Shipyard Raid 2008
September 17, 2008
Next year’s (2008) Shipyard Raid will go north from Silva Bay, probably earlier (July or August) in the year. It may be tougher with some longer legs: about 170 km through the Gulf of Georgia, up Malaspina Strait (mainland side), and into Desolation Sound. Let me know what you think, especially about race dates.
Your Comments
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- Bill Neal
- September 17th 2007, 7:45 pm
Mary and I think this change is a great idea. An earlier time is also much appreciated since we will be able to see our children off to the start of school again, and even bring one of them along for the Raid.
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- Jamie Orr
- September 18th 2007, 4:11 pm
I think the change will make for a good raid. It's too early to say for sure, but I'll be there if I can.
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- ronald A Mueller
- September 25th 2007, 2:17 pm
Ben & I would like to enter BUT he must request vacation time yet this September! Early July would be best for me but may be too crowded? We would enter another Merry Raid variation but building time is Nov/Dec
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- Sandy Shotwell (Pence)
- September 25th 2007, 5:53 pm
Hello! It is great that the Raid won't overlap with the beginning of the school year in 2008. Dan has invited us to join him next year, and while our son, who will be 12 then, may row along our daughter and I would enjoy more of a support role. We are thinking of chartering a boat, or coming along as crew on a mother ship, so let us know what opportunities there might be along those lines. So, a one-way trip again, with ferrying back after? What would be the take-out point? Cheers, Sandy
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- Bill Neal
- September 27th 2007, 7:17 pm
Sandy: if you bring your 12 year old along, we'll bring our 11 year old son as crew too! My mom and dad would also like to come along on a mother ship or perhaps share a charter with your family. Bill Neal (wcneal2002@yahoo.com)
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- Barrett Faneuf
- September 27th 2007, 11:02 pm
Early July sounds good to me as well; I can request vacation time easily. Earlier yet would also be doable, but I start to worry about when kids are getting *out* of school, then. As a side note, I fully intend to come and cook again, so if you hated the food, too bad! I saved my meal planner and notes. As a further side note, if there are folks who want to come non-competitively (or less rowing-competitively), I can bring Yuko up again and you can sail her if it's windy and decide for yourself whether to row.
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- Bill Neal
- September 28th 2007, 11:22 am
Barrett, Mary and I loved the food. In fact, if you don't come to cook, then we're coming to your house in July to eat for a while anyway.
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- Rusty
- September 29th 2007, 3:17 pm
Retirement currently on hold until the end of the year but the intention is still to be a BC resident early in 2008 - meanwhile I may postpone my elaborate restoration plan for Tatiana in which case if I'm afloat I will definitely be available as "tail end sweeper". I might even be able to get one or both of my daughters to come along during the break from University, now that they are aware that there are males involved in this, significantly younger than me. Keep up the good work with the web site - it has excited a lot of interest with my co workers here in Calgary.
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- Sandy Shotwell (Pence)
- September 29th 2007, 6:57 pm
How fun that we family members are more able to get involved for 2008! Bill, the option about sharing a charter sounds great, if folks don't mind a fiberglass boat tagging along. Dan's Dad and wife also are interested in that angle. Does anyone know of a good charter that is available to start near the Raid? We know a good charter (and a good boat in particular with three double cabins and a good sailer) out of Anacortes, but it would be great to take less time and start nearby - we might be able to get away with a one week charter that way. Does anyone know of anything in Nanaimo, or some other nearby harbor? If only Yuko were bigger! Cheers, Sandy
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- Charlie Brown
- October 1st 2007, 9:17 pm
An earlier start date would make this more possible for me to attend.
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- carie
- October 6th 2007, 3:01 pm
Bill and Sandy: It's wonderful to hear of younger people being part of the Raid again. Raid 07 was our first Raid without the Sea Scouts and we really missed them. Sandy: The plan is, another one-way Raid, possibly finishing at Rebecca Spit on Quadra Island. Thanks Rusty! And it wouldn't be the raid without beautiful Tatiana! My apologies to anyone who subscribed to blog comments and got the festival feed. That's been fixed so blog comments are subscribable again.
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- Sandy
- October 16th 2007, 12:38 am
I don't think my post went through, so I will try again. That sounds like a beautiful route. I really look forward to it. Are there any berths available on a Mother Ship? Cheers, Sandy
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- Ted Pounder
- October 30th 2007, 10:43 am
I'm Bill Neal's stepdad. Sandy, Bill told me your group might want to share a mother boat charter in 2008 with someone. We,d be very interested in doing this, so if you want to discuss it further please contact me. We've chartered in BC a couple of times and know a little bit about it.Our email is; tpounder@vcmail.net phone is: 805 650 7736