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Once again it's almost time for our annual exploration of South Puget Sound, coming up in only two weeks.
Here's a description from the NWCBC Calendar of Events:
July 28th – 29th – South Sound exploration
In past years we've organized the Puget Sound, End to End event that included a quick run through South Sound, but this season we'll focus exclusively on the southern reaches of Puget Sound, giving members more time for a leisurely exploration of these fabulous cruising waters. The event will be organized so that members can enjoy a one-day experience, or extend it into a full weekend by over-nighting at Jarrell's Cove Marine State Park on Hartstene Island. We'll launch Saturday morning at Fair Harbor Marina (Grapeview), but other members can join in the fun by launching elsewhere--Day Island Marina, Boston Harbor (north of Olympia), Allyn or other ramps in the general area. The plan will be to rendezvous at Jarrell's Cove by noon., then cruise south through Pickering Passage along the west side of Hartstene Island, running into scenic Hammersly Inlet to Oakland Bay (Shelton), then exploring nearby Totten Inlet, Little Skookum Inlet and perhaps also Eld Inlet before returning to Jarrell's Cove Marine State Park via Peale Passage and Pickering Passage. Those who choose to overnight aboard their boats, or ashore in campsites at Jarrell's Cove, will share a leisurely picnic lunch on Sunday at McMicken Island Marine State Park (Case Inlet) before heading home Sunday afternoon. Coordinator: Marty Loken. NWCBC Members only, please.
I'll personally be launching Saturday morning at Fair Harbor Marina, Grapeview, and might set a crab pot or two on the way to Jarrell's Cove--to retrieve late Saturday afternoon--so we might have fresh Dungeness for the Saturday evening potluck, just up from the beach at Jarrell's Cove Marine State Park. My plan is to run a '57 Glasspar 16' Avalon and tent-camp ashore...although I might figure out a way to sleep aboard the runabout.
Nothing but sun in the forecast for July 28-29, so we hope to see other members enjoying the calm and protected waters of South Sound.
- Marty
Here's a description from the NWCBC Calendar of Events:
July 28th – 29th – South Sound exploration
In past years we've organized the Puget Sound, End to End event that included a quick run through South Sound, but this season we'll focus exclusively on the southern reaches of Puget Sound, giving members more time for a leisurely exploration of these fabulous cruising waters. The event will be organized so that members can enjoy a one-day experience, or extend it into a full weekend by over-nighting at Jarrell's Cove Marine State Park on Hartstene Island. We'll launch Saturday morning at Fair Harbor Marina (Grapeview), but other members can join in the fun by launching elsewhere--Day Island Marina, Boston Harbor (north of Olympia), Allyn or other ramps in the general area. The plan will be to rendezvous at Jarrell's Cove by noon., then cruise south through Pickering Passage along the west side of Hartstene Island, running into scenic Hammersly Inlet to Oakland Bay (Shelton), then exploring nearby Totten Inlet, Little Skookum Inlet and perhaps also Eld Inlet before returning to Jarrell's Cove Marine State Park via Peale Passage and Pickering Passage. Those who choose to overnight aboard their boats, or ashore in campsites at Jarrell's Cove, will share a leisurely picnic lunch on Sunday at McMicken Island Marine State Park (Case Inlet) before heading home Sunday afternoon. Coordinator: Marty Loken. NWCBC Members only, please.
I'll personally be launching Saturday morning at Fair Harbor Marina, Grapeview, and might set a crab pot or two on the way to Jarrell's Cove--to retrieve late Saturday afternoon--so we might have fresh Dungeness for the Saturday evening potluck, just up from the beach at Jarrell's Cove Marine State Park. My plan is to run a '57 Glasspar 16' Avalon and tent-camp ashore...although I might figure out a way to sleep aboard the runabout.
Nothing but sun in the forecast for July 28-29, so we hope to see other members enjoying the calm and protected waters of South Sound.
- Marty
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