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Well.... being from Colorado, I'm not sure what a shrimp pot is!!! "Pot" here means something else in the San Juans, I think. But... I'll see when the season opens and bring my fly fishing gear and hope to catch some shrimps!
Mid-May trawler charter - San Juan Islands
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Would love to hear your thoughts after the charter. AYC is who we’re probably going with as well.
Enjoy!
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Thanks for posting the picture, that brings back some memories! Still have a book and the T-shirt that I got there over twenty years ago.
I think the friendliest people in the San Juan's are on Stuart. Everyone we met was incredibly chatty and willing to share the history of the place. Met a photographer out at Turn Point lighthouse taking pictures of boats rounding the bend. He had photographed us when we came by the evening before. A quick exchange of business cards and by the time we got home there was a framed picture of our boat as she rounded the turn outside the kelp beds.
Can't wait to get back!
I think the friendliest people in the San Juan's are on Stuart. Everyone we met was incredibly chatty and willing to share the history of the place. Met a photographer out at Turn Point lighthouse taking pictures of boats rounding the bend. He had photographed us when we came by the evening before. A quick exchange of business cards and by the time we got home there was a framed picture of our boat as she rounded the turn outside the kelp beds.
Can't wait to get back!
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We have a free mobile app called the PNW Boaters Guide. You'll likely have a copy of the Waggoner Guide on the boat, which makes for fabulous reading/planning. But when you're out on the water the app gives you marina and state park information right at your fingertips. Download links for Apple and Google here:
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We met a couple somewhere around Deer Harbor (I think) many years ago who had authored a book titled "Gunkholing in the San Juan Islands". They had spent many years finding secluded anchorages in and around the San Juan's and documented it in their book. I thought myself pretty knowledgeable of the most of the holes that would hold a boat until I read that book. Jo Baily & Carl Nyberg were their names and I just dug out an autographed copy of that book. Think it needs another read...
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I have the companion "South Sound" book somewhere.
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Gunkholing the San Juans is great. Jo and Carl's edition is long out of print. Unfortunately I loaned mine out and it never came back home. There is an updated edition out. I haven't read the new one yet.
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It's fun, lots to see, great Natural History Museum. Parliment Buildings have a free tour. You will be able to clear customs there, you'll need passports or real id, I think. You'll then need to clear back into the US in Friday Harbor or come back all the way to Anacordes directly from Canada. The boat must have a license tab (called a transponder) to return to the US, not a big deal, they probably have it. The charter company can help you.
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Worth your time. An easy trip from Stuart Island where you will be getting your T-shirt. Call ahead (charter company will know how) and specify you want "Causeway Floats".
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The waterfront "causeway" (between my boat and hotel in pic above) is always filled with buskers, hustlers, artisans, indigenous art and Chinese whale-watchers. The down-side: there is often a bagpiper.
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How dare you!!!! I'm Irish. Sure, they make your ears bleed. Sure, they make you cry. But, bagpipers are a WIN!
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Ah! But these are Scots. Bludy Prods!
But do be sure you get briefed on the avoidance of constant floatplane traffic in the inner harbor. Easy if you understand the procedures. Scary and embarassing if you don't.
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Oh. Got it. Scottish bagpipers are the worst!
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We are all expecting trip report(s).
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Buckle up! Tons of pictures to follow. Unlike most of you (owners), this is a bucket-list trip and our only time on a trawler. Hoping to determine if it's something we want to do for retirement.
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Especially us former owners.
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One other note. If you do go back and forth there are restrictions both ways on fresh foods, booze and veg. Best to not have much on board and stock up there. You can easily get a cab up to the supermarket in Victoria.
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Enjoy your trip...my adventures, similar to your proposed path started with a 2 week charter out of Comox. Led to a boat search then two great trips of 6 month duration in the Inside Passage.
An interesting Customs story--after a 20 to 30 minute search of the boat they found an apple. Told me I had 3 choices...I could eat the apple NOW, I could give them the apple or if I proceeded with the apple on board I would have to present the apple or the core to Canadian customs when I returned.
An interesting Customs story--after a 20 to 30 minute search of the boat they found an apple. Told me I had 3 choices...I could eat the apple NOW, I could give them the apple or if I proceeded with the apple on board I would have to present the apple or the core to Canadian customs when I returned.
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