Friday, November 20, 2009

Whisper Splashed--FINALLY!

With proper project management, Whisper could have gone in the water by Friday, September 23rd. While this image is date stamped November 1st, Whisper did not splash until Tuesday, November 10th.

Even on the 10th, it could have easily been as early as 2PM. With little project management and NO customer service, it didn't happen until 4:45. Do you know how early sunset happens in those latitudes on Nov 10th? Was I going to spend another night in Nanaimo? NOT!

If you want to see what I saw running Dodd Narrows at 6:00 PM, close your eyes real tight. After running into 18 knot winds, I dropped Whisper's anchor in a cove on the north end of Thetis Island at 8:00. Wednesday was a 78NM run to Friday Harbor.

Thursday morning friend Gary Bradley arrived via Kenmore Air. We left Friday Harbor with fuel & water tanks topped off.

You can see from this photo that we had a smooth crossing of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, now a part of the Salish Sea. With a decent ebb current running against us we saw our SOG drop from 6.4 to 2.8 knots. The wind finally came up enough south of Bush Point to unfurl the genoa and motorsail. That strategy got us almost an added knot. It took us 13 hours to run the 60NM through the Ballard Locks to M/V Lucky Dog at Sagstad Marina.

Whisper finished the short trip home to Lake Union on Friday. It was a good decision to make the trip when we did! The next day the storm track settled in & it has been windy & rainy ever since.

Is it good to be home? Silly question, he says.

Winter crab season is open in the Seattle/Bremerton region 24/7 so we will venture out this Sunday in search of Dungeness.

Fair Winds!

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