A Plan Forming!

Pat Anderson · Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 9:27 am Post subject: A Plan Forming!

OK, here is the program. Cruise Inside Passage to SE Alaska. Pat and Patty take off from Bellingham or Blaine more or less the last week or ten days in June 2006, with a friend who has made the cruise before, headed for Meyers Chuck, where our friend has a relative. Anchor every night, not trying to cover huge distances, just get there in time for the Fourth of July and enjoy the scenery. Pat and Patty and friend fly back (from Ketchikan? Or from where?), and somebody, oh let's just assume a certain Brat couple from Alexandria, VA, fly IN to SE Alaska to enjoy the Fourth with us and then cruise the boat back to Bellingham or Blaine, at whatever pace suits them...Suggestions? Must see/do? Realistic time frame? Any other boats up for the trip?

Byrdman · Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 12:09 pm Post subject:

Pat... You are killing me..... Yes, I am interested in this trip too. Sherryl does not retire until Aug07 or 08....but she can certainly hop a jet. We took an inside passage cruise years ago and to date was and still is one of my favorite ones....of about 8 or 9 cruises. I bet Halcyon would like this too, and I know they have cruised the waters before too. Thumbs Up

It takes me about a week to get what ever boat I have up there cross country... but for sure I am interested. See you in a couple of days.
Byrdman

gljjr · Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 2:54 pm Post subject:

Man would I love to do this! Only I would like to stay up there for a month or two! Laughing

jimandlaurie · Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 3:31 pm Post subject:

Ok Pat there ya go!! Laurie and I were talking last might about clearing our vacation calender for 2006.. We don't want to do any big projects i.e. go to Great Britain, a PrincessCruise,or Tall Ships deals that cost big $ or lots of vacation time burned up.
We want to spend more time with our C-Dory Friends Cruising next year. And because I may end up as a Rear-Commodore at TOA, that will take some time allotments too.
That being said now YOU come up with a great plan for a Fly-Cruise!! We are going to work on this and am looking forward to discussing it!

El and Bill · Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 6:52 pm Post subject:

Whee ooo!! What an idea fly, drive ... Wrangall has an incredible 4th celebration -- one of the biggest we have seen ...

Robbi · Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 10:36 pm Post subject:

Hum, The way I see it, the Daydream south bound will have a captain, first mate and a crew of 32! Shocked

Robbi

El and Bill · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 7:22 am Post subject:

CRUISE WITH DAYDREAM!! Get your name on the list, now, space is going fast ...

We need a sign-up page, Mike -- we'll log on right after Robbi ... just how many folks can a CD 25 carry?? Maybe she can pull a barge and the excess can sit in their boats, on their trailers, on the barge ... like those RV folks do on the Mississippi ...

Pat Anderson · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 10:57 am Post subject:

Patty here. Bill and El---that's quite enough "input" from you, thank you very much!!!

Pat Anderson · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 11:16 am Post subject:

The first option to cruise Daydream south belongs to Tom and Kathy Callahan, and it is under serious consideration in Alexandria, as I understand it!

Another option for the return trip would be to take the Alaska State Ferry from Ketchikan to Bellingham as a foot passenger...does anybody know how long that takes or how much it costs?

Otter-BelleHavenMarina · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 11:44 am Post subject:

This is the old adage about good deeds coming back to you ten-fold. This is a wonderful possibility for summer 2006. It is also the germ of a great idea that I hadn't even considered when we offered the Otter to Pat and Patty for a Chesapeake cruise: C-Dory "Buddies" who live in different parts of the country, exchanging cruising time on their boats. (To all you folks drooling about this Daydream trip: Go find your own buddy! We got dibs!) But seriously, what a great concept. It allows the "traveler" to cruise in distant waters without having to make a long, long trailer trip, and it allows the "local" to do a long one-way trip and know that his boat will be returned by a careful pilot with lots of experience on C-Dorys. For those of us with limited vacation time, that is a huge bonus. (Of course, this means that we may just have to upgrade to a 25-footer in the interest of parity with our buddy!)

The atlas and the calendar are out in the Callahan home. Hope we can make this a reality!

Cheers,

Discovery · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 7:08 pm Post subject:

Pat

This is a trip that we have been talking seriously about for 2006. We would be up for a two month or longer voyage. New TC255 coming whenever they get to #4. We would cruise both directions. Will follow this thred with special interest. Always hoped to be somewhere memorable when I turned 60. This would be as good as it gets.

Brent and Dixie
Cygnet

Jeff and Julie · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 7:45 pm Post subject:

AK ferry between Ketchikan and Bellingham takes about 2 1/2 days, I think. You would leave on a Wednesday and arrive on a Friday or something like that. Passenger only, no stateroom, is $210 this year for summer fares. I have been looking into taking my kids up on the ferry, with a vehicle, and driving back on the ALCAN.

Julie

Robbi · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 7:47 pm Post subject:

Tom and Kathy, You better take them up on this. Smile

A cruise of a lifetime, and you two are (in Tom's words) the "studs" to do it!!! A good deed comes back around. Hope that you can put a plan together.

Pat and Patti, You are too cool! Robbi

jimandlaurie · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 8:26 pm Post subject:

Tom, In talking with Laurie about this idea, she first thought "someone bringing back our boat?, "without us?" Then she remebered that this is the C-Brat Family and that as long as the boats kind of stick together on the return trip, it might be a pretty good idea Pat And Patty came up with... So looks like if you can pass the Tom on Otter test and Pat's test,and Laurie's test we would be up for this idea too...now taking applications hehheh

Alyssa Jean · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 11:10 pm Post subject:

MMMMMMMMMMMM.....I'm thinking.