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Fleet Captain SailCaptain Lenora TanakaM/V SEA LIFEHello to all my fellow membersand friends:I hope you are enjoying the timeon the docks, as this is the timeof year I start my detail work onthe boat. This season I will beforgoing the temptation to start early, as a newpaint job will be done in the spring. Changing colors was not an easy decision but was long overdue and will finally include the official namechange. I invite you all to the ceremony this summer, officiated by our awesome Vice Commodore Danny Wrye and his beautiful bride, Firstmate Jackie Wrye. Of course, the hope is that wecan do it without any Covid restrictions. Staytuned.I am taking the suggestion of several of ourmembers, who thought I should title my book recommendation every month. So here it is:The Captains Monthly Must Read: The Insider's Guide to Boat Cleaning and Detailing: Professional Secrets to Make Your Sail or Powerboat Beautiful by Natalie Sears.Truly, the best 13 I have ever spent. Geniusideas covering every square inch of a boat, without harming the environment. I highly recommend it for those of you who find joy in detailing.In which, I am one that has true pleasure in making things show room gorgeous! Yes! I am a galthat has no problem getting her hands dirty! Thepay off is for the overwhelming pride and happiness I feel, at the finish, in knowing "I" did that.I would like to give a huge shout out to Dannyand Jackie, for a delicious holiday dinner. Forthose of you who were not able to come and seethe effort first-hand, it was a well-oiled machinefirst go! Hands down, absolutely amazing! I feelso blessed to have them working so hard for us.Thank you both. Being on the Bridge, in my firstyear, they have gone from OYC acquaintancesto becoming life-long friends. I cherish that.Hopefully, the New Year will bring a lot of blessings we can all cherish as well. The biggest one,of course, being our health. I wish you the best in2021. May you always be surrounded by thosewho you care about the most. I hope you havean adventurous and safe boating year.Happy Cruising,Fleet Captain Sail Lenora TanakaMV Sea LifeFleet Captain PowerCaptain Ron StormerFirst Mate Kristalene StormerM/V Rondezvous Deux(no report)Famous sailor Anne Bonny hid her feminine wiles until she needed them. Itsaved her life.Anne was born in Ireland about 1700 but, following her father, she ended up inthe Carolinas. She married a small-time pirate named James Bonny who tookher to Nassau, then known as the Republic of Pyrates. There the fiery redhead met a big-time pirate named Calico Jack Rackman and took to a sea withhim disguised as a man. She became dastardly enough to make the Massachusetts Governor’s list of Wanted Pirates.She and Jack had a good two-year run until caught drunk at sea by the Brits in1720. The whole crew was sentenced to death, but Anne and another womanon board “pled their bellies.” Sentence was postponed for them until their “timeof confinement” should end. The other woman died of a fever, but Anne gavebirth and disappeared from history. There is no record of her execution orrelease. -- Rick Taylor5

Board of TrusteesBill Wilmovsky, ChairM/V True NorthThe days are getting longer, and theold year is over. Two things: I forone am very happy to see it behindus, and I always dislike the darkdays of December. But, I am usually sorry to see the old year gone. Itis hard to imagine anyone who willremember the COVID year fondly.The board hopes that we can get back to normaloperations in 2021, but has voted to cancel allsocial events and keep the clubhouse closed until at least March 31, 2021.The business of The Olympia Yacht Club continues onward. We have two new members: Chrisand Jocelyn McCabe and Ed and Eileen Pauley.Welcome to your club. Olympia Yacht Club ishappy to have you. There were ninety-four votescast with our remote voting method. That couldbe a record. Please take time to read the biography of the two prospective members thismonth and vote online. They are Jim and BethWilcox and Richard Wills.The Port of Olympia Destination Waterfront Development was unveiled to the board at the De-cember 9th meeting. The Port has some significant changes in the works and as a very interested party, the Olympia Yacht Club has requested to have a representative on the advisorycommittee. Port Commissioner, Joe Downingwill sponsor an OYC representative to be addedto the Port of Olympia Advisory panel. TheOlympia Yacht Club has an obvious and compelling interest in activities at the Port of Olympia.Our acceptance on the advisory committee is aprocess in protecting our interests.Olympia Yacht Club will have a new websiteplatform that should be up and working by thetime you read this. It proposed to be easier towork with and contain more information. You cancheck it