Factory-Sponsored Broughtons trip, July 2019

Sam Bisset

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Factory Employee
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Location
Arlington, WA
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R-27 (Outboard)
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ZISSOU
Hi all,

I know it’s cold across much of the US and Canada right now, but we need to start planning for warmer weather. Think whales, sunshine, sunset happy hours, flip flops… you get the point! It’s time to start talking about our 2019 factory cruise schedule.

As many of you know, we had an overwhelming response for our factory cruises last year. We added another destination to our late May/ early June cruise to increase capacity from 60 boats to 100. We sold out our Desolation Sound Cruise in a matter of days! We had 42 spots available and ended up with a waiting list of 50 boats.

This year we’ve decided that in order to share the experience with as many people as possible, the factory led-Desolation Sound Cruise will be open only for customers who have not had the chance to take their boat on the trip before.

BUT… that’s not the end of the story. We’re excited to announce that we have been in contact with Pierre form Pierre’s Echo Bay in the Broughtons and he’s saving us spots for several boats at the resort on July 26th – 28th. Every Saturday during the summer, Pierre’s puts on a fantastic pig roast at the resort. We’ve reserved 50 seats for the July 27th pig roast that are open to any Ranger Tugs and Cutwater Boats customers who want to participate in a group cruise to the Broughtons at that time.

Our hope is that several of the boats that would normally plan to join the Desolation Sound Cruise will take this opportunity to venture further North amongst friends to the beautiful Broughton Archipelago.

We will not be sending a factory boat on the cruise, but we will be flying a team of factory reps to Pierre’s for a welcome celebration. We can do most of the planning and pre-event communication from the factory, but we do need to find some cruise directors to help keep the group together on the trip up and be part of the planning party. The factory will pick up the bill for the pig roast for all Ranger Tugs and Cutwater Boats.

This should be considered an advanced cruise. To qualify for this cruise you should have experience cruising at least up to Desolation Sound. If you are interested in going on this cruise or helping us coordinate it. Please email me at sambisset@rangertugs.com.

thanks!
 
Hi Sam,

This sounds like a great idea and a natural extension for those of us who have already cruised Desolation Sound. I am looking forward to hearing more about potential itineraries. I have heard of the Pig Roast at Pierre's and it sounds like a fun event.
 
Hi Sam
Dea & I are def planning bringing Nixie back up to PNW in July . We were already planning on going to desolation and beyond so this should work out great. We will most likely launch in anacortes or bellingham. Let me know how we could help.
take care,mark
 
Hello, Sam,

We just read your post on TugNuts this morning about Pierre’s Echo Bay in the Broughtons on July 26th-28th, 2019. We would like to be a part of that group cruise and the pig roast. Please, add our names to the list.

Thank you for keeping us informed.

Gregory & Catherine Peña

ANTIDOTE
2018 R-31S
 
We would love to be added to the list for Echo Bay and the pig roast! What a great idea, thanks Sam! We were there a couple of years ago but in June, before the season began, too early for these festivities, and always felt that we missed something wonderful in the Broughtons.

Dan and Lois Cheney
North Star R27 Classic
www.boatdays.weebly.com
 
I’m in!
Daisy loves it up there. As we approach the date
I’d love it if any tugs from puget sound want to make a flotilla of it
Ernie
 
Hi Sam,
Erica and I would like to be part of the festivities. Please add us to the list. We so enjoyed Desolation Sound in 2016 and are ready to venture further north.
Bob and Erica
Andiamo
 
Hi Sam,
We are not ready for the Broughtons trip but would love to join in on the Desolation cruise this year. When will you be announcing the dates for that? And Sign us up!
 
This is great! I've had a really strong response both here, and via email. I'm going to gather a few more details and get back to everyone shortly.

In the meantime, here is an informative video that Sam Landsman and Laura Domela from slowboat.com produced with great info on Johnstone Straight and The Rapids.

and a fun and informative video from PacificNWBoater about Pierre's Echo Bay

More to come soon...
 
As with FamilyGuy, we plan to sign up for the Desolution cruise as soon as it becomes available and then sign up for the next available Broughtons trip after that.
 
