Rendezvous Roundup

“Beautiful Maple Bay was the site of the 33rd annual Camano Rendezvous on July 11-13.  Twenty boats and their enthusiastic crews enjoyed meeting and greeting many long-time friends and sharing stories and events with lots of food, music, some boat-name and nautical trivia games, and shore excursions. 

We all marvelled​ at how well-designed and seaworthy our Camanos are, especially after hearing the harrowing tale of one that inadvertently ran the Skookumchuck Rapids at max ebb with little more than just a tad of saltwater that splashed through the engine room vents.

On Saturday, a very useful Tech session covered issues from Volvo motor maintenance, electronics glitches and many questions were answered by owners who had solved a plethora of minor and major boat issues above and below the waterline. Boat tours shared ideas on upgrades and modifications that insightful for the whole group. 

Camano 31’s are one of the last BC-built boats designed and originally built by Bob Warman. There were about 250 of these tough workboat-inspired single diesel flybridge trawlers. While very economical at 8 knots, they might be described as one of the original fast pocket trawlers, capable of 15 knots. Owners clearly love them.

We look forward to the 2026 Rendezvous at Maple Bay - check out the forum next spring at camanopacific.com for details. We hope new cruisers can join us!”

Pacific Yachting, December 2025

From Pacific Yachting Magazine December ‘25