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Sailing videos, San Juans and Desolation Sound
Some nice sailing videos on youtube of the Puget Sound and Desolation
Sound area, with a pair of Orca that swim right under the boat. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5EWSEP-JA8 sailing and Orca http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnjLgDt9-XI Refuge Cove and Princess Louisa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vyio6q535c Roscoe Bay/Laura Cove Enjoy |
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Sailing videos, San Juans and Desolation Sound
Shame on you. These are secret places. No one is to be told about them.
And you had the audacity to provide their locations. Thanks - I was in in Refuge Cove, Princess Louisa, Roscoe Bay and Laura Cove last summer. Great memories during the winter. First trip March 31 to Desolation and back. Heading for Puget Sound in the latter part of April for a race. Jack -- __________________________________________________ Jack Dale ISPA Yachtmaster Offshore Instructor CYA Advanced Cruising Instructor Director, Swiftsure Sailing Academy http://www.swiftsuresailing.com __________________________________________________ wrote in message ups.com... Some nice sailing videos on youtube of the Puget Sound and Desolation Sound area, with a pair of Orca that swim right under the boat. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5EWSEP-JA8 sailing and Orca http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnjLgDt9-XI Refuge Cove and Princess Louisa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vyio6q535c Roscoe Bay/Laura Cove Enjoy |
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Sailing videos, San Juans and Desolation Sound
We're up that way every summer in July. If you're heading up again
next summer maybe our paths will cross and we can tell some anchoring stories. Ray On Jan 26, 8:47 pm, "Jack Dale" wrote: Shame on you. These are secret places. No one is to be told about them. And you had the audacity to provide their locations. Thanks - I was in in Refuge Cove, Princess Louisa, Roscoe Bay and Laura Cove last summer. Great memories during the winter. First trip March 31 to Desolation and back. Heading for Puget Sound in the latter part of April for a race. Jack -- __________________________________________________ Jack Dale ISPA Yachtmaster Offshore Instructor CYA Advanced Cruising Instructor Director, Swiftsure Sailing Academyhttp://www.swiftsuresailing.com __________________________________________________ wrote in oglegroups.com... Some nice sailing videos on youtube of the Puget Sound and Desolation Sound area, with a pair of Orca that swim right under the boat. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5EWSEP-JA8 sailing and Orca http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnjLgDt9-XI Refuge Cove and Princess Louisa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vyio6q535c Roscoe Bay/Laura Cove Enjoy |
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Sailing videos, San Juans and Desolation Sound
On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 19:34:08 -0800, erps wrote:
Some nice sailing videos on youtube of the Puget Sound and Desolation Sound area, with a pair of Orca that swim right under the boat. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5EWSEP-JA8 sailing and Orca http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnjLgDt9-XI Refuge Cove and Princess Louisa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vyio6q535c Roscoe Bay/Laura Cove You're making me homesick! I've spent the last 7 summers there. With luck next summer too! Matt O. |
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Sailing videos, San Juans and Desolation Sound
On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 09:22:24 -0800, Mark Borgerson wrote:
Nice videos. However, they might be better titled "Cruising videos...". They match my experience of cruising in Desolation Sound last summer: About 80% of the time when you see a sailboat moving, it is under power. I stuck with chartered sailboats my first 7 times to the Gulf Islands and Desolation Sound. But the last few trips have involved chartered trawlers. You get a lot more cabin space, a better view from the windows, and you don't need foul weather gear at the helm. Fuel economy isn't a big issue if you are willing to make your transits at sailboat speeds (6 knots). The light and variable (meaning always on your nose) winds of Desolation Sound make transits under sail a test of patience. Add in significant tidal currents and some narrow passages, and a functioning auxilliary engine a must for visitors in sailboats. I found that out the hard way when the starter motor on a charter sailboat burned out when we were ready to lift anchor in Squirrel Cove. Getting to the gov't dock by the store under sail alone was a good test of skill. (I passed without any black marks on the boat). One summer we saw the same Cal 25 with a family aboard, weighing anchor each morning and setting sail. Every day they'd sail into the same anchorages as us in our 50' auxiliary, 2-3 hours later because they were sailing all day, but well in time for dinner. Who's to say they were having less fun than we were? Another interesting boat -- a 20-ish foot open boat with a lug-yawl rig, oars, and about 12 kids aboard. No motor. In the same week, we saw them in several places, one day becalmed and skinny dipping off the northern tip of Sonora Island, and just a few hours later, anchored right next to us in Teakerne Arm. Desolation is not a large area. Most of the key spots are pretty close together. This is one reason it's such a great draw. So even if winds are light you'll make your destination. I've found good sailing almost every day -- certainly enough to blow you toward your next destination, in time to putter your way in. On windier days there's nothing like a spinnaker run down Waddington or Pryce Channels. Currents in Desolation Sound itself, and surrounding channels, are actually not strong at all -- 1kt -- until you get over toward Campbell River or up north toward Yaculta Rapids. In July or August, you're very unlikely to have any rain at all. This general area is the driest place in Canada. I believe Mittelnatch Island is the actual driest place. Matt O. |
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