For those asking, sign ups for Desolation Sound will start on the first day of the Seattle Boat Show, January 25th. I'll post more details here on tugnuts when they're available.
 
Let me just say to everyone who is considering going, that the Broughtons and Pierre’s in specific are wonderful! We went to the pig roast last year and by chance met up with some other Ranger Tugs who were traveling together. Pierre went out of his way to make space for us on the dock so we could join the others. He is that kind of guy. We wish we could join you this time, but we got so inspired by our Broughtons adventure that we plan to head up to Alaska when summer comes. Enjoy!

John and Suzanne Bachelor
 
Hi John and Suzanne,

We also were in the Broughtons this past summer and are planning on Alaska in 2019. Perhaps we will cross paths somewhere up there?

Curt and Tracy
 
My wife and I are interested in both Desolation Sound and Roche Harbour rendezvous in 2019.
 
For those who may have schedule constraints and want to do do this trip and have enough time to spend in the Broughtons, its a reasonable day drive from Everett to Port McNeil via ferry out of Vancouver to Nanaimo. Eliminates much of the weather window concerns too. We did this last year and really enjoyed spending the extra time there vs. the transit time. A great option. The Pig roast is worth it!
 
Hi All,

Wow! What a great response. I have 30 boats on the list as of now. I’m going to stop taking names for the time being until we get a few more details worked out.

I’m working with Sam Landsman from slowboat.com to organize a Points FURTHER North seminar for the folks that are planning to make this trip. He has great suggestions on planning, timing, and places to wait out weather or tides on the way. Not to mention a wealth of other fun and useful information (like he always does). Since we have people in OR, WA, Canada, and CA planning to participate in the cruise, we’re planning to live-stream his seminar.

Please keep in mind that the factory is sponsoring the party at Pierre’s and helping to organize the group, but this is not a factory-supported cruise with factory reps and boats in attendance. Anyone that is planning on going with this group should be comfortable and confident in their anchoring and stern-tying ability. Docks may not always be available, especially for a group of this size.

Are there any volunteers to help me organize the group communication and maybe some meetups? Here are the folks I have on the list. Please let me know if you are on the list but can no longer attend. sambisset@rangertugs.com

Berkowitz,Mark and Joanne
Brummit, Mike and Pat
Bullock-Ashley, Veta and Marita
Burnham, Tim and Lara
Champong, Robert and Gail
Cheney, Dan and Lois
Donaldson, Brad and Carol
Elkind, Bruce and Debbie
Fraese, Roberta and Kurt
Gillespie, Dennis and Susan
Gizzi, Jim and Kelli
Goldsmith, Mark and Dea
Gronemyer, Mike and Holly
Happel & McKay, Paul and Sue
Hayzelden, Nicola and Scott
Jamieson, Marie and Jamie
Jansen, Cameron
Johansen, Curt and Tracy
Johnston, Lynn and Bill
Jones, Bart and Lori
Linne, Calvin and Elisabeth
Morris, John and Lois
Myers, George and Diane
Pena, Gregory and Catherine
Roney, Bob and Susan Harper
Seevers, Ernie and Mary Perkins
Vanstone, James and Joan
Williamson, John
Wilson, Tony and
Zygocki, Dave and Rhonda
? , Bob and Erica
 
Sam Bisset":1vumj43h said:
Since we have people in OR, WA, Canada, and CA planning to participate in the cruise, we’re planning to live-stream his seminar.
That's Awesome...looking forward to all that great Slowboat.com info! 😀
 
How many of you could make it to the Seattle Boat Show on Sunday, Jan 27th for a seminar from 9am to 12 or 12:30pm with Sam Landsman? It's looking like our best option. I'm waiting on details regarding capacity but I think we could open it up to more than just the folks planning to go on the trip.

I'm not sure that live streaming will work since we're in the stadium which has terrible internet but i'll look into it. Worst-case scenario, I'll film it and post on youtube. Sam Landsman said that he would field questions at any point so if you watched the presentation and had questions you could reach out to him.

This would be a great opportunity to meet each other and start roughing out a schedule.

thoughts?

Sam
 
Sam,
I can be at the Jan 27 seminar.
I’ll volunteer to help with this. What can I do that would be helpful?
E
 
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