Monday, October 28, 2013

Sunday, 21July, 2013: Dockton to Tacoma

Weather:  Sunny and mild.  Winds:  Variable 5.  Seas:  <1ft.

Departed Dockton around 1000, pulling the overnight crab pot with nothing but small crabs in it.  Initially motored, but a light S wind came along and we beat our way out of the bay.  Got distracted watching a crabber searching for his pot, left in the mud by the receded tide and had a busy time tacking with about 8ft under the centerboard.  No really danger of running aground, but we were startled.  Aviate, navigate and communicate - in that order.

Also narrowly avoided another crabber who stopped directly in front of us and we did not see until the last moment.  Fortunately, we were quiet enough they did not see our screw up.

Once out of of the bay, we had a nice reach across to Commencement Bay and the Thea Foss Waterway.  Missed having the screacher.  Still, the main and genoa pushed us along between 3.5 and 6kts.  It was fun passing a monohull....

The water changed to a grayish silt as we approached the inner harbor.  As we got further in, the silt was only on top of the water and the hulls passing over it stirred the clear water up.  Moored in the Foss Marina which was OK being in the process of upgrading.  Location was good for walking to the Glass Museum and from there, into downtown and a grocery store, essentially up a cliff from the marina.  Fortunately, the 7 story stairs back down are now functional and we were going down, not up.

Once restocked, we thought to go out to dinner, but Kelly wanted to do some laundry, particularly to get rid of the dog's frito feet smell from the bedding.  Also, it was hot, so we stayed aboard and grilled.  Nice people in the marina with many live aboards.  Definitely a working feel and not a hoity-toity yacht club feel.

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