What will be your longest cruise of the summer? Will you be sticking close to home and popping out for day sails, or taking the summer and heading across the 'Stream? Where are you headed this summer and how long will you be there? Share your summer cruising plan here, then vote in this week's Quick Quiz at the bottom of the home page.
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Yawn!
I just plan on lazing about on my pretty little baby. Maybe a weekend out but no more than that. Now if I move to Seattle....
LaDonna
I just plan on lazing about on my pretty little baby. Maybe a weekend out but no more than that. Now if I move to Seattle....
LaDonna8 days in CT, LI, and RI
We are planning to do a cruise with our yacht club to Mystic, Eastern Long Island, and Block Island. This is our first summer with the boat and we are hoping to have a lot of fun. We just did a quick two day sail to Cuttyhunk and back over the weekend. Les Murray s/v Ceilidh 86 C-36 #560
We are planning to do a cruise with our yacht club to Mystic, Eastern Long Island, and Block Island. This is our first summer with the boat and we are hoping to have a lot of fun. We just did a quick two day sail to Cuttyhunk and back over the weekend. Les Murray s/v Ceilidh 86 C-36 #560
We're outta here for about a month..
Starting on July 13th. Will be going to Block Island, Cuttyhunk, Hadley harbor, P-Town, Boston, Newport,and a bunch of less known spots in between. Toward the end of our vacation we will be in Mystic for the Rendezvous. Hope to see some of you folks along the way.
Starting on July 13th. Will be going to Block Island, Cuttyhunk, Hadley harbor, P-Town, Boston, Newport,and a bunch of less known spots in between. Toward the end of our vacation we will be in Mystic for the Rendezvous. Hope to see some of you folks along the way.
2 weeks
We plan to take our Hunter 460, Liberty, from Annapolis, MD to Block Island nonstop then 1 week in NE including the rendezvous in Mystic. Will take second week to tour LIS, New York City and return via Atlantic City. Good thing she holds 100 gallons of diesel.
We plan to take our Hunter 460, Liberty, from Annapolis, MD to Block Island nonstop then 1 week in NE including the rendezvous in Mystic. Will take second week to tour LIS, New York City and return via Atlantic City. Good thing she holds 100 gallons of diesel.
Going Home, Baltimore to Kemah
With mixed emotions, we must sail Yaga back to Kemah this summer (2200 plus NM). We really have enjoyed our many cruises around the bay. Last weekend we spent 5 days going from Baltimore to Oxford, Annapolis, Botkin Creek and back. If time permits on our way around Florida, we will cruise the northwest coast of Cuba before crossing the Gulf of Mexico.
With mixed emotions, we must sail Yaga back to Kemah this summer (2200 plus NM). We really have enjoyed our many cruises around the bay. Last weekend we spent 5 days going from Baltimore to Oxford, Annapolis, Botkin Creek and back. If time permits on our way around Florida, we will cruise the northwest coast of Cuba before crossing the Gulf of Mexico.
350 miles and 3 weeks out.
We sail on the Columbia River behind Grand Coulee Dam. 35 miles from home in NE Washington State. We moor our H26 at the Kettle Falls Marina and have 102 miles on Lake Roosevelt to the dam. There are 3 rivers total that make up this resevoir and all are navigable, thus, adding the additional miles to our trip.. There are only a handfull of marinas on this lake as it is mamaged by the National Park Service and even fewer leased home sites. Almost all the overnight stays are on the hook or tied up next to a sandy beach, usually by your self. We are taking 3 weeks to do the trip without any agenda or trip plans other than what we decide at the moment. Ray & Maria s/v Speedy
We sail on the Columbia River behind Grand Coulee Dam. 35 miles from home in NE Washington State. We moor our H26 at the Kettle Falls Marina and have 102 miles on Lake Roosevelt to the dam. There are 3 rivers total that make up this resevoir and all are navigable, thus, adding the additional miles to our trip.. There are only a handfull of marinas on this lake as it is mamaged by the National Park Service and even fewer leased home sites. Almost all the overnight stays are on the hook or tied up next to a sandy beach, usually by your self. We are taking 3 weeks to do the trip without any agenda or trip plans other than what we decide at the moment. Ray & Maria s/v Speedy
Next summer...
Nothing much this summer, nowhere more than a couple of hundred miles away. But, NEXT summer.....the faithful H33, Casual Water, will have crossed much of the Pacific and the Equator and will be moseying through French Polynesia... Knock on wood, and wish me luck!
