PaNNTOA Bremerton Cruise

The Pacific Northwest Nordic Tug Owners Association (PaNNTOA) held their annual rendezvous in Bremerton, WA this past weekend. We decided it was time to see how good of a boater our golden retriever, Barkley, is so we took him with us for the weekend.  I'm pleased to say he was even better than we had hoped for! He settled right into the cruising life and especially enjoyed the attention he got from other boaters as well as the many walks that he took us on!

We had a wonderful time at the Rendezvous with nearly 40 other Nordic Tugs. The entire weekend was well-planned and the food was fantastic! The weekend's schedule included several very good seminars that were well attended. They included information about cruising up into Canadian waters, couples cruising, Coast Guard procedures and safety, etc. While there we had a Coast Guard Auxiliary safety inspection done on our boat and passed with flying colors.

We also enjoyed a great slide show by photographer Neil Rabinowitz whose work has graced the cover of 2500 boating magazines and whose library contains more than 4 million stock photos! As you can imagine he had some beautiful shots of boats ranging from small classics up to some incredible mega-yachts.

Getting together with other owners was a real treat. It was so much fun to see what great ideas others have added to their boats to make things work easier and to facilitate storage and guests.  Of course, touring each others boat is always a delight and everyone was so gracious. The boats were a huge hit with other marina guests, also, and many people wandered the docks asking questions and admiring the line-up of Nordic Tugs.

We left our first Rendezvous with much more knowledge and many new friends!