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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