Nothing much this summer, nowhere more than a couple of hundred miles away. But, NEXT summer.....the faithful H33, Casual Water, will have crossed much of the Pacific and the Equator and will be moseying through French Polynesia... Knock on wood, and wish me luck!
Done Been!
I just got back to East TN from a 7 day bareboat charter from Punta Gorda to The Dry Tortugas, Key West and back to Punta Gorda. Four guys from our club and I chartered "Wind Daze", an Island Packet 44, from Yachting Vacations at Burnt Store Marina for the adventure. It was hot and we managed to dodge several heavy T-Storms but it was a grand trip. I made the same trip about 6 yrs. ago and it just gets better each time! I've got a picture of sunrise in the Dry Tortugas in the Boats Section of HOW. For the rest of the summer, "Honey Bear", my 25.5, will be staying close to home daysailing and weekending. Dick Vance
I just got back to East TN from a 7 day bareboat charter from Punta Gorda to The Dry Tortugas, Key West and back to Punta Gorda. Four guys from our club and I chartered "Wind Daze", an Island Packet 44, from Yachting Vacations at Burnt Store Marina for the adventure. It was hot and we managed to dodge several heavy T-Storms but it was a grand trip. I made the same trip about 6 yrs. ago and it just gets better each time! I've got a picture of sunrise in the Dry Tortugas in the Boats Section of HOW. For the rest of the summer, "Honey Bear", my 25.5, will be staying close to home daysailing and weekending. Dick Vance
7 1/2 weeks to North Channel
My wife and I will be leaving on ORION, our 1995 Hunter 40.5 June 28 from Holland, MI for a cruise up Lake Michigan and into Lake Huron and the North Channel. We plan to return on August 18. This will be 50% longer than our previious long cruises of 5 weeks. We have gone to the North Channelmost every summer for the past 10-12 years.
My wife and I will be leaving on ORION, our 1995 Hunter 40.5 June 28 from Holland, MI for a cruise up Lake Michigan and into Lake Huron and the North Channel. We plan to return on August 18. This will be 50% longer than our previious long cruises of 5 weeks. We have gone to the North Channelmost every summer for the past 10-12 years.
North Channel II
I envy you, Jim! Over seven weeks - Wow! We've been chartering in the North Channel for the past several summers (a week at a time). This summer we'll be taking a week to sail from Chicago to the Michigan shore, however. Our first extended cruise aboard our "new" (1995) Hunter 336! I'm so excited - like a kid with a new toy (hmmm, that wouldn't be me, would it?). Ned and Tani Strain s/v Family Therapy
I envy you, Jim! Over seven weeks - Wow! We've been chartering in the North Channel for the past several summers (a week at a time). This summer we'll be taking a week to sail from Chicago to the Michigan shore, however. Our first extended cruise aboard our "new" (1995) Hunter 336! I'm so excited - like a kid with a new toy (hmmm, that wouldn't be me, would it?). Ned and Tani Strain s/v Family Therapy
Coastal cruise
W'll spent 3 weeks off French Riviera , including round-trip to Porquerolles Islands next july. Quiet coastal navigation , Mistral permitting !!!!!
W'll spent 3 weeks off French Riviera , including round-trip to Porquerolles Islands next july. Quiet coastal navigation , Mistral permitting !!!!!
Block Island, Long Island
Getting ready to leave Friday. Only taking one week in July and one in August. Leaving Narragansett Bay on Friday and heading to Block Island. Then an open water jaunt to the Peconic Bays of eastern Long Island for a few days. Will break away from 2 other boats as they continue to the CT shore while we head back to Narry Bay. In August,another week. Planning on attending the Hunter rendezvous in Mystic, CT and returning to the Bay. First time in 7-8 years that we haven't taken two weeks back-to-back (bummer).
Getting ready to leave Friday. Only taking one week in July and one in August. Leaving Narragansett Bay on Friday and heading to Block Island. Then an open water jaunt to the Peconic Bays of eastern Long Island for a few days. Will break away from 2 other boats as they continue to the CT shore while we head back to Narry Bay. In August,another week. Planning on attending the Hunter rendezvous in Mystic, CT and returning to the Bay. First time in 7-8 years that we haven't taken two weeks back-to-back (bummer).
Well, I Retired May First, Four Weeks Cruising
..so far just local. Catalina Island three times. Local harbors. Leaving this weekend for Los Angeles/San Diego race. About 20 to 30 hours. Then hop our way up the SoCal coast and wind up for a week (again) in Catalina. I know this sounds really boring, so you guys working hard... take comfort in my misery. Nothing like Giovanni's French Riviera. Besides, only the guys are topless:>( Just added a Guardian spare anchor and 250' rode. That Guardian is nice the way it knocks down. Also a third the weight of my Bruce.
