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Cruises During the Year 2007!
The cruising page for the MYC.
Page last updated
01/31/08
This site is designed to keep yacht club members informed about the cruise
activities during the year.
New Years
Eve 2006 - 2007
If You Missed This New Year’s Eve Event … You Missed A Great Time!
Once again we ushered in the New Year at the ADA dock in the Port of
Everett. We were fortunate to be between storm fronts, with no rain or
wind and propane heaters served to minimize the chill. Food, as always,
was plentiful and delicious.
A highlight of the evening was the surprise membership presentation to
Randy and Julie Freeman of
Colorado. Julie is the daughter of Tim and Jan Riddle. Tim and Jan had
begun planning this surprise last
summer and it went off without a hitch. Now, Randy and Julie are
official members of MYC!
There were twelve boats end-tied to the dock: Jim and Jolly Higman
(Jibless), Tim and Jan Riddle (JJ), Dave and Laurie Green (Sea Wolf),
Rick and Carol Megenity (Irish Mist), Bud and Mickie Wagner (Shawna
Lynn), Enn and Cindy Mikk (Enn-Ticipation), Don and Lynne Dauenhauer
(Double D), Roy and Mo Dorsey (Mo Nauti), Jim and Barbara Lamb (Minor
Key), George and Christine DeWitt (Dragon's Edge), Tom and Bobbi O'Day
(Ricochet), and Jeff and Char Anderson (Sol Mate). A great sprinkling
of other club members and friends came by to join in the celebration
throughout the evening.
Meyers Café, currently under new ownership, was pleased to open New
Year’s Day for our group. They did a fantastic job of keeping up with
our crowd of 24+ people and the food was great!!!
Contributors to our prize drawing were: West Marine (a wonderful
foul-weather jacket won by George Dewitt), Boaters World, Harbor
Marine, Everett Marine, Fisheries Supply, Bayside Marine, Popeye’s,
Scuttlebutt Restaurant, Tim and Jan Riddle who donated a blanket, and
Jim and Denise Griffing … a gift
certificate to the Seattle Aquarium.
Wishing MYC members a happy and safe 2007.
Dave and Laurie Green
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Icicle Cruise - March 2-4, 2007
Technically speaking, this was the second cruise of the year ... the
first being the trip back to your slips from the New Years Party. This
was the first one to clear the marina and it was attended by two boats
and six people.
As might be expected, both boats had some problems after a long winter
letup and it took some extra time to get under way, but eventually we
ended up in Shallow Bay / Sucia Island.
Petrolius Rex was crewed by Kipp and Babe Carroll and Roy and Mo Dorsey.
The Daffodil Queen was crewed by Marty Eidbo and Ed Clauson (both of our
wives had to work).
The weather was calm and dry with temperature a brisk 50 with lows in
the 30’s at night. After our rendezvous we gathered for beverages on the
Daffodil Queen and it was decided that we would pool our resources and
have a dinner of Chili and Rib Steak. The steaks were deployed to the
grills while the Chili was being warmed.
The men gathered on the aft decks and began discussing boats, etc. until
the sun was down and it was dark. Only then did we decide to check on
the steaks and to our surprise the steaks on one grill were burned and
on the other grill they had been completely cremated leaving nothing but
ash. Funny it didn’t seem like we talked that long! Nonetheless, we
salvaged some parts of some of the steaks and enjoyed a great dinner to
be followed on Petrolius Rex by a dessert of some of the best brownies
ever.
Sunday morning we were treated to a fantastic breakfast of blueberry
pancakes onboard Petrolius Rex and to a lively discussion by Babe Caroll
of Bahamian Swimwear.
All in all a terrific shakedown to the upcoming season.
Marty Eidbo
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Blake
Island – April 13-15, 2007(A Spectacular Weekend!)
Our cruise started off
with dire weather predictions of rain, clouds and wind, but despite the
predictions three boats ventured out on what turned out to be a
spectacular weekend. Cruise Captains Sean, Jennifer, Kaitlyn & Lucas
Robinson along with Roy & Mo Dorsey and Dave & Laurie Green spent what
ended up being a fun, and at some points, sunny weekend at Blake Island.
