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Ken Watters, Father of PSGBOA, Passes

Ken-Watters1The entire Grand Banks family owes an incredible debt of gratitude to Ken Watters for all he did for us. Ken welcomed many into the GB family with open arms at our first rendezvous. He was that way with everyone, going totally out of his way to include them. He’s rightly called the father of the Puget Sound Grand Banks Owners Association.

Ken was a consummate and skilled seaman. He made numerous trips around Vancouver Island, building a network of friends in the small communities of that remote area. He became a veteran of northern British Columbia and Southeast Alaska waters, encouraging others to follow. He was “steady as she goes” in the wind and the waves, calm and focused.

Ken Watters, in his generosity and nautical skill, was an inspiration to us all. He will be sorely missed. We are all better people for having known him.

Arianna in the latest PassageMaker magazine

Note from member Richard Pierce: “Thought you might like to know there is a big spread about our boat (Arianna, 1970 Alaskan 46) in the October issue of PassageMaker (www.passagemaker.com). We also have a blog at https://alaskan46forsale.shutterfly.com that has more of the story and many photos that the members might find interesting.”

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Update Your Contact Information

This link will take you to a short online form, where you can update your contact info and preferences:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1l7YUPZSzYo0Cvxt7F6VGYusyMOdLX-K3-p0VvzelZaY/viewform

Drone video from the Gulf Islands

Here’s a collection of short clips I threw together to show off the great video from our nifty new quadcopter. It’s really a lot of fun!

For more info, you can visit the post I wrote over at my blog. We’ll be sure to bring it to the next rendezvous (unless I sink it first).

Video from the 2014 Rendezvous

Here’s a short video from the 2014 rendezvous by Ian McGhie.

Chance Summer Meetings

Lily and I saw lots of PSGBOA members in Pender Harbor and Princess Louisa Inlet this past week. Here are photos of three couples and their GBs, together with yours truly. We also saw Baby Grand (1974 32 Sedan, Ray and Anne McGrew) in Roche Harbor, and I know we missed many of you.

Happy travels!

John Henson
President, PSGBOA

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Honu (1991 34 Sedan) Don and Carla Coskran proudly display the PSGBOA burgee in Pender Harbor. They live in Hawaii but use Pender as a base for summer travels throughout the Inside Passage.

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Voyageur (1989 42 Classic) John and Linda Seely, seen here in Pender Harbor, are headed north, ultimate latitude TBD. Their niece Lina, from Copenhagen, is along too. John and Linda live in Chicago but cruise in the Pacific Northwest.

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Its All Good (1972 50 FD Motoryacht) Don and Teresa Wills at (you know that setting!) Chatterbox Falls. Lily is in the photo, too. Its All Good was on the Edmonds Yacht Club’s Commodore’s Cruise. Don is Immediate Past Commodore.

2014 Grand Banks Rendezvous – Salish Sea Potlatch

Wow! We have 74 boats and over 215 crew signed up to attend the 2014 Rendezvous in beautiful Roche Harbor. It’s just two weeks away. We are looking forward to seeing you all there.

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Click here to download the Rendezvous Schedule of Events

Open Boat Tours: Show off your GB modifications at the rendezvous

We would like to make the open boats portion of the rendezvous a true learning experience. Have you made customizations, improvements, modifications, or interesting additions to your boat? Would you like to show them to others? Send us an email to add your name to the list. We will distribute the list at registration.

If you wish to participate, please provide the information below to Terry Stanford and John Creighton at: Fringle@aol.com.

A. BOAT (NAME/MODEL/YEAR):
B. OWNER’S:
C. MODIFICATIONS OF INTEREST:
D. COOL FINDS:

(Note: We will provide participants with a small flag that, when displayed, will notify others that they can ask to come aboard to see your boat’s modifications.)

Questions? Shoot us an email at rendezvous@psgbowners.org.

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