Well, we are finally on our way. Let the cruise begin. Right off the bat the inverter didn’t come on when we discontinued shore power. So after running around like an idiots for 15 – 20 minuets, it dawned on Fred, why don’t we just turn it on. Du. So, after this dram, we got off the dock 30 minutes or so later that expected. We left skyline Marina at a “0” tide. In the “old days” 0 tide meant you were going to run a ground if you didn’t know the “marina secret”. We don’t., and Fred had no faith in the dredging operation that was to have lowered the ground (raise the water??). Casting our faith to the dredging crew, away we went. We saw 6’ at the lowest point. We draw about 5’, so this was still a bit nerve-wracking. As you can see the exit lived down to its expectations. Emerald Star handled very well as we are getting used to her. We anchored at Friday Harbor. While we were provision the boat in Anacortes, Joan asked “do we have a winch handle for this new winch, (Aquila had a completely different set up), so a new handle was procured and much to my surprise it worked! I wonder how long before the handle goes overboard. This was the first time we anchored this boat and it went beautifully. http://www.fridayharbor.org/
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