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What a great day! The wind was a little light but we had the sails up most of the day anyway, and everyone left with a little more knowledge and experience than when they arrived, amongst lots of laughter and new friendships made. Everyone came with different expectations of what they wanted to work on and we were able to touch base on most of the day’s checklist. Crew recovery and docking was high on the list so we spent considerable time on those with everyone taking time at the helm to do traditional figure-8 recovery as well as in-a-hurry with the engine on technique, and several types of docking situations and how to feather the engine to control the boat speed. We spent some time getting the sails up and down safely, some basic sail trim (when the breeze picked up) and some knots for securing the boat at the dock. A mother orca and her son were in the deep cove area when we were hove to for lunch, we didn’t get close enough to see them but the blue light boat was keeping the paparazzo in check. Just a wonderful day for everyone!  

A heartfelt thank you to Darry for his clear and supportive coaching, and to Sharon for so generously hosting the crew aboard Puffin. It’s always such a gift when members share their boats and experience to help build skills and confidence in others.

Another great MYCBC Cruise. 14 Member Crews showed up for the festivities. Check out the Photo Gallery for pictures of all the action. Special thanks to DeeSeas for hosting everyone in the cottage, Windchime for the Mustang Survival Workshop, Cassiopeia and Later Mate for the Diesel Heaters presentation and Teacher’s Pet for the presentation on Logbook Apps and digital logbooks. Congratulations to all the members who took home the great door prizes donated by Mustang Survival, Inlet Marine, and Martin Marine. Be sure to thank those companies the next time you visit them. 

Next Events

May Club Night

The Minutes are available in Current Year Documents and the video of Darry’s presentation of Tacking and Jibing your Mac Basics is available in the Video Gallery and also in the MacLearning/Sailing tab.

Note that the process for booking a slip for the Aug 1-3 Past Commodore’s Cruise to Poet’s Cove has changed. Check the information on the Cruise page.

Next Events

May 28 – MacRendezvous Zoom Planning Meeting

June 6-8 MacRendezvous at Bowen Island

June 18 Commodores Cruise Zoom Planning meeting

Remember to post your plans on the Club Cruise Pages

Congratulations to the winner of the 2026 Club Dues Draw

Great Club Night with record attendance. The Minutes of the Meeting are in the Current Year Documents Tab. Thanks Andrew & Courtney for the inspiring presentation on your trip to Baja. The video is posted in the Gallery.

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Eleven boats attended this year’s raft-up with DragNFly, Saynomore, Later Mate, Gemini, Blue Glass, Little Missy, Jillybean, Windchime, Mist-A-Sea, and 2Wish’N in the raft and Out To See on the Dock.

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED:

The Hike to Shallow Bay

A Champagne re-naming ceremony for Little Missy

The First Annual Bocci Challenge

Thanks everyone for the 2 great Potlucks and all the fun

Nine Boats and Ron on his bike arrived at the OTTER BAY MARINA for the PAST COMMODORE’S CRUISE. Teacher’s Pet, Windchime, 2Wish’N, Cedar Wind, Mist-A-Sea, Gemini, Saynomore, Rapture and Later Mate. Highlights included the Saturday Pizza on the Sunset Deck, Coffee and Treats in the mornings, day sailing each day or exploring the Island or swimming in the pool and the Sunday Night Potluck. On Monday half the fleet departed through Active pass for the trip home and the other half headed to Medicine Beach to anchor and then on to explore the Gulf Islands.

Special thanks to Vice Commodore Kelvin for planning and organizing this event and Later Mate for picking up the pizza and their daughter Sydney for providing the car.