The Plan worked! We've come out of the San Juans several times, but this is the first time we have hit the tide right all the way... back to Seattle! We rode the ebb out of Lopez Sound, to Smith Island, where it died at slack water. We kept powering toward Admiralty Inlet, and sure enough, we soon began picking up a knot, then two, then... At some points we were making nearly 10 knots over the ground! The only error I made was going a little too far East on leaving Smith Island, so that we got out of the flow for a while.
The wind was mostly uncooperative. We powered the whole way, but we were able to take advantage of the wind perhaps 30% of the time to augment the engine. It was a looonnngg day - We left Center Island at 09:30, and arrived here in Port Madison at 20:15. Yes, we went all the way, bypassing Port Ludlow - we were making 9+ knots as we passed there, and it seemed a shame to waste that. Yes, we were exhausted.
So, we are here. Resting. We'll cross the Sound tomorrow and tie up in Shilshole, hose the salt off the boat, and see what's been going on in the world for the last two weeks...
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TOM & LORI FOLLOWED YOUR ADVENTURE, HOPING YOU WOULDNT GET LOST, STOLEN OR SUNK
THE MORNING BUS RIDE WAS NOT THE SAME
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