March 2023 – PaNNTOA

Slip Share Calendar

Searching for a slip? Want to share your slip? Slip Share is a voluntary program for PaNNTOA members. As we all start cruising this year many of us will leave our slips empty for months at a time. Slip Share will allow members to share their vacant slips with other Members. Please check with your Marina to ensure you are allowed to share your slip while you are away. Most Marinas will allow for 30 days of sharing without doing sublet contracts.

Once you have decided to participate click here to provide us with information about your available slip. Once you send in your slip information it will be posted on the Slip Share calendar. Please give us some time to update the calendar.

Save the Date

2023 PaNNTOA Rendezvous – June 1-3, Port Sidney Marina, Sidney, British Columbia

An exciting weekend event awaits us at the beautiful Port Sidney Marina…just a short hop across the border from favorite San Juan destinations and a perfect provisioning location for the Gulf Islands.

While the program is now being put together, we can tell you that a weekend of educational and entertaining activities is shaping up to include:

An opening reception on the docks on Thursday evening followed by the Beacon Street Night Market just steps away
A gala Friday night evening at the adjacent Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea aquarium featuring delicious food and amazing wonders of the deep
Multiple guest speakers featuring talks on Canadian boating destinations, hands on the dock First Mate training, Nordic Tug factory updates, tips for maintaining your vessel from experienced mechanics and vendor partners, optional nearby tours and attractions, drawings with great prizes and a fascinating presentation by the Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue

There will additional social functions including a daily continental breakfast, Mary’s famous clam chowder lunch, Commodore’s Farewell Buffet Dinner and more!

Registration fee (not including moorage) – $130 per person (USD)/$150 per person (CAD).

Because slips are limited at Port Sidney Marina, there is an early registration window beginning on March 15 and ending on May 1. Beyond that, any remaining slip requests will be awarded on a first come, first served basis with some shared slips and rafting possible.

Watch the website for registration information and remember … entry into Canada requires any of the following including a US Passport, State of Washington enhanced driver’s license, Nexus card, or other recognized ID accepted by Canadian Customs.

Searching for a slip? Willing to share your slip?

As we cruise this year, many of us will leave our slips empty for months at a time. Slip Share allows members to share their vacant slips with other PaNNTOA members.

Slip holders post their slip availability* and contact information via Slip Share Instructions and Calendar located on the PaNNTOA home page. If you have not already logged into the PaNNTOA site, you will be prompted to do so before access to registration or the calendar is granted. *Please check with your Marina to ensure you are allowed to share your slip while you are away. Many marinas will allow for 30 days of sharing without doing sublet contracts.

Members looking for a slip (requestor), access the same calendar. The requestor clicks on the desired date to see the slip owner’s contact information. The requestor emails the slip owner to confirm availability and work out the details. The slip owner is responsible for updating the calendar to show the slip is no longer available.

As a general practice, stays should not exceed 48 to 72 hours. Limitations are at the discretion of the slip holder.

DISCLAIMER: The Pacific Northwest Nordic Tug Owners Association (PaNNTOA) will not be liable for any errors or omissions in this information, nor for the availability of this information. PaNNTOA will not be liable for any losses, injuries or damages from the display or use of this information.

Seattle Yachts Service – Labor Discount

Just in time for spring, Seattle Yachts Service is offering PaNNTOA members a 10% discount off labor only. If you have questions, contact Joanie Martin, Seattle Yachts Service Writer, 360-245-1326.

Oh La La … Volunteer Opportunity (averages less than 1 hour/month)

Our all-volunteer organization (except the wizard behind the website) is looking for a new Membership Director. Mark Malnes, after serving for several years, is ready to transition the role to a shiny, new director.

This is a role easily performed by anyone with access to the website. Our staff wizard has created several automated tools and processes to make the job straightforward.

The membership director provides information to the PaNNTOA board related to membership statistics, reaches out to potential members referred by other members, sends membership lists to sponsors that offer discounts (sponsors must pinky swear they will not send spam based on our supplied list) quarterly, and, if so inclined, thinks about ways to increase membership.

The membership director also works with the Communications director to reconcile bounced emails (did the member forget to renew? Sell their boat? Find a cooler group to hang out with? (Can’t be that!))

If interested (even in the mildest manner), please email the Commodore. Thanks!

Waggoners Webinar Redux

For those who missed it, and for those who attended and thought, “Hey, knowing which marinas in Canadian waters have closed or changed hands, is a helpful bit of knowledge,” our eminently useful Vice-Commodore Jeff Redmond, recorded Mark Bunzel’s recent PaNNTOA Webinar. It is available for your viewing pleasure HERE

Our thanks again to Mark, from the Waggoner Cruising Guide, for his presentation. Mark reminds us that the Waggoner Guide contains a link for updates made after the 2023 Guide went to press. Just saying…nobody wants to show up at a marina and find a one-eyed cutlass-wielding seagull and no moorage.

Month: March 2023