Crimson Pride (Robinsons) and Mo Nauti (Dorseys) arrived Friday
afternoon despite some wind and rain. Our small group enjoyed appetizers
and drinks followed by dinner on board Crimson Pride. It was cold and
rainy outside, but good conversation, lots of laughter and Sean’s new
heater kept us all plenty warm inside.
Saturday morning we woke up to grey, but dry skies. After muffins and
coffee, the group headed out on a walk to explore the island. After
following the Nature Trail and learning about the various trees and
plants on the island, we hit another trail to do some Geocaching. With
our GPS in hand we followed the trail and after a little searching found
our “treasure.” By the time we arrived back at our boats, the sun was
out and we were all hungry for lunch.
After lunch the rains hit and Sea Wolf (Green’s) arrived. Luckily the
skies quickly cleared and we enjoyed evening drinks and appetizers in
the sunshine on the dock. For dinner we moved to one of the island’s BBQ
shelters where Dave, our resident fireman, built a great fire that we
used to stay warm. For dinner we enjoyed cedar smoked salmon, salad and
pasta salad along with more laughter and fun conversation.
Sunday morning we woke to sunny skies and calm waters. We also
discovered a coffee shop at the village that makes good mochas, lattes
and yummy waffles! A fun weekend was had by all and yet again we were
thankful that our local weathermen often get it wrong!
Sean and Jennifer Robinson
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Port
Ludlow – June 22-24
The Port Ludlow Cruise which was hosted by our
illustrious Vice Commodore and Cruise Captains, Roy and Mo Dorsey, lived
up to what was billed as having a great time. We had ten boats show up
for the cruise ... The Dorseys and Koa on “MoNauti”, the Dauenhauers on
“Double D”, the Riddles on “JJ” , Dave Green on the “Sea Wolf” (Laurie
was under the weather), the DeWitts on “Dragons Edge”, the Griffings and
Jack on “Island Spirit”, the Wagners on “Shawna Lynn”, the Rubys on
“Morning Mist”, the Megenitys on “Irish Mist”, the Crowleys on “Papa’s
Boat” and the Siewerts on “Alison” (New Members Johan and Faith
Siewert).
The Port Ludlow cruise was a great start, although it began with just a
slight hiccup. We were beginning the first leg of the cruise joining Jim
and Jolly Higman to Port Ludlow when the “Jibless” decided it did not
want to fully cooperate (electronics). Everything turned out great when
another boater (who Jim knew) assisted Jim and Jolly in pulling the
“Jibless” off the rocks next to the Coast Guard Cutter on the south bank
of the river. Everyone, including the “Jibless was safe, but
understandably nervous. The Higmans were joined by a few of the Navy’s
finest (security). As I understand, keeping the retired Army in check!
The “Jibless” was towed to the guest dock, where we stayed with Jim and
Jolly until the “Jibless” and the Higmans were returned safely to their
slip. Hey Jim!!! That was a hell of a way to bring in your Birthday.
“Happy Birthday from us all” and we are happy to report at this time,
everything appears to be fine with the “Jibless”.
During our rendezvous at Port Ludlow, a few of us decided to continue
with a little “Spring Cleaning”. Somehow (?), Roy’s boat brush ended up
on the bottom of the drink! Well the club gets another donation from Tim
Riddle! Thanks to Don Dauenhauer, Roy was happy to see his brush once
again. We had a great “What’s for Dinner” on Friday night. A few of the
members decided not to chance the culinary experience of the “Unknown”
and choose to dine out. Their finer pallets prevailed. Saturday began
the day with breakfast desserts, followed by numerous snacks throughout
the day. The Higmans were able to join us in Port Ludlow for what was to
be billed as the talented and challenging “Bocce Ball” tournament, which
I might add was enjoyed by all, participants and spectators alike. Mo
Dorsey and her partner Jim Griffing shared the honors as winners of the
tournament.
I can say everyone who joined us for the Saturday night Salmon and pot
luck dinner, hosted by the Dorseys, truly enjoyed a culinary experience.
