March Meeting Recap

The March Seattle Base meeting was a hybrid meeting with 10 people in attendance at the Redmond VFW Hall and 4 joining via Zoom.

The meeting started off with Tolling the Boats lost in March, followed by birthday wishes for our members, the officer reports, and then introductions.

R-14 under sail from PigBoats.com website

Ric Hedman let us know about a new book that he and Dave Johnston (partner at the PigBoats.com website) wrote entitled “A Good and Favorable Wind." The book is about the submarine R-14 which had run out fuel while at sea and the adventures of getting her back to port. The book, published by Nimble Books, will be available for purchase on May 3, 2022. We'll provide links to the book after it is available.

We discussed moving our meetings to Saturday. However, while all agreed that it was a good idea, no one volunteered to check into it. The subject was tabled till next meeting.

We talked in length about getting together to refurbish the float was discussed at length. In addition to general clean-up, we are looking into refitting the motor drive for the masts and the klaxon. We'll follow up on this at future meetings.

We are looking into attending the Kirkland 4th of July parade. We will provide updates as we get them.

We are still looking to fill the Base Chaplin and Base Secretary positions. Volunteers are needed and if you are interested, please contact one of the Base Officers or mention it at the next meeting.