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Published On: Jun 21, 2005 12:05 PM
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Published On: Jun 21, 2005 12:05 PM
First day out
We finally did it! Today is our first day out on
the water. We end up in Port Ludlow.
After being sick yesterday (I had a reaction to
the last rabies vaccine we had two days ago), we had to postpone our trip a
day.
We started off our day about 0800 and started getting the boat ready to sail. We had to take down the canvas covers, stow all the loose things, and set up the dinghy.
Then Scott from Yachtmasters showed up about 0930. We went over rigging spares and then went out for a quick rig check. There wasn't much wind, so we ended up not doing much looking at the rig tune.
We dropped Scott back off at Shilshole about noon. Since we hadn't gotten a full tank of fual last Thursday, we stopped at the fuel dock and filled up. Another 65 gallons later, and we were ready to go.
We headed out of Shilshole about 1230. The wind was very light, but Steven really likes to sail if at all possible. We put up the sails and made about 1.75 knots. The current was with us, however, so we made closer to 3 knots over the ground.
We put out the trolling rig for a few hours, but didn't catch anything but weed. After 7.5 hours of sailing, the wind finally died and the currents turned against us. We had to fire up the engine. A couple hours later at 2140, we pulled into Port Hardy, about 20 minutes before it would have been too dark to get into the unfamiliar anchorage. We both think we cut that one too close: moral of the story is to leave early and arrive early!
Port Hardy is quiet, about 25 miles north of Seattle in Puget Sound. This is about 10 miles south of Port Townsend, the last town on the Sound before it opens up into the Straight of Juan De Fuca.
Today, we made 29.2 miles - 9.5 in 6:15 of sailing, and the rest motoring in 3.5 hours. You might ask why we didn't do more motoring and less sailing. The answer to that is that Steven is really stubborn about using the engine - if the wind is blowing at all and we're not in danger due to current, the engine stays off.
The evening is quiet with very little wind. It is drizzling lightly. Roma is reading up on our upcoming cruising grounds. Steven has been fiddling with the satellite weather receiver, which is still refusing to work well let alone at all. The boys are in bed. They pretty much played all day. They did poke their heads up when we went through large-ship-wake, or when we saw some dolphins or cool jellyfish.
We started off our day about 0800 and started getting the boat ready to sail. We had to take down the canvas covers, stow all the loose things, and set up the dinghy.
Then Scott from Yachtmasters showed up about 0930. We went over rigging spares and then went out for a quick rig check. There wasn't much wind, so we ended up not doing much looking at the rig tune.
We dropped Scott back off at Shilshole about noon. Since we hadn't gotten a full tank of fual last Thursday, we stopped at the fuel dock and filled up. Another 65 gallons later, and we were ready to go.
We headed out of Shilshole about 1230. The wind was very light, but Steven really likes to sail if at all possible. We put up the sails and made about 1.75 knots. The current was with us, however, so we made closer to 3 knots over the ground.
We put out the trolling rig for a few hours, but didn't catch anything but weed. After 7.5 hours of sailing, the wind finally died and the currents turned against us. We had to fire up the engine. A couple hours later at 2140, we pulled into Port Hardy, about 20 minutes before it would have been too dark to get into the unfamiliar anchorage. We both think we cut that one too close: moral of the story is to leave early and arrive early!
Port Hardy is quiet, about 25 miles north of Seattle in Puget Sound. This is about 10 miles south of Port Townsend, the last town on the Sound before it opens up into the Straight of Juan De Fuca.
Today, we made 29.2 miles - 9.5 in 6:15 of sailing, and the rest motoring in 3.5 hours. You might ask why we didn't do more motoring and less sailing. The answer to that is that Steven is really stubborn about using the engine - if the wind is blowing at all and we're not in danger due to current, the engine stays off.
The evening is quiet with very little wind. It is drizzling lightly. Roma is reading up on our upcoming cruising grounds. Steven has been fiddling with the satellite weather receiver, which is still refusing to work well let alone at all. The boys are in bed. They pretty much played all day. They did poke their heads up when we went through large-ship-wake, or when we saw some dolphins or cool jellyfish.
Posted: Thu - June 24, 2004 at 02:08 AM