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Old 05-02-2019, 11:01 PM   #21
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Tom, any chance you'll swing by Bellingham on the way up? I'd buy you a beer. You know the brand!
I will keep that in mind. Friday Harbor tommow then we will be meeing up with some Canadian friend. Open invite? Hare you cruiesing this year?
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Old 05-02-2019, 11:28 PM   #23
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We got into Neah Bay this evening. Confused seas all the way up. The ride was 13 hours
Wifey B: I love that term, confused seas. Seas aren't confused, but we sure are in trying to figure them out.
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Old 05-03-2019, 10:41 AM   #24
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I will keep that in mind. Friday Harbor tommow then we will be meeing up with some Canadian friend. Open invite? Hare you cruiesing this year?
We are in town and can connect with you if you stop by Bham. Fuel is cheaper here than Friday harbor if you wanted to fill up before Canada. The transient dock has had room on it lately. Our cruising plans are in flux due to a family issue that has popped up.

Send me a pm if you're coming and we'll get together.
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We are heading slowly in the direction of Sitka. Our plan is to depart Anacortes (Skyline) on Saturday May 4th. Hope to see you along the way. We will have Garmin tracking turned on.


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Making this trip next year. Appreciate your post and all the details you can provide.
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They are at Friday Harbor as of a few minutes ago.

I’m having an AA to celebrate! Cheers!
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Old 05-03-2019, 07:18 PM   #28
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They are at Friday Harbor as of a few minutes ago.

I’m having an AA to celebrate! Cheers!
John, what's the timing on your Mexico trip?
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Old 05-03-2019, 07:36 PM   #29
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John, what's the timing on your Mexico trip?
Hi Ken,

Were at home in Vegas, finishing up a ton of personal stuff. We fly back up to the boat in Portland, end of the month and hope to cross the bar around the 1st of July for the trip south. Gonna do mostly day hops all the way down and expect to play like tourists as we most likely wont be coming back up the west coast.

Ill try and post the trip on a separate post for anyone that’s interested.

All though we will miss our cruising buddies Tom and Kay, I’m sure we will meet up with many of the TFer’s as we head south.

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Kalama to Friday Harbor

We started this trip at the fuel dock in Kalama WA. What a pain in the butt! The machine would only give you $150 at a time. We took on over $300 gallons, so the $150 at a time to awhile.

We overnight in Astoria for the bar crossing the next morning. The bar was nice and smooth and once clear of the second green can, we turned NW for Cape Flattery. Normally from Astoria to Neah Bay is 12 hours. It took us 13 hours as the seas were all confused and we were head into a current. When we finally reached Cape Flattery the seas died down and easy cruising into Neah Bay. It would appear the red buoy at Cape Flattery was removed and a AIS buoy is now in its place. These ginger candy things also work great if your your tummy is a little upset!

We had a nice quiet night in Neah Bay, we awoke to glass seas and no wind! So, we went to the fuel dock. I swore I would never fuel here because of wind and the rudeness of the fuel dock attendant. This time, the young man helped tie us up and we took on 320 gallons of fuel. Price was $2.79 a gallon.

The cruise from Neah Bay to Friday Harbor was a nice calm relaxing cruise. We did have to dodge a few cruise ships, just arriving to Puget Sound from points south. The tourist season has begun.
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Tom,

Good to see you were wearing your “Life Alert” around your neck, LOL!
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We are in town and can connect with you if you stop by Bham. Fuel is cheaper here than Friday harbor if you wanted to fill up before Canada. The transient dock has had room on it lately. Our cruising plans are in flux due to a family issue that has popped up.

Send me a pm if you're coming and we'll get together.
Ken, if circumstances keep you closer to home, we might connect. We'll be generally within the Salish Sea. Only
dates certain are Friday Harbor on July 16, Ganges in the 19th and23rd. Desolation Sound in August; might get as far as the Broughtons.
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Ken, if circumstances keep you closer to home, we might connect. We'll be generally within the Salish Sea. Only
dates certain are Friday Harbor on July 16, Ganges in the 19th and23rd. Desolation Sound in August; might get as far as the Broughtons.
Bill..I'll be in contact. We'd like to cross paths with you this summer.
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2.79/gallon!!
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2.79/gallon!!
That's an awesome price. 0.98CAD/liter.
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Tom, you jerk, you're just trying to make me more jealous, aren't you.


It's working. Have a great trip.


I'll be watching.
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Bill..I'll be in contact. We'd like to cross paths with you this summer.

Stay in touch. I'm in Tacoma, varnishing, but got to back to Ashland Wed. to supervise bathroom remodel.
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Ken, we will connect. I will be stocking up on AA.

Our next stop will be Fossil Bay on Sucia Island tomorrow. No schedule. We do want to be in Sitka mid June.

Question: Where do you stay while in Sitka?
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Ken, we will connect. I will be stocking up on AA.

Our next stop will be Fossil Bay on Sucia Island tomorrow. No schedule. We do want to be in Sitka mid June.

Question: Where do you stay while in Sitka?
The Sitka harbormaster will likely put you in the Eliason docks where most of the transient slips are. As you approach Sitka heading south, once you pass through the breakwater Eliason is the first group of docks on your left. Harbor operations there are well-run. If you're going to be around there for several weeks, ask them about giving you a monthly rate...might save some bucks. We normally do this in Craig when the salmon are in.
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Speaking of the Craig area, if you haven't seen the west side of Prince of Wales island, you should try it. Inside Dall island on the lower west side of POW is Cordova bay. Very few boats go there, great fishing and prawning. The upper section of the west side of POW is El Capitan, Davidson inlet and sea otter sound. Another great area and not heavily travelled. Great bottom fishing at Corontion and Warren islands if ocean conditions allow.
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