We joined two other boats in a cruise leaving Nanaimo, BC on Aug. 21st to Maple Bay, Sidney and then on to the San Juan Islands (Friday Harbour, Rosario, through Deception Pass to Anacortes, Echo Bay at Sucia Island and then back to Canada via Poet's Cove at Bedwell Harbour, Clam Bay and then home to Nanaimo on Aug. 30th.
We only had about a half hour of light showers one day, and though it wasn't hot, we were often in T-shirts and jeans. With the exception of one day of light winds, the sailing was great--in fact, a little too much wind coming into Anacortes in 30+ knots of wind.
While weather/wind is often a "crapshoot", we have had an unusually windy summer in the Nanaimo/Strait of Georgia area, with literally no rain measured in the month of July this year. Sailing has been great! But now fall is in the air, though we keep our boat in the water all winter, and sail year round, though bundled up a bit in January/February.
Frank