I’ve now been back on the Palouse for 6 months. Landlocked mostly for the winter, I’ve had two trips to the boat cancelled by storms in the mountains. I have feelings about being here, they are not for sharing with the great wide open, some are good, some are less so. It’s a damned weird time for a shut-in to relocate anyway. Went cruising around Whitman county and took some pictures. Here’s a few of them.
Trip to Santa Cruz Island. Met up with S/V Charlotte and S/V Nessie at Prisoners Harbor. We managed a coordinated exit and was able to get some shots of us all sailing out.
Trip back was light, was expecting a bit of a breeze. It never came in. Ended up flying the chute most the way in. Slowly I will learn how to launch and trim that damn thing. Everything worked out in the end. Got it down as the wind picked up over 10 knots about a mile out from the harbor. My comfort factor for flying that giant bastard stops at about 10 knots. With the chute down, sailed in with working sails, dodged the kayakers, paddleboats, and assorted riff-raff. Got back into the slip after dropping the main put the boat away.
The cats are quite pleased that the boat has stopped moving.
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