Late season boating on NW waters

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Way up-off my gps chart! I tie up just on the west side of the second bridge. There is a big storage warehouse up the hill across the road. I haven't explored any further, but a google earth shows docks a little further along. The river depth is about 8 feet all the way up to there, although only about 2.5 feet for about 500 yds when entering the river. Follow the bouys. Once in the river it's fine, stay below 5mph. Nice cruise for the kids, ducks and heron.
 
You can go quite a ways up the sammamish river up into Bothell and beyond. I have gone up to Bothell landing in downtown bothell on many occasions. In fact in the summer on friday evenings they have music in the park, Each week they have a different band down to play at bothell landing, one week it will be country the next rock, they mix it up quite a bit. A real hoot for sure. I have gone quite a ways past that in a smaller boat and you could do it in a CDory, but up in woodinville I believe there are a couple drop offs you cant get upriver of. Definitly be careful though there are a couple spots to watch. How do you like your spot Marty? I see your boat daily, I live just a couple houses down from where you are moored. I have seen you go by a few times, you guys are getting some good use down here.

Sark
 
Sark-We just love it there. The owners have done everything possible to accomodate Dotty and me. They even moved that 30+ footer so Dotty could use the float. We enjoy the river part of the journey even more than the Lake. I see your boat on the trailer under cover. I'll probably bring Lizzie home in a week or two. Dotty's getting her other knee replaced over the winter. Hopefully we can come back next year. What a beautiful place you live. We are so grateful to have shared it for a few months.
 
Sure sounds like fun. What kind of current is there in the "River"?
Marty, How are you holding up under the Knee thing. and Best to Doty. Deena just went through a TKJ and is trying to decide on the next one. Tough descision.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
 
Harvey-The current is not a factor in manuevering. Were fine, just fine, especially when compared to some others we know. Thanks for asking. Get out on that boat. It'll do wonders for you. :smiled
 
The Sammamish river has a very slow current most of the year, if we get some really big rains, it gets deeper and runs faster, but most of the time it's quite slow. That's one of the reasons it's known as the "slough". I thought it was interesting that it's off the Map on my GPS too, It is navigable quite a ways up and always has been, heck alot of pretty big boats come up and down the slough regularly.

Marty- I'm glad you guys have enjoyed it. It is a special area to us. My wife grew up on the river, as did her father. The marina was built by Her grandfather, as was the golf course. If you can come back next year you should really check out music in the park, it is quite cool.

Sark
 
It was a great day for a fall cruise on Mayfield Lake. We took the Mary Ellen up today and enjoyed a nice lunch on the water. The Wallas stove felt great, as it was a little cold. Their were very few boats out today. The weather was perfect. We went up the river between Mayfield and Riffe Lake and the senery was very nice. We put a total of 14 relaxing miles on the boat. I will post a few pics of the trip and also post a pic of the new boat shop. We just finished building our retirement home and I finally got a shop that the boat fits in and I can actually do some work without moving everything. I guess retirement does have its perks.
 
Big Mac,

Mayfield is one of my favorite lakes! I went to high school in Centralia and we used to go fishing at Riffe all the time.
I can't wait to see the pictures!

Julie
 
Somewhat warm, not much wind - so decided to launch our 16 Cruiser. Haven't had it in fresh water, so put in at Magnuson Park on Lake Washington. Motored through ship canal to locks, back, north along east shore of Lake Washington, then return to Magnuson. Had a great time - lots to see along ship canal. Temperature was great (wore long sleeved T-shirt) and L. Washington was really smooth. We'll try to take the boat out every month this winter.
 
Followed Sarks advice and toodled further east on Sammamish River to downtown Bothell. Just as beautiful as the part from the lake, but a little shallower, maybe 4 foot mostly, down to two foot at spots. . Thanks Sark!
 
No problem Marty- There are a couple shallow spots to watch out for. My mother and father in law have taken their 30 foot bayliner all the way up there so a Cdory should be no problem.



Sark
 
Late season boating in the PNW looks pretty darn good for the next few days. :hot Hope to see some other C-Dorys out on the south sound Monday and Tuesday. I just love this time of year on the water.

Robbi
 
Marty,

Spotted your trailer Saturday at the launch. Couldnt hang around to watch you come in. You were probably reclining on that main...I had to go chum fishing on Snoqualmie. My friend managed to land an old king.
 
Robbi":1arsguuf said:
Late season boating in the PNW looks pretty darn good for the next few days. :hot
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I noticed that too! Calm calm calm...or 10 knots or so.

I could go out, but I'm not really sure I should with my foredeck hatch duct-taped in place!



More on that here. Suffice to say that I'm ready for some late-season boating, but my boat's not QUITE ready...yet.

Once THIS project is done, then, surely, it will be Ready For Sea. Um...won't it? I hope so.
 
Usually when you make plans, it is the weather that fouls it up. Not this time. It is an absolutely beautiful day today. But the new impeller is in California. None to be had in the Seattle area (so says the mechanic). :crook The motor will be ready tomorrow at about 2pm. Bummer.

Tim, that tape job looks real nice. Red Green gone neat.

Robbi
 
For those of us in the Pacific Northwest, we have great weather coming in for the next 4 or 5 days. The timing is good for Thanksgiving weekend. Any one planning on doing some cruising? It is going to be nice :hot !

Robbi

For those of you on the other coast, I hear that is going to be near 70 tomorrow around the Chesapeake Bay. Not bad for winter cruising.
 
Robbi":3j6ebitg said:
For those of us in the Pacific Northwest, we have great weather coming in for the next 4 or 5 days. The timing is good for Thanksgiving weekend. Any one planning on doing some cruising? It is going to be nice :hot !
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Got Dakota in the water - heading out of Everett tomorrow as soon as the fog lifts. Plan to be out fishing around Possession Point. Bringing along my nephew - his first time on a C-Dory and first time fishing these waters. It will sort of be like the blind leading the blind. Should be fun.

Cheers,
Tom
 
Putting C-Cakes in the water tomorrow morning and heading up to the Gulf Islands for a few days. Probably Sidney first. The weather gods are smiling and we're going to thank them.
 
I took my kids over to Blake Island yesterday, where we arrived after dark due to a late start. I'm getting more and more experience at this after-hours boating! It was overcast, but the full moon still lit everything up reasonably well.

There were more boat at Blake Island than I expected...mostly larger boats with nice quiet heaters. We were running short on kerosene for the Wallas, so I decided to turn it off and save some for breakfast. WOW it gets cold aboard a C-Dory sitting in 40-degree water surrounded by 35-degree air...yikes. We were all cuddled up in the V-berth with polartech blankets and a pair of cheap zip-together sleeping bags.

I've decided to dump those crappy sleeping bags in favor of a genuine V-berth shaped sleeping bag. Ideally, I'd like a semi-heavy sleeping bag with a zip-out fleece liner, so that during August one could use the fleece by itself, and when it was really cold use both, and in the shoulder seasons use just the main sleeping bag without the fleece. Don't know if this product exists, but that's what I want!

We went over to Poulsbo for lunch today, meeting up with my sister and family (from Port Townsend) and my dad (from Portland, but visiting PT for the holiday, heading home today). This worked out great, because otherwise we wouldn't have seen them at all this Thanksgiving weekend.

Really, you couldn't ask for better conditions: light wind, clear visibility, full moon, and on a weekend so the kids were both out of school. Not sure we'll get the same confluence of favorable factors twice in a single winter.
 
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