Right on Larry! fun sailing, great people!
--Gary Hyde
Pullman, WA
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M17 sailboat #637 'Hydeaway 2'
We can't change the wind, but we can trim our sails.
On Jun 14, 2007, at 8:32 PM, Larry E Yake wrote:
Well, another San Juan Islands cruise is in the books. I've been
trying
to write a trip report for the last couple days, but there is just too
much to put in an e-mail, and it kept turning into a boring log-
book-type
narrative, so let me just give you some of the highlights.
Attendees:
David Scobie M15
David Barnhart M15 Buttercup
Larry Yake M17 CornDog
Gary Hyde M17 Hydeaway
Eldor and Dorothy Eeisen fixed keel M17 Motu Iti
Mark and Roberta Dvorscak M23 Faith
Sean and 'Jo Mulligan M23 Dauntless
Rick and Melanie Agrella M23 Raven
Dick Lane NonSuch 26 Swoose
Destinations:
Port of Anacortes, for the opening and final weekends. Moorage at Cap
Sante Marina. Lots of visitors came down to see the Monty's. Group
dinner. Various Dubious Awards presentations. "Winners" took their
"rewards" in good spirit. Sailed on Sean's M23, and tried out my new
drifter. WooHoo!
Blakely Island Marina. Beautiful little spot. Group BBQ / potluck in
the picnic shelter. Mostly light winds, but we stuck to our sails
most of
the way, are were rewarded with a vigorous sail across Rosario Strait,
fighting upwind against the current to reach our port. Joined
there by
Dick and Dave B.
Blind Bay anchorage on Shaw Island, after touring East Sound, Orcas
Island. Light or no wind to start, but those who kept at it found
strong
winds funneling into the northern end of East Sound. Sails were
reefed,
only to be shaken out again as we came out of the sound to find dying
breezes. Motored to Blind Bay for a quiet night on the hook.
Kayaks and
dinghys got some use as we visited from boat to boat.
Port of Friday Harbor. Started out motoring, ended up sailing in
strong
winds and dodging tidal rips. Moorage at the marina. Neat town to
explore. Lots of cool boats to drool on.
Stuart Island State Marine Park. Left EARLY to catch favorable tide.
Great sail. One tack all the way. A sail I thought might take all
day
took less than 3 hours. Shared space on a float dock with picnic
tables.
Kayaks and dinghys used to get to shore for great hikes to view
points.
Several folks enjoyed a campfire on shore overlooking Prevost Harbor.
Sucia Island State Marine Park. Little or no wind until the last
stretch
from Orcas to Sucia, then a fine sail in lumpy seas trying to hold a
course against a northbound tide. Wind trickled out as we drifted
into
Fossil Bay. Shared dock space. (Boats were lining up for our spots
when
we left Friday.) Beautiful hikes, good sunset.
A lousy forecast for Saturday had us sailing for Anacortes on Friday,
with the plan to pull out Sat. am before the rain hit in the
afternoon.
Good plan, bad forecast. We got soaked Saturday morning as we
loaded up
for the long drive home. Friday's sail was fun, though, with
squirelly
winds making us work. Dvorscak's stayed out a couple more days, and
after
a 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
travelled clear from Texas for this cruise!
Tidbits:
Floating winch handles are slippery when wet, and they do
float. / FRS
radios don't. / Companionway latches should have the hinged part on
the
hatch board instead of the sliding hatch cover, or it may flip over
and
trap you in the cabin. / Fixed keel M17's sail to wind like a
tiger. (If
Motu Iti comes on the market again, that's a fine sailing vessel.) /
Sean has done a beautiful job on Dauntless, despite his attempts at
modesty. / Rick is doing a great job on Raven, a boat which many had
written off as a lost cause before Agrella's bought her. / Dvorscak's
Faith still sets the standard for mint condition M23's. / If you
stand
around on the dock and look hungry, people will feed you. I didn't
discover I forgot my cookstove until Wednesday night when I decided to
make some Jiffy Pop. / Sean's navigation skills improved immensely
over
the 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
just doesn't get any better than sailing with fellow Monty's.
Larry
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