Austin arrived at just before 5:30pm and we headed out to Parks Bay, Shaw Island to join Mirage and Crescendo. The evening was lovely with a beautiful sunset, and Austin enjoying going from boat to boat in the raft.Thursday, the 7th found the weather cooler, breezy but still sunny. Austin, Nat and I took the across the channel to Friday Harbor for gas in the dinghy and some groceries. Then Austin joined Steve on Crescendo for a gentle sail to Hunter Bay, Lopez Island. Our original destination had been Spencer Spit State Park, but it’s pretty exposed and the wind was picking up. When Crescendo arrived in Hunter Bay three hours later we were rafted with Mirage and waiting. Hunter Bay was a new anchorage for us, shallow, protected and quite nice. Soon thereafter Low Seas and Patriot joined us as well. We and Jeff and Angie set our crab pots a couple of times and easily got lots of crab. We’ll come back here!
All but Lohse’s decided to stay another night and on Friday enjoyed a lazy day. The weather had turned cool and cloudy. We all played Mexican Train then went for a sail on Crescendo. The guys struggled to fly Steve’s new gennaker sail (a cross between a genoa and a spinnaker) and, as you see from the pictures, finally succeeded. With 12.5 knot winds in Rosario Straits it was a perfect sail, cruising along at 8.5 knots. The guys were very excited. That evening we enjoyed a shared crab dinner on Mirage, then together watched a movie on Reflections.
We were up early this morning to break the raft and head our separate ways. The winds were going to get worse, so we wanted to cross the Straits of Juan de Fuca as soon as possible. The last picture shows us safely arriving in Port Townsend where we’re currently fueling. We’ll add about 600 gallons, but the good news is this is the first time we’ve had to refuel since leaving the States 5 weeks ago! We came in on fumes, but we made it.
There’s no room in the marinas, so our plan is to anchor in front of the town.
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