Leaving Bellingham
Well I made it off the dock on my scheduled departure date of September 7th. I didn't have anything stored and my Dad and Peter were doing projects up to the last minute while I was out grocery shopping, but I got off the dock and I'm on my way. Here's a picture of the interior a few hours before leaving:
and one on the way out:
So Peter and I made it out to Cypress Head on Thursday night and the had a great sail with the tides beating into 10-15 knot winds all the way to Port Townsend. Our job for the day was to come up with a name to anthropomorphise my Monitor Steering Vane. The current front runner is Lord Steersington, the 17th Earl of Steerage on Tyne. I know it's a little bit long, but it's got a nice ring to it. Anyway, here's a picture of my buzzing the Lady Washington on our way into Port Townsend:
The anchorage in Port Townsend was packed, deep and rolly, so after hitting the Wooden Boat Festival we weighed anchor and sailed down near Port Hadlock for the night and met up with Jeffery, Christine and Aaron on the David B for a great Pesto dinner.
We took off this morning at 7:00 to catch the outgoing tide on the Strait of Juan De Fuca. There was no wind and the Strait was glass calm, so we motored all the way to Port Angeles. The weather is looking pretty good for tomorrow, so we'll try to catch the tide at 6:20 and make it out to Neah Bay. The weather is also looking pretty benign off the coast, so hopefully we'll be on our way South on Tuesday morning.
Well the coffee shop I'm in is closing so I need to get this posted. I probably won't get internet access untill we hit San Francisco in 10 days or so. I'll try to get another post off then.
