San Juan Islands 2013 - The Drive up and Day 1.

Well, we survived another week long sailing trip to the San Juans.  :)

We left around 10:00 AM and headed north toward Seattle.

The run to Anacortes should take about 6.5 hours.  Ha!  Seattle traffic SUCKS.  We got stuck and by the time we got through to Everett it was obvious we were going to get to the marina after the lift closed.  Deborah called and canceled our reservation there and made one at the The Marina Inn.  Her favorite room, the one with the jacuzzi tub, was the only one available.  She was heartbroken . . . not.  We swung by the marina on the way to let Bill & Sue know that we weren't going to make it.

Friday morning we launched the boat, raised the mast, and loaded everything aboard.  The new gin pole worked great to raise the mast.  We motored around to our slip and finished setting up the boat, blew up the dinghy and got organized.  We had a great dinner at Pier 61 with Bill and Sue.  http://www.pier61.com/ Nice view of Guemes Channel and good food.

Day 1

Saturday morning we headed out of the marina for Spencer Spit with Bill & Sue following in Windsong.  It was a beautiful sunny day and a good start to the trip.  Found some water in the v-berth by the battery and wrote it off as condensation.  We were supposed to use channel 25 as our flotilla frequency but neither Bill nor I could transmit.  We went to 69 instead.

When we got to Spencer Spit we found one mooring ball open, so we took it and had Bill & Sue raft up with us.  After a bit the boat next to us left so they scooted over and got their own mooring.  I went ashore and paid the fee.  After a while motored around the spit and found Scott S anchored on the north side.  He came over to our side and rafted up with us for the night.

 

 

We had Happy Hour on our boat; we broke out the Verboten Vino and Deborah whipped up some snacks.  It was a nice way to introduce everyone and a great end to the first day.