05/20 - 05/22 - 2016 Friday Harbor CBGT

Mahalo to Greg, Cindy (and Aven) for all the organization etc. We had a fun, but quick, trip. We only visited with 1/4 of the people we thought we would, but with the late start, the shrimping and rain on Saturday night...us working stiffs get up early and go to bed early as a result. :wink:

Good as always to see Ruth & Joe; seems Ruth and I are "cousins". :lol: Always enjoyable to visit with Barry & Patti and Roger & Janet. Some of your favorite people. We ended up home Sunday with a ton of shrimp and ran into Brett and Dion (sp?) while the pots soaked. We ended up heading back to Bellingham at the same time.

Hopefully, one year we can bring out two older g-kids to enjoy the weekend.
 
After a week of cruising the San Juans and Whidbey Island area following the FH gathering we are now back in Friday Harbor. Had a great adventure but sure looking forward to getting back to Canada and warmer weather, lol.
Should be home by Tuesday and will let you good folks know what we have been up to.
I did update myself regarding the Powell River gathering. There seems to be a little concern about crossing the Georgia Strait! If you have crossed Rosario Strait and Haro Strait, then Georgia Strait is no different. Doesn't take long to cross, just take the usual precautions and listen to the marine weather forecast.

Martin and Andrea.
 
Martin,

:lol: :lol: :lol:

The "warm weather" is just starting. By next weekend we are looking into the 80's ..... again.

We just cooled off for the Friday harbor weekend so our friends from the north would be able to feel at home.

:wink: :wink: :wink:

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

PS, Glad you had a good cruise and hope teh trip home goes well too.

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Roger,

Nice job on the video. (If someone missed it go back to the post by rogerbum on the previous page > p-10< and if you don't have Face Book, click on the play triangle in the video pix anyway and it will play.

(some times if you only have face block, you have to be creative to get past the gates.)

Thanks for posting that Roger, and you did a nice job of walking the crowded dock without a mishap.)

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

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Sorry to have missed a great gathering, we had a couple issues one my passport renewal didn't make it in time and my aunt went into hospital on the 18th with stage 4 colon cancer. We decided to stay local as she is not expected to come out of hospital. Instead we cruised the Gulf Islands all our favorite places Pirates Cove, Princess Cove on Wallace, Ganges on the Victoria Long weekend!!!!! Yikes busy lotta fun, first time to Saturna tied at the fuel dock/gov't dock very quiet, thru the canal between the Penders, Cow Bay and Genoa Bay and back to Pirates then thru False Narrows to Nanaimo.
The only real wind we saw was 25 knots and 3 ft chop up from Cow Bay to Pirates Cove. Passed a Selene 53 and Chris Craft 38 that headed for dubious shelter in Clam Bay while wee Kerri On just dialed in 11 knots and bow trimmed down and cruised. Tossed some spray but no worries
Very nice circuit of the Island. We stayed 3 days in Cow Bay and took the local bus to Duncan to visit my aunt, my mom and sister flew in to visit also and do some end of life prep with my aunt. Sad and freeing at the same time. Makes one appreciate time on the water. Next up in a few weeks we tow inland to Okanogan lake and Shuswap and then over to Upper/Lower Arrow and Kootenay lakes
See you next year at FH
Carolyn and George
Oh yeah we officially were married May 8!!!!!! Living on little boats is a good relationship tester, ours works great!
 
A bit late but thabk you Greg and Cindy for a great event. This was my second C-dory gathering and I was so pleased to see how many great folks are invoved. Anna and I are looking forward to many more!
 
What a blast we had, thanks again to all who attended. Catch up with old friends, make new ones, this is what the gathering is all about. Oh yeah, talk about C-Dory's as well.
After FH we headed for a buoy at Cypress Island with Blake (chowder man) & Rhonda, Corey & Toni. Next day C&T had to depart. B&R and us then headed for Anacortes, next day, La Connor. B&T then had to return to warm Canada for a wedding, leaving us to shiver our buns off :)
Andrea and I then headed off to check out Coupeville. Lovely quaint little town. Now it was time to turn north and seek that elusive sunshine. We stayed at Deception Pass marina before heading back to Friday harbor to look in on the Memorial Day parade. We find the Americans very patriotic and this was no exception.
Heading north now for Canada and the weather warms up and the sun comes out :D
Spent the last night at Schooner Cove just north of Nanaimo, then back to our home marina in Comox.

For those of you who are interested, running time from Friday Harbor to Comox at approx 14 knots was 7hrs 30 mins. So I sure hope to see a lot of you at the annual Canadian gathering, this year hosted by Ron in Powell River.

Martin and Andrea.
 
Martin, Thanks for the post with the timing. That's good useful info to have in the box.

As to going north for the warm. We were close to 80 yesterday and more for this weekend. But I know, Seems it always seems better at home. Glad you had a safe trip back, and it was good to get to see you two at Friday Harbor. Looking forward to more visits come some summer cruising.

Stay safe, And thank to Andrea for her part in keeping the waters safe.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

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I just got home tonight. It was wonderful to meet so many wonderful people.

I spent about a week traveling around the San Juans and spent part of that time with Two Bears and Sea Spray. It was great to get to know both of you.

I will say it did get warmer as soon as I got back to Canada. I can't believe how cold it was down south.

Thanks again to everyone.
 
We also just got home in California today. It was great to see people we had not seen in several years and to meet new friends. We left a few days early from our plans since Karen got a cough and the cold night air was not helping her.

Now we are in hot weather and miss the Islands.

Thanks for putting together a great gathering.
 
Glad to hear both C-Gypsy and Sea Spray of home safe, and warmed up. It was great to see you at Friday harbor and fun to work on the MMSI stuff. thanks for the help on that.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

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