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Re: High Season - Is it Crowded?
[Re: d_fish]
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01/30/2020 09:17 PM
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MrEZgoin
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There were a few jetskis out of leverick pre-irma, but they were very restricted and I didn't see them on our recent visit. Never seen one in an anchorage.
Don't count on getting a mooring late in the day. Do you have a lot of chain?
M4000 "Lio Kai"
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Re: High Season - Is it Crowded?
[Re: d_fish]
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01/30/2020 09:33 PM
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agrimsrud
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I would not characterize April as high season. It's still "busy" but not high. There will always be some anchorages that will be full up. That's most times of year. Imho you should plan to be in to your anchorage no later than 4.00 so you can reasonably come up with a plan B if needed. We operate the same as you - we leave relatively early in the morning to be at our lunch stop for a couple of hours and then get to our anchorage for the night with enough time we can enjoy it before it gets dark. Leverick has some jet skies. Rarely see them used and never seen them flogged through the mooring field. Never seen them anywhere else though we never frequent CGB.
I think there are plenty of places in April with peace and quite that can be enjoyed. But of course "crowded" means something different to every person.
Life's short - sail more!
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Re: High Season - Is it Crowded?
[Re: bailau]
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01/31/2020 06:43 PM
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NotquiteCapnRon
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I am curious if the charter companies monthly bookings are somewhat back to normal 2+ years after rebuilding? In May '19 Moorings told me they were at 85% pre Irma so I think the answer is yes Based on email blast discounts offered by a couple charter companies I subscribe to/charter from, I'm suspicious that they are having a good high season. It's unusual in my experience to see these (15%-20%) discounts offered in December (19) and January(20) for Feb. and March charters of the same year by second tier charter companies. 2020. Based on my experience in Dec. 2018 and Feb. 2019, it seems possibly that the charter boat population was artificially exagertated (in the mooring fields) by the missing moorings in the North Sound. Of course that doesn't mean that Moorings wasn't at 85%. I have almost exclusively used second tier charter companies with the exception of Sunsail many years ago.
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Re: High Season - Is it Crowded?
[Re: d_fish]
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01/31/2020 10:56 PM
01/31/2020 10:56 PM
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Posts: 812 Redmond, WA
MrEZgoin
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Docks looked pretty full at the Moorings/Sunsail base when we left yesterday.
M4000 "Lio Kai"
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