At TSPS, it’s been a wonderful and very enjoyable year full of adventures both on and off the water, so to celebrate the rewards of the year, we are again keeping with our long-standing tradition of getting people together for a bonenkai, or year-end party. This event is open to our members, their families and friends, and anyone seriously interested in joining TSPS.
Here are the details:
Date: Wednesday, December 7 Time: 7 pm – 9.30 pm Place: Bistro Choro’s D (same as last year)
Address: Trans Pack Building 1F, 5-3-10, Toranomon,
Minato-ku, Tokyo,105-0001
Subway: Hibiya Line- Kamiyacho Station Exit 2, 2-minute walk)
Phone: 03-3434-5453
https://gurunavi.com/en/g821200/rst/
Fee: 6,000 yen for members / 7,000 yen for non-members
All you can drink: Heineken draft beer, Italian wine, 15 different cocktails, 3 different soft drinks
Note: Should you wish to bring your own wine, there will be no corkage charge.
PLEASE RESERVE EARLY AS SPACE IS LIMITED TO 40 PERSONS.
PLEASE NOTE: TSPS will be charged for the total number of seats we reserve for the evening. Therefore, we will request no-shows and those cancelling after Sunday, December 4 to pay the event fee in full.
TSPS Members on a Hayama Marina member boat leaving the harbor for a day on the water.
Ahoy TSPS Members,
Our friends at Hayama Marina are once again inviting thirty (30) TSPS members and guests to join them for a day on the water. We’ll gather at Hayama Marina, board four or five boats, spend a pleasant morning and afternoon sailing, then sit at anchor for lunch and a swim and, following our return to the marina, continue the party in the boatyard with BBQ and refreshments.
Here are the details:
Date: October 8th Saturday 2016
Time: 10:00 AM at Hayama Marina (in front of the yellow building near the boat launching facility).
Fee: Adults ￥4,000, Kids ￥2,000 under 10 (The fee covers lunch and drinks on the boat as well as food and drinks back at the marina).
Note: Maximum bookings per party: 4 (for groups exceeding four, people may be added if places are available after the sign-up deadline. Contact eugenmall@hotmail.com)
Schedule:
* 10:30: Set sail. Be there or you might have to swim.
* 11:30: Anchor at Morito Bay. Lunch, Beer & Wine
* 14:00: Back to marina
* 14:30: Barbeque & Drinks
Deadline:
Sign up by September 24th Saturday. Do not delay. Sign up now!
We prefer you sign up online (it’s ridiculously easy), but if necessary you can send an email providing your full name and the full names of any guest(s) to eugenmall@hotmail.com
NOTE: Non-members are welcome to attend without a TSPS member in their party if they become TSPS members by paying the membership fee at the event. Membership fees are here.
Please leave home in plenty of time to account for possible delays on the way. Arriving late, no shows or last minute cancellations do make a bad impression on our hosts who are going to a lot of trouble and expense to arrange this event for us.
Getting there:
Directions to Hayama Marina
By Car:
Take Yokohama-Yokosuka Toll Road, get off at Zushi-Interchange Exit 6, take left road to Hayama, pay ¥100 at toll gate after driving through tunnel, drive about 4 kilometers, go straight under overhead bridge for pedestrian with signal, drive through tunnel, turn left at next crossing with signal (AM-PM shop right side), go straight at next signal and Hayama Marina is 50 meters ahead of the signal, right side of the road. Parking is available.
By Train / Bus
Train time is around 1 hour from Tokyo to either Zushi or Shin-Zushi stations
If by JR (Yokosuka Line or Shonan Shinjuku Line) to Zushi Station:
Take bus no. 11 or 12 from bus stop no. 3
Get off at “ABUZURI HAYAMA MARINA MAE.” Travel time is about 10 minutes.
Proceed about 100 meter along the road the bus is on to Hayama Marina on right side of the street.
If by Keihin-Kyuko to Shin-Zushi station:
Exit the platform from the exit nearest the front of the train, Go to bus stop no. 2. Same bus no. 11 or 12 stops there.
