05 May 2019
Rendezvous 2019 - Roche Harbor
08.05.19 // Categories: Rendezvous
Wednesday May 8, 2019 to Saturday May 11, 2019 - Roche Harbor
Rendezvous 2019
We arrived at Roche around 11:00am after a quiet morning. Got settled and then I helped Carol and Leslie get everything setup. Normally Greg and I clean the boat to make it look nice and clean with all the others, but somehow that seemed less important this year.
Helped put everything together at the Registration Desk and then helped man it and check everyone in. A steady stream of boats all the way until 5:00 and afterwards. Docktails started and we chatted with new members and everyone who was around. Then dinner at Madrona's.
Thursday was seminars all morning, and then we borrowed Leslie's car and drove into Friday Harbor for our 2:40 Vet appointment at Island Veterinary. We liked the Vet that was there and of course everyone thought Bella was ADORABLE. Turns out she has an impacted tooth and needs dental surgery. We can get by until we return but she needs antibiotics. The Vet also gave us some pain pills. Wine and Cheese and Charcuterie that night. We made sure we had a bite to eat beforehand so it didn't matter if it all disappeared. Incredibly warm sunny weather - Happy Jan.
Friday had some good seminars again in the morning, followed by a BBQ Burger lunch. The sunshine and warmth was spectacular with temperatures easily close to 80F and everyone sweating up a storm. The afternoon was the sponsor faire and then the "games". The potato shoot was exciting and someone actually got it in the dinghy - two others hit the dingy edge and bounced away so they got "runner up" prizes. The fender roll was not quite as exciting and the blind dinghy race had only 1 entry. No one had dinghy's without a motor attached, although I'm not sure it would have made that much difference. Dinner was the "Theme night" (Groovy Grand Banks) and the potluck. We did BBQ chicken hot dogs, but people ate them without the bun or condiments! Managed to get a fair amount to eat for a change! There were people who had some really great costumes that looked like they could have come straight out of "Laugh In". The DJ started up around 7:00ish and the dancers started grooving. Even our own group of non dancers had to start singing along at some point because the music was really good!
Everything shut down at 10:00am with a Nora Jones song for Bill and Carol.
Saturday was slightly cooler again but warm enough. Greg and Byron left at 6:15am to head out for the prawn opening and got back with about 60 prawns! Shing Kong was the first speaker and it was so great to hear his stories of the old days of American Marine and then of the people who were involved in it and where they went from there. Turns out that Grand Banks cancelled on us (!?!?!) and so then S3 filled in with a presentation on electronics. Prawns for lunch! Then Brian Pemberton talked about preparing to go to Alaska, Brian Smith on Lehman engines, and then we had round table discussions where people could exchange ideas and ask questions amongst themselves. Before we knew it, it was time for cocktails at the pavilion at 5:00pm and then dinner. We had some outside tables and it was warm enough to eat outside. A nice evening with lot's of new friends.
Rendezvous 2019
We arrived at Roche around 11:00am after a quiet morning. Got settled and then I helped Carol and Leslie get everything setup. Normally Greg and I clean the boat to make it look nice and clean with all the others, but somehow that seemed less important this year.
Helped put everything together at the Registration Desk and then helped man it and check everyone in. A steady stream of boats all the way until 5:00 and afterwards. Docktails started and we chatted with new members and everyone who was around. Then dinner at Madrona's.
Thursday was seminars all morning, and then we borrowed Leslie's car and drove into Friday Harbor for our 2:40 Vet appointment at Island Veterinary. We liked the Vet that was there and of course everyone thought Bella was ADORABLE. Turns out she has an impacted tooth and needs dental surgery. We can get by until we return but she needs antibiotics. The Vet also gave us some pain pills. Wine and Cheese and Charcuterie that night. We made sure we had a bite to eat beforehand so it didn't matter if it all disappeared. Incredibly warm sunny weather - Happy Jan.
