Monday, October 28, 2013

Friday, 28June, 2013: Skyline to Watmough Bay, SE Lopez Island

Weather:  Sunny and warm.  Winds:  Light and variable, somewhat NW.  Seas:  Flat.

My mentor Steve and his wife Janet aboard Flexible Flyer started their trip to Desolation Sound today.  Unfortunately for them the winds did not cooperate and they had a motor from their home port and put into Watmough for the night.

Expecting the above, Kelly and I had dropped the dogs off at the sitter's (affectionately called Aunt Nina's).  Steve and Janet have two cats aboard.  Last summer we hooked up and the dogs spent most of the day staring into their cabin at the cats.  The cats spent the night staring into our ports.  No aggression involved, just curiosity on their parts.  Since we did not know where we would end up and if public access to land would be available, we left the dogs.

After an hour motor, including an attempt to air out the spinnaker (too little wind and too northwesterly), we met up and rafted off.  Watmough is a nice place, surrounded by cliffs on most sides with a large sandy beach at the head.  It is open to the east and passing boat wakes do make it into the anchorage.  I would go back!

T'was great hooking up with Steve and Janet.  I picked their brains over many a subject, including how to go through the Ballard Locks.  We grilled chicken, had salad a pasta dish and fresh strawberries for desert!

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