out at: www.TheOlympiaYachtClub.com.We are still in need of a House Committee chairperson. When the club opens up again, it will beextremely necessary to have a chair and committee for the management of the clubhouse.Please consider volunteering be the chair or acommittee member. Your efforts will be appreciated, and your reward will exceed your labor.Bill WilmovskyStill confused about PORT and STARBOARD?You are in good company. Centuries ago they had tochange one of the names because the original wordssounded too much alike during the shouting match thatmany of us call docking.Starboard is really two Olde English words: stéor ("steer")and bord ("the side of a boat"). (Wait a minute I thoughtthey were Viking words. Yes, Virginia, but remember theVikings owned half of England by 1000 AD and both languages – already related by the Saxon invasions – were close enough for folks to be understood - until 1066 when the French showed up.Boats then didn’t have a centered rudder but relied on a steering board (a huge oar) to change direction. Since most folks were right-handed, it tended to be on the right side of the boat. Hence, theright side became the steering side: STARBOARD.Opposite the steering board was the ladder board. Helmsmen didn’t want the steering board hampered by the dock, so they tended to put the other side against the dock and then climbed down theladder ladderboard. Some researchers claim ladde is the Olde English for back. Since a righthanded helmsman would have his back to the other side, they claim it was called laddeboard: backboard.The sailors didn’t give a hoot about propriety or research and called the left side LARBOARD.Starboard and larboard were way too easy to mix up, so eventually someone decided the ladderwent down to the PORT and larboard was dropped for port.Doesn’t help?Left, port, and wine all have four letters. So PORT is left. AND the port light is red like the port wine.Why not have some now? Anything else is starboard unless it is ABAFT, ABEAM, ASTERN orALOFT. Now will you have some wine? - Rick Taylor6

have a new-to-us work boat and barge. For thefirst time ever, we are providing our employeeswith health insurance. We spent a lot of moneybut we aren’t increasing our dues, reserves ormoorage rates. I've been at this a year and lookforward to undertaking and completing additionalprojects in the coming year and welcome yoursuggestions.TreasurerHolli HowatsonWebsite: Please read Webmaster RonMorsette’s article about our new websitewww.theolympiayachtclub.com. Each member isrequired sign up because nearly all communications going forward will be electronic and wewant to make sure we include you!Payments: The new payment option I’d previously mentioned is now live. We will be doingtwo ACH transactions each month, on the 5thand the 25th (or the next business day if either ofthose fall on a non-banking day) to automaticallyreceive payment from member checking accounts. The new process will truly be automaticas I won’t have to process the authorizationsmanually in the way I have been. It will also savethe Club on transaction charges. This is a voluntary option. Please let me know if you are interested.Among the core principles I embrace are thatmoney should neither be wasted nor hoarded,but should be well spent; every decision is a financial decision; everything is connected to everything; and, understanding the ramifications ofthe decisions we make isn’t always possible, butunderstanding that there will be ramifications is.As always, the money we have belongs to ourClub and if you have questions about it, I hopeyou’ll feel free to ask.Here’s to a great New Year for all.2020 Recap: It’s been quite a year — in somany ways. We added 17 new memberships (34new friends!) this year. We moved our votingonline as well as our invoicing and payment processing. All of our current records are scannedand stored securely in the cloud and old recordsare slowly being archived. The LLC parking lotwas paved and the loans were paid off. We havea new fenced yard, roof and boardwalk. WeHolli com (new!)New OYC WebsiteRon MorsetteThe OYC website has been re-created on a new platform and is now available at:www.TheOlympiaYachtClub.com (caps not required)Most of the content from the old site (Clubrunner) has been added to the new site. The new site willinclude much more member-only content which will require a login to access. Each person wishingto become a member of the site should click the Login button on the upper right and follow the directions to "Sign Up." Your access will be approved within a day. Once logged in, you can access allof the Member's Area content. Initially, you'll find a searchable Club directory, BOT minutes, Clubdocuments, Beachcomber, committee and officer blogs, and links for various Club services, all ofwhich will continue to be enhanced