2022 Desolation Sound Pre-Registration

[Sam Bisset]

We are pleased to announce that we have opened our pre-registration for our annual cruise to Desolation Sound B.C. The Desolation Sound cruise is our most popular cruise and has gotten so popular that we are offering pre-registration to the first 30 customers that meet the following criteria:

1. Customers who have purchased a new Ranger Tug or Cutwater Boat from us or one of our dealers and
2. who have been on a factory cruise to Poets Cove, Ganges Marina, or Maple Bay Marina and
3. who have not been on the Desolation Sound cruise before.

The remaining 10 spaces will be made available through a lottery drawing to all our remaining customers that own a Ranger Tug or Cutwater Boat and have participated in a factory cruise to Poets Cove, Ganges Marina, or Maple Bay Marina. We wish we could have the entire fleet join us, but dock space is very limited. There is a $250 charge for the cruise.

To pre-register for the cruise please contact our receptionist, Marlene Chambers via email at receptionist@rangertugs.com and include the following information in your email:
Name
Boat name
Boat model and year
Do you meet all three prerequisites or are you entering the lottery?
Phone number

Please note, the Desolation Sound Cruise is open-ended. The factory-led portion of the trip ends at Gorge Harbour. Participants should plan to stay up in Desolation Sound on their own or with buddy boats to explore and play beyond Gorge Harbour. We will meet as a group in Canada on July 23rd and stay in a group until July 27th at which point everyone goes their own way to explore the area. We recommend giving yourself another week (or more) to explore Desolation Sound and make it home.

Now, for fun stuff! Make the exciting journey north to beautiful Gorge Harbour with the Ranger Tugs & Cutwater Boats factory team!

This year’s stops include Telegraph Harbour Marina, Comox Valley Marina, and Gorge Harbour Marina. We’ll meet at Telegraph Harbour on Saturday, July 23rd to kick off the cruise. That afternoon, we’ll have a potluck dinner and captains meeting up in the pavilion at Telegraph. The factory team will be grilling up the main course, bring a side dish.

The following day we head to Comox Marina. It is a fun stop and a great place to provision for your time in Desolation Sound. We will stay in Comox for two nights. Our BC Ranger Tug & Cutwater Boats dealer, Port Boat House will be providing a delicious dinner for us in Comox.

Our final destination as a group will be beautiful Gorge Harbour Marina. We will spend two nights at Gorge Harbour Marina. On our final night in Gorge, the factory team will be grilling up dinner for everyone.

We hope you can join us for this exciting cruise! We will post a detailed schedule in a couple weeks. Lottery winners will be notified on or near April 13th.

Thank you!

 

[cmwahl]

Did you decide who made the Desolation Sound cruise?

 

[scross]

For those considering the Desolation Sound Cruise I’d like to mention something you may want to consider. Perhaps the organizers can chime in with some more current info on this subject as well.
Late last season, working pump-out facilities were not available at any of the four marinas scheduled for the cruise. Nor was the pump-out working at Lund. The harbor manager at Comox was unsure when, if ever, they would have pump-out working for guest boats. Same for Lund, but the harbor master there wasn’t quite as pessimistic as the one at Comox about it.
So, you may want to double check your macerator and get familiar with the location of your “Y” valve before heading out.
We are planning to spend a couple weeks in Desolation Sound, the Discovery Islands and the Octopus Islands this summer and are heading out not depending on marinas up there for pump-out.

 

[Sam Bisset]

Hi Tugnuts,

Pre-registration and the lottery are over and we still have a few spots left on our Desolation Sound Cruise. If you meet the following criteria, we’d love to have you join us!

1. You have purchased a new Ranger Tug or Cutwater Boat from us or one of our dealers and
2. (REVISED) You have cruised to Canada by boat and cleared customs (or will before the cruise)
3. You have not been on the Desolation Sound cruise before.

We hope you can join us for this exciting cruise! Further details and registration can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2022-desol ... 8288768737

thank you!

 

[Sam Bisset]

Hi all,

I'm bumping this back to the top. We have a few spots left for this year's Desolation Sound cruise. We'd love to have you join if you meet the following criteria.

1. You have purchased a new Ranger Tug or Cutwater Boat from us or one of our dealers and
2. (REVISED) You have cruised to Canada by boat and cleared customs (or will before the cruise)
3. You have not been on the Desolation Sound cruise before.

We hope you can join us for this exciting cruise! Further details and registration can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2022-desol ... 8288768737