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We really need to stop having the Friday Harbor CBGT in the middle of winter! Maybe we should try for May or something. Seriously, it is 10 degrees or more colder than it should be, and it rained all night. It is cloudy and cool right now, but hoping it gets better for the potluck and...

According to Sailflow, our main wind app, we do not want to be on the water before 1 p.m. if we want to see the lightest winds (below 10 knots).

Yes, BUT...calmer but not exactly calm! We really do not like being out in 20 knot winds and 3 foot waves! We are coming and hoping for the lower end of the forecast for today and Sunday! Coastal Waters Forecast for Washington National Weather Service Seattle WA 238 AM PDT Fri May 13 2022...

We are just delaying our arrival until Friday. We had the boat ready to go until we saw the NOAA forecast! Hope everyone stays safe

But don't head over to Friday Harbor tomorrow - gale warnings! Wait until Friday! And get in the habit of checking the NOAA Coastal Waters Forecast!

Oops...not going to Friday Harbor tomorrow! Northern Inland Waters Including The San Juan Islands- 257 PM PDT Wed May 11 2022 [...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW wind 10 to 20 kt becoming SE 25 to 35 kt after midnight. Wind waves...

Spent a few hours today trying to shine Daydream up a bit, need a little more time tomorrow. The old girl is 17 years old, has a lot of miles on her, BUT a great new Suzy 200 with only 50 hours on it. A few dings and scratches, mostly from our ill-fated rental of an inadequate slip at Blaine...

Welcome! The best thing you can do is go to a CBGT (C-Brat Get Together), and as it happens, we have one coming up in Friday Harbor in a few days! See Event Signups. If you are free, you should really attend! Not only will you learn what you want, you will meet the best folks anywhere who share...

Very sad about Sophie, and I will be a basket case when we have to let Baxter go. I always teased Tyboo about why he was always posting pictures of my dog. We just treasure every day we have Baxter.

I won't be carrying new flares, but I certainly could mark the old ones "expired" with a permanent marker.

Ask Tyboo for an event signup and it will be done. I don't think ordinary users can do the event signup themselves. BTW, did we meet at Lankford at the 2005 CBGT? That was my one and only event on in the East!

Yes, bluetooth seems idiotic. The boat could sink waiting for bluetooth to pair. BTW, the less expensive version is actually quite bright and flashes SOS (hence the name!). When I put the batteries in and turned it on, I was surprised by just how bright it is. It meets the CG requirement of...

No law against saving and using expired flares as long as you have something to meet the CG requirement! We have the new distress light but we are also hanging on to the expired flares! I also just checked my fire extinguisher. The stamp on the bottom says 04, so it expired in 2016, even though...

We have gone to Friday Harbor as long as there have been CBGTs there, and Baxter has come with us every time! The old gent turned 16 on May 4th! This is a bit longer than the typical Lhasa Apso lives. Like me, he has slowed down a bit, but he still eats, pees, poops, and loves us just as well...

If you are looking for a Sirius C-1003 SOS Distress Light, they are on sale at LFS in Bellingham for $69.99 - they are $89.99 at most other places. Got mine today!

Please be sure to upload your Friday Harbor photos to the folder under Photos | Cruises and Events | Friday Harbor 2022! The Cruises and Events folder is a priceless treasury of photos of all our C-Brat events over the years!

Colby, I agree my life is worth at least $300 (the cost of the C-1002, which can apparently be seen from outer space) but with BOTH pyrotechnic flares and the C-1003 ($89) think we should be covered. And (A) I hope to heaven I never have to use them and (2) if I do, I don't set anything on fire...

Sorry to hear that, Mark, but it will be fun to meet Michael and Juie. Julie helped us by contributing to the trivia quiz - but I can't spill the beans on her questions!

If anyone is interested, we have two Honda 150 props that I don't need since any longer our Suzuki re-power. One is a 15.5 x 11 we we bought from Marc Grove in Appalachicola to get our heavily loaded boat up on plane for the Gulf crossing to Steinhatchee, and it did the trick! The other is a...

Our flares expired last year. Thinking about a CG approved distress light likethis. Anyone else have this or something like it?