Well, yesterday and the previous night was another mile stone! I went gunk-holing for the first time. I spent the day and night at Chuckanut bay (south end of Bellingham bay), I learned a lot and had a great time, although I didn't sleep much..... I must of checked on my position (less any anchor drag without me knowing it) 20 times throughout the night! I even slept in my clothes just to make sure I wasn't up on deck in the dark in my skivvies hauling in 150' of anchor rode before drifting into shallow water......, but I'm MUCH SMARRTER NOW!
#1 Chuckanut bound
#2 Window view on north end of Chuckanut bay
#3 Dinghy on glass in the morning
#4 House on Point

The next pictures will be of Ceilydh when I haul her out in 3 days, if all goes well she'll be floating again 4 days later.

Jake

Eliza & around....

Last saturday my friend and I took Ceilydh out to and around 'Eliza' island, which is at the south-western corner of Bellingham bay..... about a 20 miles trip.
We blew down there in no time due to the northwest wind we had that day, when we got between Lummi and Eliza islands the wind quit.... but it was a beautiful warm sunny day so we motored around to the other side hoping the winds would reach us, but no such luck... we motored all the way home, but had a great day so here's some pics of the trip.

pic #1 is the week prior to our trip... we were out motoring in the snow.
#2 Mark at the tiller with 'er heeled over and running with the wind.
#3 Jake, with Vendovi island in the background.
#4 Eliza island behind us as we were heading back north.

I'll be 'gunk-holing' for the first time this coming Saturday.... gonna be Great!

Single-handing......

I just took Ceilydh out for the first time by myself and I gotta tell ya,,,,,, that was an experience I won't soon forget! Bellingham bay was blowing around 20 mph with 2 foot waves and I was beating windward.... or I should say, was trying my damnest to beat windward! Doing everything myself under those conditions has made me rethink my setup procedures.... like fighting the main'll and jib with no one on the tiller.
The cool thing is that I had her heeled over (leaned on her side) about 20 degree's with water splashing up from the bow and making it all the way to the stern..... she was movin'.... well, she was doing all she can do, which is 5.5 knots (5.5 knot = 6.3 mile/hour (mph)).
I just bought another camera to replace the one I lost so I'll try and post some 'action shots' next time.

Jake