Greetings Yacht Club Members, I hope this finds everyone well and that you are all enjoying this fantastic summer weather these past few weeks we have been blessed with in the Pacific Northwest. All of those early summer showers kept our beautiful Lopez Island green, I can’t recall the lastContinueContinue Reading
Blog log #1 Port of Sidney is a lovely destination and we had about 10 boats arriving between Friday 7/8 and Sunday7/10. Customs was our biggest challenge. For those of us that tried to clear customs on Friday we hadthe additional challenge of a national phone service outage that affectedContinueContinue Reading
11th Annual LOPEZ CUP CLASSIC YACHT RACE Sponsored by the Lopez Island Yacht Club and the Lopez Islander Resort Sunday, August 21st, 2022 Rules: The race will be governed by these sailing instructions and the International Navigation Rules of the Road applicable to the San Juan Islands. Divisions: All yachtsContinueContinue Reading
Greetings Yacht Club Members, I would like to begin with wishing everyone a very happy 4th of July, I hope you will all be able to spend some time with friends and family during the holiday. This years Clambake was a real treat, the weather turned out nice and itContinueContinue Reading
Come mingle with us. Make reservations now. This year we are celebrating with our old friends from the Friday Harbor Sailing Club. We hope there is a good turnout and the weather is cooperating. You can make reservations at the Ship’s Store. Members and guests from Friday Harbor Sailing ClubContinueContinue Reading
We’re serving up some delicious snacks for viewing or reading, cooked up by our own club members. On this new post, we encourage you to share a recent or a vintage photo, with no more than a few words or a paragraph describing what we are viewing. Or you canContinueContinue Reading
Results, Memories, and Origins of the Lopez Cup I have tried repeatedly in the last couple of days to sit down and tell you all about the 10th annual Lopez Cup race, but I just can’t seem to want to share how absolutely cold, rainy, slow, and miserable it was.ContinueContinue Reading
Ahoy Lopez Island Yacht Club Members We have a lot going on in the next few weeks. We are going to try and get back to in-person General Meetings starting September 15 at the Islander. Please RSVP soon if you plan to attend any of these upcoming events. August 27 – GloryContinueContinue Reading
10th AnnualSponsored by the Lopez Island Yacht Cluband the Lopez Islander Resort Saturday, September 11th, 2021 NOTICE OF RACE AND SAILING INSTRUCTIONS Rules: The race will be governed by these sailing instructions and the International Navigation Rules of the Road applicable to the San Juan Islands. Divisions:All yachts will beContinueContinue Reading
Ahoy sea faring club members! What has normally been the North Cruise has been turned upside down and has become the South Cruise. Old timers in the club, talk of how the “South Cruise” was the norm for many years, then in need of fresh experiences, the club started cruisingContinueContinue Reading
Hello Lopez Island Yacht Club Members.I want to open the Commodores Corner by thanking everyone involved in a great opening day. Dusty and Michelle Forster, Sam and Adria Alhadeff, for coordinating the whole thing and cooking a couple of hundred smash burgers. Russ Johnson set up the sailboat race, LaneContinueContinue Reading
Skipper’s Meeting and Vanguard Rigging Crew Chase Boats, Race Timer Keeper, Setting & Picking Up Race Buoy Markers Perfect wind and weather racing conditions added to the excitement. Race One Race Two Final Race All photos were taken by Gene Helfman, except for a few taken by Judy Welker. YouContinueContinue Reading
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