Vol. 63 No. 11 · French doors to balcony. Washer/dryer, garage. Maid service. No pets. Upstairs...

C R Y A C l o s i n g D a y — C a m a s - W a s h o u g a l Photo by Ken Kudrna

November 2013 Vol. 63 No. 11

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B oating season really went out with a bang this year. After the best Summer weather we can

remember for a long time, cool rain persisted over days and days, unleash-ing inches of water. And then a week-end of 70s and sun. The perfect setting for the CRYA closing day festivities. The PYC Cannon Detail prepared to defend the first place trophy earned last year. Doug Foster and Walter Witschard added dress swords to the performance this year, giving a true element of flash and elegance. A can-non malfunction was quickly and safely recovered, and our second attempt at the firing was victorious. We again took the first place trophy home! CRYC again did not place: seems they need more practice. Thanks also to Gil “gunny” MacGregor and Chris “trigger-happy” Dorn. Dick Dyer and company have installed the K-row concrete docks. More than

a dozen on the crew, many from the K-row boathouse owners. Even the Commodore helped a little on the last day. It is so true that many skilled hands makes the work go easier. EWI electricians then set out to quickly in-stall the final electrical wiring. Only 10 rows and the remainder of the marginal walk left and we’re 1/3 done! Our club spirit and volunteerism have made this happen. Chair committee chose a chair for the dining room, 150 chairs in fact. Deliv-ery in several months, we’ll keep you posted as we learn more. It is not an easy task, gathering chairs from 8 dif-ferent manufacturers, testing the build quality, comfort, appearance, and gath-ering input from many interested mem-bers. Last March, the members at the Winter meeting did not approve our usual dues increase. The plan for some time has been to increase dues by 3.5% annually

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EDITOR—Dale Mack

OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES

Commodore Larry Cirotski (power) Vice Commodore Chris Dorn (sail) Secretary/Treasurer Larry Justice (power) Rear Commodore Nancy MacGregor (sail) Trustee Dale Richards (power) Trustee Gerald Gregg (power) Trustee Mary Stainsby (sail) Trustee Terri Entler (sail) Trustee Dale Mack (sail)

Commodore’s Comments

By Larry Cirotski, M/V Morningstar Commodore

to try to cover inflation and other cost increases. Multnomah County property taxes are expected to go up by ~10% this year. Portland Yacht Club is in Multnomah County and our property taxes are about $88,000 per year. A 10% increase, $8800. Of course, water, sewer, and electricity are doing the same. If we do not fund these increas-es in our operating expenses, then re-duced services could result. One ‘dock story’ I’ve heard is that the initiation fees from the membership drive have flooded our coffers. While we have attracted a great many new members with the membership drive, we contin-ue to lose through normal attrition, but are growing modestly still. Actual initi-ation fees, in total dollars, are similar from 2009-2012. Five dollars/month = 3.5% of the boatowning member dues. We are all enjoying the improved food services, wait service, and beverage quality. Let’s continue to support this in the future. PYC didn’t become the best yachtclub in town by coasting: it is our nature to grow, improve, and thrive. This is our tradition---Make it our continuing legacy!

PORTLAND YACHT CLUB

2013 ANNUAL MEETING

Monday, November 25

Social Hour and Dinner @ 6 pm ● Business Meeting @ 7 pm

All Members are urged to attend

Attire is Business Casual / Club Uniform

Only Boat Owning, Senior and Active Members are eligible to vote

Reservations For Dinner Required by Noon, Friday, Nov. 22

RSVP 503.735.0632 or [email protected]

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Welcome Shannon

W e are so happy and thankful to have Shannon Cook back at PYC as our Office Man-

ager/Bookkeeper. Shannon was previ-ously at the club from 2002 to 2006. As retired Club Manager Fred Carter said, “Shannon is the best and most qualified person to ever run the office at PYC.” Although some of the software and procedures have changed and been updated, Shannon is excited to be back home at PYC. Shannon is committed

to bringing a new level of professional-ism to both our accounting desk and Member Services. We are thrilled to have a person who knows and loves the Portland Yacht Club back on board. Please stop by the office and extend a warm PYC wel-come home to Shannon.

