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P/C Bob Wheeler
BYC Ex-Historian
(until 2006)


 

History of the
Bremerton Yacht Club

Scanned, Organized, Edited & Presented by Bob Wheeler (BYC Historian until 2006), Bob Bachman (Commodore during Anniversary Year and BYC Historian since 2006), Members of the BYCWebteam and Many Additional Authors & History Buffs

BYC Historian
Bob Bachman


Table of Contents

Anniversary Contributions

No doubt, many authors have contributed to this account over the years. The reader's help in identifying more of them would be much appreciated. Those who have been explicitly credited so far are:

  • Ray J.Hart Jr.
  • Norm R. Smith
  • Ralph Smith
We are also interested in any addition of omitted events, correction of facts or clarification of possible ambiguities. In addition, we would welcome any elaboration, anecdote or photo from our long-time members or stories which the children and grandchildren of members who were active during the first 30-40 years of BYC might remember. If appropriate, we would add your contribution as a vignette or special insert (with credit) to the existing text. Finally, we are beginning to assemble materials for the more recent decades and are looking for volunteers to contribute brief segments based on their personal experience and good memory.

Please send your contributions and inquiries to the BYC Historian or the BYCWebTeam. Thank you!

Towline, December 2002

Russ Sweany, a local real estate broker, couldn’t see a yacht club happening in Port Orchard anytime soon. He cruised his boat under the Manette Bridge and through Port Washington Narrows to Bremerton Yacht Club and asked if he and his wife could become members there. They wanted to belong to a club that had some moorage and the Bremerton club seemed to have everything a boater could want. They had just recently been established as a yacht club and their property was on a protected bay just inside the approach to Dye’s Inlet.

They were denied! They went back home licking their wounds when a short time later they got word from the Bremerton club with the reason they were rejected: The BYC members had already decided to help the Port Orchard yachtsmen form their own club. Source: http://www.poyc.org/history.htm.


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