The cockpit is between the two, alternating between almost too warm in the sun and just a little cool when the wind blows, finding small gaps in the cockpit enclosure.
This is our 2nd winter cruise and again the weather is just about perfect. Cold and clear.
After some initial problems with the house batteries and a self inflicted cooling problem, we spent 3 days in the islands, visiting Rosario and Deer Harbor with a brief stopover at West Sound.
The trip was sandwiched between 2 low pressure systems – the first bringing quite a bit of rain just before we left, the 2nd bringing what I hope is the season’s last snow a few days after we tucked the boat away.
With wind out of the North at over 20 knots, we motored out of Friday Harbor. This was our second departure of the day, the first departure curtailed by the high temperature alarm.
We took the longer scenic route over the top of Shaw island, and saw the new ‘over the top’ house on the south side of Bell and the lovely old red roofed house near neck point on Shaw. That’s the house I remember as a kid nearly 50 years ago signaling we were almost to San Juan Channel when we traveled westbound on the ferry.
Tom and Tessa had reported Killer Whales in Eastsound, but the morning’s engine fire drill had sufficiently delayed us so we didn’t see them. Tom and Tessa also had a chance for a workout and a hottub before we finally pulled into Rosario.
We shared the dock with only 3 other transient boats. In addition to Tom’s ‘Docktails’, there was a larger, poorly modified Hatteras and a Peterson 44 from Brisbane, Australia.
