Shilshole Bay

The first leg of our delivery is in the books. Made it to 45 miles to Shilshole Bay Marina, Seattle in 7.5 hours arriving at 3pm this afternoon. I'm thawing my fingers on the side of my laptop as I write this.

Its was an excellent day really - such as we'll not see again in these parts for months. Cold yes, a bit more wind and chop than expected, but bright sunshine and dry all day.



Leaving Pleasant Harbor at 0730, we passed the Trident sub base at Bangor. One of the boomers lay so featureless at the dock we almost missed it until a streak of sunshine flashed off her missile deck.



Next up - the Hood Canal floating bridge. With a clearance lower than our mast height, we called ahead for an opening. Slowing a bit to time our arrival to the retractable span, another inbound sailboat passed to port as we cleared the opening.




A strong breeze and big chop followed for the next several hours as we passed Foulweather Bluff and Point No Point.



Down the center of Puget Sound, designated traffic lanes for ship traffic are monitored by controllers who observe all ships and boats via radar and cameras. Wanting to avoid a radio call to clear the controlled area, we crossed to the Seattle side of the sound at nearly right angle to the traffic lanes leaving us an hour out from Shilshole, our final destination for the day.