Broughtons Summer Cruise - Day 13 Sullivan Bay

Before each departure the captains meet to discuss any issues that might affect our cruise to the next marina or anchorage. If there are any weather concerns we reach a consensus on what is comfortable for everyone.  

All looked good so we left Port Harvey at 8:00 after everyone picked up their cinnamon buns for the morning. It was a seven hour run to Sullivan Bay but it was all through narrow channels and it was beautiful. None of us did much reading or cross stitch on this run because we were all busy watching both shorelines for bears. Unfortunately, we didn’t see any. We did see a group of possibly nine kayakers that were in front of one of the many tall rock faces that were typical of our trip today. I took a picture to show the scale of how tall these walls are. And the water was normally around 600 feet deep. It’s almost hard to comprehend the size of these hills and rock formations.

We arrived around 3:00pm and got settled. I remember Sullivan Bay from 25 years ago when we brought the kids with us on the Grady White cruise to Alaska that Bob put together. I didn’t remember much about Sullivan Bay other than I knew I loved it.  They have really made some improvements over the year and it is just as fun and quirky as I remember it.  Every building is on a floating dock and there is no access to land except where the fuel tank access is. Even the dogs have their own little grass covered barge.

We met Jack and Moon while we were out walking so we took some nice pictures of each other.

One of the traditions here at Sullivan Bay is to have appetizers and drinks on the dock at 5:00pm each night. The restaurant contributes one appetizer and then all the boaters bring something to share. It was a fun evening visiting with everyone in our group and meeting other boaters who are also here. One of the things that the staff at Sullivan Bay promotes is a chance to win a free night of moorage. They took us out to the end of a dock and about  120 yards out was a floating satellite dish. That was the “hole” that the golfer was supposed to land the ball on. The distance ranged from 100 – 140 yards depending on the tide and wind. Several people tried and I have to give them credit for even trying. Larry and Al both cam pretty close to the hole but no one won a free night. Last year four people won and this year no one has so far. It probably didn’t help that they had an audience watching them!

After golf and appetizers we met on Jack and Moon’s boat for some ice cream to finish off our evening.

We are docked at the end of the pier with our stern facing west. We had a beautiful view from our boat as we settled in for the night.