Third day and end of the Alaska trip

We left Eagle Harbor Marina early to catch the ebb tide and headed north towards Penn Cove on Whidby Island. Rain, clouds, wind. We motorsailed under jib. One of the pictures is of a fire boat practicing. You can see the stream of water. By late afternoon the wind was over 20 knots so we proceeded into Coupeville under motor. The wind was gusting to 28 knots away from the dock and Marty fell on the dockbut managed to get theboat tied up. The bad news is that I broke my left wrist in 2 places my nose and am sporting a glorious shiner! The really bad news is that the Alaska trip is off while we go home for surgery. Rob and Becky will continue without us. We willmiss them. But no unworkable problems. I guess God and the weather were against this tripfor this year

2nd day. Eagle Harbor

Foggy and rainy. We caught the current and it addrd 1 1/2 knots to our trip north. Short day today. Eagle Harbor is on Bainbridge Island across from Seattle. Long day tomorrow Penn Cove near Coupeville Wa. Then Deception Pass on Tuesday. Fogggy Bay, Sucia in the San Juans Wed for a days layover. God and weather permitting.

First day Jarrell's Cove to Gig Harbor

Sunshine on my sholders makes me happy. Left about 8:30 am with the outgoing tide. Arrived at Tacoma narrows bridge at about 12:30. Gig Harbor at 1:30. Anchor down, rafted to "Maxine". Sundowners! Anticipation high. Nothing broke. Stay tuned

We are provisioning for put trip to South East Alaska

Have we got it all? Have we got too much? Our list of lists is shorter. One more project before we leave. Tomorrow Walt will replace the Yanmar diesel throttle cable and transmission cable. Shuttle our car to a friends for 4 months and we are ready to head n north. Follow along on our blog