Salish Sea sailing?
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Completely out of sync with everyone. Left early, already home. Next time, a better data plan and will continue to check the forums... the pic's are from Ganges and Herring Bay, Ruxton Isl..
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Moved from Poets Cove to Otter Bay today. We were told whales had come into Poets Cove marina and ate all the otters. Hopefully we can see more here. They are certainly fun to watch.
Ken
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On the hook at Annette Inlet tonight. Learned how to not enter a kayak from the back of a sailboat. At least it was pretty warm. Tomorrow we begin working our way home.
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Pics Begin last night at Anette Inlet. Back in the US at Roche Harbor. An easy 3 hour crossing, but no wind for the sails.
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@jssailem
Anette Inlet looks a little different than when we were there last winter.
@Ken Cross
I've been enjoying following your trip. Great pics.
Anette Inlet looks a little different than when we were there last winter.
@Ken Cross
I've been enjoying following your trip. Great pics.
Yes. Ken chooses to visit the places when they are warm and inviting.... I got to learn some of his thinking.
Of course sitting in side Mahalo sipping Woodford Bourbon was pretty special after our Georgia Strait crossing, and missing the Ferry in the mist....
Of course sitting in side Mahalo sipping Woodford Bourbon was pretty special after our Georgia Strait crossing, and missing the Ferry in the mist....
Tied up at Friday Harbor for the night. Leaving Roche, Spiden Channel currents had us down to half a knot over ground with RPMs set for 6.5. we could have fixed that by leaving at 4am but chose to go later. Fog also was a bit thick and thicker as we approached Friday Harbor. We decided to stay 2 nights because slips are hard to get over Labor day weekend and we are hoping the fog will clear. We don't have radar. The second picture is a large Washington State ferry leaving Friday Harbor. We stay clear of ferry Lanes and shipping Lanes in this stuff.
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Rosario was like pea soup at 09:30 this morning. Vis less than 800 yds. But that didn't slow some power boaters down. More than a couple at 15 kts+ without AIS showed up at less than 0.5 nm on radar. A 154' Perini Navi ketch (The Aquarius) flying the Maltese flag decided not to play and anchored off Thatcher Pass behind Armitage Island. We saw it in the Broughtons earlier this summer.
I stayed another night at (the wonderful anchorage that shall remain a secret so it doesn't get too crowded).
Back in my slip at 1600. Saw whales in Swanson Channel just south of the Ganges entrance, Beaver Point. Even the Otter Bay ferry diverted course to avoid them. And given the choice, chose to NOT aim right at me.
"Ferry Magnet" Stu did manage to get four or five in sight at one time for JoAnn and Ken, and one docked just as we pulled into Otter Bay the other day.
I did get to sail from Otter Bay to anchorage-secret, but looked back and found my speed had dropped because I'd picked up a big wad of kelp. It's truly catching, since Ken did it just the day before. Thanks to him, I knew what to look for, and how to get it off.
Maybe it chased me, 'cuz it was on my anchor when I picked it up this morning, along with 30 feet of 9/16" line.
Great cruise, super to meet Mark again, Terry for the first ever (finally
), and Colin again from our July Cruise with Mahalo, and to get to cruise again with K&J.
Pictures to follow. I'm advised I take too many. Hmm, maybe they're right...
Back in my slip at 1600. Saw whales in Swanson Channel just south of the Ganges entrance, Beaver Point. Even the Otter Bay ferry diverted course to avoid them. And given the choice, chose to NOT aim right at me.
"Ferry Magnet" Stu did manage to get four or five in sight at one time for JoAnn and Ken, and one docked just as we pulled into Otter Bay the other day.
I did get to sail from Otter Bay to anchorage-secret, but looked back and found my speed had dropped because I'd picked up a big wad of kelp. It's truly catching, since Ken did it just the day before. Thanks to him, I knew what to look for, and how to get it off.
Maybe it chased me, 'cuz it was on my anchor when I picked it up this morning, along with 30 feet of 9/16" line.
Great cruise, super to meet Mark again, Terry for the first ever (finally
), and Colin again from our July Cruise with Mahalo, and to get to cruise again with K&J.Pictures to follow. I'm advised I take too many. Hmm, maybe they're right...
