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2009 I-5 Cruise

This is traditionally the first "cruise" of the year and also the only cruise that doesn't take place on the water. Also by tradition, the previous year's Fleet Captain Cruise is the I-5 Cruise Pilot. This year was no exception and Len Rickey was the cruise Pilot. Thanks to Bill Carlstrom for his pictures at the Salmon House dinner.

Midi Canal Cruise

In early October, 31 people traveled to southern France for a bareboat charter on 8 boats down the Midi Canal. This canal, which was built in the late 1600's and early 1700's, was an engineering marvel. It goes from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean Sea. We started in the center of the country at Castelnaudary and went east until we reached Port-Cassafieres on the Mediterranean Sea. During this trip, we went through 61 locks. About 2/3 of the boats selected a 10 day cruise and the rest selected a 14 day cruise. I have asked each person on the trip (or, "at least," someone from each boat) to add 5 or 6 pictures to this album. - John MacLeod, Midi Canal Cruise Co-Pilot

2010 ANNUAL RELEASE PARTY

On March 4th, the new OIYC 2010 Annuals were distributed to club members at the Orcas Hotel. One group participated only in Happy Hour but many members stayed for dinner. Barb Brunius out did herself again and produced a fantastic Annual!

MEN'S SUCIA ISLAND WORK CRUISE

A fotilla of OIYC boats headed to Sucia Island April 21 - 23 to re-roof a picnic shelter, build 10 picnic benches and repair fire-pit areas. Not only did our guys do a great job but a good time was had by all!

The I - 5 Cruise, to the Seattle Boat Show, was a tremendous success! Steve Emmes was the Pilot and Wes Heinmiller graciously volunteered his beautiful boat to transport the OIYC group to and from the Seattle Yacht Club dinner. I didn't take many pictures so, hopefully, some of the other attendees will provide pictures as well.

These pictures were taken from Patos Island on Day 1 of the Round the County race. Patos was the mid-point of the race and so the Patos Island Race Committee was there.

To see videos of the race taken from Patos, you can go to this web site: https://www.youtube.com/user/OrcasIslandJohn/videos.

The videos are labeled 1 through 5 and are best viewed in this order. (Video no. 5, the last one posted, is at the top of the list and Video no. 1 is actually the 5th video.)

These pictures were provided by Michele Wiley and Don Stillman. Reba and I weren't able to attend but it is clear that we missed a fun time! There are two pages of pictures. There is a slide show option, which is a good way to view these great pictures! John

The weather was perfect for the Orcas Island Yacht Club's Annual 4th of July BBQ

Our Annual Business Meeting was held on Feb 17, 2011. The theme of the dinner was "An Evening in Tuscany" and I'm sure everyone enjoyed a great Italian dinner!

Chesapeake Christening

Chesapeake was christened in Victoria, BC. on May 17, 2008, during Victoria Days.

The 2010 Commodore's Ball, honoring our new Commodore, Len Rickey, was held at Camp Orkila on Sat, Dec 4th. These pictures were taken using natural light and, as a result, are poor quality. Please add your pictures to the album.

The Commodore's Ball, honoring our new Commodore, Dianne Jordan, was held at the Rosario Resort on Saturday evening, December 10th. The event was a sell out so, if you made your reservation too late, plan on reserving early next year. if you weren't there, check out these pictures to see what you missed. If your picture isn't here, I apologize. There wasn't time to get to every table before the program and then the dancing started.

Pictures were taken when the guests arrived of all couples (singles or groups) who wanted to have their pictures taken.

From the time that guests were walking to the "Haunted House" and were surprised by a real Chain Saw Massacre, this Halloween Party was over the top. Congratulations to Vice Commodore, Wes Heinmiller, and all of his helpers.

The 2016 Cruise Planning Meeting was held on January 13, 2016 in the Mansion at Rosario Resort. Our Fleet Captain, Cruise, Ben McLeod, did a great job organizing and MC'ing the meeting. Appetizers were served and the cash bar got a fair amount of use (by designated drivers). If you missed the meeting, look in "The OIYCTER," as well as in this web site, for information on the scheduled cruises. Ben is still looking for some Pilots so, if you would consider volunteering, give Ben a call! The last two pictures were taken by Debbie McLeod.

Only one picture from the club's 2012 cruise. It shows the entrance to Desolation Sound.

FEBRUARY ITALIAN DINNER

Maura O' Neill, OIYC Special Events Captain, planned a wonderful Italian dinner at the February meeting. Attendees also enjoyed an informative presentation on efforts to preserve the Patos Island lighthouse.

One of the anchorages for the 2014 Clamming cruise.

OIYC's Annual Crab Fest and Members' meeting will also be a fun Halloween party this year. Additional pictures will be added after the conclusion of this October 20th event.