Security at PYC Safety and security are always a top priority for us. The club is working on the installation of security cameras and

Manager’s Report

By Dennis Yamnitsky Club Manager

Portlight

Deadline — November 10

Email materials to: Dale Mack [email protected]

a new, secure, electric access system to the main entrance and galley doors along Marine Drive. This, along with our new phone system, will allow PYC staff to grant entry from the office. Also, please be aware that our security service, Advanced Security, patrols the club and the docks four times a night at various times between 1900 and 0500 hours. The guards are there to question any person found on site after dark, so please be prepared to identify yourself, family and guests using your PYC card as proper identification. We all need to continue to keep our eyes open and report any suspicious activity on the docks or around the Club immediately to the Club Manager, Dockmaster or the main office.

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LET'S RENEW A TRADITION

A complimentary after the meeting drink in the Kelly Bar for any member who shows up in the traditional

club uniform at the 2013 Annual Meeting

Monday, November 25

The cost of the beverages is being donated by PYC members who wish to remain anonymous

Watercrafter News

Watercrafters has returned to

its Fall/Winter schedule of meeting on the 2nd and 4th

Mondays at 10 am


Soup’s On!

Thursdays and Sundays in November 11:30 am until 5 pm

Come enjoy Chef Brien’s

hot and tasty soups!

$5 per bowl – Refills OK!

To top it off, the full bar menu will be available all day

Kelly Bar Open 11:30 until 5 pm

Chef Brien’s “Roast Buffet”

Friday, November 8 at 6:30 pm

$14.95 per person

Featuring Roast Prime Rib of Beef Roast Autumn Vegetables

Roast Potatoes Caesar Salad Sundae Bar

Kelly Bar Opens at 3 pm

Please RSVP in advance with the office

November 1 & 15

You provide the meat, PYC provides the Grill, Salad Bar, Baked Potato, Rustic Bread, Chili, and

Dessert

$8.50 per person

Bar Opens at 3:00 • Dinner at 6:30

Sign up before noon on Wednesday to be entered into the “Free Cookout” drawing

RSVP 503.735.0632 or [email protected]

PYC — On the Menu


New Member Profiles By Mary Ann Nitchie, M/V Gilligan

Joseph & Michelle Kennedy Joe and Michelle Kennedy have had a home in Beaverton for the past 22 years. They both come from commercial real estate backgrounds and own Crystal Investment Property LLC which exclusively sells hotel properties through-out the Pacific Northwest with plans to expand into Hawaii (for the excellent sailing opportuni-

ties!) They enjoy traveling with their three adult sons, cooking, reading and music. Joe has experience sailing throughout the Los Ange-les and Orange County areas and Michelle is just getting her feet wet as they move from a power boat to a 26’ Hunter sailboat, “Play Date.” Joe was previously a member with his family of the Long Beach Yacht Club.

Paul & Jean Patsis Paul has retired from an extensive career as an insurance executive. His boating experience includes sailboat racing, though Paul and Jean's current boat, purchased a few months ago, is a 33' Grady-White motor vessel, “Jean Marie”,

moored at Columbia Crossings. Paul and Jean have two children, two grandchildren and a Labrador Retriever to join the pack at the out-station. Their special interests are fly-fishing and music. They have lived on both coasts; New Jersey and Philadelphia, Seattle and Los Angeles.

Brian Chenoweth Brian owns his own law business, Chenoweth Law Group. His boat, the 39' motor vessel “Short Sale” is moored at Riverplace Marina. He is a member of Multnomah Athletic Club and when not at work, is busy being a dad to

two great kids, Cassidy 13 and Owen 7. He also plays in a rock band, the Everyday Heroes, and sometimes plays out at parties or in clubs.

JOLENE COATS Jolene Coats has been a resident of Lake Oswego for more than 14 years. She owns the Freshwater News, Oregon and SW Washing-ton's boating, fishing and waterfront newspaper. She has two sons, Tyler, 21 and Keanu, 8. She

is on the standing committee of the CRYA and on the Board of the Maritime Heritage Coali-tion. She has been active in Riverside Yacht Club events and cruises.