Roy did an outstanding job with the salmon. Who is the real chef in the
Dorsey household? Tim enjoyed a German delight, the famous Weiner Dog
... better know as the all American hot dog. To top off the evenings
culinary event, we all joined in celebrating Jim’s birthday with Carrot
Cake and the traditional birthday song, sung by all. After our great
salmon dinner we joined the “Islander Boat Club” for a gathering of warm
fire, social interaction and “S’mores”
Tim Riddle
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Poulsbo
July 6-8, 2007
We had 14 boats join us
in Poulsbo. It was a weekend of firsts: Mandy docked for the first time
and gave her first speech in public (it’s amazing what a few drinks will
do).
The ride over was a little windy. We arrived fashionably late, losing
our burgee, a fender, and almost a dinghy. The rest of the weekend was
beautiful and sunny.
On Friday night everybody met at the Bayside Broiler and enjoyed each
others company and some good food.
A few of us painted ceramics on Saturday morning. Most everyone enjoyed
the town’s many shops while some worked on boat projects.
We enjoyed a game of croquet Saturday afternoon … thank you Doug for
explaining the rules. It was a very fierce competition with our
champions being Sean Robinson and Ted Udhus (how did that happen????)
Saturday evening everybody met up in the recreation room for a potluck.
We had a lot of food; everything from Spaghetti Bolognese, Kentucky
Fried Chicken to smoked salmon. It was quite the feast.
Whilst we were enjoying our feast, the Reilly’s secretly decorated ‘Mo
Nauti” with balloons and banners to celebrate Mo’s 50th birthday.
‘That’s right, Mo turned 50 … the big 50’. We enjoyed chocolate cake and
celebrated Mo’s birthday on the dock and Mo was quite the birthday
princess. Even getting hugs from strange young men... Happy Birthday Mo.
I know that I had a good time on the cruise; I hope all of you that went
did too. Thank you all.
Looking forwards to next year,
Mandy and Ted Udhus
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Slow Boat to Oak Harbor July
27-29, 2007
Now we are going
somewhere! Our destination … Oak Harbor Marina
July 27, 2007. Higmans and cruising guest, Nancy had a late start –
dinghy repairs. Arrived in Oak Harbor to find out that the hoped for
race week early departures didn’t, so we joined the Andersons and
Riddles on the hook out in the bay for the night. Saturday morning we
all moved to our reserved spaces. We expected 11 boats. With the arrival
of the Wagners and the Mikks Saturday morning we were 5 boats.
Piispanens arrived by motor home and the Drapers drove in for the day.
The Higmans became a clan with the arrival of Kim, Keith and Sue and
five grandchildren.
Saturday afternoon, Lois Piispanen taught a craft class (building neat
photo albums). Experimental water balloon baseball spiced up the
cocktail hour preceding an outstanding potluck supper of ham, assorted
potato dishes, and awesome salads and bread.
Then the winds blew! All five boats decided it was best to extend
through Sunday night. Monday morning, the Riddles and Andersons braved
the return to Everett – reporting calm seas and “no wind” outside of Oak
Harbor! The three remaining boats decided to stay through Monday night.
On a pleasant, but breezy, Monday afternoon we boarded a bus for a
picturesque ride into Coupeville. Lunch and a leisurely stroll around
the waterfront area completed the outing.
Winds blew Tuesday morning, but as before, it was calm seas once outside
of Oak Harbor.
Jim Higman
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Hunter
Bay August 3-5, 2007
The Hunter Bay Cruise to
Lopez Island on August 3-5 enjoyed warm sunny weather for one of MYC’s
few “anchor-out” cruises. Eight boats arrived Friday afternoon, and crab
pots were deployed immediately. Crabbing was excellent, with plenty of
candidates for Saturday’s Second Annual MYC Crab Race.
