Recently, we spent almost three weeks cruising north of Seattle. During our travels, we had two encounters that reminded us of Elliott Bay.
Do you remember our May 12 post entitled "A School Bus that Floats" (http://thisisseattletraffic.blogspot.com/2011/05/school-bus-that-floats.html)? Well, on 7:15 AM on June 28, while cruising north of Campbell River, BC at Chatham Point, where Johnstone Strait and Discovery Passage meet (see http://www.fogwhistle.ca/bclights/chatham/), we overtook an Alaska Marine Lines barge returning to Seattle from Alaska. The barge was nearly empty, and the only vehicles visible to us were a couple of pick-up trucks. There were no school buses in sight.
The other encounter occurred on July 2 at the dock below Chatterbox Falls in Princess Louisa Inlet. Adjacent to us was none other than M/V Compadre, a 43-foot bridge-deck cruiser built in 1929 by Stephens Brothers in Stockton, CA. We had seen Compadre at the classic yacht rendezvous at Bell Harbor Marina on June 18.
Compadre is currently owned by Rick and Cindy Randall of Bainbridge Island, WA, where Rick serves as commodore of the Eagle Harbor Yacht Club. For further information about Compadre and much better photos than the one above, see the excellent site maintained by the Randalls at http://mvcompadre.com/index.html.
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