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K Row Installation By Dick Dyer, M/V Koki

T hanks to a stal-wart volunteer crew, many of

whom also participated in the installation of E row last year, new concrete docks were installed on K row in early October. Thanks to a lot of team-work the installation

went together very smoothly; in fact, we removed 360 feet of old dock and put in place 360 feet of new concrete dock in about the same amount of time as replacing 300 feet of dock last year – a 20% productivity improvement!

Launch date, October 1 We took delivery of the new docks from Shoreside Construc-tion at Schooner Creek Boat Works after the docks had been transported by truck from Bellingham, Washington. Steve Rander has a great operation at Schooner Creek and his crew is always very helpful and accommodating, from scheduling with the office crew to op-erations with the Travel Lift for the launch. A crew of seven of us showed up first thing on a soggy morning for the operation. Our tasks were to coordinate and guide the delivery tractor trailers into position, perform a

preliminary inspection of the docks, prepare the lifting slings and guide lines, receive the guide lines at the launch dock, pull the docks out of the slings, and raft up the dock sections. Our moorage staff, Terry Truan and Nick Green, operated the club tug Tintannic to tow the rafted docks

from Schooner Creek upriver to temporary moorage at the club. Thanks to Frank Bocarde, Joe Brady, Mike House, Warren Knight, Bob Martin and Dave Stuckey for all the help on a rainy day – good work guys!

Dock Installation, October 3, 4 The weather gods were good to us at the end of the week for the physical installation of the new concrete docks. Most of the first morning was focused on preparing the old docks for removal, which involved disabling and removing the water lines, moving and securing the electrical ground, removal of the overhead electrical posts, d i s connec t ing the fire suppres-sion standpipe, removing boat-house securing chains from the dock and tempo-rary attachment to existing piling, removal of dock boards to access the dock logs, and cutting the dock logs, hand rails and water lines into 120 foot sections for removal. Next was the preparation of the new docks for installation. The team drove connecting rods out of the dock whalers that had been installed on a temporary basis for shipment, pulling 7 foot rods through the whalers and concrete docks.

After pulling out the sections of the old dock and moving them to the staging dock across the chan-nel, each 40 foot sec-tion of new dock was carefully maneuvered into place and then joined together, align-

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Photos by Dick Dyer


ing interlocking sections with spud wrenches, pipe wrenches, pike poles and then driving 7 foot connecting rods through the interlocking whalers with a slide hammer and sledge hammers, and then torqueing them down to secure them. Working over open water at times, wielding heavy hammers, wrenches, chainsaws and pile poles can be challenging work, and fortunately we accomplished the installation without any injuries or anyone going in the water.

I want to recognize and thank Bob Berry, Frank Bocarde, Larry Brandt, Larry Cirotski, Gerry Gardner , War ren Knight, Bob Martin, Jerry Miller, Bob Mor-gan, Jim Smith, Jim Sinclair and Cliff Ste-phens for volunteering their time and effort to make the dock installa-

tion come together. A great team! Special thanks to Gerry Gardner and Jim Smith who traveled from their homes in Bend, and to Jerry Miller for working on his wedding anni-versary.

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Our next tasks will be to install water lines and fire standpipe on the new dock. Mike House has again volunteered to lead this effort with the team that has been trained for the special-ty work on the fire standpipe. We will also be making an effort to install the new electrical system to replace the exist-ing overhead this month, in anticipation of removing the overhead system in time for the piling work. Bob Morgan and his company Electric Works will be doing this installa-tion for the club. Boat-house owners are again re-minded that they are re-sponsible for bringing their electrical system up to code, and arranging with a quali-fied electrician for the final reconnection to the new system. We have arranged with Marks Marine for the removal of the old wooden piling and replacement with new steel piling dur-ing the time period specified in our permits. They will be performing this work in early November. Finally, I would like to ask for new volunteers to assist in the continuing work of installing concrete docks next year. We are hopeful of installing new marginal walk in the open moorage, if we can secure the necessary permits in time for this construction.


