Montague was one of our favorite stops last sumer in the gulf islands. Never went to the marina so I cant say anything about it but I remember thinking that with the number (probably close to a hundred) of anchored boats in the harbor that there was some as yet undeveloped business opportunities.
Mike Cain mikebc...@gmail.com 1983 C&C 29SD "Antsea" soon to be named something else.... On Apr 10, 2013, at 10:33 AM, Martin DeYoung wrote: > Sam, > > I concur with Russ's comments. I have anchored in and visited Montague > Harbour with Calypso and our prior C&C 36 for many years. Walking the BC > park beach is one of our favorite BC Gulf Island activities. More > importantly this is one of the places the lovely Mrs. Calypso often speaks of > as a reason to cross the Straits of Juan de Fuca and deal with the border > crossings. > > Each visit we would dinghy over to the marina and cruise the general store, > maybe buy lunch or an ice cream cone. We do have several arty type things in > our house from Galiano Island artists, purchased at the store. > > Using my day job business glasses, anybody purchasing this type of business > will need significant working capital beyond the purchase price to survive > the early "low season(s)" (i.e. winter). > > If I was a person of substantial means and was looking for a retirement or > hobby business I would be interested. If I needed to make a profit every > working day to stay afloat this type of business and location would not pass > the viable business test. > > Martin > Calypso > 1970 C&C 43 > Seattle > > -----Original Message----- > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Russ & > Melody > Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 6:48 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List Montague Harbour > > Hi Sam, > > It is a lovely, relatively large harbour. Shallow on the south-east end and > very protected. A good hurricane hole... except we don't get hurricane here. > > Ferry service to Vancouver and to other locations if that's important > > I expect 1.6 mil will only by a piece of it and not the park area. > > Cheers, Russ > Sweet, 35 mk-1 > > At 06:37 PM 09/04/2013, you wrote: >> This place is up for sale. $1.6M >> Sailing friend of mine is looking at it seriously. >> Anyone on the west coast know anything about it? >> Anything of concern? >> Is it popular? >> Is the island sinking into the sea? >> >> I've sailed the Gulf Islands and the San Juan's a lot, but never been to >> Montague. >> >> Sam Salter >> C&C 26 Liquorice >> Ghost Lake Alberta >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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