Welcome to Powerboating at SYC
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Our club has a number of interesting and exciting events for members with powerboats. These include formal events with fun interactive themes, local and long-range cruises from Puget Sound to the Canadian Gulf Islands, and monthly dinners with exciting and informative speakers. In addition, the powerboat business committee conducts meetings on the first Thursday of every month at 5:00 pm in the Commodore Room. These meetings are open to the members and we encourage everyone to attend.
Our dinner meetings in 2010 will include topics like barging in France, understanding the difference between vessel recovery and salvage, a presentation on Shackelton’s voyage in Antarctica, and a presentation of colorful pictures showing mega yachts and adventures from around the world. The dinner meetings are also a fun way to meet with fellow club members and share boating experiences.
We utilize the web site to provide information and communication about recent and upcoming powerboat events. You can view upcoming events in the calendar as well as review recent committee meeting minutes. We encourage you to take time and browse the web to learn about recent and upcoming powerboat related news.
Your powerboat committee and event chairs plan exciting events for you throughout the year. The first fun event is the Chili Cook-Off at the Port Madison outstation. This event is February 14 and promises to provide you with a fun weekend culminating in the many entries and contestants for the best chili! On March 20th and 21st plan on cruising to the Port Madison outstation and participating in the annual Garlic Festival where you can taste some outstanding garlic delights; and participate in the competition for the best entry. Both of these events are a great way to enjoy off-season boating with your fellow club members and make new friends at the same time.
We offer our golfing members two golf tournaments to combine boating with their fellow members and a wonderful game of Golf. The first is June 4th on Bainbridge Island and the second is the International Golf Cruise in the Canadian Gulf Islands held on July 12 - 18.
Our premier powerboat event of 2010 is the Powerboat Rendezvous held at our beautiful Port Madison outstation. This is a themed event and the outstation is decorated to the theme. This year’s Rendezvous will be held Fri June 4 – Sunday June 6. The weekend includes many activities, yard games, lunch and dinner on Saturday and an outstanding Sunday morning breakfast. Watch for the sign-ups to open and plan on spending a wonderful weekend with your fellow club members.
We also have an active group of Predicted Log Racers who are involved with challenging their skills at various races around Puget Sound. Predicted Log Racing is a great opportunity to improve your knowledge of your boat and your skills of predicting the boat’s performance around a pre-planned course. If you just want to see what the Racers actually do, then we encourage you to volunteer to be an observer. It’s a great way to learn more about log racing.
You can learn more about upcoming powerboat related events by reading the weekly Compass News and the monthly Binnacle, as well as the information here on the powerboat pages of the SYC web. Please click on the following links to learn more about the activities of the powerboat business committee.
Have a fun and safe cruising year during 2010.
Ted Burns Fleet Captain-Power
CLICK ON THE "BUSINESS COMMITTEE" LINK BELOW TO READ THE MINUTES FROM THE MOST RECENT POWERBOAT BUSINESS COMMITTEE MEETING.