Attack of the Jellyfish By Dick Dyer, M/V Koki

H ere’s an interesting note of caution when cruising up north. We had anchored in Todd Inlet and took the dinghy over to tour Butchart Gardens. On the

way to the dinghy dock we noticed lots of jellyfish in the wa-ter. We commented to the naturalist at the dock, and he confirmed that there was an unusually large bloom of Jelly-fish this year and went on to note that sometimes in the warm waters of Desolation Sound they have been known to be so plentiful that they can plug engine intakes. Little did I know how prophetic his words were to become. That night after dinner we noticed unusual behavior of sea lions in the anchorage, violently thrashing out of the water, which I now think was their reaction to the jelly fish. At any rate, the next morning we proceeded with the usual routine; start the generator, make hot water, cook breakfast, charge batteries. Partway through the charging cycle the generator suddenly stopped; ‘what the heck’! So I attempted a restart, hold down the preheat, prelube, fuel solenoid switch, the generator starts immediately, and then dies just as quickly when I release the preheat. So I dive down into the engine room to inspect the generator and the sea strainer. Everything looks ok from a first look and the strain-er looked clear (I was to find out that jelly fish are translucent). After consulting the generator technical manual (which I fortu-nately had aboard), I concluded that the generator had a thermal protection circuit which had tripped on overtemp. I closed the seacock and opened up the raw water pump to discover the impeller was stripped of 3 of the six vanes. Attempting repair, I also discovered that the spare impeller I had on board did not match the raw water pump. So, up anchor and cruise over to Sidney in search of spare parts. Finally located a new impeller and installed it, and before starting decided to physically check the sea strainer. Opened it up and pulled out the basket to discover it absolutely plugged with the jelled remains of jellyfish. Ok got that cleaned. Opened up the heat exchanger as well to retrieve the broken impeller vanes, and then started the generator; the raw water pump was leaking – it had operated pumping dry long enough to damage the shaft seal, so at this point I called a local mechan-ic to take the pump to a shop to press on a new shaft seal. Finally, the generator is working smoothly once again! So, lesson learned: jellyfish can plug a raw water intake com-pletely; when in jellyfish waters, check the exhaust for water during operation (I always check on start up, but had not during operation that morning). A quick periodic check can save a lot of frustration, time and money!

Calling All Volunteers As your incoming Commodore & First Lady, Susan and I have had great success is filling most of the committee positions for 2014. Members who at-tended the brunch we hosted back in July and those that have come forward in the past several months…we THANK YOU! At this juncture, we are in the process of confirm-ing with everyone by phone or email; with a few contacts yet to take place. Then, as soon as we have everything in place, we will be sending out a confirming letter. With that said, there are still a couple of opportuni-ties for anyone looking to help.

Cruising Coordinators For the cruisers in the club this is not as difficult as you might think. Yes, there is coordination in-volved but you will be equipped with a handy, well organized list of what needs to get done for each of the traditional outstation cruises for the year. In addition, there is a printed inventory list that makes provisioning easy. Also, the Coordina-tor(s) are not the Cruise Hosts – Each Cruise will have volunteer Hosts that work with the Coordina-tors to give our members a pre-planned cruise ex-perience that is the responsibility of the Hosts.

2014 Portland Boat Show BOOTH DUTY Volunteers

Don’t be shy! This can be a very fun event. Our booth is in a great location and we are planning to have additional exhibitor paraphernalia to attract show attendees. One of the perks of participating in this event is having the chance to attract/sell memberships in Portland Yacht Club.

SIGN UP TODAY…WE NEED YOU!


THE DAUGHTERS OF NEPTUNE

AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY

Being a Daughter of Neptune is a prestigious assignment. Along with meeting new people and making new friends, the Daughters have a myriad

of worthwhile duties and responsibilities during their year of service.

DAUGHTERS…

Represent their Yacht Club in the best light Attend all of the Yacht Club Ladies Dinners

Wear specific outfits as instructed ALWAYS wear a Life Jacket while boating (Exhibiting a good example is premier)

Attend and work at numerous functions scheduled throughout the year Learn the value of providing an RSVP in a timely manner

Portland Yacht Club Members

If you have a young girl in your family that might be interested in being our Daughter of Neptune, have her write a letter describing her reasons for wanting the position. Make sure it gets to the PYC Office by the end of business on November 27th. Register for the Daughters

of Neptune Meet and Greet event on November 16.