Ten entrants made up the field, competing in five elimination “heats,”
which culminated in the final championship race. All participants named
their entries, clearly demonstrating the clever humor of the MYC
members. Racers included Sneak Attack (Eidbo), Slow Mo (Dorsey), Zorro
(Denton), Craboleus Rex (Carroll), Olav (Eidbo), Pinkie Crab (Robinson),
Buster Crab II (Dauenhauer), Crabby Crab (Lamb), Rocker (Crowley) and
Crab Lewis (wildcard). Crabby Crab was the 2007 overall champion,
soundly trouncing Sneak Attack in the finals. Pinkie Crab was the
undisputed winner of the “Best Decorated” prize, due to Kaitlyn’s
inventiveness (and Sean’s deft crab handling).
After the crab races, two person dinghy teams competed in the
Balloon-with-Deck Brush event, a challenging race in which a water
balloon must be coaxed around a short course with a deck brush. A
lottery ensured that the male/female teams were not comprised of
spouses, to avoid long term damage. The team of Jennifer Robinson and
Matt (a guest of the Eidbos) finished first in the raucous race. Warm
sunny weather contributed to the circus atmosphere of this event, which,
as usual, degenerated into a water fight with some truly impressive
squirt guns.
Saturday evening, an excellent dinner began on one raft of boats with
hors d’oeurves and the main courses, which oddly enough were dominated
by crab dishes. The day concluded with a selection of desserts on the
second raft of boats.
Thanks to all who attended for contributing the excellent dishes, and
making the weekend lots of fun for everyone.
Kipp & Babe Carroll
Petroleus Rex
Cruise Captains
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Genoa
Bay ... Canadian Paradise - August 10-12, 2007
Teri and I pulled into
Sidney to clear Customs and headed for Genoa Bay and a broken cloudy
day. The sun was waiting for us as we pulled into our moorage by the
Genoa Bay store. Waiting to tie us up were the Higmans, Wagners and
Mikks. The Meekers and Eidbos arrived later that day. That night we
enjoyed snacks on the dock and told stories about each other until bed
time.
Friday morning found the golfing foursome of Mickie and Bud Wagner, Enn
Mikk and Clay Meeker heading to the golf course with caddie Don (me) to
clean their clubs and keep an honest score. Clay gave Mickie a new name,
“Steady Eddie”. With tails tucked between their legs, all three men
bowed to STEADY for her great play.
Tony and Lee Gobernatz and Bobbi and Tom O’Day joined us on Friday
afternoon and Friday night we enjoyed another get together on the dock
with everyone sharing hors d’ oeuvres. We had a total of nine boats from
MYC (Shawna Lynn,
Enn-Ticipation, Jibless, YEAH!,
Western Red, Daffodil Queen, Laurie Lea, Seawatch V, Riccochet) and a
great gathering for Bobbi O'Day’s birthday party. (39th this writer
thinks.)
Brian & Beverly Lueth and their three kids pulled in late, but just in
time to enjoy some cake sent down from Ben (Chief at Genoa Café) with
sparklers and candles.
Saturday found eight teams of jocks ready to do battle at Captain
Morgans in a nail biting game of Bocce ball. To help keep this report
from being X rated, I will only say the Lueth (Green) team of mother and
son were our champions, winning a dinner ticket to the Genoa Bay Cafe
and the team (Red) and owner and captain of the good ship Yeah! received
the award for second place.
Saturday night we had eighteen members for dinner at the Genoa Bay Cafe
and what a wonderful dinner and sharing of friendship we all had.
Sunday found boats heading all points East, North and South and home.
The trip home for Teri and I plus our new pup (BOO) took 5 and 1/2
hours. The water was great and that wrapped up a wonderful cruise to
our number one spot … Genoa Bay, Canada.
Don Hopkins
Cruise Captain
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Lake
Washington August 24-26, 2007
Friday, August 24th was
the date we looked forward to all year. It was the annual Lake
Washington Cruise. We arrived in Breaking Wind at 2:00 and set anchor in
Andrews Bay with sunny skies and 75 degree water. I knew good times were
here. How much better could it get, I wondered, as we sat in a really
neat bay in the greatest region in the country waiting for the first of
our pals to show up. At 4:30 Zenith with Alex and Mary and 2 of their
cool cats showed up. By 8:00 Don and Lynne in Double D with Kipp and
Babe on board, Koa, Maureen and Roy in Mo-Nauti, Tim and Jan in JJ, and
Mike Reilly in Sub Sinker . Everyone reported a great cruise over.
