Lyn and Katherine Sorensen both grew up in the Pacific Northwest. Katherine moved to the PNW at age 12 when her father retired from the air force and returned the family to Washington state where he grew up. Lyn’s ancestors (Weeks) homesteaded on Lopez in the 1800’s, which makes himContinueContinue Reading
Paul grew up sailing in the Texas Gulf near NASA and Kemah and later on Lake Michigan and then the Chesapeake Bay. He has also done some racing both classic wooden boats and J boats, including attending J School in Newport. Some of the boats we had growing up includedContinueContinue Reading
We retired to Lopez Island in 2019 from Bainbridge Island where we lived for 21 years. While on Bainbridge Island, we enjoyed enjoyed being members of Eagle Harbor Yacht Club. We also had some fun adventures on our own to the San Juan Islands and Gulf Islands.Pamela lived on LopezContinueContinue Reading
LIYC’s Toys Ahoy Toy Drive 2024 Please try and use our local stores for gifts and or gift cards! The 2024 Toys Ahoy Toy Drive is here! We are gathering “unwrapped” toys/gifts in the coming weeks and then plan on bringing them to our club Christmas Dinner on December 7,ContinueContinue Reading
We both grew up around the water in Alameda, CA. We left it for 7 years when we moved to Dallas, TX, but were happy to return to the West coast when we moved to Lopez in 2021. Roman’s parents live on Center Island and so the connection to LopezContinueContinue Reading
We fell in love with Lopez when we first moved to the PNW from the East Coast. We bought ourLopez house in 2002 and we were never going back. As my kids were growing up we spentsummers on Lopez before cell phones and Wi-Fi. We crabbed and shrimped with ourContinueContinue Reading
Lopez ConnectionJohanna’s Lopez ties go back to her childhood. Her folks, Lynn & Marlys Waller,bought property on Lopez Sound in the mid 1960’s. The Waller kids grew up camping,canoeing, clamming and cutting firewood on Lopez. Once retired, Lynn and Marlys builta home on the property where they lived year-round forContinueContinue Reading
Connections to Lopez: moved here in July 2023 from a floating home on Lake Union. We plan to be here full time with occasional jaunts to our cabin in Winthrop Boating interests: we currently have an 20 foot Boston Whaler to explore the islands and a Harbor 20 sailboat thatContinueContinue Reading
Salish Moon is our very first boat and we have been learning as much as possible. We look forward to years of exploring the San Juan and Gulf Islands. After meeting Jeff Daggett, BJ and Pete, Chris and I are excited to join a community of boaters. We have livedContinueContinue Reading
Ahoy! Beautiful Lopez Island called to me for many years as I cruised the Islands with my children each summer, longing to live here someday. We had a 22’ SeaSwirl Cuddy Cabin decked out with full canvas, perfect for boat camping all over Puget Sound, the Salish Sea, and theContinueContinue Reading
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