For those of you who didn't get to see or haven't heard, we did get to raise the sails and sail away from the dock. It was a short sail, just around the point to our first experience of buoy tie up for the night.
The next day looked like perfect sailing weather, but as we exited the calm of the point we never again thought about raising the sails. Our 22' craft was amazing in 4-6' seas. We were suckered in to increasing worsening conditions and eventually found a kelp bed which helped us decide to head for Friday Harbor. Which we eventually got to. 6+ hours later. The boat that tied up at the dock just in front of us had the same journey and commented that it was rough seas. They were 15+ feet longer than us.
We got back on the horse the next afternoon and had a few glorious hours of perfect sailing. When we headed home on Friday, it was perfectly flat. Which was nice for motoring but a bummer for sailing. So Chad livened things up and fell overboard when we were nearly in port and nearly at dark. I turned around and fished him out, but his phone was worse for the swim. Definitely not going to be a boring life.
