The Annual Meeting at Seattle Yacht Club on February 17th was a successful event. 

Elected officers were:  
    Ron Knight, Commodore.  
    Dan Mathews, Vice Commodore;  
    Peter Conze, Secretary; 
    Allan Van Ness, Treasurer; 

  Peter Conze was the recipient of the 2017 Commodore's Award.
  Peter, in absencia, provided an analysis of how he won the Nationals.  
  Philip Hubbell, US Sailing Judge in Training, presented a summary of the new 
T37 Class Rules and our local variances from those and the US Sailing rules. 
2018 General Notice of Races and Sailing Instructions have been posted. 
  We discussed new sailing venues to broaden our participation. Nearby 
Lakes Goodwin and Martha commanded attention. Allan Van Ness showed 
photos of the sailing venue at his back door in Idaho.
  To encourage and ease building of T37s locally, the club plans to have hull 
building jigs to loan out. 
  There was discussion of rudder designs, magnetic hatches, and adjustable
 rigid boom vangs.  Highlight of the design discussion was a new sheeting 
system which uses elastic thread to overcome the below-deck friction of 
the sheets.  The sails thus deploy much easier in light air.
  Will Lesh showed a tantalizing video of several beautiful Tippecanoe boats 
sailing in Hawaii, with water-level and underwater views.  
  Dan Newland presented some of the work he is doing with carbon materials, 
including nose cone structures for satellite-launching rockets, nacelles for 
an unlimited race plane and boarding ladders for mega-yachts.  
  A couple of our members talked about the similarities of R/C airplane clubs 
and our model boat club.  
  There was discussion of the dozens of unbuilt T37 kits in the Seattle area 
and a desire to contact the owners to pursuade them to finish building or 
relinquish the kits.
  Let's get those kits and unfinished boats done and get out on the water.  
It won't always be winter!  
  Happy building and sailing... 

Ron Knight, Commodore, PNMYC