In San Francisco

We arrived here on Thursday 25 Sept at noon after an easy run from Drakes Bay and are currently on a mooring ball at the Sausalito Yacht Club, but is is very bouncy. We took the ferry over to San Francisco and toured Chinatown and the Aquarium on the pier. All is well on board and we are just working on the schedule to leave here and head further south. We are waiting for a new transmission dipstick which should be here Tuesday. It is a plastic screw in type and the plastic screw in part broke when we were at Drakes Bay, but DUCT tape to the rescue. This update is a little late as we thought we had done it but did not.

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Bodega Bay and Drakes Bay California

We left Brookings Oregon on Sat 20 arrived in Bodega Bay Monday the 22nd. The seas gave us a nice surprise  to go around Cape Mendocino ( one of the trickiest parts of the coast to get around)the seas were fairly flat and the wind calm so we decided to make the 30 hour run to Bodega Bay. Well we guess when the weather says expect strong winds and mixed seas they mean it. We sailed for about 26 hours in a washing machine. 

The boat and crew were very happy to pull into the bay. It reminds us of the lake
around Vernon or Blackstrap in Saskatchewan, very calm and surrounded by hills with very little vegetation.

Took the bus into Santa Rosa yesterday and visited and made like tourists.

 We should be in San Francisco in a couple of days. Debbie has done a great job on the boat dealing with some tuff conditions.  Lynn has also done a great job ensuring that Dolphin tales is sailing and running smoothly along with being the chief cook and dishwasher, so much responsibility.

As of now Wednesday the 24th we are anchored in Drakes Bay.

Newport Oregon

Arrived here safe and sound after a 30 hour trip from Grays. Winds were light in the 10 knot range most of the way.  Dawn from Kaligan will be arriving in a few days which works well with the weather window.

This is also where Debbie  told Lynn that she wanted to go home.  So far this trip is testing all of her skills, Lynn offered to send the boat home if she didn't want to continue, after lots of tears and making some new friends. She sucked it up

 

 Are planning to spent Saturday and Sunday here, and then will probably move on to Coos Bay Oregon early next week depending on the weather.

Newport is know for it coast guard training station we stopped by and were  told that this fall they were doing training in big seas that are done in February.

 

We are finding that 2 hour watches are working out ok.  Lynn was so exhausted that he feel asleep on a rock wall close to the big boat.  The biggest seas were when crossing the bar leaving Grays Harbor (the most excitement on this leg lol).

In Grays Harbour Washington

Left Neah Bay at 1130 am on Tuesday and arrived here about noon Wednesday. 

Fog most of the way and we were playing tag with the crab pots, and Fog the fog was so thick and humid it was raining inside of the enclosure.

The vessel traveling with us did manage to find one of the crap floats with their prop and had the US Coast Guard tow them into Grays Harbour. Lucky no damage and a diver cleared the rope from the shaft.

 We are heading out to Newport Oregon on Thursday and will probably go 20 to 30 miles out to stay clear of the crap traps and fog.

We Are In Neah Bay

We arrived in Neah Bay today  Here Lynn and Debbie had their only docking mishap.  With a totally open slip with no other boats around the wind caught us. The  boat hook could not hold us and broke , we ended up sideways in the slip.  No problem Lynn  just got out some extra lines and we pulled ourselves into the correct area of the dock. 

 Will  be going to Grays Harbour tomorrow. All is well on board. We have been motoring due to lack of wind on Juan de Fuca Strait, but we are looking for North or Northwest winds tomorrow in the 15 knots range so we should have a downhill ride. Debbie is fine with the motion so far, drugs are good. (Lynn to)

The vessel Kaligan is sailing with us. Rick picked up a crew (Kelly) since Dawns mom is very ill. Hope she is alright and we look forward to having Dawn catch up with us in Newport .

We have been having an intermittent problem with the SSB radio, but it is still ok, and we do have the part to fix it at some point.

Crew are all well

The crew have been given a clean bill of heath and may now leave on their sailing adventure. We plan to be out of here sometime around Sept 8th. Look for more info as we go along.  We left on Sept 7 spent the night at Royal Victoria Yacht club.  Checked into Customs at Port Angles  

checking the straights before we head to Neah Bay