over the coming months.You can also manage your individual member profile and website account by clicking the down arrow next to your name (upper right box on home page). Please note that any changes you make toyour profile are for the website only. If you need to update your OYC account for any changes,please email those to Holli Howatson at treasurer@theolympiayachtclub.com.Work is ongoing to fill a few gaps on the new site and your comments and suggestions will be appreciated; please email me at webmaster@theolympiayachtclub.com.Thank you’s for work on the new site go to Mark Welpman for establishing the basic framework,Holli Howatson for ongoing creative problem solving and content, and Don Cotey for ensuring thatthe Club's archive of over a thousand images stored within Clubrunner have been saved.7

Community & Government AffairsMeg VanSchoorl ChairNo ReportBell’s palsy is a condition that paralyzes half theface. It usually goes away and is thought to becaused by a previous viral infection. There were4 cases of this in the vaccine group and none inthe placebo. The experts concluded that this wason the order of what would be expected in thegeneral population statistically. 0 to 4, huh? Theface paralysis is not obvious until a person wouldsmile, then only one side of the face smiles. Temporary face paralysis or a ventilator? No contest.AstraZeneca’s vaccine was temporarily haltedwhen one person experienced a temporary transverse myelitis. That’s a paralysis of the lower halfof the body. The swine flu vaccine was associated with Guillain-Barre temporary full body paralysis. Fortunately, there is now a treatment for thisrare problem. If these were common, I’ll be theone wearing my mask and thinking hard aboutthe vaccine.When millions of people have been vaccinatedinstead of just 40-60 thousand, other side effectsmay become obvious. Most will be of little consequence, but we will all hope no deal-breakershows.It will be a while before old-retired-farts can get inline, just give way if you see my arm outstretched.Fleet SurgeonRichard Hurst, M.D. (“Rich”)LightI can see the light at the end of a long tunnel andam keeping a good thought that it is not a freighttrain heading our way. I am writing this column toinform you that vaccines have side effects and Iam in no way trying to dissuade anyone from getting the vaccine when it arrives. I will personallystiff-arm any 90 year old trying to beat me to thefront of the line.Expect a sore arm. If that didn’t happen, I wouldworry the vaccine was not working. Maybe a fever for a day. That is what the body does when itmounts a fight against an invader – in this casethe vaccine that “looks” like a bad guy. Headacheand flu-like symptoms for a day. This again is thebody’s defense being mounted with the formationof an antibody defense. Most of these will beshort and at worst, an aspirin or Tylenol will help.Any of you who have had the Shingrix shinglesvaccine will recognize these side effects. Verycommon, but better than the occasional lifealtering pain after a shingles attack.There have been several serious anaphylacticreactions – in people who have had those reactions to other vaccines and, duh, should probably Richnot get the vaccine – or at least with rescue medications available. Ever notice the ads on the TVthat say “don’t take if you are allergic to any ofthe ingredients of ”8

rubber from degrading. But that chemical, while originally non-toxic to fish, becomes very toxic when itundergoes a chemical transformation spurred byultraviolet light from the sun and the oxygen in theatmosphere. It is this secondary reaction that madethe detection of this toxin so devilishly difficult to discover—you can grind up a new tire and feed it tofish, no problem. But when that product degradesfrom forces in the natural environment, it becomesdeathly toxic.Environmental AwarenessJohn Sherman, ChairThe Pandemic and the EnvironmentWith the recent introduction of vaccines againstCovid-19, we can hope that 2021 will be much moreenjoyable than 2020 with the restoration of many ofthe social activities that make our club, and societyat large, so satisfying. During 2020, most of the programs and activities of the Environmental Awareness Committee—as most OYC activities – weresuspended for the duration: the April Safety and Environmental Awareness day, our participation in theMason County Adopt-a-Road program to pick uproadside litter in front of our wonderful outstation, aswell as our close cooperation with the Clean MarinaWashington program that seeks to sustain and improve the water quality of our playground—the Puget Sound and Salish Sea. Hopefully, these will return in 2021.So what to do? Well, it’s unlikely we’ll all stop drivingrubber-tired cars anytime soon. When confrontedwith the evidence, the initial reaction of tire manufacturers