Category: Shilshole Programs
Club Seeks Volunteer Whaler Drivers
Corinthian Yacht Club is looking for members to volunteer as whaler drivers. Our Boston Whalers are used for mark setting and retrieval along with safety boat operations, and volunteers are needed for both Puget Sound and Lake Washington events. It’s a fun, exciting, and rewarding way to serve your fellow sailors. We will be providing [ MORE ]
CYC Hosts US Sailing Race Management Seminar
Fourteen experienced race officers from around the Northwest participated in a US Sailing two-day advanced race management seminar hosted by Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle on the last weekend of February. Seminar partipants at CYC’s Shilshole clubhouse Instructors Mark Townsend, Leslie Keller, and Brian Watkins lead the group through all topics of race management including [ MORE ]
CYC Prepares Initial Order of 12 Optis for Junior Program
The CYC junior instructional program has gained tremendous momentum. Over $30,000 in cash and commitments have been raised as of Feb. 15. The Junior Program Director plans to ask the club board for permission to purchase the program’s initial 12 Optimist dinghies at the March board meeting. “The drive is still underway, and we [ MORE ]
Standing-Room-Only Crowd for Ullman Seminar
I just got home from the Ullman Sails Seminar Series. I enjoyed the presentation and got refreshed on “Unlocking” the race course just in time for the Thistle MidWinters in San Diego. CYC hosted the event and Ullman sails donated $5 for each ticket to the CYC Junior program. CYC Members got a $5 discount [ MORE ]
CYC Members Among Four Killed by Somali Pirates
CYC member Bob Riggle and his partner, Phyllis Macay, who began a world cruise in 2007 and whose J/109 Gaiawas named the club’s cruising boat of the year for 2008, were among four Americans reported murdered by Somali pirates Tuesday off the coast of East Africa. Riggle and Macay were aboard a Davidson 58, Quest, owned by [ MORE ]
