Club Meetings First Tuesday
of the month, except July, Aug. and Sept. 6:30
Potluck dinner, 7:30 Program. Puget Sound
Y.C., 2321
N. Northlake Way, Seattle Non-Members are always welcome
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Feb 4 - Annual Auction
Here's your chance to clean out your sailing loft and/or garage. Bring your used gear here to sell and also be ready to bid on some great
gear ...
Posted Jan 8, 2020, 6:07 PM by Mark Olsoe
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Jan 7th - Presentation by New Commodore Scott Wallingford - Minutes Attached
This
meeting will be an introduction to the 2020 season and present the
calendar of events for NWMA. Also a presentation from Scott Wallingford
(Commodore) and the other offices who ...
Posted Jan 9, 2020, 8:43 AM by Mark Olsoe
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Dec 3 -- Christmas Party Potluck w/ Minutes Attached
Come one come all to kick off the Holiday's at our festive Annual Christmas Party Potluck. Bring a dish and/or drinks to share. The club will be providing ...
Posted Dec 8, 2019, 5:58 PM by Mark Olsoe
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Nov. 5 - SeaWind Restoration Project Forum -- Minutes Attached
This month's meeting will be a forum on Chance and Ty Cambel's restoration of a SeaWing 24’ 10” trimaran, fixer-upper. Need to build interior, fix
soft spots ...
Posted Nov 26, 2019, 10:24 PM by Mark Olsoe
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October 1 - “We, the Voyagers: Our Moana" w/ Minutes
This is part 2 of a presentation on Polynesian sailing by Mimi George, Captain Luke Vaikawi, and
Meph Wyeth from vaka.org. It emphasizes setting the sails,finding our way ...
Posted Oct 14, 2019, 7:43 PM by Mark Olsoe
| Items of Interest
Please consider contributing articles and pictures about your sailing adventures - building/repair, cruising, racing . . .
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The Story of Joel and Patty's Open House -- Moving from our past to the future
Here's Eric Lindahl's write up of Joel and Patty’s Marples 35 trimaran open house of
Oct 27, 2019. -- They
have been working on it for 2 years at a friends property in Woodinville.
The build began on Vashon Island
several decades ago by David Vinson.
David was a long time NWMA club member and good friend and coworker of
Wayne E. He’d built a
couple boats, including getting Wayne interested in multihulls by building 3
Meters with him. Sadly
David got sick and passed away way too soon, before he could put the hulls
together. A few years back
the project was offered for sale and Steve M, a rescuer of multihulls, bought
them & trailered it ...
Posted Nov 24, 2019, 7:35 PM by Mark Olsoe
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Our Polynesian Roots
Thousands of years ago Austronesian seafarers mastered the design
and construction of blue water capable multihull sail boats. They used
these boats to explore and colonize vast reaches of the Pacific and Indian
Oceans. On April 2, 2019 we will be graced by the visit of Mimi George,
one of the world’s leading researchers of this ancient technology. The
following paper presents some of her research and also touches on her efforts
to help preserve these capabilities among living Polynesians. A
particularly interesting part of this research is the finding that the long
slender arms of the traditional claw sail bend over to spill heavy wind but are
stiff enough to capture the forces of light to moderate airs ...
Posted Mar 10, 2019, 6:10 PM by Mark Olsoe
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Zen: slang for peaceful and relaxing
A balance to the race reports - peaceful evening, relaxing pace with asymmetrical alone.Watch Zen F22 on Vimeo.
Posted Jun 8, 2018, 7:37 PM by A Rice
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2016 Rally to EverettPlease join us as we all meet up at the Everett guest dock for a weekend of fun!
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Marples CC35 trimaran on Sunday, October 27th from noon to 5pm.
We
wanted to give everyone a chance to see the boat and for us to say thank you
before we move it in early November to Napa Valley Marina for ...
Posted Oct 13, 2019, 5:47 PM by Mark Olsoe
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Everett Rally March 3-5
weekend rally
based at the Port of Everett. We will be at South Guest Dock 1 - note the
change in guest dock location from last year. The dock is just ...
Posted Oct 13, 2019, 5:52 PM by Mark Olsoe
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