2023 giving value to PY

In a comment on one of the YOU Tube Sailing shows, a person inquired on how to plan their sailing season. I just happened to have the PY Mag in my hands. So I decided to give the PY extra value.
On a piece of lined paper, I traced 4 columns. #1 has year, month and page., the second destinations, 3rd has interest and topics (like fishing, galley, aids to mariner, etc.), and the 4th room for comments.
What I hope to accomplish, it write down what is pertinent from each monthly magazine, to assist me in designing my cruising season. Please note, for many years now Rick and Sue (Gemini), Peter and Lydia (Mover), Ron and Elizabeth (Zephyr) have been buddy adventuring, so much of my findings will be up for discussion as we plan our season.
Then in our travels we need to accommodate all our Club Cruise events and dates (Regatta, MRV, Com Cruise, PCom cruise, Succia). As Club members you will form friendships with similar interest, Rick, Lydia, and I love fishing crabbing, prawning, Peter loves harvesting clams and Oysters, Ron likes to power our boats as we move about our interest. Then their is hiking, swimming and paddle boards, we love gunkholes, and will venture to a marina for supplies and a pub. At night Peter or Rick with kill the calm with… Music! WE have always welcomed newbies to our flotilla, and they stay with us for as long as they can put up with us :-}.
Let’s journey through 2022 PY:
January: P45 topic: Tides – working with current part 2 (Dec 2021 tides part 1) This is good reading for beginners and Salties. P53 Interest: SanJuans – don’t bottom out – make notes if your travels include at traverse into the States. Feb.: P36 destinations: this article is a great find, North to Desolation Sound. Rick and I are adventurers we like to find new routes to get to the old destinations, adding something new to our sailing repertoire. The article offered up: day1 Degman Bay Gabriola Is to Smugglers cove. My notes would include options, Leave Sidney Commodore Cruise, to Pirates cove, then on the journey to Smugglers have the option to check out Jedediah, but an early departure from Smugglers would allow us some Wing to Wing sailing before engines would be required. Long day, but fun sailing.
Day2 Smuggler to Powell (Westview Marina) here we have opportunity to refuel, resupply, stay the night, swim at beach or move on to Savary Is. on the hook. Day3 Powell to Galley Bay Desolation Sound, with a stop at Copelands Is, Pilgram South of Is for a swim. NOTE: to keep to tight schedules we use “DAY”, for easy-leisurely sailing we use “AM” Acuna Matata for whenever all good, we like here, and so on like REST DAY!. Day4 Galley to Tenedos, just a short jump for a hike to Unwind Lake. Day5, option Hole in the Wall Octopus Is, Squirrel Cove (great fresh water swim – hope Ron doesn’t steal my shoes again!!! just saying, or follow the recommendation to head up and around to Ha’thayim inlet (VonDonLup inlet)on Cortez Island. Day6 WE have options to destinations like Campbell River, or keep to schedule and head down to Comox for fuel, food, maybe night at marina and pub or keep to schedule and go to Henry Bay on Denman Is. enjoying a nice swim on sandy spit. Day 7 head out to Lasquiti Is. to False Bay. Day 8 head to Pilot Bay on Gabriola or to Nanaimo/Newcastle. Day 9 options cross over to Gibsons, or go back to Pirates Cove – Maybe talk Rick into Ladysmith for a pub run.
From there we need to think about what to do before PCom Cruise to Bellingham, do we need to head to home port, or stay out and cruise the Gulf and SanJuans to be fashionably on time on August 4th

To be continued…. March