In John H wrote:
On Tue, 25 May 2004 10:30:10 -0700, "Lloyd Sumpter" lsumpter@dccnet.
com wrote:


Very nicely written, Lloyd. Sure enjoyed reading about your trip.
Makes me want to move to Seattle, almost.


John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!


Don't forget Seattle's image of non-stop rain, impenetrable fog, and
everything covered in moss. Everything you hear about the Pacific
Northwest is true. We get an average of 857.6 inches of rain a year,
and radar is essential to just motor over to the fuel dock an average of
256 days a year because of the fog. It's cold most of the time and it's
a damp, bone-aching cold. The tide range averages 70 feet and the
currents through the islands run an average of 46 knots. And wind- hey,
we're happy when the wind across Bellingham Bay drops to 40 knots with
gusts to 60.
The weather is gloomy, dark, and foreboding. Everything
is wet all the time. Mt. St. Helens already blew up, and it's common
knowledge that Mt. Baker, Mt. Rainier, and Mt. Adams are about to.
Captain Vancouver didn't name it Deslolation Sound for no reason. His
other names were right on, too. Deception Pass, Cape Caution, Cape
Disappointment... very accurate, very descriptive. Sucia Island- this
was named by the Spanish and it's accurate, too. It means "foul bottom"
and they meant it. They couldn't get their anchors to hold, so they
wised up and left.
There are glaciers that would just as soon drop a
million tons of ice on your boat as look at you. Go ashore up the coast,
and if the mosquitos don't eat you alive the grizzlies will.
The
Pacific Northwest is a terrible place to run a boat. I don't know why
we do it- a bunch of masochists, I guess. All I can say is don't fall
into the trap those of us who are stuck in this cold, wet, foggy,
miserable place were lured into. I grew up in Hawaii, for God's sake,
and look how low I've sunk. Take my advice and stay away. Far, far
away.
Don't say we didn't warn you.

JC

Mr. Toad wrote:
In John H wrote:

On Tue, 25 May 2004 10:30:10 -0700, "Lloyd Sumpter" lsumpter@dccnet.
com wrote:


Very nicely written, Lloyd. Sure enjoyed reading about your trip.
Makes me want to move to Seattle, almost.


John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!



Don't forget Seattle's image of non-stop rain, impenetrable fog, and
everything covered in moss. Everything you hear about the Pacific
Northwest is true. We get an average of 857.6 inches of rain a year,
and radar is essential to just motor over to the fuel dock an average of
256 days a year because of the fog. It's cold most of the time and it's
a damp, bone-aching cold. The tide range averages 70 feet and the
currents through the islands run an average of 46 knots. And wind- hey,
we're happy when the wind across Bellingham Bay drops to 40 knots with
gusts to 60.
The weather is gloomy, dark, and foreboding. Everything
is wet all the time. Mt. St. Helens already blew up, and it's common
knowledge that Mt. Baker, Mt. Rainier, and Mt. Adams are about to.
Captain Vancouver didn't name it Deslolation Sound for no reason. His
other names were right on, too. Deception Pass, Cape Caution, Cape
Disappointment... very accurate, very descriptive. Sucia Island- this
was named by the Spanish and it's accurate, too. It means "foul bottom"
and they meant it. They couldn't get their anchors to hold, so they
wised up and left.
There are glaciers that would just as soon drop a
million tons of ice on your boat as look at you. Go ashore up the coast,
and if the mosquitos don't eat you alive the grizzlies will.
The
Pacific Northwest is a terrible place to run a boat. I don't know why
we do it- a bunch of masochists, I guess. All I can say is don't fall
into the trap those of us who are stuck in this cold, wet, foggy,
miserable place were lured into. I grew up in Hawaii, for God's sake,
and look how low I've sunk. Take my advice and stay away. Far, far
away.
Don't say we didn't warn you.

Haha, funny post. You forgot to mention we've got the danger from
collisions with the resident Puget Sound orca pod, if they come back
this year, and all the darn Marinas and vast coastline with hundreds of
little towns, shops and islands cluttering up everything.

