Encinal & Svendsen's Cruise April 28, 2007

(If you like, you can skip down through the prose and go straight to the pictures below!)

Our first cruise to Encinal Yacht Club got off to a great start on Friday and kept going right through Sunday morning. 27 Boats were represented by 68 people. 17 boats qualified as "dockside", since we gave credit to three that were right next door at Oakland YC and Marina Village. Check out the whole list below.

With eight boats arriving on Friday, there was more than a quorum for cocktails and dinner, with the usual friendly spirit. Mild weather helped too, and all were eager to help Saturday morning's arriving boats tie up Med style - stern too. The "U" shaped guest dock at Encinal is well suited for this gathering, as you can see from the pictures with seven Islander sterns to the dock.

On a sunny Saturday morning, chores were done, some serious relaxing, and then an impromptu dockside lunch materialized with various contributions. Just looking at those goodies make you hungry.

Encinal's renovated swimming pool area was a perfect place for the afternoon BBQ. The water sparkled and with warm temperatures, was really inviting for the kids present, with great supervision by parents and grandparents. You can see the list in the table below, but kids hailed from Evanescence, Ophira, 4 Our Sanity, and Lean Times.

Our BBQ was Encinal's first in this new area, and their big grill was just the thing to hold a bunch of burgers, dogs or chicken, with tables for beans, plates and rolls, and a salad bar for the rest. The brownies went fast too. It was delightful to sit in sun or shade as you chose.

Before we knew it, it was 5:15 and time to buddy up for rides to Svendsen's great Islander Discount Night. This being about the 5th such annual event, Commodore Fowler went out of his way to thank the Svendsen's team and express our great appreciation for hosting these shopping spree evenings. Discounts ranged up to 40% on some items, and with a few bottles of wine and platters of hors de oeuvres, it was hard to tell which were going faster - food or items flying off the shelves.

Encinal Vice Commodore Charles Hodgkins and wife Kathryn treated the fleet to great ice cream when we finally got back to the club around 1900. After such a fun and full day, you could understand why many folks headed for their bunks on the early side. Rick went to work on the first pictures for a web page, and, using Encinal's wireless connection, was able to post a first round of pictures before hitting the rack on Saturday night - first. My, what the marvels of technology will let us do!

Sunday morning Encinal had a large crowd for a complete breakfast buffet. It was Opening Day On The Bay, and Enicnal is a big supporter of the event, with one of the offical boats, with perhaps 100 people aboard, leaving from their docks. We Islanders enjoyed the breakfast too, and it was great.

One by one Islanders left for home, with the docks pretty much clear by noon. It was a great weekend, and we thank Encinal Yacht Club for their hospitality.

Boat	First	Last	Name	Name	Name	Name	Name	Name
By Boat
Andiamo	Jerry	Schippers
Blockbuster	Jim	Higdon	Bill Higdon
Brigid	Corky	Stewart	Anna
Diana	Lou	Zevanov	Diane	Steve Zevanove
Evanescence	Smokey	Stover	Laurie	Amanda	Sarah (child)
Freedom Won	John	Melton	Nanci
Kindred Spirits	Don	Henderson	Barbara	Bruce Hope	Bob Williamson
Lean Times	Tim	Shea	Rhonda	Ian (child)
Luna Sea	Dan	Knox	Bonnie Aiello	Melissa Geffort
Mischief	Charles	Hodgkins	Kathryn
Natural High	Dennis	Bush	Judy	Matt
Ophira	Gary	Salvo	Pat	Mark	Shawna	Skyler (child)
Snow Flower	Skipper	Wall	Nancy	Tracy	Scot	Kimberly (child)	Julie	Kevin
Vanishing Animal	Rick	Van Mell	Sandy
Wind Lock	Michael	Tryon	Janice
Woodbine	Ron	Damsen	Karen
Zenith	Art	Fowler	Betsy
By Car
4 R Sanity	Roger	McClellan	Linda	(grandson)
Circe	Tom	Mitchel	Kim
Dream Catcher	Vern	Verling	Cheryl Lawson
Latitude	Cliff	Cohen	Sandy
Pacific High	Harry	Farrell	Carol Williams
Pegasus	Robert	Aston	Mary Gliem
Tacoma Blue	Richard	Watters
True North	Neil	Lefmann	Cindy
Woden	Bob	Knickerbocker	Maureen Drotleff
x-Midnight Sun	Peter	Szasz

