Hey, Gary, we live here (on Fisherman Bay, Lopez Island) and let me say the
advice provided above is spot-on. If you can read charts and your depth
sounder, you have nothing to worry about. Water, pumpouts, food, diesel,
restaurants, even good booze is available in many, almost intervisible
locations and within walking distance. Y'all come, and enjoy yerse'f,
y'hear?

Dick Behan
LNVT "Annie"


"Gary G" see.signature@bottom wrote in message
...
Greetings:

We are going to be crusing the San Juan Islands in Sept in a 32'
dual Diesel cruiser from Anacortes WA. Any suggestions on a suitable
itinerary for this time of year?

We have not been to the San Juans before.

I'm concerned about potable water, pump out stations and docked power.
Since we are likely on the off-season, many of the normal high season
feature will not be present. If anyone has been in this area around
the same time, personal feedback is appreciated.


Gary Gaugler, Ph.D.
Microtechnics, Inc.
Granite Bay, CA 95746
916.791.8191
gary@microtechnics dot com

We are set to have a good time in the San Juans. We are on a
Meridian 32' with all amenities. It has all sorts of
the latest features and Raymarine GPS/Radar/Mapping, etc.

I'm used to flying at 275K, so cruising at 10K at surface will
be a new experience. We should have everything necessary for
a good time. Looking at the nav charts, the SJ Islands are only
about 15nm apart. However, this area encompases multiple
cool places. So I need to figure out which places are cool
and those are not cool relative to safe harbor.

My concern is potable water and pump out. This was answered
already. We are advised to fill and dump every other day.
We can do that.

This will be our first encounter in the San Juans and looks
to be the beginning of more adventures in this marvelous area.

Oh...we have a crab pot and we will use it!!

gary g.




On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 15:20:45 -0700, "R.W. Behan"
wrote:

Hey, Gary, we live here (on Fisherman Bay, Lopez Island) and let me say the
advice provided above is spot-on. If you can read charts and your depth
sounder, you have nothing to worry about. Water, pumpouts, food, diesel,
restaurants, even good booze is available in many, almost intervisible
locations and within walking distance. Y'all come, and enjoy yerse'f,
y'hear?

Dick Behan
LNVT "Annie"


"Gary G" see.signature@bottom wrote in message
.. .
Greetings:

We are going to be crusing the San Juan Islands in Sept in a 32'
dual Diesel cruiser from Anacortes WA. Any suggestions on a suitable
itinerary for this time of year?

We have not been to the San Juans before.

I'm concerned about potable water, pump out stations and docked power.
Since we are likely on the off-season, many of the normal high season
feature will not be present. If anyone has been in this area around
the same time, personal feedback is appreciated.


Gary Gaugler, Ph.D.
Microtechnics, Inc.
Granite Bay, CA 95746
916.791.8191
gary@microtechnics dot com


Gary Gaugler, Ph.D.
Microtechnics, Inc.
Granite Bay, CA 95746
916.791.8191
gary@microtechnics dot com