A message from the PSGBOA President
Dear Puget Sound Grand Banks Owner’s Association Members;
While we are in the middle of enjoying our holidays please be sure to mark your calendars for the Rendezvous this spring at Roche Harbor. As in the past, the Rendezvous will be held May 13, 14 and 15, 2011, with early registration for those who arrive on Thursday, May 12. We have already met with the people from Roche Harbor and they have promised us spectacular weather as well as a repeat of the excellent food, service, and fun that we have enjoyed in previous years.
This year’s Rendezvous Chair is Greg Richmond, who served as chair last year and who graciously offered to do so again when Lynn Thompson had to bow out for personal reasons. Greg did a fabulous job last year and we are looking forward to another great Rendezvous in 2011. At this early stage we have commitments from Bob Smith to talk about diesel engines; Peggy Hall, the guru of marine sanitation to talk to us about… well… marine sanitation; and Chef Bill Shaw for a cooking demonstration. In the early planning are Women on the Water training, a wine-tasting/appetizer extravaganza and another spectacular Saturday night dinner. We’ll keep you posted as plans firm up.
As always we are looking for help this year. We need volunteers to help with planning, preparation, and execution during the rendezvous. We also need people who might be interested in serving on the PSGBOA board of directors. Please let Greg or me know if you are interested in helping out in any way. Greg’s email is grich737@msn.com
We will be a presence at the January boat show this year thanks to help from Grand Banks Northwest. Please stop by the Grand Banks Northwest area at the Boats Afloat Show where you can pick up current information about the rendezvous while giving the new 53 Aleutian a look-over.
I know that many of you are busy with holiday activities but I hope that some of you are getting a chance to do some cruising during this cold, but beautiful and un-crowded season. Even if you aren’t out boating now, it is fun to start thinking about spring and the fun we’ll have seeing all of our boating friends again once the weather improves. We look forward to seeing you at the boat show and at the Rendezvous.
Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year to all,
Bill Douglass
President, Puget Sound Grand Banks Owner’s Association
Thanksgiving 2010 – PSGBOA Style!
Hello Everyone. I just wanted to say hello and post a few pictures from our get together with other GB owners. Three families spent Thanksgiving together on the water, in our Grand Banks in Poulsbo. Ken & Cheri Bowles on their GB 42, Noah & Dominique France on their GB 32 and myself and wife Lynne on our GB 36. On Thanksgiving, we had the town of Poulsbo to ourselves and what a great time we all had. It was winter cruising at its best. The kids all had a ball which made for the perfect holiday on the water. The pictures say 1000 words and we could not have been more blessed to have enjoyed such a great weekend with family and friends.
Hope to see you at our 2011 Rendezvous in May at Roche Harbor. Happy New Year to you.
Greg Richmond
PSGBOA RENDEZVOUS CHAIR
Thanksgiving in Poulsbo - GB style
Boats on the Dock in Poulsbo
- Thanksgiving
2011 Rendezvous Dates Announced!
How was your summer of cruising? Hopefully, you’ll continue to use your Grand Banks through the fall and winter. Fall can be some of the best cruising, less traffic and still beautiful. Tell us your plans! We love to hear what PSGBOA members are doing and even better, lets meet up and share boating experiences.
Save the date: The 2011 PSGBOA Rendezvous will be at Roche Harbor Marina and Resort, May 12-15. We will be sending out more information regarding the event, and looking for volunteers to help organize and carry out the fun.
This is an all volunteer association. We appreciate the support of our members and sponsors in making the event memorable. Hope to see you there!!
Greg Richmond & Bill Douglass
2011 PSGBOA Rendezvous Chairs
Deer Harbor Summer Gathering Recap!
The weekend of Aug. 20-21, we held a casual get together for Grand Banks at Deer Harbor Marina. We had six boats participate. Saturday night, we convened at picnic tables on the dock, and enjoyed drinks and appetizers. Two of the boats had kids, and all six of the boats had a great time socializing. It should be noted that the next day, parties of Grand Banks owners were touring various boats, comparing maintenance and boat improvements. Everyone had an enjoyable time!! Participants included:
Gizmo 1966 32′
Bonnie Banks 1967 32′
True Love 1973 36′ (Traveled the second longest distance – Texas!)
Sea Spree 1995 42′
Honu 1991 32′ (Traveled the longest distance – Hawaii!)
North Star 1991 49′
Thank you,
Lynne Thompson, Norm Hubbard, Grant Hubbard and Chookie
Lynne
SUMMER CRUISING UPDATES
Hello to everyone in the Grand Banks Community!
I hope you are having a fun summer and getting out on your Grand Banks.
For the fourth of July, PSGBOA had their first informal get together in the south Sound. If you missed it, you missed a very good time.
We had four boats join up and others were in the area. During the weekend we were all able to take care of the world’s problems over a few bottles of wine and some great food. Bill and Brenda Davis had some great Maine jokes and Marshal and Shelby were great hosts, inviting everyone to their 42 Europa. The fireworks were fantastic as always.
Fireworks in Quarter Master Harbor 2010
Fireworks in 2010
Our next outing will be Aug. 21/22 at Deer Harbor on Orcas Island. If you are planning to go, get your reservations now or plan on being on anchor. Lynne Thompson and Norm Hubbard, aboard the North Star, will be snagging a picnic table and drinking wine on the docks on Saturday night. Bring a cocktail and join other PSGBOA members.
We’d like someone to volunteer to be the informal hosts of a get together Labor Day weekend at Poulsbo. Anyone interested?
Most of us boat in the winter. Does someone have an idea for a winter get together?
Greg Richmond PSGBOA President
Organizing Boat Records
Check out the link on the 2010 Rendezvous Wrap Up page for Lynne Thompson’s fantastic talk on “Organizing Boat Records”. It is available online, in a pdf format so we all can access it, save it and or print it.