NWMA Holiday Party, Annual Meeting & Budget: Saturday December 6, 5:30PM in-person only

[Northwest Multihull Association Membership Officer]

Greetings Multihullers!

Well, the year 2025 is drawing to an end. Thinking about the year, and knowing only a fraction of what you all achieved and experienced, a few things stood out for me:

Bill Gibson’s Dragonfly was a lot faster than we thought it would be. It was great seeing him tear it up at the Cowichan Bay Regatta. He single hands this thing all over the Sound.

Paul English and Joanna Gaski spent 5 weeks (!) cruising the Salish Sea—and this was AFTER participating in the grueling WA360.

Leela Ray Barlow is getting Alii Kai back into fighting trim, did her own bottom paint job, can get her mast up and down, boat on and off the trailer like a champ. Will soon be giving Jeff Oaklief a run for his money in terms of speed in the trailer dance (given he is not getting any younger).

New Member Anthony Boscolo and team Puget Sound Navigation Company won the WA360 on their Gougeon 32, with stalwart member Ghislain DeVouton coming in second on the F25C Mojo.

Jeff has made a blazing start on new beams for F9 RX Ruf Duck.

We had a lovely get together in Port Townsend for the WA360 Kickoff. So much fun to wander the docks, and to lunch together in the Shanghai restaurant’s party room. Thanks again to Jessica Aarhaus for organizing it.

We had a wonderful rendezvous at Blake Island, with an elegant dinner on the mighty catamaran Presto, where we awarded the Seattle Challenge course trophy to Joe and Sue Dazey (for a time that will never be beat).

And finally, members of the club continue to help each other out on an epic scale. Launchings, tool lending, advice. It is wonderful to get and to give.

Holiday Party!

We are getting together to celebrate all of this and more.

Place: Vince DePillis and Kristin Bedell’s house: 6414 37th Ave. NW, Seattle, WA 98107.

Date: Saturday December 6, 5:30 PM.

Dining: The club will provide ham, mustard, chutney, and some cute dinner rolls. And drinks.

Please bring some additional main dishes, sides, salads, and sweets! Vegetarian options especially welcome.

Please send your RSVP to our Eric Lindahl at ejli...@comcast.net and let him know what you can contribute to the potluck portion of the festivities. There will be no zoom link, you have to come in person.

New Officers and Budget

We will have a sign in and voting sheet for paid-up members at the party on December 6. The Board has approved a budget which we are submitting to the membership for an advisory vote, and we have nominated a slate of officers that we would like you to vote on as well. The Budget is attached.

The proposed slate of officers is below. You are welcome to nominate yourself or someone else at the December meeting. All of the proposed slate are holdovers, some for many years, and most would gladly step down and provide any support needed to allow new blood to guide our great club into the future. Please do not hesitate to speak with any of us if you are interested in taking on one of these offices.

The proposed elected officers are as follows:

Commodore:  Vince DePillis

Vice Commodore:  Jeff Oaklief

Rear Commodore:  Joe Dazey

Secretary:   Eric Lindahl

Treasurer:  Mark Olsoe

Membership Officer:  Paul English 

Media Officer:  Jessica Aarhaus

The board has appointed the following additional officers, all of whom have agreed to continue in their roles.

Race Captain:  Bill Gibson

PHRF Director and Handicapper:  Vince DePillis 

Tool Librarian:  Jeff Oaklief

Director of Youth Affairs:  Leela Ray Barlow

Historian:  Diane Johnson 

Digital Team: Paul English, Jessica Aarhaus

Paul English

Membership Officer NWMA

membe...@northwestmultihull.org