May 2025 Commodores Corner
2025-06-21
JUNE – The days will reach peak length this week as we approach the summer solstice. The warmer weather is making the water so much more inviting, and I’m looking forward to cruising to Bellingham with you all next week for our Commodore’s Cruise. The Commodore’s Cruise is typically a goodContinueContinue Reading
Ahoy Members, meet Jon Lehman and Krista Ritter.
2025-06-10
While Jon and Krista officially hail from Nashville, Tennessee, they both have a long history withthe San Juan Islands. Krista’s grandfather built a house facing Fisherman Bay on Lopez in 1960.Krista spent many summers as a child on Lopez and considers it her second home. Jon’s brotherJeff moved to SeattleContinueContinue Reading
Spirit Award Celebration for Christa and Paul!
2025-06-09
Spirit Award Celebration for Christa and Paul Saturday June 14, 2025, 3:00pm Admission Free Please join us on Saturday, June 14 from 3pm-5pm at Lopez Center to celebrate LCCA’s Spirit Award recipients for 2024, Christa Campbell and Paul Henriksen! Since landing on Lopez Island in the late 70s (Paul) andContinueContinue Reading
Ahoy Members, meet Mike and Julie Metzger.
2025-06-05
Both of us began sailing as children on fresh water lakes with our families in Oregon and Ohio in a Geary 18 and a 16 foot Snipe. We continued the sailing adventure with our own kids on windsurfers in the summer and eventually followed our curiosity by taking sailing classesContinueContinue Reading
Ahoy Members, meet Ted and Marti Wiedmann.
2025-06-05
We’ve been coming to Lopez Island and boating in these waters for the last 50 years. We have a home on fisherman Bay but reside full-time in Meridian, Idaho. We currently boat on a 30 foot Jeanneau 895. We love to Boat around the San Juan’s as well as theContinueContinue Reading
Ahoy Members, meet Jonathan Nash and Erin Pettit.
2025-06-05
Jonathan Nash and Erin Pettit are thrilled to have joined the Lopez Island community. Both are professors at Oregon State University where they study ocean and glacier physics, spanning from Antarctica to the Indian Ocean, Alaska and Greenland. They are part-timers on Shoal Bay, where they sail their Thunderbird sailboatContinueContinue Reading
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