Pictures by Dan Knox, Smokey Stover (so far) and Rick Van Mell. Click on images to enlarge, click "Back" to return.

Cliff & Sandy Cohen	Cliff's happy ...	so is Sandy	Smokey helps Dan ...
bend on the ...	racing jenny ...	and off they go.	Lean Times backs in
Friday nighters gather ...	for a fun race ...	Lunca Sea is there ...	Getting organized
Light going	Where'd they go?	Ghosting along	Passing gear
Takes all kinds	Slow & steady	Aiming for finish	Almost there
Woodbine Sat. morning	Ophira	Lean Times	Evanescence & Brigid
Snowflower inside	Look close for ...	Smokey & John.	Corky Stewart & ...
Anne sewing	Laurie studies	Tim hides	Ready for more
Diana	Lunch crowd	Good eats	Wind Lock
Kindres Spirits	Melissa checks in.	Woodbine solar & bimini	Islanders raft
Flags are...	flying ...	proudly	Med mooring
Vanishing Animal	Warm animal!	Luna Sea	Lunch table
Great goodies	Smokey likes it ..	Lou & John do too	Tucker ...
says Hi to Teak	Hello?!	Woodbine is ...	looking good
Laurie & Skyler ...	play ball.	Dan Knox & crew Melissa Geffort	Pat Salvo prepares to ...
go aloft.	A crowd watches	Going up ...	Getting the wind vane
Mission accomplished	Heading down.	Stern to.	Snowflower is ...
always ready.	Evanescence	Brigid	Anna & Corky relax
Blockbuster, Lean Times, Natural High	Encinal Yacht Club	Happy girl	Pat gets spreader light ...
on Woodbine	Sandy relaxes ...	so do Rhonda & Ian.	Opening Day decorations ...
going up.	Rick's at work	Kindred Spirits	Don secures spring
Melissa checks in	Wind Lock arrives ...	makes the turn ...	alongside Ophira
Mothers & Dogs Society	Cruiser says Hi to Tucker	Cindy's happy	so is Betsy
Wrong one Ian!	Who's the bigger kid?	Semper Paratus	Caught me!
Dennis, Roger, Ron, Gary	Neil's got goodies	Kathryn, Diane, Cindy, Neil	Lean Times Tim
Mini navyDSCF0057	Mom Amanda relaxes	Vern & Cheryl	Bushes & Peter
Charles holds court	Old Guard Peter, Lou, Rick	Matt's story	Harry, Skipper, Nancy
Deck crowd	Moms watch	Robert & Mary	Nice new sign
New swimmer	Life Guards Amanda, Linda, Pat, Rhonda	Burgers are great!	Art, Sandy & Cliff Cohen, Peter
If you do it this way...	Janice, Corky, Anna, Richard	Grill centralPICT8558	tim flipsPICT8559
Salad bar ...	crowd	"What's for me?"	Kevin & Julie
Peter says ....	Piles of plates	Cheryl, Vern, Gary	Bill, Jim, Karen
Smokey, Rhonda	Scott, Skipper, Nancy	Cliff, Carol, Peter, Harry	Maureen
Svendsen's shopping ...	Bountiful plate	What's left for us?	Sandy C. is happy
Lou's got a project	Robeert & Mary browse	More line!	Lois checks Corky out
Commodore Fowler says THANKS!	Heading home	Ice cream maker ...	gets help ...
but stay in line!	Sandy & Rick	Kathryn & Charles EYC Vice Commodore	It was a great cruise!

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