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Reid Harbor, Garrison Bay…

"Cruising has two pleasures. One is to go out in wider waters from a sheltered place. The other is to go into a sheltered place from wider waters."


– Howard Bloomfield

 

Sunday, July 25

Cap Sante to Reid Harbor

Distance: 28 nautical miles

Moorage: Anchored

 

Nice run to Reid Harbor, where I met up with Ghost to raft together.  It’s obvious that summer has arrived judging by the boat traffic.

 

It was a very pleasant evening, so Brett and I decided to take a dinghy cruise.  We ran out John’s Pass into Boundary Pass, where we encountered a pod of Orcas heading south.  It is quite thrilling to be close to orcas in a 9 foot boat!  Amazing experience.

 

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Early Summer Cruise – San Juan and Gulf Islands

"The ocean has always been a salve to my soul…the best thing for a cut or abrasion was to go swimming in salt water. Later down the road of life, I made the discovery that salt water was also good for the mental abrasions one inevitably acquires on land."


– Jimmy Buffett


 
Note:  I've gotten a little behind on posting my log entries… catching up!
 
Tuesday, June 22

Cap Sante to Reid Harbor (Stuart Island)

Distance 29 nm 

Moorage: State Park Float  

Nice afternoon run to meet up with “Ghost”, “Teaghlach”, “Dem Bones”, and “Richie Buoy” on the State Park float at Reid Harbor. 

From Summer cruising 2010

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Seattle and back…

 

Thursday, May 13 – Cap Sante to Everett     

 Running time: 4 hours     

 Distance: 44.6 nm     

 Moorage:  Free (Navy YC Recip)     

Ran from Cap Sante (home slip) to Port of Everett via Swinomish Channel.  It was a great run- my timing was good, providing a following current through LaConner.  Stayed at the Port of Everett guest dock using reciprocal moorage.     

A Very Un-Crowded Port of Everett Guest DockSunset at Everett

 

Everett Sunset

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Cruise to Port Ludlow

Trip Totals

Engine Hours: ~5

Distance 94.5 nm

Just returned from a few days on the boat, cruising to Port Ludlow for a Tollycraft Boating Club cruise.

The weather was decent, improving as the weekend ended.  Smooth waters made cruising a pleasure.

Point Wilson - Admiralty InletPort Townsend Canal
Jenny

 While at Port Ludlow, we gathered for luch at the Harbormaster Restaurant and were joined by Mr. “Tolly” Tollefson, the founder and long-time owner of Tollycraft Yachts.  Tolly is a celebrity in Northwest boating, and at 99 is an amazing man to talk with.  A few of us had the distinct pleasure to share his table for lunch and enoyed hearing his stories of cruising and boat-building.

Tolly and Jonathan
Tolly describing the challenges of docking his last boat- a 48 tricabin "Tolly", which he finally sold at age 92.

 The weather was much too nice to go home on Sunday, so I decided to stay out another day.  I joined “Tolly Time II” and “Otter” at Point Hudson for another great day.

Point Hudson Marina, Port Townsend - Overnight stop on the way home...

A great trip.  I have a few maintenance projects on the list before the next trip- a club cruise to Seattle’s Bell Harbor in mid-May…