DAY THREE—Sunday, August 12th, 2012

Long run, but a good one!  Pulled 2 crab out of the Puyallup River estuary in the dawn darkness;

ran the ebb out to Pt Defiance along Owens Beach at 7.4 kts threading thru the fishing fleet, then turned to 290 N to cross the ebb accelerating to 8.4 kts.  I was clear of Southworth & Vashon Head by 0830 with the ebb still running.  Motored all the north of Langley; wind built to 12 kts out of the NNW. 

I hoisted full main and genoa, sailing from 1445 to 1600 (5NM) until the wind rotated to the nose after dying.  

I experienced one crew error!  Oh, that’s right—I am alone.  I guess I screwed up!  I was trying to tighten the genoa halyard while tacking.  I had grabbed the spinnaker halyard instead.  With so much winch tension it broke the shroud cleat to which it had been attached.  I didn’t see it happen, but the slack must have shot to the masthead allowing it to loop over my Windex.  My first indication was being following by a flying halyard shackle.  It was snagged over one of the Windex vanes and would not come down. 

While fighting to retrieve my halyard, Severance came by following Quack! Quack!.  We all headed to Hope Island for the night.   

I have seen this before on the northwest end of Camano, but have never followed it up.  Grande in Norwegian is interpreted as friend or neighbor.

Here is Quack! Quack! with Kari & her crew crossing Skagit Bay with Mt. Baker in the background.