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This coming Saturday, May 15th marks the 3rd annual Waterfront Festival Quick and Dirty Boat Building.

Come on down for some good fun and help sell nails for the People's Choice Award.  The email below was sent yesterday to the 7 teams competing in the event.  Check out Joy Brown's videos of events of the past.
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Hello to all Competitors registered in the 2010 Quick and Dirty Boat Building Demonstration on Saturday, May 15^th.  This year we will have fun again… with a focus on FUN!  Update! 

Teams Registered - 7:

·       D.G. Construction / A. Construction (1^st year) Team Leader Fred, brought Q&D to Anacortes, knows Quick and Dirty

·       Nordic Tugs (3^rd year) – Claim to have a fast boat this year!

·       Majestic Inn (3^rd year) - Judges always appreciate their fine food

·       Strandberg Construction – (3^rd year) – Last year’s on the water race winners

·       Chickens of the Sea – AKA - Nauti Girls, last year’s People’s Choice with largest cheerleading section.  So fun so wet!

·       Fiberglass Supply – (1^st year) They have the materials experience

·       Chopelas & Associates – Could be a ringer from Arlington.  Last minute entry.

Setup begins at 8:00 a.m.  Building to begin at 9 a.m. thru 3:00 p.m.  The parade route thru the festival to the launch site will begin at 4 p.m.  I’ve attached another copy of the rules for your reference.  Please review again to make sure you understand how this works.  If you have questions not addressed in the rules, I will be happy to answer them on the morning of the event. 

Don’t forget, the $20.10 of allowed materials outside what is provided must come with your receipt and be given to a judge before 9 a.m. or those materials will not be allowed.

This is a fund raising event for the Anacortes Small Boat Center (ASBC), a community non-profit, dedicated to getting small boaters and their craft on the waters of Fidalgo Bay.   Your $100 entry fee covers little more than some of the costs of materials and your T-Shirts.  Many sponsors have come forward to donate anywhere from $100 to $1,000 towards the funding of this event.  Well over $1,000 of raw materials alone will be used in the boats from the various teams.  With that in mind, it is important that you and your team members wear the T-shirts that will be provided for you at the event… they have our generous sponsor names on the backs.

In addition, during this year’s EDASC kick-off dinner on Friday night we will be auctioning off (selling for lobbying/influence) 2 of the 5 judge positions.  This is in the spirit of fun, fund raising and our current political climate J.  So I would recommend you work with your various friends and business colleagues and have them lobby for your team.  Tickets may still be had (I believe) by calling EDASC at 360-336-6114.

As you know there are various categories for the building process.  This year, the winning boat across the line will score 2 points vs. 1 point as in the past.  Also, the People’s Choice recognition this year will be determined by a vote throughout the day.  Friends and supporters will be able to buy nails for $1 each to be deposited in a can near your tent.  The heaviest can at the end of the day will be the People’s Choice winner.

During the parade thru the Festival you will be accompanied by a not so genuine New Orleans Funeral Band organized and music written by Karl Blau.  These boats can be heavy after a bit.  You are allowed and encouraged to have friends and family help you carry the crafts thru the grounds.  The crowd will love it!

A Video by Joy Brown from the 1^st year’s event in 2008 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnVrSHp8tyY&feature=player_embedded

Also by Joy… time lapse from 2009 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZJrkD5Ms1o

This event has become one of the great hits of the Festival because it is focused on fun and friendly competition.  Looking forward to seeing all of you there bright eyed and bushy tailed.  Remember… Bribe Early… Bribe Often (no alcohol... just because).

Pat

Patrick Barrett – Chief Judge

Vice President – Anacortes Small Boat Center

To all Small Boat Enthusiasts:
 
It’s moving along… slowly…  but we hope to see the P/Q Dock Hoist approved for testing and then use in the very near future.  There has been a snag and it is being worked out.
 
See the note below, received today from Jenkins Dossen the project manager for the P/Q Dock project.  He has been working diligently to help us get to a community testing stage.
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Hi All,
 
Status Update on Docks P/Q Small Craft Launch. The facility is partly complete but has one outstanding complication preventing issuance of substantial completion. This complication involves obtaining approved certification (UL) on the hoist control assembly (control box). Once the hoist control assembly is certified by an OSHA approved testing lab the WA State Dept of Labor & Industries will sign-off on the project. The Port is pursuing this issue with the project general contractor for a quick resolution to have the launch facility opened for use. The Port will keep you informed as we proceed with the control box approval process.  
Thank you.
-Jenkins

Jenkins Dossen, Project Manager
Port of Anacortes
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Once this issue is resolved we will be scheduling a weekend test launch with several different types of boats for fine tuning.  Shortly thereafter we hope to see a community gathering and ribbon cutting for celebration of a long awaited result… the ability for small boats to get on the waters of Fidalgo Bay easily.  
In addition the ASBC Business Plan group continues to work towards an interim business plan that will be presented to the Port in a short time.  With this plan, we anticipate the approval of a temporary small boat storage facility and launch program in the North Basin.
 
What a summer we should see!
 
Pat
Patrick Barrett
Vice President / Anacortes Small Boat Center
360-770-4879

Regular meetings are on the first Monday of each month. (2/1, 3/1, 4/5, 5/3,6/7...)

Working meetings (when needed) are scheduled on the third Monday of each month and announced by an e-mail to members.

Board of Directors meetings and Annual Elections will be announced by an e-mail to membership at least 10 days in advance of the meeting.   

All Monday meetings are held at 6:30PM at the Anacortes Yacht Club,  504 7th St., Anacortes, WA.

Great to see the Website with the new links to our member clubs!  A little hard to see the yellow color on the links; if that can be a more visible color, Art, it would help.  Will look through the site a little more for the schedule of meetings.  Many thanks for your efforts!  John Pope