Northwest Steam Society - Events Calendar for 2011.

Events are arranged by date in ascending order. A "whistle" in front of an event denotes a recent or important listing. Whenever possible a hyperlink to a website/page of an event, or a person to email for information about a listing, has been included.

If you have an event on the West Coast which includes hobby steam and would like to have it listed, go to the bottom of this page for instructions.

Latest page update: December 29, 2011

If you are bringing a steamboat to any NWSS sanctioned activity you MUST have a current NWSS Safety Certificate to raise steam. Click on the "safety" button in the navigation bar to the left.

NWSS Board Meetings - All Board Meetings are open to Members of the Northwest Steam Society. In the year 2011 they will be held on the following Saturdays: January 14, April 14, June 9, and October 13. Locations have yet to be determined. You may contact Jerry Ross, email: jerrynjudyross@comcast.net, telephone: 206.310.4565 or John Hope, email: john.hope@comcast.net, telephone: 206.772.6588 for the time of day and location of the next meeting. Please always call in advance as they are often held in private homes and accomodations are limited.

2nd Saturday - Model Club. 10AM - 1PM, Georgetown Power Plant Museum, Seattle, WA. Enter from gate at 13th and Albro Street. For more information telephone: 206.763.2542.

2012

March 10 - Annual General Membership Meeting. Noon to 2:00pm. Aboard the Virginia V. More info to follow. Contact Sterling Mac Kinnon; email: sterlingmack@comcast.net; telephone: 360.881.0087.

May 5 - Opening Day of Yachting Season Parade. 11 AM, Lake Union, Seattle, Washington. Once again the Seattle Yacht Club invites steamboats from the Northwest Steam Society to participate. This year's theme is "Porthole to Paradise". More info in the Winter Steam Gage and on the Seattle Yacht Club website: HERE. John Hope will be handling our registrations: email: johnhope@comcast.net; telephone: 206.772.6588.

June 8 thru 10 - Rocky Point / Lake Klamath Mini Meet. Rocky Point Resort, reservations tel: 541.356.2287.
On the North end of Klamath Lake, Oregon's largest lake, the facilities include cabins, full hook-up RV spaces, partial hook-up RV spaces and tent camping spots including clean restrooms and showers. Well maintained launch ramp with good trailer parking. There's plenty of dock with free moorage. Local news print has folks coming out of the woodwork to see our boats and ask questions.
This gig includes the following list of events:
    Thursday evening dinner in the restaurant for those arriving early;
    Saturday picnic run to Odessa State Park (about an hour and a half steaming each way);
    Saturday evening pot luck on the Resort lawn (typically 30+ guests)...bring your own chairs
    Sunday morning family style breakfast in the restaurant
Contact: Don Mentzer, tel: 541.772.6478

June 16 - Mt. Rainier Scenic Railway Excursion. 1:00 to 3:00 PM. Elber, Washington. For NWSS Members, their families and friends. Many good photo ops on this NWSS Members special. Story in Winter Steam Gage. Contact: Wolfgang Schlager; email: nw-steamboats@comcast.net; telephone: 360.647.5112.

August 10 thru 12 - 2012 Annual Northwest Steam Society Meet, Cap Sante Boat Marina, Anacortes, WA. It's gonna be a fun Meet with lots of room for steamboats and right in the country where it all started in the US. Tommy Thompson operated his Fire Canoe out of Anacortes in the mmid/late 1950s and Harold Lanning was around with DoDo. So this year's Meet will be back where a lot of hobby steamboaters cruised around in the "early days" of hobby steamboating. A complete description of the site, tides, moorage, launch ramp and all those "&cs" will be found on the "2012 meet" page of this website, or by clicking the "2012 meet" button to the left.

September 7 thru 10 - Siltcoos Lake, Westlake Resort, Dune City, Oregon. Just a few miles down the road from Florence on the Oregon Coast this is really steamboating country. Quiet, a minimum of 50mph-plastic-godda**its running around, good accomodations. If you miss out on this one, you've missed one of the best meets around. The date was moved from July to September to avoid the constant strong winds which plague the Oregon Coast in July/August. A complete description would take a page by itself, so the coordinator, Bruce Jahn, has put it all together HERE. You can contact Bruce at: email bruce@daysaver.com; tel 925.455.9409.

Latest page update: December 29, 2011

The Northwest Steam Society is interested in encouraging participation in hobby steam. To that end, we welcome listings of other steam hobby related events occurring primarily in the Pacific Northwest, but extending to the West Coast in general. If you have, or know of, an event, please contact the NWSS Webmaster by selecting the Icon to the right.