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W AVE LEN GTHS AUGUS T 2020
Wavelengths
Commodore’s Report
Dear FIYC Members, new members to two times the annual dues. The
Greetings from Sheila and initiation fee has been $500 since 2004. Persons
me! We hope that you are already on the active applicant list are exempted
all well and staying safe in from the increase. We also voted to increase the
these very strange and dif- boat storage rental rate from $400 per year to $600
ficult times! per year, effective January 1, 2021. We have also
Many thanks to our Swan- scrubbed the capital equipment replacement and
town cruise captains, capital projects lists, moving some dates back and
Dave and Traci Augen- identifying certain equipment that will be replaced
stein and Dennis and Betty Rowland, for showing when it fails rather than based on its expected life-
us such a great time in Olympia in July. We en- time. We met early this week to review the im-
joyed the great meal on Friday night; we learned pacts of these changes on our plan and to make
that we need to practice our saran unwrapping more adjustments as needed.
skills. It was so fun to see so many familiar FIYC
faces in person after so many months of isolation! In looking forward to reopening the Club, we’ve
And the weather was, well, variable. Hot one mi- also put together a one-question survey that you
nute (when the sun came out, which it did fre- will be seeing in your email in-boxes soon. We’re
quently) but then cool and windy at other times. very interested in when you would consider return-
Thanks again to Augensteins, Rowlands, and also ing to a monthly membership meeting. I ask that
to Fleet Captain Nancy Flint! you please respond to the survey when it comes to
Sheila and I are looking forward to next weekend’s you. Your input will help us better understand
cruise to Cap Sante Marina in Anacortes. We still how and when we can get back to a more normal
have seven intrepid boat families attending, alt- schedule of events.
hough the Arts Festival has been cancelled and
Skagit County remains in Phase II of Washington Finally, in this issue of Wavelengths, you will find
Safe Start. We will be keeping our distance and an article by Bill Marcy, chair of our Nominating
wearing our masks, but it will still be good to be Committee. Bill is announcing the nominees for
together again. Many of us are planning an ex- the FIYC Officers and Board for 2021. I know
tended trip into the San Juan Islands but not be- this is a little unusual, but we are anticipating not
yond (sadly). Our good Canadian friends in Sid- being able to hold the usual September member-
ney report that Desolation Sound is very uncrowd- ship meeting where this announcement would nor-
ed this year. mally take place. We will be holding some sort of
Your FIYC Board continues to soldier on through virtual meeting in September, where the announce-
our long-range financial planning exercise. As I ment of nominees will be repeated, and there will
mentioned last month, we are looking hard at ways be an opportunity for additional nominees from the
to increase revenues. At the July 21 regular Board “floor” via email. At this time, we’re uncertain
meeting, we voted to increase the initiation fee for (This article is continued on page 4.)
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Vice Commodore’s Report
Welcome to the sum- ly and safely in the months to come. I think we all
mer August heat! realize that we must continue on to fight another
Hoping this article day with Covid 19. This too shall pass so continue
finds everyone safe, your diligence and patience. Please reach out to
healthy and of sound anyone on the Bridge or Board if you need any-
mind! So many new thing during these challenging times.
experiences for all of Please look for the article from Bill Marcy and his
us. It looks like we announcement of the upcoming open positions for
will need to continue the 2021 elections. Thank you in advance for all
to be separated for a while longer. It will come as the volunteers in this amazing club!
no surprise that our August 4th outdoor meeting is
canceled due to our gathering restrictions and need I am looking forward to navigating through the
for safety with gatherings. new environment and hoping you are too!
The Aug. 8th FICRA Fair has been canceled this Sandra and I have been enjoying our new dock
year as well. We will have to have a beer and and quick access to our boat on the Sound. Please
burger at home this year in honor of this event! feel free to boat, kayak, walk, swim by anytime.
We will sell double stacked burgers next year to We always have a cold libation near by to cool
make it up! you off.
The Aug 21st Rainiers game and Aug. 28th Friday Enjoy your time home in August. The weather has
night BBQ have been canceled as well. improved nicely so enjoy the summer and we hope
to see you all sooner than later!
