Snohomish River Delta Day Cruise

Da Nerd, see what a nice guy Fireman Dave is? He brings maps and some kind of tape to aid safe cruising and greater communication.
What a nice guy Fireman Dave is.
 
I wish I was going tomorrow with you guys, Catman. My GPS is still at the factory getting repaired. I have a large roll of string, but don't think it would be enough. I get lost easily.
 
OK, the departure time is a bit vague - is there a definitive time for cast off lines? I vote for 10:30 am, or as soon as Rev. Dave arrives after 10:30...
 
Wow! What a fabulous day cruise! Thanks to Leo and Dave! And Leo's Toland 18-8 is way cool! I had heard of Steamboat Slough, but what a treat! And like Dave says, going to Marysville wasn't all bad! Too much to see, not enough time! This has to be a twice a year regular cruise! All exclamation points because I am home and STILL pumped!
 
:lol: :o :thup :mrgreen:

Hey, thanks for setting that up. We had a great adventure on Miss Mirth. It feels like we went on a vacation! Now we know another great place to launch too.

Thanks again. We're looking forward to Lake Washington in December.
 
It's good to see I'm not the only "winter boater" Keep up the C-Dorying folks :love
 
Unfortunately, I forgot the camera - put it on to charge, and left without it. BUT, I know that Leo took some fine pictures, and Patty's sister should have a few good shots of the C-Pod at Snohomish, she was waiting for us on the shore there, and we posed a bit for her...We shall see.
 
Yo C-Brats,
For all of you who missed the cruise, I would like to share a few details and highlights. We had a grand total of six boats on this adventure: Miss Mirth (22' Cruiser), Chivita (22' Cruiser), Daydream (22' Cruiser), Bambina (16' Angler), C-Shift (16' Cruiser), and yours truly (Toland 18-8).
We left the ramp shortly after 11:00 am and cruised up the Snohomish River, single file, following Dave in C-Shift. Unusual for November around here, the sun was out and the water was flat! We stayed in constant communication with our vhf radios as Dave guided us upriver to the town of Snohomish. By 1:00 pm we were as far upriver as seemed prudent (just past the boat ramp and railroad bridge) in downtown Snohomish, so we made a 180 and headed back down the river. At the mouth of Steamboat Slough, yours truly took over as tour guide and led the group past an interesting collection of vessels moored at some funky marinas in the slough. We crossed over into Ebey Slough, then circled around Otter Island, back into Steamboat Slough. By 3:00 pm, we cruised under the I-5 bridges and were headed west into Possesion Sound. Up ahead we saw a daunting sight. Three draw bridges were ahead of us with what appeared to be "iffy" vertical clearance. The sign posted on the first bridge stated that a minimum of 4 hours advanced notice was required to open the bridges. We lowered our vhf antennas and slowly passed under the bridges with a foot or so of headroom to spare. With the last of the bridges behind us, we opened ou our mighty Hondas and buzzed out to possesion sound. It was a little unerving to be at least a mile beyond Jetty Island and still see 9 feet on the depth finder. Finally reaching deep water and gathering at the entrance buoys to Port Gardner, we resumed our C-Dory single-file formation and returned to the ramp at 4:10 pm. By 4:45 it was getting dark, and by this time, everyone had their boats back on their trailers and were getting ready to head home. I have covered the highlights of our adventure and I hope that the rest of the gang will share favorite details of this most excellent day cruise.
See you on the water, Leo.
 
What a delightful day! Even though I've explored some of this area before, we cruised areas that I had not been in. We saw a bald eagle as we passed by Everett on the way up to the town of Snohomish. Then as we reached the confluence of Steamboat Slough and Ebey Slough there were two bald eagles perched in the top of a tree. Although, we were concerned about dead heads after the recent flooding we all managed to complete the cruise without any bent props or damaged vessels. (We did see one pumpkin in the flotsam from the recent floods). This was the first time I'd been able to cruise with "Miss Mirth" and "Chivita", and it was great to have them join the group. The only sad thing about a day cruise like this was that we never really got a chance to sit around and talk to get better acquainted! We did discuss doing another similar cruise so we can "cover" some of the areas that we missed on this one. We attempted to get together with Roger of "Sensei" but we kept missing each other as he was busy working hauling potatoes from a nearby farm. Thanks to all of you for making this such a super day! Leo, you picked a perfect weather day for the cruise! Thanks for setting the date and getting this going.
 
I have no idea whatsoever how to post all the photo's I took of the Snohomish gathering to this new web site, so I posted them to Chivita's photo album on the old site. Anyone who knows how to bring them over to this one is welcome to do so. Sure glad we were able to make it to this get together, the day could not have been better Leo! Thanks to all for the perfect cruise.
 
It was a great cruise and a wonderful day. Thanks so verymuch to Dave and Leo for all they did to make the First Annual Snohomish Day Cruise (FASDC) such a hit. :thup
 
Chivita":2zwl05tk said:
I have no idea whatsoever how to post all the photo's I took of the Snohomish gathering to this new web site, so I posted them to Chivita's photo album on the old site. Anyone who knows how to bring them over to this one is welcome to do so.
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Sorry twice, Chivita ol' pal - once for not having the album ready in advance, and once more for not moving your new photos over from MSN. I'm done moving owner album photos - it will just get too unwieldy if I try to keep them in sync with here. That being said, here's how you can upload them here:

- Click here to go to the new " Snohomish River Delta Day Cruise" photo album.

- Click the "add photos" link, and follow the instructions. Anyone who is signed in here can add photos to this album.

Any problems, let me know.

Thanks!

Bill
 
Chivita Dave and all you other Snohomish folks -

That's just too cool. Sounds to me like you all enjoyed yourselves just a little much for this late in the year! Thanks for the stories, and for going out and making them.

I went ahead and copied Chivita's pictures over to the new album. I even pasted the captions and descriptions with them. You might want to check them out to make sure they are all in order. Thanks for those, and we'll be watching for more.

So, just how close was the bottom of that bridge?
 
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