Shake down Ringer leader 2007

Back from two month outing

The last week in July Capt. Terry was contacted by the owner of a brand new 52' Nordic Tug "The Ringleader", she was referred to him by a friend of a friend to help her on a shakedown cruise up the inside of Vancouver Island, serving as captain, guide, instructor, mate,deck hand and guest as she learn to master her new boat.
While doing the over 2 month shakedown cruise Capt. Terry shot thousands of photographs with his digital camera.
Here is the start of "The ringleader"s shake down cruise.
Leaving Cap Sante's Marina in Anacortes they proceed to Friday Harbor and moor across the dock from the Town of Friday Harbor's fire boat, where Capt Terry loads his personal captain and cruising gear.

Capt Terry w/ new owners takes 65' SlowSeason on short cruise

Breakaway with Bruce qnd Jan Manning in the Gulf Islands

Capt. Terry Sanders shows the Mannings from Utah

the San Juan Islands,

Victoria Canada,

and the Gulf Islands

in the chartered ship Navigator 53,

from Anacortes Yacht Charters.

The Mannings were out for weeks cruising,

learning the area,

and looking for a vessel for their selves.

Capt.Terry as their guide and instructor

Michael Shooley and his wife Ruth, learn how to operate a 36' Grand Banks chartered from Anacortes Yacht Charters, with Capt. Terry as their guide and instructor

..student & instructor for the Camano Island fire and Rescue

For the second year. Asst. Chief Darien Reid, from Camano Island fire and Rescue conducted a 16hr Surface Water Rescue Techinician Class for San Island EMT,s and Friday Harbor Town Firefighters. Part of the class was that the students spend 10 min in the cold water. This gave them a first hand experiance on how the water in Puget Sound affects the human body.
Captain Sanders was both a student and instructor for this class

Captain Sanders skippers the "Odessey"

Captain Sanders skippers the "Odyssey"

for San Juan Excursions, where he finds orca J-Pod in Rosario's Straights. Captain Terry delivers the whale watcher gusts back to Friday Harbor, tired, hungry, but with smiles on there faces.

Video Tour of Friday Harbor by Kevin Keating

Click on the link to see the tour

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfqmSHF1Kjo

Friday Harbor's Capt Terry sets customer up for summer

Capt. Terry re-locates clients sport fishing/cruising boat from Roche Harbor, where it was dry stored by Roche Harbor Marine, for the winter, to the Port of Friday Harbor "W" dock, for the summer, where the owner can conviently, hop on and go fishing, or cruise at his leasure.

Charter boat,Services offer by Captain Sanders - TOUR inside Vancouver Island, Canada

Custom private Yacht lessons available

Single or Twin powerboat or sailboats,

available on yours or chartered 25ft to 85ft boats.

Schedule early

Call Captain Terry at 360-472-0054

How to:
** Manuver in harbors, and safe docking skills.
** Handle controls, lines, and fenders. .
** Navigate and pilot a vessel with paper, rule, and compass, and use of electronic aids.
** Anchoring techniques, problems and solutions.
** Cruise Planning and Provisioning.
** Tide and current planning and managing. ie: Deception Pass: Seymore Narrows; Cattle Pass; ect.
** Boat management and operations,( aquisition, Repairs & maintenace, refitting, repowering, and more)
** Single handed boat operations.

Lessons will be adjusted to the indiviuals current skill needs and previous skills that will work towards creating a safe, confident, and aware boat handling operater.

Ferry ride to Friday Harbor, San Juan Islands,

SlowSeason returns to Friday Harbor after being hauled out

A picture of the moon setting that Capt Terry couldn't pass up.

Capt Terry delivers Slow Season to be "haul out"

Captain Terry Sanders takes the "Slowseason" to Bellingham with

and for the new owner to do maintenace on it.

What does Capt Terry do on his off time

Captain Terry preforms a wedding

Captain Terry and the "Lady Washington"

Capt. Terry winks as one of his past commands passes by, the "Lady Washington" it was used in filming the movie "Pirates of the Caribean" 1st film.
The full time Captain was gone on business, and Capt.Terry commanded it
for a short peroid of time.

Slow Season

Ketch Rigged motor sailer

Captain Terry ...works year round..even in cold weather

Cold day in the San Juan Islands,

Dec. 5, 2006
With 6 inches of snow on the deck Captain Terry Sanders delivers a 35 foot motor sailor to his customer in Bellingham Washington.

You might say it was a cold trip.


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Capt. Terry helps Colon McCoy take his 1948 33' Grandy from Friday Harbor to Illwaco, Where Colon met his wife and they take their boat the"Entrepide " up the Columbia rive to its permenant moorage.