Four days till launch!

The Montgomery Owners' San Juan and Gulf Islands Cruise is about to begin! Sailors from Washington, Utah, Oregon, California, Arizona, and even Texas are converging on Anacortes, WA for the start of a two week group cruise through the San Juan and Candian Gulf Islands.

My friend, Larry Yake, has once again invited other Montgomery owners to join him for a journey through these beautiful world-class cruising waters. It looks as though there will be around 17 boats/crews joining in for the two-week long trip. There is a tentative itinerary planned, although each crew will decide for themselves when and where they will cruise. Some will choose to layover at certain locations while others change their venue every day. Many of the boats will be returning after having participated in previous Montgomery San Juan Cruises, while others will be attending their first.
 
The tentative itinerary looks like this:
 
Fri/Sat June  12/13 - Crews arrive in Anacortes, launch and get acquainted.
Sun 6/14    -    Blakely Island Marina
Mon 6/15 -      Blind Bay of Friday harbor
Tues 6/16   -    Friday Harbor
Wed 6/17    -    Garrison Bay
Thurs 6/18    -   Stuart Island Prevost Harbor
Friday 6/19    -  South Pender Island Poets Cove
Sat    6-20    -   Ganges
Sun    6-21    -  Montegue Harbor
Mon    6/22    -  Wallace Island Conover Cove
Tues 6/23    -    Bird's Eye Cove
Wed 6/24    -    Port of Sidney
Thurs 6/25    -   Roche Harbor
Friday 6/26    -  Blakely Island
Sat 6/27       -   Anacortes
 
Weather and personal preferences will modify the itinerary for sure, but that's the basic layout.
 
As for us, well we have a little "extra" adventure ahead of us in order to participate, on a couple of levels. First we have a 1500 mile drive/tow each way from our home in AZ to Anacortes, and second, we have a new deckhand on board for the first time. He's only 4 months old,  40lbs and growing, has four paws and goes by the name of "Bosun."

The plan is 500 miles per day for three days starting tomorrow. We'll head out to Salt Lake City, then Boise, and then push on to Anacortes. Departure is set for 0'dark 30 in the morning tomorrow. Hopefully for our sake it'll be an uneventful trip up—of course for those of you reading this, some "adventure" will make better reading! We are hoping to save the adventures for the sailing portion of the trip.

 

I will try to post once a day throughout the trip if we have the luxury of Wifi.
So, that's the plan. Fuel tanks are full, trailer is hooked up, dog food aboard....let's go! See ya in Salt Lake tomorrow night!
 
—Sean, 'Jo and Bosun   M23 Dauntless