We're here in Port Angeles for another night at dock. Brad is getting the boat ready for the last leg of our trip, cleaning and changing filters. I'm taking a walk into town to get provisions. It's a warm day and the little bits of shade are appreciated. It's a long walk, two hours, including shopping time. Brad talked to some boaters last night who were in the Coho hoho and then had to drop out. The Coho hoho which began a few days ago in Seattle, goes to San Diego. Some boaters are as far as Eureka. We're hoping to have better winds at this time. Another boat came in from Canada today. They are also going down the coast, a day later than us and about twice as far off the coast. We called for pizza delivery tonight, yum.
August 19, 2013
Up and off the dock by 05:00. It is still dark. There are bright lights from town and the ships at anchor which don't help our night vision. When the sun finally comes up, we have good visibility until we get close to Neah Bay, and have low fog with less than four miles visibility. We each take long breaks from the cockpit. The wind is 2-8 knots mostly on the bow. The current is ebbing and we get as much as a 3.5 push. At one point we run into some seaweed that fouls the prop. A few trials of reverse seems to shake it loose. Anchor down at 12:30 just off the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, where we anchored last year. There are some boats at the marina, but we have the bay all to ourselves, with the exception of a couple Makah canoes that cruise by during their evening workout. Today's stats: sea temp 48.9, engine hours 7.5, nautical miles 46.9, total trip miles 1,145.6, GPS coordinates 48.22.402N / 124.37.068W.
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