READY
SET GO
Summer Place came off the hard in late June. She has a fresh coat of bottom paint, blue
this time. The electronics are updated
with new Raymarine chart plotter, auto pilot, radar, and instruments. The stern lifeline is beefed up with
stainless steel rail to the gates. There
are two more solar panels, 150% more capacity.
Mechanically there is a new water pump, valves for the fuel system,
exhaust coupler, exhaust elbow on the generator, turbine outlet fittings and so
on. The bow thruster had a check-up and
got new seals and feed tube.
NEW SOLAR PANELS
NEW INSTURMENTS
NEW CHART PLOTTER
The fuel tank has been topped off with 90 more gallons of
diesel. The water tank is filled and
chlorinated. The garbage is put off. The
pantry and freezer are packed. The
clothes are washed and stowed. We are
ready to go!
July 6, 2015
We depart
from C dock, space 147, Boat Haven Marina, Port Townsend, WA at 0930, well
before the negative tide. Local fires
haze the sky making the mountains difficult to view. Our destination is Watmough Bay on the
southeast side of Lopez Island. The wind
and current are at odds making it a bit rough.
I think the boat loves to be washed in salty sea spray. We motor for a while, and then let out the
Jib followed by the Main, making a good 6 knots under sail alone. Anchoring around 1400 in 17 feet with a 20
knot breeze from the west, we put out 150 plus chain rode. Today we traveled 23.4 nautical miles. Our GPS coordinates: 48.26.029N, 122.48.469W. The wind is consistent throughout the night
swaying us on the anchor chain in a tight arc.
WATMOUGH BAY, LOPEZ ISLAND
July 7, 2015
We awake to
a good breeze with bouncy wind waves.
The sky is overcast with low clouds and haze from the fires. The anchor comes up well with a bit of mud,
sea grass, and kelp. Hugging the shore
we motor past the islands up Rosario Strait.
Recreational fishing boats dot the water along with other S/V and
M/V. There are a couple tugs pushing
and pulling barges. The WA state ferries
are evident going through Thatcher Pass.
Rounding Orcas Island, we set a course for Sucia Island. No sooner does the Jib go out the wind dies
off. The water looks like glass and the
sun shows itself. We set anchor in Echo
Bay at 1300 in 32 feet with a 4 knot breeze.
Our GPS coordinates: 48.45.787N,
122.54.242W. The watermaker has been
unpickled and run for most of the 4 hour journey making approximately 18 gals
per hour.
PASSING TUG BOATS
WASHINTON STATE FERRY
SUCIA ISLAND
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