Friday Harbor C-Brat Gathering, Day 3

Rather cloudy and chilly most the day, although the sun did come out for a while. Tomorrow is the official last day of the gathering here at Friday Harbor, but there is nothing planned for the day, other than about a dozen boats will head out for Princess Louisa Inlet with its Chatterbox Falls. Many others will head back home. This morning started out with USCG Safety inspections of our boats for those that signed up for them. And more socializing. At 2pm there was a meeting for anyone interested in going to Princess Louisa Inlet and discussing weather and border crossing with Canada, including food restrictions and process for clearing customs both ways for boaters. Then at 5pm we had our potluck followed by drawings for some very nice “swag”, mostly provided by Northwest Marine Industries. I also shared that a few of the items were from another new C-Brat from the east coast (Rick on Willow) that enjoyed doing some intricate wood work and engravings, had asked me to bring out to this gathering, as he had shared with the St. John’s River gathering as well. Michael , one of the NMI owners, and his wife Alona, were introduced and thanked for the goodies they provided along with the steak at the potluck! Julie, NMI’s marketing director was also introduced. While Gary and Colleen from Daybreak coordinate this gathering, they asked Patrick from Kim Christine to emcee this afternoon. Patrick also did the boat christening of Sjohest, for its owners, Ken and Stacie.
I saw that both the resident seals were resting up on a dock finger again, up near the dock intersections by the restrooms.
(There are two videos of the boat christening, one of which was too big (2mins35sec) to place in Findpenquins. If you would like to watch them, please go to my youtube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23nflZ1zNgU, and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkKbdzvP0TQRead more