Salish 100 now has its own Facebook page/group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/285180382147515/ Great way to challenge oneself, in company, in a great cruising area: Puget Sound!!! :: Dave Scobie :: M17 #375 SWEET PEA - https://m17-375.com/ <http://www.m17-375.webs.com> FOR SALE! :: SV SWALLOW - https://sv-swallow.com :: Montgomery 6'8" #650 :: Truck camper - https://truckpopupcamper.wordpress.com/ :: Ramblings - https://scoobsramblings.wordpress.com/ :: former M15 owner #288 - http://www.freewebs.com/m15-name-scred On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 10:18 AM Dave Scobie <scoobscobie@gmail.com> wrote:
... Salish 100 information as of this email (I copied it from the PT Pocket Yachters Facebook page) -
June 22-28, 2019 SALISH 100 Small-Boat Cruise, running the length of Puget Sound from Olympia to Port Townsend, Washington.
We've had an enthusiastic response and lots of sign-ups since announcing the event here recently, and we’ve added one stop to the itinerary: On the first day, because it might take awhile to get the entire fleet into the water and heading north, we’ve shortened Day One’s distance, now going from Olympia to Hope Island Marine State Park (#1), just south of Squaxin Island.
The following days we plan to overnight at the following destinations before reaching Port Townsend, at the northern entrance to Puget Sound:
Penrose Point State Park (#2) Gig Harbor (#3) Blake Island Marine State Park (#4) Kingston Marina (#5) Mats Mats Bay (#6) …and then Port Townsend by the 28th.
Boaters will be shuttled back to Olympia after reaching Port Townsend, to get their tow rigs and empty boat trailers. The event is being organized by the Port Townsend Pocket Yachters, and sponsored by Duckworks Magazine and Duckworks Boat Builders Supply.
If you’d like to sign up, or ask questions, email organizer Marty Loken at Norseboater22@gmail.com
The cruise will include several larger Motherships (including Pete Leenhouts' classic 47' RIPTIDE) that’ll provide general support, including tows to each day’s destination (if necessary). The route and schedule are being planned on the assumption of light sailing winds…so each day’s destinations should be easy for slower boats, rowers or others who tend to have lower cruising speeds. If we encounter days with stronger southerly winds, and if boaters prefer, we might leapfrog certain destinations and sail directly to the next stop. (So, in other words, the SALISH 100 is being planned as a week-long event, but it’s conceivable–depending on weather and the mix of boats participating–that the 100 water miles could be covered in, say, 5 or 6 days.)
Costs? As usual with Pocket Yachters events, there will be NO REGISTRATION FEES. Costs for individual boaters should be restricted to launching and parking of tow rigs and trailers at Swantown Marina in Olympia; fuel for kicker motors; any campsite or moorage fees incurred at state parks; food carried by cruisers or possibly purchased along the way; and ramp fees at Boat Haven Marina in Port Townsend, when boats are pulled out of the water at the end of the cruise. That's it!
Tent camping ashore will be an option almost every night, but we expect most SALISH 100 participants will sleep aboard their boats. Motherships will be able to carry any extra fuel or food items if smaller boats need that kind of "overload" assistance. And, of course, we'll employ the buddy system all the way, staying in touch with one another to be sure everyone arrives at each daily destination safely. If winds are too calm for sailing, we'll offer tows. If winds are too ferocious, we might experience "weather days," where we hunker down, drink coffee and wait for conditions to improve. Our main goal, as always, will be to have a great adventure together, with safety as a constant priority.
This will be a terrific small-boat cruise, most likely involving the usual variety of late-June weather; some strong currents running our direction in places; fantastic beach-camping locations for those who want to tent camp ashore; and everything from hidden back bays to bigger, open crossings in the company of others. And prizes will be awarded at the finish line for everyone who successfully completes the first-ever SALISH 100!
: Dave Scobie :: M17 #375 SWEET PEA - m17-375.com :: M6'8" #650 :: SV SWALLOW - sv-swallow.com
On Fri, Nov 23, 2018, 9:08 AM Peter Zimowsky via montgomery_boats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com wrote:
What is the Salish 100. Might want to do that. Our usual route each summer is Anacortes Spencer Spit Rosario Friday H Roche Sucia and Blakey Pete M377
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On Nov 22, 2018, at 21:20, Rusty Knorr via montgomery_boats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
So Steve....about that....😇
I heard that the Montgomery owners group is not really doing owners group cruises in Puget Sound any more. Is that because the group has been more or less rolled up into the Potter Yachters? I really want to do as many group sails as possible, I think it’s so much more fun sailing with a group, and I’m hoping to see a lot of Montys on the water. I’m signed up for the Salish 100, and will do the Palooza Crooza, but I’m hoping for more group sails throughout the summer. Maybe we need to resurrect the owners group cruise?
Looking forward to this summer!
Rusty