Neah Bay

Good Morning Sun

A very early departure from Port Angeles allowed us as many hours as possible to run with the current in the straight of Juan de Fuca.  With three of us on the boat we did two hour watches through the day.  This worked well for us on the motor out of Seattle and it worked well again today.

Feeling grateful for radar, this was a good visibility moment

The fog closed in before we had exited the Port Angeles harbor and remained with us until we arrived at the approaches to Neah bay ten hours later.  

 We met with another boat “Solestra”  heading out on the same route as us at Port Angeles and had radio contact with them throughout the day.  As they were well ahead of us we got regular reports on the thickness of the fog and alerts on the areas where we needed to look out for the multiple small fishing boats.   Another boat “Waiola” from Astoria OR that passed us just after we departed Neah Bay contributed to the information as well and both crews were there to greet us and assist us into our slip at the Makah Marina.  A friendly face and welcoming hand is such a wonderful thing, especially when entering into new and unfamiliar places.

The approach to Neah Bay

or this one......

Glad I am not going to sea in thisone

and especially not this one!

Looking forward to going to sea in this one

Tomorrow we plan to get past cape Flattery and turn South, lets hope we can all get some sleep.