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September 14, 2009
The CYC Board of Directors voted to charge Shilshole Bay Yacht Club $1,000 for use of the clubhouse for the Trans Puget Benefit Race on Saturday, Sept. 26, and to make a cash donation in the same amount to Sound Experience, the beneficiary of the regatta.
After a presentation by representatives of Sound Experience and SBYC, several members of the Board noted that SBYC is a "paper" yacht club with no facilities or race-support vessels and that it competes with CYC for members. They questioned the propriety of giving SBYC use of the clubhouse.
The schooner Adventuress is operated by Sound Experience, which is the beneficiary of the annual Trans Puget race.
Vice Commodore John Rahn, who proposed the charge-donation plan, hoped that Sound Experience might now be encouraged to list CYC as one of its sponsors, and to work with the club more closely for future planning. Sound Experience concurred with these points.
The charge-donation strategy was approved as a way to get around what some CYC Directors viewed as an uncomfortable arrangement, under which the club has been giving SBYC free use of the clubhouse for the charity event for several years.
Sound Experience is a charitable organization that owns the historic, 133-foot schooner Adventuress. The group's mission is to promote the environmental awareness and stewardship of Puget Sound, and it uses the ship as an educational platform, carrying more than 3,500 people a year on educational expeditions.
The schooner will be carrying passengers on two sails from Shilshole during the benefit race, and is offering discounts to CYC members.
Information and registration for the Trans Puget Race
Ride on the schooner Adventuress