And hey, I grew up in Hawaii too, not to mention I drive five hours one
way from my dryer residence just to get to my boat.

The area collects lunatics, I guess.

Stephen

On Wed, 26 May 2004 12:51:30 -0700, Stephen Trapani wrote:

snip
The area collects lunatics, I guess.

Stephen

I retired May 1st, and will be moving to Bellingham in July.
Guess I'll have to practice being loony(ier) to fit in.
Norm B

On Wed, 26 May 2004 18:07:16 GMT, Mr. Toad wrote:

Take my advice and stay away. Far, far
away.
Don't say we didn't warn you.

=================================

We have many of those very same problems right here in Florida, and
now that I'm here, it's time to pull up the bridge over the moat.

:-)

On Wed, 26 May 2004 17:00:53 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Wed, 26 May 2004 18:07:16 GMT, Mr. Toad wrote:

Take my advice and stay away. Far, far
away.
Don't say we didn't warn you.

=================================

We have many of those very same problems right here in Florida, and
now that I'm here, it's time to pull up the bridge over the moat.

:-)

I also spent a couple years in Tampa. Most of the time I was in fear of losing
my house and family to runaway glaciers.


John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

On Wed, 26 May 2004 18:07:16 GMT, Mr. Toad wrote:

In John H wrote:
On Tue, 25 May 2004 10:30:10 -0700, "Lloyd Sumpter" lsumpter@dccnet.
com wrote:


Very nicely written, Lloyd. Sure enjoyed reading about your trip.
Makes me want to move to Seattle, almost.


John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!


Don't forget Seattle's image of non-stop rain, impenetrable fog, and
everything covered in moss. Everything you hear about the Pacific
Northwest is true. We get an average of 857.6 inches of rain a year,
and radar is essential to just motor over to the fuel dock an average of
256 days a year because of the fog. It's cold most of the time and it's
a damp, bone-aching cold. The tide range averages 70 feet and the
currents through the islands run an average of 46 knots. And wind- hey,
we're happy when the wind across Bellingham Bay drops to 40 knots with
gusts to 60.
The weather is gloomy, dark, and foreboding. Everything
is wet all the time. Mt. St. Helens already blew up, and it's common
knowledge that Mt. Baker, Mt. Rainier, and Mt. Adams are about to.
Captain Vancouver didn't name it Deslolation Sound for no reason. His
other names were right on, too. Deception Pass, Cape Caution, Cape
Disappointment... very accurate, very descriptive. Sucia Island- this
was named by the Spanish and it's accurate, too. It means "foul bottom"
and they meant it. They couldn't get their anchors to hold, so they
wised up and left.
There are glaciers that would just as soon drop a
million tons of ice on your boat as look at you. Go ashore up the coast,
and if the mosquitos don't eat you alive the grizzlies will.
The
Pacific Northwest is a terrible place to run a boat. I don't know why
we do it- a bunch of masochists, I guess. All I can say is don't fall
into the trap those of us who are stuck in this cold, wet, foggy,
miserable place were lured into. I grew up in Hawaii, for God's sake,
and look how low I've sunk. Take my advice and stay away. Far, far
away.
Don't say we didn't warn you.

JC

Just after I was drafted, in 1965, my family moved from Missouri to Seattle,
where they've lived since. I was fortunate to be able to spend a couple weeks
every other year or so visiting them, so I was able to see what Seattle was
like.

I won't say any more. Let's just say, "I understand from whence you are coming!"


John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

On Wed, 26 May 2004 18:07:16 GMT, Mr. Toad wrote:

Take my advice and stay away. Far, far
away.
Don't say we didn't warn you.

JC
Nice try, but housing prices are going to go even higher as more
people from the frozen East head for the Left Coast. Half my sailing
buddies here in Toronto are sick of hauling out for 5 1/2 months a
year figure the two days of snow in Vancouver sound pretty good,
although I understand someone has to die before a dock comes free
within 20 miles of the city.

R.