Time for another update... Only one week left to go!
I spent the last two or three days working on stuff around the house and putting together a collection of procedures and cheat sheets that will be centrally located, easily readable, water proof, and simple to use. I'll post them here When I finish them.
Been going over the lists, and checking them twice, and boning up on local rules and restrictions on crabbing and fishing in the areas that I'll be sailing in. Looks like crabbing season is over on the Tuesday, Sept 5th which is good because I don't have to buy anything else for crab season, but it sucks because I won't have crab to eat. Maybe next year! Scratch crab stuff from the list!
I'm going to try to passively fishing for salmon. It seems that I'll be sailing during good salmon run times, so I'll be dragging, or trolling, a fishing line in an attempt to catch something worth eating and telling about. I don't want to jinx myself, but the fish reports this year are very good for all salmon and it looks like they are actually almost twice as big as last year's fish, that is both in size and number! The salmon researchers are wondering if El Nino, conservation efforts, or both are working together to help the salmon. It would be nice if just one keeper jumped into the boat... and cleaned itself for supper.
Back down to Tacoma today. Yep... West Marine bound, again, to "up size" the 6 inch anchor cleat for an 8 incher. The smaller one looked all "Mickey Mouse", puny, anemic, and just darn wimpy when I "dry fit" it to the deck. I'm real glad I didn't drill any holes yet! It would have sucked to have put holes for the smaller cleat in the teak and deck only to find that the new cleat has wider spaced holes! Man, I would have pissed myself!
I also figured out a couple of places where I can anchor the boat, beach the dinghy, and take The Chief for a "nature call" during the long Hood Canal push. That's a big relief for me, and no doubt The Chief.
Looking at the weather forecast made me really happy. The weather has been cloudy and cool for the past three days, but will be changing as a large weather high pressure system builds and sits off the coast for the foreseeable two weeks. Which means blue skies and warm weather for the majority of the first leg of the trip.
That's all for now. Hope to post again tonight or tomorrow.
Have a nice day, and I hope you all are planning a wicked nice holiday weekend!
Campy Out!
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