Fingers crossed for a fruitful 2021 activity sched-
ule. All the best,
We all will continue to monitor the state of affairs Jeff and Sandra Hooker, Reel Hookers
and communicate any event that can happen legal-
Fleet Captain’s Report
Happy August, every- amongst the crowd! We were grateful that
one. Hope you have Thurston County was in Phase 3 so our group of
been able to enjoy the under 50 could gather again – while passing the
beautiful weather late- hand sanitizer and doing our best to stay 6 feet
ly! We’re in the midst apart. On Saturday afternoon, there was a lot of
of packing lists, pre- excitement during an “unwrapping a large ball of
cooking lists, tide and current charts, schedules, prizes, wrapped tightly with Saran Wrap” game…
and reservations as we prepare for our first trip purely priceless expressions, lots of laughter, and
“up north” on the harbor daWg, looking forward some pretty cool prizes flying around. A special
to new experiences and enjoying time with friends shout out to Lisa Isaacs for making all the ladies a
while we partake in the “float life” for two weeks. foxy mask, with straw accessibility! And to Kati
I’m happy to report that we were able to have our Arpin for her delicious cupcakes and to Holly
first FIYC cruise of the summer at Swantown Ma- Bukes for her famously yummy oatmeal! We
rina! Many thanks Traci and Dave Augenstein and ended up with 14 boats, the weather was
Betty Jean and Dennis Rowland, the Cruise Cap- “interesting” and Commodore Dave welcomed 4
tains, for a truly wonderful and fun weekend! All new boats into the fleet. Our harbor daWg was
of your efforts and hard work are very much ap- blessed to be one of them, and gotta say, there
preciated! The meal for our Friday Luau was deli- were some tears shed during that ceremo-
cious and prepared, cooked, and served by our ny! Thank you, Dave!
gloved and masked Cruise Captains. Island attire (This article is continued on page 4.)
and a Lei Contest brought out a lot of creativity
WAV E LEN GTH S
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Rear Commodore’s Report
Editor’s Note: Bridget did, this crazy pandemic, they are there making sure our
in fact, submit a report last
club always looks pristine. It takes a small army and
month. For some reason, I am so overjoyed that you all volunteer to do this for
FIYC.com emails went into our club. Our grounds look great! Second shout out
my spam email box. This goes to our Building Manager Dennis Rowland!
has been fixed. Throughout this crazy pandemic, he has diligently
shown up weekly to take care of the club.
Hello FIYC! I can’t be- Going in and running water through the faucets,
lieve it’s August already checking the inside of the building to make sure eve-
and the summer will soon rything is working smoothly and making sure we
be over! Currently Dennis Rowland, FIYC Building have no surprises when we open up again. He even
Manager, and I have been working diligently to put went running around town at the last minute to get
together a way ahead for when we can open up the supplies so that we could open up the restrooms for
club. We are also working with the Fleet Captain, the Honor Parade and stay within the State guide-
Board of Trustees, Club Bar Managers and Galley lines. Last shout out is going to go to the Building
Chair to make sure all will have the proper items and Grounds Committee Members! These folks have
needed for their respective areas and events. We un- been doing security checks around the club through-
derstand that some of the new processes may be an out the pandemic. Throughout all of this, we still
inconvenience but please know that they will be in have wonderful members stepping up to help take
place to promote the health and safety of our mem- care of things! Thank you all for what you do for the
bers while in the club. It is currently a work in pro- club!
gress, making sure we are following all State and lo-
cal government guidelines. If you have any com- Mitch and I miss you all and hoping you are all doing
ments or suggestions, please email me and let me well. As always, please let me know if you have any
know. Family takes care of family and I want to questions, comments or concerns about the buildings
make sure my FIYC family is taken care of! :-) and grounds. Hope you all have a great month and
see you all at the club once we are able to open it
I would like to send out a few special shout outs to back up again.
some of our volunteers this month who help out with
the building and grounds. First shout out goes out to Bridget and Mitch Hasty, Oozlefinch
our Grounds and Garden Crews! Even through all of
Nominating Committee
First off, the Nomination Committee would like to Not listed is the Immediate Past Commodore, David
thank the many members who gave us suggestions Higby, because after serving as Commodore, the
for the different club positions that are up for elec- Immediate Past Commodore position is automatic
tion this year. Your suggestions were very help- for the next year. The Commodore position is a 2
ful. Here are our nominations for positions for year position: 1st year Commodore, 2nd year Im-
2021: mediate Past Commodore.