Daughters of Neptune Meet and Greet Event @ PYC on November

Who: Young girls, associated by family, with any of the CRYA Yacht Clubs. The qualifying age range is between 15 and 17 (Must turn 15 during the year serving)

What: An informal get together for those seeking to represent their

Yacht Club as “A Daughter”. An opportunity to learn more.

When: 1:00 p.m. on Saturday November 16 (Lunch can be purchased at PYC starting at 11:30 a.m.)

Where: Portland Yacht Club

Please RSVP to [email protected] to attend this event


Moorage Rule Changes Approved by the Board of Trustees September 19, 2013

ARTICLE IV. CONTROL OF THE MOORAGE

Section 1. General

D. Temporary Moorage Space and Guest Moorage Temporary moorage space and use of Club’s facilities by guests of members at the Club shall be arranged with the Club Manager.

F. Visiting Mooring Boats

All visitors mooring boats which are to be left unattended or to remain overnight shall make arrangements with the Club Manager. Reference Article VIII; Section 5; Guest Moorage Space

ARTICLE VI. ASSIGNMENT OF MOORAGE SPACE

Section 10

D. The space assignment shall be:

1. The 40’ N Row spaces shall be assigned to boats 35’ LOA and longer, with a maximum of 45’ LOA. 2. The 60’ N Row spaces shall be assigned to boats 45’ LOA and longer up to a maximum of 60’ LOA. 3. The end-tie slips shall be assigned to boats 50’ LOA and longer up to a maximum of 60’ LOA with the

actual LOA no longer than each slip. Vessels less than 45’ LOA or in excess of 60’ will be considered on a slip by slip basis as long as the LOA of the vessel assigned is no longer than the slip.

ARTICLE VIII. TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT OF MOORAGE

Section 5. Guest Moorage Space

All visitors mooring boats which are to be left unattended or to remain overnight shall make arrangements with the Club prior to arrival. The Open Moorage Chair, or Combined Moorage Chairs, in coordination with the Club Manager, may grant temporary moorage to guests of the Club providing a Reciprocal Moorage Form is completed. The maximum stay shall not exceed ten (10) days in any sixty (60) day period, during which time a fee of $10 (ten dollars) per day will be charged after the first three (3) days of moorage. 30 Amp shore power may be available for $3 per day. Use of Club’s shoreside facilities by guests of the club shall be arranged with the Club Manager.

The goal for assigning space equally between powerboats and sailboats has been dropped.

The text in “D” and “F” was deleted to remove a conflict with ARTICLE VI, Section 1. Now only the Open Moorage Chair and the Closed Moorage Chair are permitted to assign space in the moorage, even on a temporary basis. Club staff is not permitted to authorize usage of the

moorage, including the Club Manager.

Minor tweaks to reinforce that only the Moorage Chairs assign space in the moorage.

Added clarification that only the Club Manager authorizes guest use of the club’s shoreside facilities. Addresses the deletion in ARTICLE IV, Section 1, D.


Light Up PYC for the Holidays

Win Prizes for the Best Decorated Boat or Boathouse in your Row

PYC is always a very festive place during the Holidays. The Holiday Magic is even greater

when our Boats and Boathouses are illuminated by ‘Christmas Lights’!

Diane and I will be decorating our boat with strings of colorful outdoor lights. So please join the fun by decorating your boat or boathouse!!

We’d like all the boats and boathouses lit up. This year the Parade of Christmas Ships will

pass by the club on two Friday evenings. (Dec 6th & 20th)

Again this year we will give prizes to the Best Decorated Boat or Boathouse by Row – Judging to be in December just before Christmas (weather dependent) so you still have plenty of time!

Let’s Light Up the River for PYC!!

