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February Calendar


1 West Marine Vancouver Splicing braided line seminar, call (604) 730-4093


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Sail Sand Point Youth Race Team, check: www.sailsandpoint.org


CYC Cruising Speaker series presents Tom & Kristin Ferguson, call (206) 789-1919


Race Management Seminar at Vancouver Lake, check www.ussailing.net/piya


Frigid Digit Dinghy Regatta, for more info (206) 335-8776


4&9 Gig Harbor YC & Thunderbird Fleet 1 Frostbite series, (253) 265-6282


Goose Bump race series on Lake Union, call (425) 427-8449


Anchoring course, for information www.bellevuepowersquadron.org


8 West Marine Vancouver Standard Horizon seminar, call (604) 730-4093


“Patrol & Rescue Boats on Puget Sound,” Wooden Boat Chandlery (360) 385-3628


8-12 Vancouver Boat Show at B.C. Place, check: www.vancouverboatshow.ca


CYC Cruising Speaker series presents Ginger Niemann, call (206) 789-1919


NW Seaport Chantey Sing on the Virginia V, call (206) 447-9800


SSSS & Olympia YC’s Toliva Shoal race, email: tolivarc@ssssclub.com


Hank Cramer in Concert, Phinney Community Hall, www.seafolklore.org


Goose Bump race series on Lake Union, call (425) 427-8449


SWSA presents Janna Cawrse Esarey, check: www.swsa.com


14 USCG Aux Edmonds Weekend Navigator course, (425) 483-9684


15 West Marine Vancouver Electronics seminar, call (604) 730-4093


16 USCG Aux Edmonds Boating Skills & Seamanship course, (425) 483-9684


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PSCC meeting presents Greg Boehme, call (206) 335-6756


“Charlotte: A Wooden Boat Story” a film at CWB, check: http://cwb.org


CYC Cruising Speaker series presents Tor & Jessica Bjorklund, call (206) 789-1919


“Steer by the Stars” Center for Wooden Boats Auction, www.cwb.org


18 Women’s Boating Seminar at North Seattle Comm. College, (206) 963-3560


18 Windjammer/Harbor series, call (253) 250-1346 or (206) 240-7886


18 Wound Care Class at Fisherman’s Terminal, email: kelrid.hansen@gmail.com


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Orcas Island YC Winter Classic, for info call (360) 224-9833


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Goose Bump race series on Lake Union, call (425) 427-8449


Gig Harbor YC & Thunderbird Fleet 1 Frostbite series call (253) 265-6282


21-23 Starpath Radar Navigation at Windworks Sailing Center, call (206) 784-9386


Basic Coastal Navigation course, check www.bellevuepowersquadron.org


22 West Marine Vancouver Vessel Assist seminar, call (604) 730-4093


CYC Cruising Speaker series presents Joel & Mary Thornton, call (206) 789-1919


Port Madison YC Depue Memorial race, (360) 769-8303


“A Night for the America’s Cup”, check: www.thesailingfoundation.org


25 Windjammer/Harbor series, call (253) 250-1346 or (206) 240-7886


25-26 Safe Boating Practices & Safety Equipment Seminar, www.thesailingfoundation.org Tacoma YC Gov Teats race


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Tacoma YC Frostbite One Design #1


US Sailing Race Management seminar, call (425) 822-3546


28-1 Starpath School Electronic Navigation at Windworks Sailing Center, (206) 784-9386


29 West Marine Vancouver Celestial Navigation seminar, call (604) 730-4093


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First Aid at Sea workshop at Fisherman’s Terminal, call (206) 543-1225


March


48° North’s Annual Coast Guard meeting, 6:00-9:00 pm, at our office, call Rich at (206) 789-7350


“Let’s Go Cruising” course, presented by TWSA, call (253) 549-2292


Corinthian YC Blakely Rock race, call (206) 789-1919


PSCC Potluck Fundraising Auction, call (206) 335-6756


6-22 Starpath School of Nav Marine Weather at Windworks Sailing, call (206) 784-9386


7 West Marine Vancouver International Paints seminar, call (604) 730-4093


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Corinthian YC Scatchet Head race, call (206) 789-1919


SWSA presents Capt “Ace” Spragg, check: www.swsa.com


16-18 NW Maritime Center Spring Boating Symposium, www.nwmaritime.org


VHF Marine Radio course, check www.bellevuepowersquadron.org


Gig Harbor YC Islands race, email: ecarlson@aquaquip.com


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