We left Kingston about 9:15 this morning to get a northbound push with the outgoing tide. We made good time and were at Port Townsend just after the tide change to flood. The south half of the crossing was a bit lumpy with good sized rollers comming in from the west. We got another good push north up Rosario strait with the flood tide and were anchored in Hunter Bay on Lopez by 2 pm. I noticed that there were no crab pots anywhere which I thought a bit unuasal since we figured we would hang out for a few days and stock up on fresh crab. Dang if crab season does not start up here until the 17th of July. Oh well, the one I caught legally in Kingston was pretty good for dinner and i guess we will just have to stock up on the way back down.
Never been in to hunter bay but it is pretty nice with easy anchoring.
Weather is cooler but were not complaining cause it is all sunshine. Surprised at how few boats are out and about with all this good weather. About a dozen other boats in here tonight with us.
Probably head up to stewart Island tomorrow and cross over on Monday to Poets cove and the gulf islands. Supposed to be gusts up to 41 mph tomorrow in this area, Hmm! that is a bit unusual for this time of year up here so I guess we will find a snug cove to hide in.
did some small repairs and maintenance on the boat today, finished re installing the dinghy brackets with a couple extra bolts and backing plates and remounted my stern anchor and replaced a burned out deck light which turned out to be the most difficultg of the three tasks.
took a short walk along the road tonight and right now were just sitting here on the fly bridge enjoying a cool but quiet evening. Not a breath of wind and hardly any noise at all. We can hear the ferry passing by several miles to the north of us.
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