So Kathy wanted me to post some of my thoughts so far. We left Anacortes on August 1st and are now in Eureka, CA. The trip down has been great! We've had some issues with equipment, but the actual travel part has been just as I expected. The more I'm on Harmony when we're offshore, the more confident I am that she was made for this. We haven't actually sailed yet. Terry wants to be cautious and take our time so that we're more comfortable with the boat motion when it comes time for him to move out of the cockpit forward to set up the sails. We will probably sail on the leg from here to San Francisco. This morning he rigged up a pole to hold our headsail out because we will have winds from astern (coming from behind us) as we go to SF. So if everything looks good when we get out there, we'll try to do some sailing!
Last Tuesday night I was on watch from 8pm to midnight. The winds were constant at 30 knots, gusting to 35. Wow, what waves! The moon was almost full and looked beautiful on the water. I got a bit bored, so I started singing loudly to myself. I ran out of songs and I started going through all the childhood songs, and of course, "Wee Ducky Dawdle" was the first one I thought of. I have briefly considered asking Terry if we should rename Harmony after the song Daddy taught us, but don't think he'd be too wild about that! Somehow sailing vessel Wee Ducky Dawdle doesn't seem to suit Terry's image of us!
Anyway, "Wee Ducky" is now dawdling in Eureka for another day, and will leave tomorrow at around 9am.
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