Greetings and Welcome to the 2024 Bell Harbor Rendezvous to be held on June 14-16, 2024.
This e-mail contains sign up information and important details. Please click the Register button above to register, let us know if you are joining the Friday Parade, add boat details, and sign up for the Saturday night dinner.
The 2024 Bell Harbor Rendezvous is a first come, first served event. Registration is open until the marina is full or May 20, whichever first occurs. Dinner reservations will be taken until there are 70 signed up, with a wait list started after.
Here are event details:
Marquee Class: For our 27th Annual Bell Harbor Rendezvous β our marquee or featured class of boats will be βBoats with A Missionβ or boats that used to have a job. The belle of the ball in this class will be the Steamship Virginia V, a former ferry and member of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet. Also expected are Teal, a former Alaska Fish and Game boat; Gyrfalcon, a former Alaska survey boat; Owl, a former tugboat; two former fishing boats, the UW Crew Launch βConnyβ which has been fully restored and was the actual launch that the 1936 βBoys in the Boatβ UW crew trained with; and from our Canadian Fleet the Messenger III, an actual βmissionary vesselβ from 1947-1968 bringing medical and spiritual comfort to Vancouver Islandβs West Coast. We are hoping for as many Canadian vessels as possible!
ITINERARY
FRIDAY, JUNE 14: Join the annual Bell Harbor Boat Parade off of Elliott Bay Marina at 1400 hours (2 PM). Look for the parade leader, Maranee, and listen to the βCYA Parade Directorβ on Channel 68. Boats will parade down the waterfront and will gather off of Bell Harbor Marina to be directed in by the harbormaster. The dock plan will be distributed to registered participant boats a week before the event. Please indicate in your registration whether you will participate in the parade. Once you have arrived, please pick up your welcome/goody bag from aboard Maranee with special thanks to Mike Passage and Laura Shifflette for their donation of the bags.
Welcome reception/taco bar aboard Virginia V: Gather at the Steamship Virginia V at the end of βCβ dock for a welcome reception starting at 1800 (6 PM). Everyone is invited to join us. Bring your own beverage and enjoy a catered taco bar thanks to our generous sponsors. We hope to have a number of visitors from the other fleets of the CYA and this is our chance to see our friends from other fleets and celebrate the longest running and largest event in the Classic Yacht Association. When you register be sure to let us know how many are coming from your boat so we can get a head count for food planning purposes!
SATURDAY, JUNE 15: Continental breakfast at the head of the dock provided by Husky Deli. Breakfast will run from 0800 to 0930 and will include coffee, pastries, fruit, and protein items.
Boat Show β Open to the public from 10-4. You are expected to open your boat for public tours and to complete at least one volunteer shift. Thanks to our generous sponsors, we are again providing this fabulous weekend free of charge (except for the dinner Saturday night) and in exchange and in support of the CYAβs mission of education about classic boats, public interaction is required, and it is essential. Registered participants will be receiving instructions about their volunteer shift in confirming e-mails for event participants. Also, if you want to stay at Bell Harbor Marina on Thursday night or Sunday night you will have to make a reservation directly with the marina and pay your moorage. Call Mike to reserve at 206-787-3951. Make your reservation early β once the dock plan is available it will be provided to Mike and he will try to put you in your assigned slip if you decide to arrive on Thursday.
Dinner: Our festive Bell Harbor Celebration Dinner will again be provided by Anthonyβs Homeport Restaurant in the upstairs private dining room. Social hour at 5:45; dinner to be served at 6:30. To look at the menu, click here: Anthony's Menu. No need to select menu choices in advance! You can buy dinner tickets for $100 per person, the actual cost is higher, $85 per person plus 20% tip and tax β or $111.35. Again, thanks to our generous sponsors, you are paying $100 per person. There is a strict 70 seat limit on our dinner, therefore only members with boats in the marina for the show can attend the dinner. If we get more than 70 dinner requests, we will start a wait list. Beverages will be available from Anthonyβs by order at your own expense.
SUNDAY, JUNE 16
BREAKFAST: The Sunday breakfast will run from 8:30-9:30 at the head of the dock. Special thanks to our event sponsor, Husky Deli, who is providing this breakfast for us as a donated item. The menu will be similar to Saturday.
Throughout the weekend look for the auction table where the items that are frequently raffled at this event will be auctioned this year. Make your bids on Saturday during the day and early Sunday morning! Winners will be announced on Sunday morning at 9:30 with all proceeds going to the PNW Fleet of the CYA to help offset the cost of this event. Watch your e-mail for auction updates!
Boat Show: Show hours are from 10-4.
Awards Ceremony: Will take place at 4 PM at the bottom of the stairs. Award for Best Engine Preservation, and Peopleβs Choice and two Peopleβs Choice Runner Ups will be given. Unless you have arranged to stay on Sunday night with the Bell Harbor Marina, please depart after the Awards Ceremony and not before. No early departures please!
Post Bell Harbor Cruise: Vice Commodore Mike Passage and Laura Shifflette are in charge of the post Bell Harbor Cruise. Details will be forthcoming shortly.