Bridge members from the 1965 Change of Watch pose for a group photo
TSPS turned sixty this year, and as part of our preparations for the anniversary party held on June 11, we came into possession of a collection of scrapbooks assembled by Past Commander George Purdy and his wife Midori. Commander Purdy arrived in Japan with U.S occupying forces in 1945 and over the following fifty years, he became a pillar of the expat and business community, starting up many organizations like the Boy Scouts and the original Power Squadron in Yokohama, among others.
The articles in the scrapbook are largely in good condition and provide an interesting look back at the early years of the squadron, and come from sources such as The Pacific Stars and Stripes, Tokyo Weekender magazine, and The Japan Times. For a full version of a Tokyo Tiller squadron newsletter from 1984, click on the banner below. Additionally, a slideshow of images from the 1965 Change of Watch (see above) can be viewed from this page.
We hope you enjoy the stories below from the Purdy time capsule as much as we did. More will be added soon.
Past commanders from the 1980s to the present gather to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Tokyo Sail and Power Squadron
Over 50 members and their guests celebrated sixty years of service by TSPS to the Tokyo boating community on the evening of June 11, 2016, at Velasis Marina in Uraga, Yokosuka. After some words commemorating the event by members of the Bridge, including past Commander Per Knudsen and current Commander David Sutton-Kirby, a champagne toast was held and a fine meal of ribs, blue cheese pizza, and many other delicious dishes was provided by Velasis.
Special guests were also in attendance.
From Hayama Yacht Club there were several representatives, including Vice Commodore Tamaotu Aritomo, Councillor Koichiro Tanaka, and Director Masayuki Maruo.
Past Commander Tony Whitman, newly ensconced in San Diego, also flew in to participate. Also there was past Commander Hunter Brumfiel and wife Eiko, so long a mainstay of the organisation.
Music was provided by the Mototeru Band, which eventually resulted in people dancing “as if no one were watching.” And it was quite a sight to see.
Bridge officer Warren Fraser memorialised the event by taking photographs on real old-school film of various combinations of the participants, which will be available at cost in the future.
All in all, it was a rollicking good time and a fitting celebration of 60 years in Japan on the part of the Tokyo Sail and Power Squadron.
Photos in the slide below courtesy of Treasurer Ernie Olsen and Warren Fraser.
Evan Burkosky lives in Tokyo and is currently working on a Sparkman & Stephens 30 sailboat. He has been writing a blog detailing the alternately frustrating and fascinating process of restoring a well used old sailboat. Go here to absorb yourself in the gritty details. Caution: his enthusiasm for the project might infect you!
On March 9, 2016, the Change of Watch was held at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan. Llad Phillips, Past Commander of the Santa Barbara California Squadron of USPS District 13, presided over the swearing in of the new commander, David Sutton-Kirby, who is taking over from Eugen Mall, the commander for the last two years. Subsequently, the new officers of the bridge were also sworn in.
P/C Llad Phillips of Santa Barbara USPS Squadron swears in the new TSPS Bridge of 2016. Newly sworn in Commander David Sutton-Kirby looks on at left
The new bridge is as follows:
Commander: David Sutton-Kirby
Executive Officer: David Edwards P
Secretary: William Van Alstine
Education Officer: Jeff Canaday AP
Administrative Officer: Wolfgang Bierer
Treasurer: Ernfred Olsen S
Ex-Com officers
Membership Chairman: John Marshall AP
Cruising Coordinator: Anne Bille AP
Communications: Mike Snyder AP
Public Relations: Jiro Fujiwara
Member-At-Large: Warren Fraser
Member-at-Large: Per Knudsen, AP
After the swearing in, food and drink were enjoyed by all, as was the annual raffle of prizes.
We all look forward to a full year of educational and entertaining boating experiences.
P/C Phillips gave a few words of encouragement from USPS to the assembled TSPS members and guests.P/C Eugen Mall now has a new hat to add to his prodigious collection of hats: the (in)famous Tom Cod hat, traditionally presented to the outgoing commander.
The annual Bonenkai “End of the Year Party” will be held on December 3 at the same venue as last year, Churo’s D. See the old year out in a friendly boat-oriented atmosphere. There will be entertainment, too. See events for details and to reserve your space.
