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Grandson Matt and Chuck aboard "De Vliegende Hollander"

I set up this page to catch the attention of fellow San Juan sailboat owners and anyone interested in learning about this class and size boat formerly built by the Clark Boat Company in Seattle and in North Carolina.  Our present fleet includes skippers from continental USA, Hawaii, Canada, and Australia. Our internet fleet burgee is displayed above. It is the old Seattle SJ23 club pennant which we received permission to modify by placing a computer screen on it.  

We share technical help, sailing experience, cruise and racing events, and sailing links. We invite SJ23 owners to join us. There are no dues or formal membership requirements. 

Cruise through the member list and find one close to you and make contact with him/her. Subscribe to the distribution list to receive correspondence. There is an extensive photo display you can browse through which also has great scenery. You will find we are a friendly bunch who welcome the chance to take you sailing or at least show you our SJ23s. Be careful though, we all share one malady, which is probably best stated in the poem, "Sea Fever," by John Masefield.

Chuck Vande Wetering
SJ23 webmaster 

Sea Fever

I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;
And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,
And a gray mist on the sea’s face, and a gray dawn breaking.

I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull’s way and the whale’s way, where the wind’s like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.
 

"Sea Fever" by John Masefield
from One Hundred and One Great Poems