2009 Summer Cruising!!!

[danielgoldberg]

Hello all. I've been AWOL from the board for a while. Sorry about that. Work, kids and other commitments have overrun Sailnet time.

So now that the 2008 season is at a close (at least for most of us north of the Mason-Dixon Line), it's time to start planning 2009 cruises. What are you planning to do next summer for your cruising?

As for us, two things. First, we're running the Bermuda rally of course. But perhaps more interesting, my small little yacht club has asked me to organize our club cruise. This is what our current thinking is. Starting Sunday, July 12, our "fleet" is going to gather on Block Island, RI. The next day, Monday, we're going to sail to Cuttyhunk on the Elizabeth Islands. From there, to Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard for a few days, and then on to Nantucket for a couple of days more. Then, the slow slog home back west towards New York in the face of the prevailing southwesterlies. If anyone plans to be in the area, feel free to tag along, as we always welcome guests (well, most guests anyway).

So, with that, what are you planning to do next summer? Let's see who has the most interesting plans brewing.

[Sequitur]

I am currently winding-down my last company, and by the end of December I will have closed its books. This will leave me with nothing but my volunteering duties to distract from the ongoing outfitting and shaking-down of Sequitur, and will give us much additional time to enjoy sailing the British Columbia coast through the winter, spring and into the summer of 2009.

In May 2009 I hand-over my Power & Sail Squadron Commander's gavel, and in mid-August I complete my term as President of the Royal Canadian Numismatic Association. The next day we intend to sail out from Vancouver on a multi-year exploration with no firm itinerary or schedule.

Initially we are thinking of spending a year-and-a-half or so exploring the west coast of South America and then decide from there where to head.

[Faster]

Hi Michael, nice to see you back here!

Sounds like some exciting times ahead for you and yours. Wishing you the best of passages.

There is a WVYC member, a retired pilot, who took his Spencer 1330 down to Patagonia and back, we've seen his presentations of that trip - quite amazing. If you plan to head that far south, best stock up on line for shore ties. His tales of "2 anchors and 5 shorelines" were pretty commonplace there. I've forgotten his name but could look it up if you don't already know him.

Cheers

[camaraderie]

Welcome back for winter sports guys!

[Sequitur]

Originally Posted by Faster

Hi Michael, nice to see you back here!

Sounds like some exciting times ahead for you and yours. Wishing you the best of passages.

Thank you for the kind comments.

Originally Posted by Faster

There is a WVYC member, a retired pilot, who took his Spencer 1330 down to Patagonia and back, we've seen his presentations of that trip - quite amazing. If you plan to head that far south, best stock up on line for shore ties. His tales of "2 anchors and 5 shorelines" were pretty commonplace there.

We certainly intend exploring Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and beyond. As you know, the northern BC coast makes a good practice ground for that area, although with respect to scale and population, it is a bit like riding with training wheels. We will be well prepared with multiple stern ties and anchors and ready for steep-to anchorages.

I've had the good fortune over the years to have known a number of people who have sailed and explored in Tierra del Fuego and around the Horn, and there are currently a few here in the Bluewater Cruising Association with such experience.

[Bene505]

Dan,

I'm planning a trip to Nantuckett in 2009. That's for my wife and I, 4 kids (ages 4 to 12). I was planning to go when the chance of fog diminishes later in the summer (or am I wrong about this?).

Your trip sounds like a fun way to go. Are there other kids on the trip? Which club are you with?

Regards

[Saildoggie]

Plenty of local bouy races and offshore stuff..then of course our annual BVI charter, 10 days aboard one love, a Voyage 440 Premieir Plus cat with all the goodies!
Here's her sistership we chartered this last June:




Some sailing action here:
OnlineBVI.net - Video Hosting for the British Virgin Islands** Sailing Anegada-Trellis, Trellis-Norman Island

[Vasco]

Well, at the risk of pissing some of you off, I'm getting ready for my 08/09 cruising season. The boat up here in Toronto is put to bed and at the end of the month I'll go down to Florida to get Breathless ready for winter cruising. Two weeks (I'm getting slower now) to wax the topsides, paint the bottom, and try to remember what's what and then I'm off to the Bahamas. Nassau to clear in then on to the Exumas, Long Island, maybe Rum Cay and of course the Jumentos. We'll stay there till May and then head north again. I much prefer what's below to snow.

[danielgoldberg]

Originally Posted by Vasco

Well, at the risk of pissing some of you off,

Yup, you're right. I'm PO'd.

[danielgoldberg]

Originally Posted by Bene505

Dan,

I'm planning a trip to Nantuckett in 2009. That's for my wife and I, 4 kids (ages 4 to 12). I was planning to go when the chance of fog diminishes later in the summer (or am I wrong about this?).

Your trip sounds like a fun way to go. Are there other kids on the trip? Which club are you with?

Regards

There definitely are other kids involved, and feel free to tag along (all boats with kids are always on the hunt for other boats with kids; how else are the grown ups ever going to get any peace?). Our boat is ruled by two boys, ages 6 and almost 5 (by the time this summer comes around). In the summer our boat becomes a floating toy store, with everything from Star Wars action figures, to puzzles, to movies, to water toys, etc., etc.

Though there definitely can be fog at or around Nantucket, it's not like Maine. In my experience, the fog is not that big of a deal, and even on the days where there is a decent blanket, it usually burns off by mid morning.

This club is called Sheldrake Yacht Club. Though it is a registered "Yacht Club" founded in 1907, it really is more of a "sailing club" than a "yacht club," if you know what I mean.