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• Langley Whales

  • Start
    19 Apr 2025
  • End
    20 Apr 2025
  • Location
    Langley Marina
  • Spaces left
    0
  • Registered
    12 registrants

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  Langley Whale Overnight Cruise
  

  APRIL 19-20, 2025

  Grab your binoculars & point your bow north to Possession Sound, directly toward Hat/Gedney Island for a relaxing, casual (and Respectful) float with 7 of our native returning grey & humpback whales for a magical Saturday afternoon. Plan to arrive early enough to allow time before heading in to the Langley dock. 

  Remember:  keep 100 yards between you & any Grey's or Humpbacks. "Position yourself parallel to the whales. Do not leap-frog or stop in the path of any whales". I suggest watching the whale tour boats on AIS, decide on a spot, turn your engine off & simply float. If lucky, a whale may saunter by as they feed. 

  On the Dock:  there will be a Potluck BYOB Happy Hour at the dock picnic tables at 6 pm. We are in a town so dinner is your own choice. Make sure to check with local restaurants for their reservation policy's if you plan to eat out. They book up super fast (!). Later evening may include a walk-a-bout up to local Spy Hop watering hole, Jazz at the wine bar, or perhaps a bit of boat-to-boat socializing.

  Register here:  https://www.styc.org/event-6049776

  As with all cruise's there will be a waitlist. Please feel free to sign-up. 

  Port of Langley Marina: ch #66A.              STYC: #72.

  Please pay the marina upon your arrival. Stay Tuned for further UPDATES !!

  Welcome the Whales!!

  Kristina Southard, STYC Cruise Chair

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• Memorial Day Mystery Bay Weekend Cruise

  • Start
    24 May 2025
  • End
    26 May 2025
  • Location
    Marrowstone Island
  • Spaces left
    15

  
  

  Registration to open the very end of April

  SAVE THE DATE! for our  ANNUAL    

  Memorial Day Mystery Bay Raft-Up.    

  May 24-26, 2025

  Please join us for this jam-packed joint-venture 3-day weekend cruise to Mystery Bay. Raft up with fellow STYC brethren & other CYC members. Get to know some fellow sailors during collaborative on-shore activities, and perhaps polish up your Bocce Ball skills. On the cruise docket: an outdoor BBQ potluck dinner; a goat farm tour, a picnic winery tasting, a charming local Tractor Parade... AND after a 4 yr closure the Tiny Nordland General Store is now back open for business! That said, Please provision your boat accordingly for the entire holiday weekend.

  Navigation:  The entry to Mystery Bay can be very Tricky. Please source out & refer to all your own tide, current, & chart information you will need in order to navigate the winding narrow Kilisut Passage entrance safely. This year the high tide on Sat 5/24 looks good for late afternoon entrence, but Monday 5/26 will require a mid afternoon departure depending on your draft. If you are unsure of your ability to enter & navigate Kilisut confidently perhaps consider spending the previous evening at anchor in nearby Glen Cove Kala Point, or in Port Townsend. Option: refer to your land charts & drive in.

  New for 2025!!! This will be a strictly anchoring/rafting cruise event. Although the float is still accessible for a fee, there is NO dock access to land. The dock has been newly condemned. Vessels will NEED a dingy to skiff into our staging ground at the small Mystery Bay State Park. Likewise, there are only 2 State Park mooring balls that are still usable. This was very well managed last Memorial Day by all our boats

  Cruise Reservation Sign-up:  Please sign-up on our STYC website for the cruise so that we can manage head counts for each activity. This is IMPORTANT.  Equally Important... if you are a dual member of both STYC & CYC yacht clubs **only sign-up with ONE CLUB please (!!!). 

  Please fly your STYC club burgee's for this cruise.

  We are looking for Volunteers to drive-in for the day on Sunday May 25 & help shuttle sailors up to the Vineyard. Volunteers will be gifted free entrance to the goat farm tour/activities. Please reach out to cruise chair Kristina Southard at cruise@styc.org to arrange. This is a Great way to become involved with our cruising program, especially if you don't have access to a vessel of your own. We are a volunteer organization and we Thank you in advance for your he[p on this particular cruise.

  About Mystery Bay:  All but hidden on the inside of Marrowstone Island, Mystery Bay State Park offers a great escape for visitors arriving by water. This is one of our most popular STYC cruises. Boaters can raft up or lay anchor and stroll along the grassy and gravelly shoreline or enjoy the inlet’s pristine waters. Bring along a kayak or paddle board for daytime recreation on the water. Reserve a campsite at Fort Flagler. There is an organic goat farm that offers tours on making goat cheese, a renowned island vineyard for an organized wine tasting. Take in the Olympic mountain views from the shoreline picnic area about 80-100 yards from the raft-up. Cook up your own burgers, oysters or clams in one of three fire rings on shore and enjoy an island sunset before heading back to your boat. Fort Flagler is approximately 2 miles from Mystery Bay (about a 15 minute dinghy ride). Tour and explore a significant coastal defense fort established more than a century ago to guard the entrance to Puget Sound. 

  STYC will be standing by on ch #72.

  Cruise line-up:

  Saturday May 24  -  Evening Happy Hour, details TBA

  Sunday May 25    -  10 - 11am - Goat Farm option - Pay $10/pp at Farm

                                                   12 noon'ish - Tractor Parade

                                                   2- 5pm - Wine ZTasting & games @ Marrowstone Vineyard

  * The purchase a bottle of wine is required in order to partake in the Tasting Event.

                                                   7 pm - Potluck BBQ Dinner on the beach

  Monday May 26   - Departure home

  This 3-day distance cruise has become a hallmark event for STYC. All activities planned are optional. Each boat & Drive-in member will be required to sign-up for each event separately within the registration screen so we may have a proper head-count. Again, it is stressed if you are a dual member of both STYC & CYC..... only sign-up ONCE.

  Looking forward to yet another stellar Memorial Day cruise. Cheers!

  Kristina, STYC Cruise Chair

  
  

  
  

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