On October 4th under clear blue sky and sunshine, with family and friends, TSPS Member Yoshikazu Aoki ( Yoshi ) returned to the place he loved best for the last time. Yoshi passed away at sea last November. On August 26th he had returned to the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Nova Scotia and on the 4th of October he returned to the Pacific Ocean near Saru-Jima.
As expected there were mixed feelings shared by all in attendance, but it was ultimately a shared experience of fond memories and and a collective feeling of thanks for the time that Yoshi shared with all. Anyone who had met and spent time with Yoshi was present, if not in body, than certainly in spirit. Gone in a sense,but absolutely never to be forgotten. Fair winds forever good friend.
TSPS Past Commander Stuart Milne has recently had an Oyster 54 built in the UK named Fujin II. He is sailing her on her maiden voyage bound for Gibraltar, Mallorca and Valencia. You can follow the trip on Stuart’s on-line log here. Bon voyage and fair winds to him and his crew!
Ahoy TSPS Members (and Wannabe Members, see below)!
Our friends at Hayama Marina are once again inviting TSPS members and their guests to join them for a day on the water. As last year, we’ll gather at Hayama Marina, board four or five boats, spend a pleasant morning and afternoon sailing, sit at anchor for lunch and a swim, and following our return to the marina join the Hayama Marina’s annual Hachigatsu da yo Zenin Shugo, or roughly, “Hey, It’s August, Dude. Let’s Party!” event. Last year we had live music, hula, belly, Tahitian dancers and more. We have been told that this year it will be even better. The event wraps up at 8:30 pm.
Here are the details as provided by Maruo-san at Hayama Marina:
Date: August 15th Saturday 2015
Time: 10:00AM at Hayama Marina,
Fee: Adults ￥4,000, Kids ￥2,000
Schedule:
Part I “Joint Sailing”
10:00: Meeting time (in front of the yellow building near the boat launching facility)
10:30: Set sail
11:30: Anchor at Morito Bay area for lunch, a swim, and drinks on the boat
14:00: Back to marina, shower
14:30: Beer & Refreshments at TSPS Guest Tent
Part II “Summer Festa: Hachigatudayo Zenin Shugo”
16:30: Bar Open, Food & Drinks
Dancers & Live Music
20:30 Sayonara
Deadline:
List of participants by Aug. 3 Monday (an early date in order to arrange enough boats)
PS:
There will be a TSPS guest tent and drinks back in the marina for the time between the events. Positively no climbing on the boats in the boat yard.
Lunch & drinks on the boats, drinks back in the guest tent are covered by the fee.
Food and drinks at the Summer festa are not included in the fee.
We prefer you sign up online (it’s ridiculously easy), but if necessary you can send an email providing your full name and the full names of any guest(s) to commander@tspsjapan.org
NOTE: Non-members are welcome to attend if they become TSPS members by paying the membership fee at the event. Membership fees are here. If you can’make it to the cruise, come for the Festa.
Getting there:
Directions to Hayama Marina
By Car:
Take Yokohama-Yokosuka Toll Road, get off at Zushi-Interchange Exit 6, take left road to Hayama, pay ¥100 at toll gate after driving through tunnel, drive about 4 kilometers, go straight under overhead bridge for pedestrian with signal, drive through tunnel, turn left at next crossing with signal (AM-PM shop right side), go straight at next signal and Hayama Marina is 50 meters ahead of the signal, right side of the road. Parking is available.
By Train / Bus
Train time is around 1 hour from Tokyo to either Zushi or Shin-Zushi stations
If by JR (Yokosuka Line) to Zushi Station
Take bus no. 11 or 12 from bus stop no. 3
Get off at “ABUZURI HAYAMA MARINA MAE.” Travel time is about 10 minutes.
Proceed about 100 meter along the road the bus is on to Hayama Marina on right side of the street.
If by Keihin-Kyuko (to Shin-Zushi) station.
Exit the platform from the exit nearest the front of the train, Go to bus stop no. 2. Same bus no. 11 or 12 stops there.
Hope to see you in Hayama on August 15.
Eugen Mall
TSPS Commander
