Where the sailing never stops.

SEATTLE BOAT SHOW, INDOORS + AFLOAT
JANUARY 27 – FEBRUARY 5, 2012
The Seattle Boat Show, Indoors + Afloat, is the West Coast’s Largest Boat Show featuring more than 1,000 recreational watercraft, seminars and the latest accessories indoors at CenturyLink Field, plus afloat on South Lake Union.

http://www.seattleboatshow.com/

How could New Year’s Day possible sneak up on me?  Anyway, tomorrow at noon we sail from the Hell’s Canyon Marina (west end of Clarkston) to the Blue Bridge and back to ring in the new year.  Arrive early to avoid the polar bear crowd.

Follow up -

East wind, partial sun, three bridges, two hours, peaceful albeit lonely.

“Tom’s Boat Bread” – 04DEC2011

Ingredients:

Thanks once again to Greg and Christina for opening their home to a bunch of rowdy sailors (well chatty ayways).  Good food, good friends and good conversation made for an enjoyable evening.

Awards for the Frostbite and Fall Race Series were handed out (see racing pages for results).

Commodore Greg had gifts for the 2011 officers (a nice engraved set of SOG knives)

Commodore Greg also presented several commendations to Club members for their accomplishments and contributions to the Club during the past year.  Among these were Gary Hyde for his trip to Lake Havasu, and Caesar Paul for organizing the San Juan Island Summer Cruise.

What: 2011 LCSA Christmas Party and Awards Presentation

When:  6:00 pm, December 3,2011

Where: Greg and Christina Umbright’s Home (email commodore@lcsailing.org or call Greg for directions.  His # is in the members section)

Greg and Christina Umbright will be hosting it at thier house in Pullman at 6 pm. We will be having a white elephant gift exchange during the party. It will be potluck and the Umbrights will be serving ham, so please bring a side dish or meat if you wish (M – Z) or dessert (A-L) and BYOB.

By SANDRA L. LEE of the Tribune

A stiff breeze whipped the long strings of multicolored lights as Tim Lynch of Lewiston hauled them up the 25-foot-tall mast of his San Juan sailboat.

The spirit of Christmas brought him and his daughter, Dylana Lynch, 4, to the Swallows Park boat launch, starting point for the Hells Canyon Boat Club lighted parade on the Snake River, Saturday afternoon, he said. [Read more →]

Even with Saturday’s snow, I still was a bit sad not to be taking the boat down to the River for some sail boat racing.

Need to start getting the boat ready for the lighted boat parade.  Anyone else going?  I’ll get an email out that everyone can “reply all” to to let everyone know.

And please, consider how you can help with the Club next year.  Elections are coming up . . .

Who would have guessed that the two best days of sailing would have been the last two weekends of October?  We had yet another beautiful day with nice winds out of the northwest.   Four boats were out (Mantis, RIO, Coir Jaot and Vindr Knifr) and we got in three race before the clouds rolled in and the rain started.

The wind direction once again favored Randy Blair’s tri-hull with a reach on the “downwind” leg.  We even saw the mighty pink spinnaker flying today.  Randy needs about an 8 minute lead in a 1 hr race to beat the SJ21′s.   It was really close at the end of Race #1 between him and Tim Lynch.

Race #2 was shortened to once around as the winds went light.   We had a bit of a break between race #2 and #3 as we waited for it to fill back in.  We did a quick tie up at the dock to stretch our legs, watch a freight train go by, and ponder the grey clouds building in the west.

The winds did fill back in, with less intensity than feared and we started Race #3.  Tim Lynch ran aground during the 2nd upwind leg (that sandbar on the south side of the river is WAY out there), but recovered nicely on the downwind leg to give the Murphy’s a run to the finish.  Jeff and Jess once again held close and may have beat the SJ21′s on handicap. 

All in all it was a great race series.  Can’t wait till the Christmas party to see the overall results.

As always, we appreciate Wes and Robbie’s effort in setting the course, running the races and picking up after. The series would have not have been possible without their donation of time.

Where:  Mursea Missions Boat Shed - 1267 Port Way, Clarkston, Wa

When:  Socializing and Dinner 5:30pm.  Meeting starts at 6:00pm.  This will be a potluck dinner  A-L please bring salad or main dish L-Z please bring dessert.

What:  Brief Business Meeting, 2012 Officer Nominations

Program: Sailing the south pacific video by the Murphy's (18 min)