Wow! what great responses. I think I owe it to you to fill in some
more details about myself and my needs.

I will be sailing with just my wife with whom I race in Portland. She
has limited cruising experience. Boat size is always a compromise of
a number of factors so we tend to prefer a boat in the 30-35 foot
range. We're both athletic and don't like being stuck on-board for
days at a time so shore activities are important. State Parks, like
those in the San Juans, are ideal because the better ones have nice
trails that one can spend considerable time walking around and
exploring the entire island.

I expect that we'll use just one week but two weeks are not out of the
question. Because it's going to be a charter we'll need to schedule
in advance. We are pretty flexible about what time of the season. Of
course the longer days, earlier in Summer give you more time to travel
and go ashore.

All of my sailing has been in the PNW. I have probably a year on-board
sailing the leeward side of Vancouver Island: Puget Sound, San Jauns,
Gulf Islands, Strait of Jaun de Fuca, Strait of Georgia, Desolation
Sound, Johnstone Strait, Queen Charlotte Strait, and probably 100 days
on the Columbia river between Portland and Astoria. I have sailed in
fog (prefer not to repeat). My chart reading and dead reckoning
skills are fine, of course GPS with built in charting make those
skills less important these days. I have lots of experience coping
with strong currents. I have no real offshore Pacific coast
passage-making experience as I'm not a big fan of the sea-sickness
that seems enevitable with the Pacific swell.

Dean