Doug Foster Past Commodore


PYC Sailboat Racing By Mike Stainsby, S/V Kermit PYC Sailing Captain

“ It’s a wrap!” Another great season of sailboat racing on the Colum-bia ended with the PYC Robert

A. Smith Regatta on October 5-6. It

was a beautiful, warm, sunny Fall week-end with enough breeze for at least 2 races each day. 19 boats entered, and 17 actually participated. Every class had 2 races each day, and the PHRF A class boats got in an extra race on Sunday. Many of the racers gathered at the club after racing each day, with bar food available on Saturday, and an all-you-can-eat taco bar on Sunday. Many thanks to Jim and Shari Sinclair for hosting the race committee on their new boat, and to Paul Teveliet and Berkeley Smith for their help running the Herb Cooper! Results for the Re-gatta are: PHRF-A

Myst 1st place Anam Cara 2nd place Riva 3rd place

PHRF-B

Star-Eyed Stella 1st place Katzenjammer 2nd place Yeah Baby 3rd place Kestrel 4th place

Martin 24x Apple Pi 1st place Dragonfly 2nd place Nelly 3rd place Skookum Too 4th place Bob 5th place

PHRF-D

Swifterly 1st place Cal 20

River Rose 1st place Ranger 20

Papagayo 1st place Four Sail 2nd place Pumpkin Seed 3rd place

SOS (Sailing on Sundays) Now that the official racing season is over, it’s time for Sailing On Sundays. For those of you who haven’t heard about this, SOS was originally started by a few sailors in the area who really didn’t want to stop racing for the win-ter. They would gather on the water at about 1:00 on Sunday afternoon, decide on a course, someone would yell “GO!” and they would race. No handi-caps, no protests, whoever finished first

won. In the last few years, SOS has grown significantly. CYC is asking boa t s to p l e ase s i gn up a t www.cycportland.org so they know how many are coming (still no cost to enter, though). CYC has also made some modifications to the SOS race process, so be sure to read the instruc-tions. I hope to see you on the water this winter! Oh, and don’t forget, the PYC bar is open to club members and their guests on Sunday afternoons, so we can go back to the club, warm up and tell stories before we head home!

OCSA Tropical Party

Be sure to mark your calendars! No-vember 9th is the annual OCSA Tropi-cal Party. As has been the custom in the past several years, the party is being held at PYC, with cocktails starting at 6:00 and dinner at 7:00. The cost is $30.00 per person if paid by Nov. 4th, $40.00 if you register after the 4th. Sign up is being handled online again this year at www.sailpdx.org. Trophies for OCSA, CYC, Rose City and PYC will be handed out after dinner. If you’ve never been to the Tropical Party, you really need to come and join the fun! That’s all I have for this year! Have a great holiday season, and I’ll see you on the water!

Photos by Jim Sinclair

PYC Cancellation Policy

Members are required to notify the club office of any reservation changes or cancellations 48 hours prior to major events. Members who fail to notify the club in accordance with the Cancellation Policy will be charged in full.


Winnow the Poo By Joe Brady, M/V The Bunch

T here are some boating chores that intrude on our “yachty” self image. Actually, that would be most boating chores, from schlepping massive amounts of

stores down to the boat, hauling loads of trash off of the boat, washing down and polishing the boat, cleaning the inte-rior of the boat, changing the boat’s engine oil, mucking out the boat’s shower sump, etc., etc. For some reason, none of this was mentioned by the yacht broker, and none of our non-boating guests have a clue that we are so indentured to our hobby. We all accept this as part of boat ownership, and most of us do all of these chores ourselves. However, one boat system can force us all to seek outside help. Even worse, this sys-tem is vital to our personal well being, necessary for even short excursions, and subject to federal, state, and local regu-lation. Yes, I’m talking about the sanitary facilities. Much has been written about the care and repair of the many marine toilet designs, plumbing, and the manner of waste discharge. However, one system element doesn’t seem to get a lot of attention beyond the need to control odor until it springs a leak or clogs up – the lowly holding tank. Tank leaks are usually self-apparent and can require tank re-placement. Clogs that reduce tank capacity are stealthy, oc-cur over lengthy time periods, and define a nasty but doable repair. Remedies include multiple fill and discharge cycles, hydraulic mining with a hose down the deck fitting, use of a hose directly into a tank top fitting, the careful use of a blunt instrument to dislodge the “material,” and the use of various cleaners, some of which can attack the system itself. Conse-quently, when our initial holding tank capacity was reduced to about 50% after four years and our tank level sensor be-gan to stick, I feared the worst. A conversation with the folks at West Marine gained some sympathy, but no solution was offered. Fortunately, our shore-side residence utilizes a septic system, so I was aware of a product that might remove the build-up without requir-

