S-l-o-w Cruising....

[Marty Loken (Norseboater)]

I'm heading down to Olympia this afternoon to cruise an old 1978 C&C Mega 30 up to Marrowstone Island...a three-day process, since I'm only expecting to make about 5 knots with the outboard kicker.

Looks like a great weather forecast. If any of you happen to be out on the Sound this weekend, look for a dirty, oxidized old sailboat motoring northbound. I'll shove off from Olympia early Friday morning, and will hope to overnight Friday at either Gig Harbor, Blake Island or Eagle Harbor (Bainbridge Island), and then make Port Ludlow or Mats Mats Bay by Saturday night...coming into Mystery Bay on Sunday. (Hard to tell exactly how long any of the legs will take--so much depends on headwinds/tailwinds, how the motor runs, and more.)

Bon voyage....

- Marty

[Lootas1]

Have a great cruise Marty. Does look like perfect weather. We're taking Rosario to LaConner Saturday and plan to cruise around Hope Island, Cornet Bay area. Becky isn't about to go through Deception Pass in anything less than the Queen Mary!

[trsexton]

Marty,

If you decide to over night in Gig Harbor let me know maybe we can meet up.

Tom Sexton

I'm heading down to Olympia this afternoon to cruise an old 1978 C&C Mega 30 up to Marrowstone Island...a three-day process, since I'm only expecting to make about 5 knots with the outboard kicker.

Looks like a great weather forecast. If any of you happen to be out on the Sound this weekend, look for a dirty, oxidized old sailboat motoring northbound. I'll shove off from Olympia early Friday morning, and will hope to overnight Friday at either Gig Harbor, Blake Island or Eagle Harbor (Bainbridge Island), and then make Port Ludlow or Mats Mats Bay by Saturday night...coming into Mystery Bay on Sunday. (Hard to tell exactly how long any of the legs will take--so much depends on headwinds/tailwinds, how the motor runs, and more.)

Bon voyage....

- Marty

[Steve_Kiesel]

Marty, don't take the outboard you had last weekend. If you do, it might take longer than three days.

[Lootas1]

Marty, take heart! Sir John Franklin sailed the Northwest Passage with a vessel carrying 134 men and 90 tons of coal and did it all with one 25 hp engine. Oh, that's right, he didn't make it. Well, I'll bet you have a better motor than he did and won't encounter ice flows!