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Sailing on Puget Sound (WA) - August 6, 2012
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Early morning overcast from the Seattle Sailing Club
Don arranged to borrow a J/105 (35') from the club, and recruited Georgeann (GA), Larry, and myself as crew
Underway at 9:48am
Turning north, along the breakwater
Open water
Heading towards Port Madison
Mt. Rainier in the distance
Meeting up with Damian and Bryant in Hidden Cove. The skies are clearing! 11:56am
Damain's mini-dachshund "Dino" takes a turn in everyone's lap, looking for warmth
Larry takes a turn at the wheel
View from the helm2
"Ready about, helm to lee", or something like that2
Verification photo. Thanks Damian!2
Which way is the vane pointing?2
Don takes a break from the sailing jibber-jabber2
Looking aft2
Sailing seems to involve spending a lot of looking up to the weather vane2
Looking into Hidden Cove
Quite pleasant and peaceful
Sails are stowed as we motor in
Looking out towards Port Madison
Return for lunch. 2:02pm
Damain is the grillmaster
Homes along Point Monroe
Best to cross the shipping lanes quickly...
Back to Seattle Sailing Club area
A small inflatable comes thru
Heading for the refuel station
Putting the sail cover on. 5:01pm
Lots of sail boats here
Basking in the sun before the return trip home...in rush hour traffic
Started out at Seattle Sailing Club (Pt. A) sailed to Port Madison, and down to Hidden Cove (Pt. B)
Sailing on Puget Sound (WA) - August 20, 2012
Leaving the dock at 10:01am
Motoring out on the "Life is Good". Same J/105 as 2 weeks ago
Starting out much clearer than it did 2 weeks ago
Breakwater scuplture
Pricey boat
Into Puget Sound
Coast Guard cutter
Seals sunning themselves on the buoy
Enjoying the good life
Oil storage tanks
Kingston Ferry 12:23pm
Pricey real estate
Looks like Cape Cod
Watch your step :)
Helicopter responds to call about derilict kayak. Not sure how that turned out
Victoria Clipper
Monster container ship
...passing close to boats
Attempt to get a dolphin swimming. Lots of them today
Stowing the main sail outside the breakwater
Ricky at the helm
Looking aft after putting the bow line in place
Passed on the way in by a small boat
GA at the wheel of the "Life is Good"
Turning into the SSC area
Quite the pleasant day (again). Sailing washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. A slight distortion of a quote from Berthold Auerbach (German novelist, 1812-1882)
Captain Don bringing us back to the dock at 3:43pm. Thanks Don!
Started out at Seattle Sailing Club (Pt. A) sailed to Kingston area (Pt. B) tacking back and forth along the way. No apparent actual sailing plan. Just look for the wind and try not to get run over in the shipping lanes
Sailing on Puget Sound (WA) - October 8, 2012
Looking sunny but windless. Seattle hasn't had any significant rain for 77 days! (since July 23)
Using a 40' J120 today. "Fast Tango", I believe
Exiting the south side of the marina
Boats and condos
And ferries
And tugs and barges
Blakely Rock Reef
After turning back from Blake Island (we didn't stop) , the wind died and we decided to motor back
Not sure what my intent was here :)
Putting the sail cover back on
Hazy Mt. Rainier to the southeast
Seattle still hazy in the distance
What a surprise, a container ship...
Back into marina. We did see whales on the way in but I didn't take any pictures, but others did
Into SSC docking area
End to another fine day of sailing
Started out at Seattle Sailing Clubsailed to Blakely Rock Reef and onto Blake Island (Pt. A) . Ran out of wind on the way back
Credits:
- U.O.N., Olympus Stylus 770SW Digital Photography by William F. Smith (7.1 MP, 3072x2304 HQ, 3X optical 38-114mm)
- Sony DSC-T7 Digital Photography by Damian Clarke (5.1 MP, 2592x1944 HQ, 3X optical 36-108mm)