Walking on the beach in Montague Harbour park yesterday, I saw 2 familiar Nordhavns in the northern anchorage. I couldn't read the names from that far, but still knew who they were. A quick email confirmed it.
This morning, after our walk, Princess and I made our way via tender to the Northern anchorage, and were greeted by Leo, our friend we met at the recent NAPS event in Anacortes (Nordhavns Around Puget Sound).
Stories and laughs were shared, catching up since we last met, and making plans to meet again "up north"later this summer.
There should be a good number of Nordhavns "up north" later this summer, so I know we'll meet up again.
Appreciate your blog, we are in the process of selling our sailboat and hopefully following you to the trawler world. We happen to live on Welbury Bay on Salt Spring Island, just a short run from Montague and your great photos show why we moved here on our retirement.
this really is the best cruising ground in the world and it only gets better the farther north you travel. Rocks, currents, and tides up here make navigation just tricky enough that heading south will seem easy. Only downside, (after spending last winter in the Sea of Cortez on our boat) is that the water is always cold!
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