’s expert leadership a total of 30 races were completed over two days. In the end it was the more experienced out-of-towners who took top honours with Jerry Brower winning overall followed by Roger Kibble, with Andrew Baak in the third spot. Calgary hopes to hold the Western Canadian IOM championships and the Canadian Nationals in the future. This September Blender Regatta experience certainly qualifies them on all counts. ■

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The Great IOM Team Challenge by Martin Herbert with Introduction by Kevin Vine, Fleet Captain Racing

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The forecast for the Great IOM Team Challenge on Saturday, October 18th wasn’t anywhere as good as the actual weather. Even near! But as it turned out, it was close to perfect. And the group of Saltspring Island Sailing Club IOM sailors and wannabes who turned out got to enjoy a spectacular day on the breakwater, along with great sailing with radio-controlled-boats, the company of fabulous folks, and excellent food! About 20 men and women – sailors, spectators and photographers – showed up for the event. Special kudos to Martin Herbert who pulled it all together with Roger Kibble. Here’s Martin’s report… The IOM fleet hosted a team challenge open to Club members and the Club responded with enthusiasm. Five teams with 15 sailors sharing five boats took to the waters in bright sunlight and good winds to enjoy a few hours of intense racing, many laughs and a hearty lunch. Several teams brought in ringers during the course of the day, which added to the fun and kept everyone on their toes. The event was won by Team Chicken, team Captain Ole Anderson, Derek Hill, Ian Leckie, and swanning in to win her race, Betsy Johnston. A close second was Team Kibble, Team Captain Roger Kibble, Nick Sladen-Dew and Junior Member Wisse Andringa. In third place was Team Herbert, Team Captain Martin Herbert, Derek Barrio and Vincent Argiro. Then came Team Vine, Team Captain Kevin Vine, Gyle Keating and Michael Clark and then the Valiant Team Wallace, headed by Mark Wallace, Brian Gilliam, Jackie Truscott and joined by Ray Martin. There were many things about the event that I enjoyed but the best was to see so many people sailing and having fun. Thanks to Lawrie Neish for race starts and finish recording. The soups were made by Roger Kibble and Martin Herbert and the baking by Rosemary Harbrecht. continued on page 12

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IOM Team Challenge continued from page 11 Roger found two lovely young ladies who made coffee and helped overexcited sailors keep their blood sugars up by feeding us. They both managed to get a good sail in during lunch as a partial reward. Some outstanding things that I recall: first when Vincent Argiro port tacked the whole fleet in his first start. Next when Betsy Johnston sailed a very good race, sailing through the fleet into the lead and holding it to the finish. Equally brilliant was her joining Team Chicken but not having to wear the hat.

And there was seeing Brian Gilliam, skipper of Hot Rum, a 42’ power cruiser, totally at home in a 39” yacht (later finding he used to race Tasers). Then seeing Gyle and Kevin following my instructions to stick a knife through the stern of their boat and reattach the backstay in the hole, and so rejoin the race. Our official photographer Maggie Argiro took 582 pictures and we will be putting them up soon for all to see. In the meantime a we’ve included a few in this article to whet your apetite. ■

Past Commodore’s Report by Eric van Soeren

The Rezoning Committee of Eric van Soeren, Jack Webster and Philip Grange are continuing to work towards correcting the zoning on our uplands property. As mentioned before, it is clear that there are significant benefits to having legal conforming

status with our zoning, even if we do not plan to make any major changes to the uplands property. The main benefit is in that we could rebuild if there were a catastrophic event that destroyed the clubhouse. Our current non-conforming status does not give us that comfort. So far we have had a preliminary meeting with Islands Trust, and have followed their advice by having a legal and topographical survey done, and commissioning a geo-technical report on the property. Nothing in those reports suggests that there are any issues that should create problems with a rezoning application. At its October 7th, meeting, the SISC Board agreed to continue in its efforts, with the next step being to ask for another meeting with the Islands Trust to brief them on our progress to date, and to discuss next steps. The other main Past Commodore function this time of year is finding replacements for Board members that have completed their terms and will not be returning next year. Only three Board members needed to be replaced, and volunteers have already been found for two of those positions. However, we still don’t have a volunteer for Staff Captain. This position has been ably filled by Lynn Clark for the past two years, but now she will be stepping down, and a replacement needs to be found. Please consider the position. If you are interested, please call either Lynn or me to discuss the role. In the meantime, I will continue calling people to see if they will consider the job. Even though we now have a person willing to stand for all but one of the Board positions, any member interested in contesting a position is entitled to do so. After all, this is an election. Another option for members wanting to sit on the Board is to join one of the many committees to learn the job, and then move into the position a year from now. Either way, please consider being on the Board, if not this year then soon. ■

Parting Shots This camp at a small island just south of the border is quite a memorable sight for anyone who’s passed it heading into the San Juans area. The large cluster of teepees is visible for a long way, if you’re looking from the right viewpoint. For a spectacular prize, guess the island we’re looking at here. Because this is a bit of a toughie, I’ll award a prize to anyone who can tell me the larger island it’s closest to! Send your guess to [email protected]


September’s contest winner…

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TellTales October Issue Deadline: Friday, Nov 7th, 2014

Patrick Wolfe-‐Milner guessed this delightful marina in Ladysmith, recently updated by the Maritime Heritage Society. You will enjoy checking out the maritime artifacts and restored coastal vessels, as well as the friendly local hospitality here! Patrick I’ll drop your gift certificate at the clubhouse!

Editor’s Log With our Annual General Meeting coming up next month, it’s time for all members to think about their volunteer commitments to the Club for the coming year. I know, you’ve heard this from others, probably many times. But the reason your board members and other folks who help administrate the club keep bringing up the “V” word – volunteering – is because it’s the need that never ends. Every year the Club needs to renew its complement of leadership volunteers in order for our programs to continue, and our foreshore to be maintained, and our house and grounds to be kept in order, and our club business to be conducted and our bills to get paid. All volunteer assistance is wecome and appreciated. But some of the jobs that absolutely need to be done require quite a significant commitment of time and responsibility, so please consider stepping up for one of the leadership positions in the club. Besides the board, there are other opportunities to contribute through appointed positions in all areas of Club life.

Thank you to all those who have served and continue to serve. You are the people who enable all of us to enjoy membership in one of the best sailing clubs anywhere! Silk Questo Editor | [email protected]

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