Sam, > This trip is all about sailing and drinking.
Good thing you list Sailing first on your list, and hopefully your itinerary takes into account the currents in and around the Juan de Fuca Strait. For example, leaving Friday Harbor bound for Port Townsend there is a current “gate” at Cattle Pass and again at Point Wilson (just west of Pt Townsend). With good timing you can hit an ebb out of Friday Harbor, slack near Smith Island and a flood past Point Wilson. If that happens there will be more time for the drinking at the fine establishments of Pt Townsend. If you have not been there before I recommend using the Point Hudson marina. Hopefully you have a plan B in case the Straits have her nickers in a twist. A circuit around the San Juan’s including a night at Roche Harbor (good restaurant/bar), Spencer Spit (no services, anchor or WA State Park mooring ball), Deer Harbor (marina, poss. a restaurant), or Anacortes (the big city) then west to Victoria would avoid getting the whey beat out of you in the Straits. One year we took Calypso through Cattle Pass with a roiling ebb (+-4 knots current) into a 25 to 30 knot TWS south-south easterly. We stuffed Calypso’s bow into green water several times where the Cattle Pass ebb collided with the Straits. The rest of the sail past Point Wilson and on up into Admiralty Inlet was boisterous and fun. Martin Calypso 1971 C&C 43 Seattle [cid:D1BF9853-22F7-47FB-86F2-4115CE0BAF2F] From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 1:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Stus-List 1st 2014 Sailing Trip We’re flying out early Monday morning to the west coast - first sailing trip of 2014. Friend of ours lives on his Catalina 38 in Sidney, Vancouver Island. We’re going down to the San Juans and Washington State. Will be in Friday Harbor (note American spelling!) on Monday night; Port Townsend on Tuesday night; Port Angelese on Wednesday night; Victoria on Thursday night. This trip is all about sailing and drinking. I know it’s a Catalina (with in boom furling)- he does have an aysm., but the price is right and so is the company. The wind is usually good across the strait. The best sail I’ve ever had in my life (50+ years sailing was across the straight from Victoria to Port Angelese on a C&C 115. sam :-)
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