Cruising World magazine has been covering, supporting and inspiring sailing and sailors for decades. The recent March issue contained another great cruising adventure by writer Elaine Lembo but this one also included their 2013 Summer Sailstice sail and celebration under the 'supermoon'. Sounds like a super nice voyage.
Convoy in the Pacific Northwest:
Think about it: nine crews, two countries, seven days. The possibilities are endless.
by Elaine Lembo - Cruising World Magazine
Pacific Northwest Sailing
The appearance of the Super Moon on the summer solstice was a visual treat that kept the shutterbugs in the flotilla fleet busy long into the night.
What a perfect coincidence. It was June 22, the day of the Summer Sailstice (2013), the worldwide celebration of sail on the solstice. Aboard Raven, our Catalina 42, not only had my mates and I remembered to bring along the event’s burgee, we actually remembered to raise it too, letting it fly during a light-air sail from the base of San Juan Sailing in Bellingham, Washington, to Sucia Island, one of the San Juans group.
With a couple of kayaks lashed to the deck, and daylight that lasted well past 9 p.m., our crew and the crews of eight other boats in the flotilla organized by the American Sailing Association were bursting with anticipation. Not only were all of us thrilled to be out sailing, with the promise of all the attendant rewarding activities like hiking and making new friends while exploring new places, we were bursting with anticipation of another phenomenon that had grabbed the headlines: the Super Moon, so called for the enhanced appearance of the orb due to its position at perigee. Read On.
Photo: Bob Vincent
