Category: From the Helm
From the Helm | Many Challenges Remain for CYC
Now the hard work begins. We are off to a great start with the adoption of the bylaw amendments reducing our dues and revising our membership categories, the enthusiasm that came out of the “restart” meetings for making the Club a community of like-minded people who love sailing and care about CYC, the start of [ MORE ]
From the Helm | Congratulations to Our Newest Honorary Life Member
Congratulations to Derek Storm as CYC’s newest Honorary Life Member. Derek has served the club well in many ways, especially as webmaster from 1997 -2011, mathematician, and technical consultant for our data base for many years. His election by the board to this honor was announced at the Annual Meeting. A second presentation and the [ MORE ]
From the Helm | ‘First Friday’ was a Rousing Success
On November 4 the CYC First Friday welcomed 60 people – members, new members and friends, and potential members to our clubhouse. The event was a pot-luck that included salads, casseroles, shrimp, pies and veggie trays with salmon burgers and hamburgers for grilling on the BBQ. Our bar was open with volunteer bar tenders Brian [ MORE ]
From the Helm | Recent Happenings at CYC Signal Bright Future
Fall is here and the weather is turning cooler. Some of the many recent happenings at CYC: The PSSC Puget Sound Sailing Championship regattas were successful with increased participation this year thanks to the great work of Rear Commodore Bruce Van Deventer. For the One-Design weekend we had six fleets and 55 boats racing. For [ MORE ]
From the Helm | Could CYC Go the Way of Kaufmann’s Fishing Stores?
You might think it’s odd that I’m starting out my monthly web column with a few notes about a fly-fishing store that went bankrupt. Read on. There’s a parallel between Kaufmann’s Streamborn, which had stores outside Portland and in Seattle and Bellevue, and our Corinthian Yacht Club. Kaufmann’s had been in business for 42 years, [ MORE ]
