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NWGWC Holiday Party, December 1, 2007
Time: 7 P.M.
Location: Elliott Bay Marina
Seattle Yacht Club Outstation*

Come join your fellow boating members for a night of fun! Entertainment will be provided by comedian Rick Enloe. Events of the past year & new year will be discussed, including the much anticipated Alaska trip. And we’ll have a nice dinner! All this for a great price of $55/person.

Beef tenderloin will be served. Please let us know if you have a special vegetarian request. Beer & Wine will be served. If you would like to have hard liquor, please bring your own.

*Please RSVP by November 20, 2007 for you and a guest. Download the registration form and directions here.

March Annual Planning Dinner, TBA
This is an annual meeting for fun and election of club officers held in mid-March.

Friday Harbor Rendezvous, May 9-11, 2008
Our Ling Cod Derby is the first water event of the year, held at this year at Friday Harbor.

Alaska Trip, June 18-22, 2008
We’ll leave from Seattle for a five port-of-call trip to Ketchikan. Some will also run back and others barge home. See below for more details.

Tuna Trip, TBA
This is a favorite off-shore trip out of Westport, taking place in September.

Port Hudson Trip, September 19-20, 2008
This rendezvous and salmon derby will be just NE of Port Townsend and the newly renovated Port Hudson marina.

Fishing Derby, November 2, 2008
This is the annual Grady-White Fishing Derby sponsored by Jacobsen’s Marine.

NWGWC Christmas Dinner, December 6, 2008
This is a festive semi-formal club event held the first week of December each year.

NWGWC Alaska Trip June 18-22, 2008

Note: The following itinerary for our Alaska Trip is tentative and will become firm sometime in the Fall of 2007. This schedule is designed to give a basic idea of the daily routine. All boats will need to be equipped with GPS, Radar, Sounder and have a fuel range of 225 miles minimum.

Tentative Schedule

Day 1 - 128 Miles

8:00am	Depart from Shilshole
11:30am	Arrive at Bedwell Harbor/Canadian Customs
1:30pm	Depart from Bedwell
4:00pm	Arrive at Schooner Cove, Nanaimo , B.C.

Day 2 - 177 Miles

7:00am	Depart from Schooner Cove
9:30am	Arrive at Campbell River – Gas, if needed
12:30pm	Arrive at Burial Cove, Lunch
1:30pm	Depart from Burial Cove/East Carcroft Is.
2:45pm	Echo Bay – Gas, if needed
4:00pm	Arrive Greenway

Day 3 - 111 Miles

7:00am	Depart from Greenway Sound via Wells Pass
9:30am	Arrive at Cape Calvert
10:00am	Arrive at Hakai Passage Area, Fishing & Exploring
2:00pm	Depart from Hakai Area
3:15pm	Arrive at Shearwater at Bella Bella, Dinner at Shearwater

Day 4 - 126 Miles

10:00am	Depart Shearwater
11:00am	Arrive at Jackson Passage
11:30am	Arrive at Klemtu - Gas, if needed
12:15am	Arrive at Tolmie Channel
4:00pm	Arrive at Lowe Inlet

Day 5 - 76 Miles

10:00am	Depart Lowe Inlet
12:30pm	Arrive at Prince Rupert

Day 6 - 93 Miles

8:00am	Depart Prince Rupert Via Venn Passage
10:00am	Re-enter USA in Revillagigedo Channel
12:00pm	Form up at South End of Pencock Island
12:30pm	Parade into Ketchikan/Customs

Day 7

Deliver Boats to barge company

Fishing for those keeping their boats

Awards Dinner

Day 8

Flights home for those shipping their boat home

Boats leaving for Seattle

Past Events

June 27th Salmon Mooching
NWGWC will sponsor a dinner at Anthony’s Restaurant in Shilshole featuring Keith Robbins talking on Salmon Mooching. Keith is a local fishing guide and a great communicator and has given many talks like this before. Details will follow via e-mail with more information on this dinner. Drinks at 6:00 and Dinner at 7:00 pm.

NWGWC Rendezvous, September 1-3, 2007
We have our Labor Day Week End rendezvous scheduled at beautiful Schooner Cove, B.C. which will feature a salmon derby and awards dinner, Saturday evening.

Tuna Trip, September 7-9, 2007
NWGWC Tuna Trip out of Westport.

Salmon Derby, November 4, 2007
Jacobsen’s Marine Annual Salmon Derby out of Edmonds.