ing a bunny suit, breathing apparatus, and extensive post-op decontamination. “Roebic Septic Tank Treatment K37” (www.roebic.com) is available at Home Depot and Lowe’s and comes in a ½ gallon container for about $12. This solution is a non-chemical bacterial culture that specifi-cally digests the paper and sludge that form the clogs, and then “breaks down into water, carbon dioxide, and base min-erals conforming to SCS Biodegradable Certification Stand-ard V3-0.” After three treatments of 4 ounces of “K37” poured into the toilet after three pump-outs, the tank capacity returned to 100% and my tank level sensor was operating normally. I do not use any tank deodorant as my boat has a Groco “Sweet Tank” air injection system (www.groco.net), and I suspect that any deodorant might kill or weaken the Roebic bacteria. The combination of the Sweet Tank system and the contin-ued use of the K37 product has successfully kept the holding tank free of clogs and odorless for the past 12 months. There have been no apparent problems, so I can offer the hope that this might work for you. On the other hand, you may look really good in a bunny suit.

Dinner at Dick Dyer’s for Auction

Dinner Winner Vic

Alfonso


T hank you to everyone who purchased raffle tickets. This is a major fundraising event which

supports CRYA projects and activities, of which the most important is the role CRYA p lays as the boater ' s representative to the Marine Board, the various Sheriff's Departments, and even the Governor and the Legislature. Your purchases not only help in the funding but again helped Portland Yacht Club win first place in ticket sales.

Prize Winners PYC members won many prizes including the top prize of $1,500 taken home by Berkeley & Carole Smith. Our other winners are: Doug Foster, Keith Thomson, Norene Kudrna, Mark Newsom, Mike House & Mike House with two winning tickets, and Russ Kuhn, Russ Kuhn, Russ Kuhn with three winning tickets! Congratulations to all! Pick up your prizes at the PYC office.

Events Dolphin Yacht Club did a great job hosting this event again this year. PYC

participated in the Cannon Firing Event and solidly defended their previous year's first place win. Congratulations to the team of Gil MacGregor, Larry Cirotski, Chris Dorn, Doug Foster and Walt Witschard. PYC's Dingy Parade entry with our daugh te r o f Nep tu ne Emm a Bloomfield tied for second place and Virginia Peterson garnered first place in the Ladies Line Toss. The team of

Justice and Kudrna need more practice or luck at the game of Horseshoes.

Mark Your Calendar for 2014 Consider putting the first Saturday in October on your calendar for next year. It is a fun day of contests and visiting with other club's members over lunch and dinner.

CRYA Closing Day & Raffle Winners By Ken Kudrna, M/V Star Island, PYC CRYA Delegate


December 6 fr Toy Drive Cookout 8 sa Children's Christmas Party 11 we Ladies’ Christmas Dinner 15 su Holiday Open House 20 fr Cookout 25 fr Clubhouse CLOSED 28-1 sa New Year’s Cruise—Willow Bar 31 tu New Year’s Eve Party

Kelly Bar Open 3-10 pm (Friday), 11 am-5 pm (Thu, Sat., Sun.) Saturday Lunch Year round 11:30 am-1:30 pm Thursday Lunch Year round 11:30 am-1:30 pm Golf Every Thursday, year round Board Meeting Third Thursday every month 6 pm Bridge Third Thursday every month 10 am Watercrafters 2nd & 4th Monday every month 10-noon Portlight Deadline 10th of every month

Coming Attractions

Visit our website for details on services we provide www.rodgersmarine.com 3445 N.E. Marine Drive Portland, OR 97211

Phone 503-287-1101 FAX 503-288-3745 [email protected]

November 1 fr Cookout 3 su Daylight Saving Time Ends 8 fr Chef Brien’s “Roast Buffet” 9 sa OCSA Awards Party @ PYC 15 fr Cookout 25 mo Annual Meeting 28 28 Clubhouse CLOSED 29-1 fr Leftover Cruise—Willow Bar

C R Y A C l o s i n g D a y — C a m a s - W a s h o u g a l Photo by Ken Kudrna


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Vol. 63 No. 11 · French doors to balcony. Washer/dryer, garage. Maid service. No pets. Upstairs...

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