Commodore - Jeff Hooker Procedures for nominating and voting will be deter-
Vice Commodore - Bridget Hasty mined by the Bridge. Perhaps for the September
meeting, a video will be sent to the membership dur-
Rear Commodore - Fletcher MacGregor ing which we can officially present the slate of offic-
Secretary - Christy Ash ers. In October, the vote will be taken.
Treasurer - Bruce Macdonald The Nomination Committee is comprised of Kent
Fleet Captain - Nancy Flint Autrand, Ebe Bower, Allan Martin, Lori Ulsh and
myself.
Trustee #1 - Mike Sanders
Trustee #3 - Betty Rowland
Bill Marcy, Aquaviva
Trustee #5 - Lisa Stapleton
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Commodore’s Report (continued from page 1)
about the October membership meeting where the want you to know that we think of and miss our
voting on the list of nominees would normally take FIYC friends every day and look forward to get-
place. We are considering several options, includ- ting back together when we can do so safely.
ing some sort of a virtual meeting or vote by email Very best regards,
or mail. I will let you know in September.
Dave and Sheila Higby, Kanani
These are truly strange and difficult times. We
Fleet Captain’s Report (continued from page 2)
Due to the restrictions under Phase 2 in Skagit I also want to extend my gratitude to all for your
County, with the Art Show cancelled and entry flexibility and understanding of the changes and
into Canada being delayed (again), the small pending updates we’re experiencing during the
group will meet up on the dock and converse from boating season. If we can make things happen,
our chairs, six feet apart. This is a very limited we’ll try, but your safety during this virus crisis is
edition of a cruise but I really want to thank Dave our utmost factor in determining how to move for-
and Sheila Higby and Keith and Deb Flewelling, ward.
the Cruise Captains, for making the best of it! Wishing you all continued good health and peace
We’ll try again for next year as we’ll be submit- during this trying time. See more pictures on the
ting our reservations request for 2021 on August next page.
4th.
The Boats and Floats flotilla scheduled for August
22 is still pending the location as we await the de-
cision on the Maritime Festival. Stay tuned…
we’ve got a couple of floating islands ready for air
and occupants!
As for the Bremerton Cruise over Labor Day, I’m
sorry to say that it will be cancelled. This decision
was based upon the transition of the Blackberry
Festival into a drive-thru event only, located away
from the marina. With Kitsap County currently in
Phase 2 (no groupings of over 5 people) and the
additional restrictions placed last week on going
to restaurants and other gathering places, the lo-
gistics were very limited for a 4 day weekend. We
are still working on perhaps another local flotilla
for some time during that weekend for folks who
would still like to gather. I’ll keep you posted.
And finally, we’ll make a decision of the Poulsbo
Cruise (September 18-20) in August, but we are
hoping we can get in the last scheduled cruise of
the year.
Thank you to our Harbormaster, Lance Ulsh, as he
will be placing new social distancing signs and
hand sanitizer stations on the dock in the near fu-
ture. Please remember, if you cannot be six feet
apart on the dock, to wear your mask as outlined
by our state mandates.WAV E LEN GTH S
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Fleet Captain’s Report (continued from page 4) BIRTHDAYS
David Higby 8/4
Lou D'Ambrosio 8/5
Janice Healy 8/5
Steve Rouse 8/6
Scott Townsend 8/8
David Beck 8/11
Tracy Butzko 8/13
Bill Pusztai 8/13
Bridget Hasty 8/14
Joseph "Tuck" Leitzinger 8/15
Taunja VanderVaate 8/18
Gene Miller 8/21
Pam Bott 8/21
Ken Kivett 8/22
Susan Montgomery 8/22
Hal Cline 8/23
Jerre Griffin 8/23
Siobhan Fisher 8/23
Dale VanDerschelden 8/24
Sandra Hooker 8/24
Nancy Kivett 8/25
Rhonda Haug 8/26
Brandon Stevenson 8/28
Nancy Flint, harbor daWg
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Past Commodore: Casey Thigpen
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