Left the dock at 7 am and motored out into a beautiful glassy calm Strait to begin our 100-mile cruise to the last fuel dock we will be seeing for a few weeks.

I went up the mast and taped possible chafe points and anything sharp enough to rip a spinnaker. It was amazing looking out on the eastern end of the Strait of Juan De Fuca. I saw a pod of whales in the distance after finding nothing of concern in my rigging check aloft.

Craig and I installed the lee cloths in the forward bunk so anyone who has to sleep there will roll out of bed when the boat heels.

We also ran the jack lines other side of the boat which allows sailors to be attached to the boat at all times while working on the deck. This is standard practice but less standard is having a boat so wide in the stern that we needed to run a jackline athwartships (across the boat). We rigged this a different way when we did our shakedown sail a little while ago. Im hoping this will work better. The last thing you want to struggle with when you have a big fish on the line is your safety tether.

The next stop is the fuel dock in Neah Bay before we head out to sea and our first night underway. Ive been here many times for fuel and i’m so glad it’s there. The Makah Tribe who live there have always been very nice even when there was a lockdown and I needed fuel on a challenging yacht delivery.

Wish you were here

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Capt Rhys Balmer