..so far just local. Catalina Island three times. Local harbors. Leaving this weekend for Los Angeles/San Diego race. About 20 to 30 hours. Then hop our way up the SoCal coast and wind up for a week (again) in Catalina. I know this sounds really boring, so you guys working hard... take comfort in my misery. Nothing like Giovanni's French Riviera. Besides, only the guys are topless:>( Just added a Guardian spare anchor and 250' rode. That Guardian is nice the way it knocks down. Also a third the weight of my Bruce.
Bringing her home for the first time...........
I have a new Catalina 36MKII being delivered to my dealer in Bellingham in mid-July so my first cruise will be a two day back to Seattle with an overnight stop at a friend's mooring buoy (which we're putting in this weekend) on Whidbey Island. I'll be mooring her on Lake Union at my office marina and will be living aboard. I plan to do a lot of afternoons and evenings on Seattle's freshwater and then on some weekends I'll go thru the locks to Puget Sound and just stay out for the whole weekend. I hope to do my first "real" cruise to the San Juans in the early fall and next year up to BC.
I have a new Catalina 36MKII being delivered to my dealer in Bellingham in mid-July so my first cruise will be a two day back to Seattle with an overnight stop at a friend's mooring buoy (which we're putting in this weekend) on Whidbey Island. I'll be mooring her on Lake Union at my office marina and will be living aboard. I plan to do a lot of afternoons and evenings on Seattle's freshwater and then on some weekends I'll go thru the locks to Puget Sound and just stay out for the whole weekend. I hope to do my first "real" cruise to the San Juans in the early fall and next year up to BC.
Boat Delivery
Helped my Dad deliver his Sabre 34 to Solomons Island on the Chesapeake. He bought the boat in MN. I met him in CT. We sailed down the Long Island Sound, through Hells Gate, past the statue of liberty. We spent the night behind Connie Island. Sailed from Connie Island to Atlantic City. From Atlantic City to Cape May. Cape May up the Delaware Bay to the Cohanse River. Cohanse through the canal into the upper Bay to Worton Creek. Worton Creek passed the Bay Bridge to the Rhode River and finaly to Solomons. Great trip Great Air. Best 6 Days ever spent on a boat.
Helped my Dad deliver his Sabre 34 to Solomons Island on the Chesapeake. He bought the boat in MN. I met him in CT. We sailed down the Long Island Sound, through Hells Gate, past the statue of liberty. We spent the night behind Connie Island. Sailed from Connie Island to Atlantic City. From Atlantic City to Cape May. Cape May up the Delaware Bay to the Cohanse River. Cohanse through the canal into the upper Bay to Worton Creek. Worton Creek passed the Bay Bridge to the Rhode River and finaly to Solomons. Great trip Great Air. Best 6 Days ever spent on a boat.
Mattituck to Irvington
I'll be cruising in my '74 Catalina 22 from the Great Peconic Bay east to Orient Point, then through Long Island Sound through Hell Gate, up the Harlem River (have to get them to open that train trestle for me) to the Hudson and North to Irvington, just South of the Tappan Zee. I have no idea how long, hopefully no more than 2 days. But later this summer, up the Hudson for a week, no plans yet where.
I'll be cruising in my '74 Catalina 22 from the Great Peconic Bay east to Orient Point, then through Long Island Sound through Hell Gate, up the Harlem River (have to get them to open that train trestle for me) to the Hudson and North to Irvington, just South of the Tappan Zee. I have no idea how long, hopefully no more than 2 days. But later this summer, up the Hudson for a week, no plans yet where.
Desolation Sound and Points North
We'll be heading north for three weeks at the end of August and first two weeks of September, hopefully to avoid the worst of the crowds. We're headed for Desolation Sound and points North in British Columbia. We'll pass through Surge Narrows and Hole in the Wall, both places with tidal currents of 10+knots (one pays close attention to the tide tables). Fantastic scenery and a warm up for an eventual trip up to Alaska. Gary Wyngarden S/V Shibumi H335
We'll be heading north for three weeks at the end of August and first two weeks of September, hopefully to avoid the worst of the crowds. We're headed for Desolation Sound and points North in British Columbia. We'll pass through Surge Narrows and Hole in the Wall, both places with tidal currents of 10+knots (one pays close attention to the tide tables). Fantastic scenery and a warm up for an eventual trip up to Alaska. Gary Wyngarden S/V Shibumi H335
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