David&Joan wrote:
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So, it can be done, but it is a lot of work. I suspect most club cruises are
like the Maine one: most people want to stay on moorings and not on the
hook. But they don't want to stay at marinas either.

Last summer when we were in Booth Bay the New York Yacht Club showed up
on their annual cruise. All available moorings were of course taken so
we were lucky to have gotten there a few days before. They were headed
to Linekin so we went in the opposite direction, to Robinhood.

Here's a picture from the cruise in 1999, when they stopped in Hadley's
opposite Wood's Hole. We were tucked in a cove, double anchored in the
only spot that had more than 2 feet, so we had relative peace:

http://www.sv-loki.com/Along_the_Way/Hadley.jpg

All of these boats are transients; on a normal weekend there are 5 or 6
boats here in the outer harbor.