Saturday was a bit cloudy and 61 degrees. At 11:00 we welcomed the
Griffing family on board Island Spirit.
After a few cans of courage, Mike was the first to take the plunge into
Lake Washington followed by most of us. Mike picked up Connie from shore
to join in the fun. Because it was cloudy we found no turtles, making a
liar out of me to Tim. Perhaps next year he'll believe we have turtles
and lots of them.
The famous paper plate sail boat race was a hoot. Alex built a fine
craft that won by a land slide. Roy attempted to use a remote control
boat that his son Mike gave him. Although not clearly cheating, he ended
up crashing the boat and never finished the race.
This year you could win by just participating and those who did received
a bottle of the finest "house wine" we could find. I think Mike’s son is
21... I hope...oh well.
Not disclosing her age, as you wouldn't believe me anyway, Babe was
surprised with a birthday cake proving again how very cool and special
MYC folks really are. Just rafting together at anchor is a terrific way
to get to know folks better, so no more excuses, next year lets double
the turnout to 14 boats.
Greg Smith
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Bellingham
September 14-16, 2007
JoRoy Team Wins Frisbee Golf Tournament!
Another great cruise by MYC to Bellingham. On the guest dock were I2D2
with Iain Draper and his friend John and daughter Amy, MoNauti with Roy
and Mo Dorsey, JJ with Tim and Jan Riddle, Jibless with Jim and Jolly
Higman, Northwestern Girl with soon to be new member Ed Clausen, and
Daffodil Queen with Marty and Wendy Eidbo.
The weather was cloudy in the morning and sunny and bright Friday and
Saturday. Sunday proved to be overcast and a little rainy and windy for
the trip back.
This year’s Frisbee Golf Tournament was won by Team JoRoy with Jolly
Higman and Roy Dorsey posting an outstanding 45 for 18 holes.
We were joined for dinner Saturday night by land cruisers Kipp and Babe
Carroll and Bruce Fabert and Sharon Brodniak. Bruce and Sharon are in
imminent receipt of their new boat, a 37’ Bayliner. Congratulations – I
know you’ve looked forward to this and so have we!
The trip back home was a little wet, and a little windy, but all in all
a great weekend once again.
Marty and Wendy Eidbo
Cruise Captains
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2nd Annual Langley
Sail-In September 21-23, 2007
Good Wind, Friendly Competition, then ...
Despite cloudy skies and the threat of rain, 8 boats (4 sail & 4 power)
made their way to Langley for the 2nd Langley Sail Regatta.
Friday the sun came out for our trip over and stayed through most of the
happy hour up at the top of the dock when a squall came through.
We took cover under the awning provided by the Higmans and the Riddles
put up an umbrella to provide more shelter for our potluck. As usual the
food was delicious and plentiful. As a matter of fact we had so much
food that Saturday we had a re-potluck lunch before the regatta.
The sail boaters (Dragons Edge, Esmeralda, Mariah & Minor Key) hosted
the power boaters as crew for the regatta. This was a timed race
starting at 1:30 pm and ending at 3:30 pm.
We started off with a good wind and some friendly competition, but then
the wind died! I mean, died. It became a drifting match. Despite the
lack of wind Dragons Edge followed by Minor Key, managed to ghost around
the first mark. Dragons Edge, Chris & George Dewitt and crew, were
declared the winners. The awards dinner was held Saturday night at the
Dog House restaurant, with 22 people attending.
Sunday morning we had breakfast and conversation on the dock.
Entertainment was provided by an unlucky sail boater (non MYC) who had
gone aground and had to wait for the tide to come in. Dave Hintzman
performed rescue duties by towing the disabled dinghy off the beach and
back to the now floating sailboat.
A big thank you to Dave and Ardyth Hintzman for being the committee to
time the boats and to all who participated. Plans have already
been made for next year - watch the club calendar for the date!
Jim and Pam Karas
Cruise Captains
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