Social Hour – 6:00-7 pm (Bar open and dinner available for $6.)
Program 7:00-8:30 pm
Location: CYC clubhouse (North end of Shilshole Bay Marina)

Please join us this winter on selected Friday evenings for talks by club members and guest speakers about their cruising adventures. This is a fun way to spend a few winter evenings with food, drinks and friends and maybe get inspired for your own cruising adventures. Please check our website www.cycseattle.org for additional information or call 206-789-1919.

Friday, February 5— Team Elsie Piddock

Spend an evening with Team Elsie Piddock (Al Hughes, Graeme Esarey, and Matt Steverson), winners of R2AK 2015.  Hear stories about their 750 mile race from Port Townsend to Ketchikan, Alaska, aboard the F-25c Trimaran Elsie Piddock, and their arrival in Ketchikan in just 5 days, 55 minutes after leaving Victoria.

Friday, February  12—Convergence: A Voyage Through French Polynesia

Convergence is a personal story of Sally-Christine Rodgers‘s adventure—her lifelong passion for the ocean, and her struggle to face her fears as she learns to surrender to nature aboard the Wylie 65 cat ketch. Also learn about her personal interest in marine conservation.

Friday, February 19 – Erden Eruc

Erden Eruc is an ocean rower and holder of multiple Guinness World Records, including first solo circumnavigation by human power.
Join us at CYC to hear his stories from the journey and his future ocean rowing plans to raise funds for the Puget Soundkeeper.

Friday, February 26—Cruising to Alaska: Flotilla or Solo?

Mark Bunzel of Waggoners Cruising Guide and Margaret Pommert present their recent excursions to Alaska. “Cruising to Alaska – flotilla or solo?” Learn what it takes to cruise to Alaska and if sailing solo or with a group fits your needs.