Friday had some good seminars again in the morning, followed by a BBQ Burger lunch. The sunshine and warmth was spectacular with temperatures easily close to 80F and everyone sweating up a storm. The afternoon was the sponsor faire and then the "games". The potato shoot was exciting and someone actually got it in the dinghy - two others hit the dingy edge and bounced away so they got "runner up" prizes. The fender roll was not quite as exciting and the blind dinghy race had only 1 entry. No one had dinghy's without a motor attached, although I'm not sure it would have made that much difference. Dinner was the "Theme night" (Groovy Grand Banks) and the potluck. We did BBQ chicken hot dogs, but people ate them without the bun or condiments! Managed to get a fair amount to eat for a change! There were people who had some really great costumes that looked like they could have come straight out of "Laugh In". The DJ started up around 7:00ish and the dancers started grooving. Even our own group of non dancers had to start singing along at some point because the music was really good!
Everything shut down at 10:00am with a Nora Jones song for Bill and Carol.Saturday was slightly cooler again but warm enough. Greg and Byron left at 6:15am to head out for the prawn opening and got back with about 60 prawns! Shing Kong was the first speaker and it was so great to hear his stories of the old days of American Marine and then of the people who were involved in it and where they went from there. Turns out that Grand Banks cancelled on us (!?!?!) and so then S3 filled in with a presentation on electronics. Prawns for lunch! Then Brian Pemberton talked about preparing to go to Alaska, Brian Smith on Lehman engines, and then we had round table discussions where people could exchange ideas and ask questions amongst themselves. Before we knew it, it was time for cocktails at the pavilion at 5:00pm and then dinner. We had some outside tables and it was warm enough to eat outside. A nice evening with lot's of new friends.
Rendezvous 2019 - Friday Harbor to Garrison Bay
07.05.19 // Categories: Rendezvous
Tuesday May 7, 2019 - Friday Harbor to Garrison Bay
Had breakfast with Rob and Sharon from Sirena at the Rocky Cafe which was a good diner just up the street. Miss B's nose is still swollen and we picked up some "new" un-expired Benadryl for her too. Back to the boat to work for a little while and to collect some nice driftwood from the dock that someone had left there. EG will be taking it back to Bellingham for my garden which is nice. Left around noon and headed around the corner to Garrison. We decided to stay on the boat and do some work and Byron and Sue went off for a walk. Also with Bella's swollen nose, we didn't want to take her to shore.
Dinner on Spellbound.
Had breakfast with Rob and Sharon from Sirena at the Rocky Cafe which was a good diner just up the street. Miss B's nose is still swollen and we picked up some "new" un-expired Benadryl for her too. Back to the boat to work for a little while and to collect some nice driftwood from the dock that someone had left there. EG will be taking it back to Bellingham for my garden which is nice. Left around noon and headed around the corner to Garrison. We decided to stay on the boat and do some work and Byron and Sue went off for a walk. Also with Bella's swollen nose, we didn't want to take her to shore.
Dinner on Spellbound.
Rendezvous 2019 - Spencer Spit to Friday Harbor
06.05.19 // Categories: Rendezvous
Monday May 6, 2019 - Spencer Spit to Friday Harbor
Calm night but the wind started picking up at 6:30am and just kept rising. Was blowing pretty good by the time we left around 9:15. So we snuck the boats between the spit and Frost Island to give us a better angle (Greg's idea) and it worked out really well. By the time we got through, the chop wasn't too bad and then we got into Upright Channel where the wind was down to 2 knots!
Calm night but the wind started picking up at 6:30am and just kept rising. Was blowing pretty good by the time we left around 9:15. So we snuck the boats between the spit and Frost Island to give us a better angle (Greg's idea) and it worked out really well. By the time we got through, the chop wasn't too bad and then we got into Upright Channel where the wind was down to 2 knots!
Rendezvous 2019 - Rosario to Spencer Spit
05.05.19 // Categories: Rendezvous
Sunday May 5, 2019 - Rosario to Spencer Spit
Happy Birthday Karen! The forecast for today and the rest of the week has gone "fer schtinken". Got windier and windier this morning. Small craft warning ended at 11:00am and it was around then or later before we left, but the wind just kept getting stronger.
Happy Birthday Karen! The forecast for today and the rest of the week has gone "fer schtinken". Got windier and windier this morning. Small craft warning ended at 11:00am and it was around then or later before we left, but the wind just kept getting stronger.