Our 5:30 am exit from Coos was fine. Visibility in fog was 1/4 mile. The ocean is 2-3 feet well=spaced swells from the West and at 7:30 we have 8 knots from the North. Ran into about 10 fishing boats off Bandon and the visibility impr…
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#2013-73 Newport to Coos Bay
We exited Newport at 6 am. The bar was docile and the seas are glassy with a 2 foot NW swell. Hazy morning skies with fog patches expected. Have re-provisioned with Weisers whiskey, 1792 bourbon and Hendricks gin with cucumber for ton…
#2013-73 Newport to Coos Bay
We exited Newport at 6 am. The bar was docile and the seas are glassy with a 2 foot NW swell. Hazy morning skies with fog patches expected. Have re-provisioned with Weisers whiskey, 1792 bourbon and Hendricks gin with cucumber for ton…
#2013-72 Tillamook Bay to Newport
We crossed the bar with dozens of small craft filled with fisherman at 6:45 am. Each commercial boat was required to check in with Coast Guard Tillamook. The CG has a tower constructed on the breakwater near the bar to call those that don’t…
#2013-72 Tillamook Bay to Newport
We crossed the bar with dozens of small craft filled with fisherman at 6:45 am. Each commercial boat was required to check in with Coast Guard Tillamook. The CG has a tower constructed on the breakwater near the bar to call those that don’t…
#2013-71 Grays Harbor to Tillamook or Cape Lookout Anchorage
Today we leave Grays harbor for headed for either Tillamook, Oregon or Cape Lookout, Oregon depending on the weather forecast. We’re crossing the Chehalis Bar again this morning in at about 6 am. We will keep you posted.
#2013-71 Grays Harbor to Tillamook or Cape Lookout Anchorage
Today we leave Grays Harbor for headed for either Tillamook, Oregon or Cape Lookout, Oregon depending on the weather forecast. We’re crossing the Chehalis Bar again this morning in at about 6 am. We will keep you posted.7am update: Ni…
#2013-70 Around Cape Flattery and south to Grays Harbor
We got under way at 4:20 a.m. this morning leaving Neah Bay Harbor. Of course it was pitch black but there was no fog and happily there was no logs in the water. Current was as much as 2 knots against us as the flood tide was rushing into the Str…
#2013-70 Around Cape Flattery and south to Grays Harbor
We got under way at 4:20 a.m. this morning leaving Neah Bay Harbor. Of course it was pitch black but there was no fog and happily there was no logs in the water. Current was as much as 2 knots against us as the flood tide was rushing into the Str…
#2013-69 Westbound Out Juan de Fuca to Neah Bay
Good Morning! It’s densely foggy this morning here in Puget Sound at the eastern end of Juan de Fuca Strait. We successfully dodged a dozen boats anchored just outside Port Townsend and made it around Point Wilson. Visibility is less than a…
