It’s possible that calling it ten boat lengths visibility i
It's possible that calling it ten boat lengths visibility is optimistic ...
Author: Edwin Voskamp
We’re way past the Southern tip of Lopez Island…
We're way past the Southern tip of Lopez Island, at the end of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Normally there's always wind coming down the strait. Now? Nothing. I've never seen this piece of water this...
The sun is starting to burn through the fog!
The sun is starting to burn through the fog! I can feel its warmth even!
Car ferry at less than a quarter mile abeam
Car ferry at less than a quarter mile abeam.
There are three boats in this picture at less than a quarter mile i
There are three boats in this picture at less than a quarter mile in front of us ...
Passing Tide Point to port
Passing Tide Point to port. It's almost visible!
The weather she is improving
The weather she is improving: I can see the sun!
Though we knew it was there…
Though we knew it was there, to see Clark Island pop out of the fog at 0.4nm is slightly odd. Second shot is to show it disappearing in the fog over maybe 0.3nm along its shore. The third shot is...
It’s a bit foggy: that is the breakwater…
It's a bit foggy: that is the breakwater, at the left about 50' away ... So it'll be exciting taking Vingilótë to Port Townsend.
Despite her size (52’6″ length…
Despite her size (52'6" length, 27'10" beam), though with a shallow draft (3'6"), you take a light catamaran, with fine entry, smooth hulls, and two 57hp diesels going at 2,500rpm, she's neither slow...