Gathering of the Vikings at Poet's Cove

[Mike.Gritten]

We just got back from a week's sailing in Canada's Gulf Islands. We attended the Ericson Rendezvous at Poet's Cove along with 22 other Ericson boats. It was amazing! I haven't seen any other posts from other attendees or from the organizer, Stuart Mackenzie, but maybe I just missed them while we were sailing. Our experience was a very positive one, and I encourage everyone in the region to try and attend next year's version. We have reserved 30 slips! It was wonderful to meet other Ericson owners and see how they have met the challenges we all face by choosing to sail in our "Good Old Boats." (pardon the name theft, but it seemed appropriate). Like ours, most of these boats have had at least some their systems recently upgraded/replaced. I particularly enjoyed seeing all of the interior mods and have made note of some changes I want to implement on Papillon. I took photos of every boat I could see on Sunday morning and will be happy to make them available to anyone interested in seeing them. I understand that Stuart and Heather are going to put up a website with all the photos and some stories about the rendezvous. I'm sure they will post the link in the (near ?) future.

[Sean Engle]

22 Boats, eh? That's great! Send me some pictures and I'll add them to the rotation at the front - and post a couple here as well!

//sse

[Mike.Gritten]

I am sending a few pics we took at the rendezvous. Enjoy. If these don't all post here, I will send them separately to Sean. Here goes.....

[Mike.Gritten]

Here's 5 more...this functions really nicely, Sean!

[Mike.Gritten]

Here are 5 more....

[Mike.Gritten]

Please bear with me. My boat's at the end!

[Sean Engle]

Makes me feel sad that I missed it - but it looks like you guys had an excellent time!

We'll be up your way in October - for my wedding - on Orcas Island! :p

//sse

[Mike.Gritten]

Congratulations, Sean! What a beautiful place to get married.
We're sorry you couldn't make it to the rendezvous. We had 6 American boats and 16 from Canada. Poet's Cove was beautiful and the weather co-operated apart from a nasty, short-lived squall that hit some boats late on Friday afternoon. The Jeanneau rendezvous was also being held there at the same time. I was told that they had 33 boats in attendance. That makes our get together even more amazing, when you consider that their group is organized by the dealers and has factory participation and support!
Stuart Mackenzie deserves a big THANK YOU for his organizational efforts. He and his wife, Heather did a stellar job for our group and have booked 30 slips for next year. It will be on the Father's Day weekend again so everyone can start making plans to attend.
Good luck with impending nuptials!

[Stuart]

Mike, well done on comments of Rendezvous. We have been very busy and it's just getting worse. I will try and post some photos.
Cheers
Stuart

[Sean Engle]

As an aside - I just uploaded the attached image on the front of the site:

//sse