Here here on the joy of sailing with other Monty's! The crew of Raven (shy folks by nature) enjoyed all the great people met on this adventure and continue to yap about them all the time. It was a pleasure to sail with, visit with, laugh with such a fine and diverse group. I would do it again in a heart beat...and remember we aren't "joiners". Thanks Sean, Jo, Mark and Roberta for all the ideas that I can steal to make Raven a better boat. Oh and if no one picks up Eldor and Dorothy's fixed keel 17 I'm going to dump Raven and steal it for myself.....Oh she goes upwind! Rick M23 Raven #017
-----Original Message----- From: Larry E Yake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 8:32 pm Subject: M_Boats: San Juan rendezvous report Well, another San Juan Islands cruise is in the books. I've been trying o write a trip report for the last couple days, but there is just too uch to put in an e-mail, and it kept turning into a boring log-book-type arrative, so let me just give you some of the highlights. Attendees: David Scobie M15 avid Barnhart M15 Buttercup arry Yake M17 CornDog ary Hyde M17 Hydeaway ldor and Dorothy Eeisen fixed keel M17 Motu Iti ark and Roberta Dvorscak M23 Faith ean and 'Jo Mulligan M23 Dauntless ick and Melanie Agrella M23 Raven ick Lane NonSuch 26 Swoose Destinations: Port of Anacortes, for the opening and final weekends. Moorage at Cap ante Marina. Lots of visitors came down to see the Monty's. Group inner. Various Dubious Awards presentations. "Winners" took their rewards" in good spirit. Sailed on Sean's M23, and tried out my new rifter. WooHoo! Blakely Island Marina. Beautiful little spot. Group BBQ / potluck in he picnic shelter. Mostly light winds, but we stuck to our sails most of he way, are were rewarded with a vigorous sail across Rosario Strait, ighting upwind against the current to reach our port. Joined there by ick and Dave B. Blind Bay anchorage on Shaw Island, after touring East Sound, Orcas sland. Light or no wind to start, but those who kept at it found strong inds funneling into the northern end of East Sound. Sails were reefed, nly to be shaken out again as we came out of the sound to find dying reezes. Motored to Blind Bay for a quiet night on the hook. Kayaks and inghys got some use as we visited from boat to boat. Port of Friday Harbor. Started out motoring, ended up sailing in strong inds and dodging tidal rips. Moorage at the marina. Neat town to xplore. Lots of cool boats to drool on. Stuart Island State Marine Park. Left EARLY to catch favorable tide. reat sail. One tack all the way. A sail I thought might take all day ook less than 3 hours. Shared space on a float dock with picnic tables. ayaks and dinghys used to get to shore for great hikes to view points. everal folks enjoyed a campfire on shore overlooking Prevost Harbor. Sucia Island State Marine Park. Little or no wind until the last stretch rom Orcas to Sucia, then a fine sail in lumpy seas trying to hold a ourse against a northbound tide. Wind trickled out as we drifted into ossil Bay. Shared dock space. (Boats were lining up for our spots when e left Friday.) Beautiful hikes, good sunset. A lousy forecast for Saturday had us sailing for Anacortes on Friday, ith the plan to pull out Sat. am before the rain hit in the afternoon. ood plan, bad forecast. We got soaked Saturday morning as we loaded up or the long drive home. Friday's sail was fun, though, with squirelly inds making us work. Dvorscak's stayed out a couple more days, and after couple wet nights, pulled out in the sunshine. Total miles covered, about 110nm. Only burned 2 gal. of gas. Honorable mention: Mulligans came all the way from Arizona and Eeisens ravelled clear from Texas for this cruise! Tidbits: Floating winch handles are slippery when wet, and they do float. / FRS adios don't. / Companionway latches should have the hinged part on the atch board instead of the sliding hatch cover, or it may flip over and rap you in the cabin. / Fixed keel M17's sail to wind like a tiger. (If otu Iti comes on the market again, that's a fine sailing vessel.) / ean has done a beautiful job on Dauntless, despite his attempts at odesty. / Rick is doing a great job on Raven, a boat which many had ritten off as a lost cause before Agrella's bought her. / Dvorscak's aith still sets the standard for mint condition M23's. / If you stand round on the dock and look hungry, people will feed you. I didn't iscover I forgot my cookstove until Wednesday night when I decided to ake some Jiffy Pop. / Sean's navigation skills improved immensely over he week. "Hey Larry, shouldn't we be turning left around this point?" Um, check your compass, Sean." <grin> It was a great cruise and a great group once again, but then, hey, it ust doesn't get any better than sailing with fellow Monty's. Larry _______________________________________________ ttp://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
