Windarra has left the country

N 48 45.052, W 123 14.117,
Poet's Cove, South Pender Island

After spending a little over two weeks removing the old windlass and installing the new windlass and new anchor chain, as well as a few other projects in the meantime, we left Seattle again. On Thursday, June 24, Sarah helped us go through the locks, we did a quick car shuffle and we headed over to Port Madison for a quiet night at anchor.

After a restful night night and a relaxing morning we went to Port Ludlow. Now mind you, sailors are a superstitious bunch and I sometimes fall into it. I hesitated writing an update to the blog until we had successfully left Port Ludlow. We did have a minor issue that the windlass battery was not charging but Rich found that the wrong wires had been connected to the battery and it was easily remedied.

This morning we easily pulled up anchor at 10:00 am and headed north. We caught the ebb in the morning and the flood took us through Cattle Pass at San Juan Island. At one point we were going 11 knots. Of course, being summer in the Puget Sound area, we were motoring as the winds were light or non-existent.

We dropped anchor at Poet's Cove on South Pender Island, Canada at 7:40 pm. As the customs dock is closed, we are flying our quarantine flag. Tomorrow morning we will check in and perhaps go to Montague Harbor.

The adventure begins, for real this time.