March 2008
Roche Harbor
Scream visited Roche Harbor on San Juan island as the last stop on our tour of Puget sound. The settlement of Roche harbor is a village on a penisula facing the largest of several bays in the vicinity. The harbour has a large marina and sufficient room for dozens of boats to anchor. The bottom […]
Rosario
On March 30, Scream visited Rosario Resort on Orca's Island in Washington state. It was wonderful. The resort is first class. It has been a few years since the crew of Scream has been to a five star resort, but Rosario is nicer than a few four star resorts that we have visited. The dockmaster […]
Port Townsend
Port Townsend is a wonderful town at the north end of Puget Sound. Port Townsend has a skate park, cooperative grocery, and volunteer cafe in addition to dozens of normal restaurants, stores, and eateries. Port Townsend is also the home of the wooden boat foundation, who sell all kinds of useful items in their small […]
Darusha's "Waves" Talk
Steven & I have been participating in a seminar about weather through the Bluewater Cruising Association, and on March 12, I gave a presentation on waves. You can check out my slides below, or download the pdf here. | View | Upload your own
Visiting the parents
We visited Scream's previous owners at their home on Salt Spring Island this weekend. Bob and Gay are wonderful. They were having a dinner party, and invited us along when the heard that we were free. It is 36 nm to Ganges from Victoria, so we set out Saturday morning for the party Sunday afternoon. […]
San Juan Island
Scream spent this past week on a trip to San Juan Island. There was essentially no wind on the day we left Victoria for the 27 nm trip to Friday Harbour. So despite a good attempt at sailing, we motored most of the way. We were running late and decided that we wouldn't get to […]