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West Marine Anacortes “Ask The Experts”


The manufacturers that supply our


store will be teaming up with the marine businesses in Anacortes to present a seminar and will be available to answer questions.


December 18: A rigging and line


seminar with Counter Current Marine, Ian Sloan, 10:00 am-4:00 pm. For more information call Lenore Collins (360) 293-4262.


Illegal Hoax Distress Call To Coast Guard


Most people in America are familiar


with 911 and know that a call to 911 is how to summons help in an emergency. Most people also know that making a false 911 call is illegal. What most people might not realize is that a false distress call to the U.S. Coast Guard is also a crime. In the boating world a distress call on marine VHF radio channel 16 is the same a placing a 911 call via cell or landline phone. Recently a Detroit resident was


convicted and sentenced in federal court for making a false distress call to the U.S. Coast Guard, according to United States Attorney Barbara McQuade and Captain Stephen Torpey, Chief of Incident Management for the Ninth Coast Guard District. “When members of the Coast


Guard respond to a hoax call, they are diverted from people in actual distress,” McQuade said. “We take a hard line on these cases because we want to deter people from making hoax calls.” “I am concerned that there are


people willing to risk the lives of other boaters who might be in legitimate need of rescue or assistance, as well as needlessly endangering response crews, by knowingly making a false distress call,” said Captain Stephen Torpey, Chief of Incident Management for the Ninth Coast Guard District. “This conviction demonstrates the lengths we will go to ensure those who make hoax calls are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”


courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary CYC Launches


Junior Program Fund Drive Seattle Corinthian Yacht Club


has launched a fund drive to support the club’s new junior instructional program that will start next spring. Through cooperation with The Sailing Foundation, all contributions to the program are tax-deductible. This is just one small part of a long


term strategic plan designed to evolve the club's social dynamic in such a way that juniors, family racing, one designs and big boat programs all support each other and create a more lively social environment for member families. The program at CYC will include


up to 16 Optis and at least six Club 420s in its initial year, with multiple sailing “camps” starting this coming spring. The sailing instruction will be open to the public, and based out of our CYC Shilshole facility. Thanks to the generous support and cooperation of the CYC I-14 Fleet, the dinghies will be conveniently stored on the I-14 docks right next to the CYC Shilshole clubhouse. Rahn invites all CYC members


and interested friends to get involved with our new program via email at cycsea@eskimo.com Tax-deductible donat ions to the program are being accepted now. Write your check to The Sailing Foundation (www.thesailingfoundation.org). Make sure you note on your check that the donation is for the Corinthian Yacht Club (CYC) Junior Fleet Expansion Program. Send it to the CYC office: Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle, 7755 Seaview Ave. NW, Seattle, WA 98117


NW Maritime Center Spring Boating Symposium March 18-20


Top boating experts and 200 sail


and power boaters will gather in Port Townsend for the first Spring Boating Symposium. Held at the new Northwest Maritime Center campus and Point Hudson Marina, the symposium will be an innovative blend of interactive lectures, panel discussions, hands-on workshops, onboard boat demonstrations, and opportunities to rub shoulders with other boaters and experts. Topics will be relevant to owners of both power and sailing vessels of all hull materials, and this year will focus on inland and near coastal destinations from South Sound to Alaska. The themes are Seamanship,


Boating Lifestyle, Systems/Vessel Maintenance. A fleet of Northwest power and sail


boats rarely seen together and fully open to the public will be open to Symposium participants. The Spring Boating Symposium will be the first of a planned series of educational symposiums and programs held throughout the year at the Northwest Maritime Center, fulfilling our mission to provide life-long learning for all of those who love boats and our Northwest Maritime Heritage. Registration is limited to 200 people.


Lodging or marina berths are available. For info go to http://nwmaritime.org/ symposium, call (360) 385-3628, ext 106 or email symposium@nwmaritime.org


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