was to suggest that the problem belongs tostate and local governments who are not adequatelytreating rainwater runoff from roads. Not my problem, they claim.Hopefully reason will prevail, and some alternativeto 6PPD will become available and employed thatdoes not cause mass die-offs of Coho salmon (oranything else, for that matter). While better treatment of storm water runoff is certainly needed(copper from brake-pads, for example, also increases salmon mortality, and petrochemicals and heavymetals are toxic to many forms of life), it is impractical to do so universally anytime soon.Nevertheless, in the midst of this pandemic, two local bright spots are worth celebrating.First, on December 15, the British Columbia CapitalRegional District (CRD-the City of Victoria and surrounding communities) announced that it is nowproviding tertiary sewage treatment of communitywastewater. After decades of debate, an investmentof over USD 600 million, and over four years of construction, the CRD is no longer dumping untreated sewage into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Someof us sailors may recall boycotting the annualSwiftsure race in past years in an effort to encourage this project--well, activism sometimes achievesits intended, beneficial results. And with the recentlyenacted Puget Sound No Discharge Zone (NDZ),we can all look forward to cleaner water and a recovery of bio-diversity in the future.Meanwhile, this episode serves as a reminder of thedevious complexity of the cause-and-effects of tensof thousands of industrial chemicals introduced intoour environment with little oversight or regulation.Salmon are one thing--who knows how waste chemicals and chemical by-products may be affecting ourchildren and grandchildren?John Sherman, Chair, OYC Environmental Awareness CommitteeSV GrendelEvery fall, more than half of the Coho salmon thatreturn to Puget Sound’s urban streams die beforethey have a chance to spawn. In some streams, allof them die. Finally, after over 20 years of researchby UW and WSU scientists, the agent responsiblehas been finally identified--a highly toxic quinonetransformation product of N-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-N'phenyl-p-phenylenediamine) (6PPD).See be.com/watch?v w8 020/12/201203144228.htmNow, that’s a mouthful. But it boils down to this—doyou have a car? Do you drive it? Ever notice thatyour tires wear out? Well, that rubber that was soplentiful when your tires were new has to go somewhere. As you drive down the street, your tires wearever so slightly. And that tire dust—oxidized by theair and sunlight, winds up running off the streets during fall rains (does it ever rain around here?) andinto local streams where Coho salmon are arrivingto complete their life-cycle and spawn a new generation of fish—some of which we may hope to catchand enjoy on our dinner table someday.As it happens, tire manufacturers add 6PPD, a globally ubiquitous tire rubber antioxidant, to inhibit tire9

Club Service ProgramAs the year progresses if adjustments need to bemade they will be determined at a later datenearer the end of the year. There are many waysHappy New year everyone. I hope you all had a to get CSP even with social events cancelled orwonderful Christmas despite the restrictions that done a different way. The Bridge is getting veryhave been put in place. As the end of the year for creative with that, the main station always hasCSP has been completed the 2020 hours arejobs to do as does Island Home. Committees stillsubmitted to Holli for billing. You will begin seeing hold meetings virtual etc. Get involved early andany hours owing on your January statements.you should be able to get hours in for the year.Members were credited hours based on an aver- Any questions don't hesitate to contact me orage of the last 3 years. Those hours are reflected Holli about hours or billing amounts. Stay safe all,in the social column along with any social hours wear your masks. Hope to see you around thethat were performed last year.docks soon.With the new year beginning, CSP will return tostatus quo. Members will be required to do 24PC Les Thompsonhours with a value of 30 per hour. No adjustCSP guruments have been made on 2021 requirements.PC Les Thompson, Chairland dock by the bridge.We are just waiting for a few more parts beforeEarl Hughes, Chairwe can start working on the new kids playequipment. They will enjoy the new items.It's January and time forthe DFW fish transfer at the Stay safe.Island. They will be settingEarl Hughesup Dec 30th and s

Caretakers Main Station: Robert Ludlow 360-280-5757 or Bill Hamaker 360-481-1879 oyccaretaker2017@gmail.com . ture a pet (or two) as our “Critter Crew”, with their OYC human(s). Please send us a picture of your crit-ter(s) and tell us about them or tell us about your fa-vorite story with