Woke up to a sunny morning. So far the weather man has been wrong!
This was our last view of the Inner Harbor in Victoria aboard the Coho on our way back to Port Angeles to continue on the adventure!
The tides were flooding til 15:30 so it will probably be a slow go to Port Angeles.
Winds are variable with some patchy morning fog.
1025: Left Friday Harbor at a course of 75 E
1048: passing between Turn Rock on San Juan Island and altered course to 155
1405: entered into Juan de Fuca with seas calm and no wind.
We saw a Minky whale and the pinks (salmon) were jumping all over the place. I stopped counting after 22! David said they do that in order to get rid of the sea lice. I was wondering how he knew thar they were pinks? Apparently when they jump they land on their side - is there nothing that this guy does not know?
Things were calm so we decided to practice putting in a few reefs in the new main sail. Good workout for the biceps as I was on the halyard.
1440: the winds were picking up so we put out the jib. We have been having trouble with the alarm on the oil sensor
- alarm comes on when ignition key is on
- once engine starts, alarm 'chirps' at any rpm
-if oil pressure sensor is disconnected, alarm still audible
- oil pressure is OK
- alarm strength varies when boat is rolling
- charge light and water temperature light not illuminating
Til 1830: had a great sail for the last part of the crossing
- that was good as the alarm was starting to drive us crazy!
- arrived at Port Angeles into the Boathaven Marina
- nice docks
- $155 for 5 nights moorage and one night power
- good town to provision
- Safeway about a 15 minute walk
- reminder to anyone calling a cab to use Green8 and NOT Blue Top as they charge twice as much
- no laundry close by
- no WiFi at Marina so had to find a coffee shop
Note to anyone following this blog - WiFi access and sometimes even cellular phone coverage is very sketchy.
I can write this blog daily and was hoping to post once a week but that may not be possible! So just keep checking. And just because you have not heard from us does not mean you have to start worrying. We will try to contact Susan or Carolyn as often as we can and will have to depend on them to pass on the message!!!
Next couple of days we went over to Victoria on the M/V Coho as foot passengers to say our final goodbyes to friends and family. Had a wonderful send off dinner at Bob and Mary's. Pat, Kelly and Roz came over to Lillian's for a final toast and then we had a nice dinner at Ming's with Pat, Carolyn, Paxton, Sadie and Lillian.
Then we hung out with C,P & S for a little longer the next day as I messed up with the departure time of the ferry. It ended up being a good thing as we got to have another look at their new house and play with Sadie. We miss her already!
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