The I-5 Cruise to the Seattle Boat Show was held from January 25 - 27, 2011. The pictures in this album were taken at the club's dinner at the Seattle Yacht Club on January 26, 2011.

Just a place to put some miscellaneous pictures from John and Reba

The Mates went to Poet's Cove, B.C. for their "women only" cruise.

This year, the Men's Work Party "Cruise" was to the OIYC Picnic Shelter to work on the Youth Sailing addition to the Picnic Shelter, as well as re-roof and re-paint the Picnic Shelter. I was only able to participate on the first day but, hopefully, someone else will add pictures of the next days' activities. Since this was one of the club's "cruises" for the year, this album was included in the Cruising section even though no one brought their boat (at least on the first day). Next year, it will probably revert to a "water" cruise, instead of a "land" cruise.

This dinner meeting was held on February 29th (of course). The dinner was catered by Lynn & Steve Emmes. For $15, members received home made chili and cornbread, a green salad and, for dessert, apple crisp and vanilla ice cream. Everything was homemade and tasted great and the budget was unanimously passed!

The Commodore's Ball was held at Rosario Resort on Saturday, Dec 12, 2015. These are compressed pictures because the file size of the original pictures cannot be supported by this web site. In addition, all of these pictures were taken using natural light to preserve the Christmas lights that were a big part of the atmosphere. This further reduces the pictures' resolution.

I hope you were there because the decorations were over the top, the food was delicious and the camaraderie of our fellow OIYC members was the best part of all. If you missed this ball, I recommend that you try to make the 2016 version. You will be glad you did!

OIYC 4th of July BBQ

The annual yacht club Independence Day celebration was held at the picnic shelter on (you guessed it) July 4th!

On April 23, 2011, 7 OIYC members showed up at the picnic shelter to make things look nice for the other 300 members. This group put in a long, hard day of work but it showed on Opening Day. Thanks, guys!

Friday Night Racing

John Slyvester and I were on board Len Rickey's boat, Tenacious for this race. Tenacious was the Committee Boat.

This cruise to Bill Carlstrom's favorite Mid-Sound places (no, really...) was held from August 15th to 25th. Included were La Conner, Coupeville, Langley, Edmonds, Seattle (Bell Harbor), Port Ludlow and Port Townsend (Point Hudson). Only pictures from the first few days are included now but pictures from the rest of the trip will be added over time.

The Orcas Island Yacht Club's Opening Day was held on May 1, 2011. The pictures in this album are just a start - many more will be added over the coming weeks.

BBQ salmon prepared on the Picnic Shelter's grille, then served in the West Sound Community Center.

Getting things spic n' span for Opening Day. Without volunteers, none of our club activities would work!

Pictures are from Mark Gasser.

Opening Day

Opening Day will be held on Sunday, May 2nd. We have two themes - Red, White & Blue and Underwater Adventure. You can decorate your boat and crew to reflect either or both themes. It is not too early to start planning decorations for your boat and crew that will tell the world you're glad to live in the USA or/and that you like Underwater Adventures!

Opening Day for OIYC was Sunday, May 3, 2015. We couldn't have had a better day - sunny with warm temperatures. As these pictures will show, it was a lot of fun! Please keep in mind that these are compressed pictures with no exposure modifications, cropping or any other changes that, in many cases, are needed. There are 6 pages of photos. (I'll reduce the number later.) If you want a copy of any of these pictures, please let me know and I will send you an uncompressed version. - John MacLeod

RTC RACE MID-POINT (PATOS IS)

OIYC Members went to Patos Island to record the times of all race boats when they crossed the race mid-point line.

Conceptual artist renderings of what the OIYC Picnic Shelter would look like if it is enclosed.

This year's cruise was from Oct 4 through Oct 6. The Cruise Pilot, Bill Carlstrom, was sick and couldn't make it so Dianne Jordan and John MacLeod came off the bench as replacement co-Pilots. Thirty people on 14 OIYC boats attended the cruise. The weather was good and everyone seemed to have a great time!

The Rear Commodore's (luncheon) Cruise, honoring Rear Commodore Maura O Neill, was held on Saturday, March 23rd, at the Lopez Islander Resort on Fisherman's Bay. The theme for this celebration was St. Patrick's Day.

Our 2014 Rear Commodore's Cruise was once again to the Lopez Islander Resort and Marina on Fisherman's Bay, Lopez Island. The cruise was held on March 15th. Because there were small craft warnings, we had many more "car drivers" than "boat pilots" this year. This Rear Commodore's Cruise was different for another reason, also, which is that Dianne Jordan, our Rear Commodore, was not able to make it. Since the main purpose of the Rear Commodore's Cruise is to honor our new Rear Commodore, the "honoring part" will now be part of an upcoming OIYC event. These are all compressed images but, if anyone wants a full resolution version of any of these pictures, please let me know.

