Ahoy everyone, Meet the Wickersham’s!
From the Wickersham’s: We just moved from our longtime Green Lake neighborhood in Seattle to Bothell. We own several shops in the Seattle area and an online jewelry company. It’s a hectic life so we are really grateful to be able to go out on our boat and just relaxContinueContinue Reading
Commodores Corner September 2022
Greetings Yacht Club Members, Summer’s end is fast approaching…I hope you can all enjoy the last moments of summer while you can. September/October is my personal favorite time of the year on Lopez. The weather is usually great up here these months, and the Apple/Pear harvest is in full swing.ContinueContinue Reading
Commodores Corner August 2022
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
Desolation Sound Blog; By Pam Chrisensen
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
NOTICE OF RACE AND SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
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
July 2022 Commodores Corner
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
2022 DESOLATION SOUND CRUISE (With updated Cruise photos)
We sent an email out yesterday to everyone that we had listed attending the North Cruise. If you didn’t receive the email, please contact us so we can include you on future correspondences. We will be putting a list together of all the ports and attendees so everyone will haveContinueContinue Reading
LIYC Clam Bake
COME ONE, COME ALLTO THE LOPEZ ISLAND YACHT CLUB ANNUAL CLAM BAKE WHEN: Sunday, June 12 – Noon – 2:00 PM WHERE: Scott and Suzi Jennings House, 197 Cedar Lane (directions below*) WHAT TO BRING: Please bring a potluck dish to share to add to the New England Clam ChowderContinueContinue Reading
Meet Robert & Mary Palmer
Introducing our newest members of the LITC: Please welcome Robert and Mary Palmer, read their bio and say “hi” at the next club event. A Brief Boating Bio from the Palmers: Rob has been on the water for at least 65 years, almost all of them sailboats. He raced smallContinueContinue Reading
2022 Opening Day Weekend Photos
Friday, May 6 – Opening Day Kickoff Cocktail Party Saturday, May 7 – Boat Blessing on the Docks Saturday, May 8 – Apps and Tri-Tip Sandwich Bar at the “Clubhouse” Sunday, May 9 – Lopez Challenge Race Video Gene Helfman took some amazing photos of the race. Here is aContinueContinue Reading
Commodore’s Corner – May 2022
Greetings Yacht Club Members, The official Opening Day of the boating season is just days away!!! And I am super excited about our Opening Day Events. We will be hosting the Friday Harbor Sailing Club again for the first time since 2019. Their club members will be joining us FridayContinueContinue Reading