This is the first cruise of the year. It is to Fisherman's Bay on Lopez Island to honor our new Rear Commodore which, this year, is Burke Thomas.

We will all miss you terribly, Dr. Bill. Thanks for the great memories!

ROCHE HARBOR CRUISE

On March 26 - 28, the OIYC's first "boating" cruise of the year took place. The annual boat washing cruise was once again to Roche Harbor on San Juan Island. There was a great turn out - perhaps the best ever for this cruise.

Spring Boat Washing Cruise

The first (in the water) OIYC boat cruise was to Roche Harbor, March 27 - 29, 2009. (The first OIYC "cruise" was the I-5 cruise to the Seattle Boat Show.) This album shows some of the events that the over 50 people attending this cruise enjoyed. Not shown are the boats rocking at the dock at 3 a.m. Saturday night when a storm rolled through. But, as they say, a good time was had by all...

John MacLeod

As has been the tradition in recent years, this cruise was again to Roche Harbor. The dates were April 15 to 17, 2016, although many people arrived on the 14th. There was a great turn out this year. This is always a popular cruise but it was even MORE popular this year - maybe because of the great cruise Pilots we had this year (Richard & Dianne Jordan, aka "Cupcake").

48 people and 19 boats attended OIYC’s annual Spring Cruise to Roche Harbor. Most people arrived on Friday (April 20) and left on Sunday (April 22) but some arrived on Thursday and one couple left on Saturday. Most people came by boat and stayed on their boat but some people were guests on other boats and some stayed in the hotel. One nice thing about going to Roche Harbor, there are lots of choices.

On April 15-17, 2011, 36 OIYC members on 18 boats cruised to Roche Harbor for three, great days of fun!

The Spring "Boat Washing" Cruise is a traditional OIYC cruise. This year, the destination was once again Roche Harbor. Friday night, there was a potluck on the picnic barge and Saturday night, the OIYC cruisers had a BBQ steak dinner in the picnic barge tent. And, the ,now famous, OIYC 2013 Dinghy Championship Race was held.

Décor of the day - "fascinators!" These pictures were taken by Michele Wiley. She is in one of them, and it doesn't look like a selfie, so I guess that's not 100% accurate. But, I downloaded them from her Facebook page.

VICTORIA DAYS

We were at Victoria Days from May 19 to 23 (Wed - Sun). We attended the BBQ at the horse farm on Thursday and one of us (John) played golf at the Cordova Bay Golf Club with George Larson and Lew Thomas. Both of these were great fun! The Sailpast, as usual, was on Sunday and OIYC won the award for the yacht club with the most boats in attendance! The other traditional events (chart hours, breakfast on the dock, dinners out in Victoria, shared heavy hors d’ oeuvres and wine on the dock and just visiting with old and new friends) were, of course, great. This is the year's "not to be missed" cruise!

John, Reba & Sea Biscuit MacLeod
Chesapeake

The Orcas Island Yacht Club is the only U.S. yacht club that is invited to participate in Victoria Days. The Victoria Days' boats are moored on the Victoria Inner Harbor docks, which are the center of Victoria Days' activities. The boating festivities culminate with Sail Past, the procession of Victoria Days' boats past the reviewing stand, where a member of the Royal Canadian Mounties returns the Skippers' salutes. This year, the Victoria Days' Cruise was May 16 - 20.

Each year, Orcas Island Yacht Club boats take young "as risk" children from eastern Washington to an island in the San Juans. For the past few years, the destination has been Jones Island, which was also the case this year. This cruise was held on June 14, 2011. I will add more pictures later when time permits.

The Trail Seekers is an all volunteer group from Eastern Washington with the objective of helping children from low economic, disadvantaged homes, develop into responsible adults.

One of the traditional events during the Trail Seekers' annual trip to Orcas Island is a day camp on a remote island. The Trail Seekers have been coming to Orcas Island for over 40 years and OIYC members have been providing their boats to shuttle them to and from one of the islands in the San Juan Islands for ten years.

This year, on June 22nd, there were (approximately) 124 kids, mentors and directors from central Washington that we took to and from Jones Island, which was the site of this year's day camp.

Buses brought the Trail Seekers to and from Deer Harbor and OIYC boats took them to and from Jones Island. I don't believe that there were any OIYC volunteers who didn't thoroughly enjoy the day and the smiles on these small children, most of whom do not have much to smile about most of the time. The children were as young as 5 years old and many of them were around this age, although some were older. This was a new experience for them and a very rewarding one for us.

Youth Shuttle to Jones Island

The pictures were taken by a bystander who was visiting the island on their 49' Grand Banks. They were amazed at the number of kids that came out of the three boats, our mission and how well behaved the kids were and that Yachties were doing some good for kids. The vantage point is their flying bridge. No other photographer. They missed Lew's boat.