It’s a month today since I arrived in BC from Auckland, seems less, the time has flown by. It’s taken a long time to get ready to go south, the weather hasn’t helped, things just seem to go slow when it’s wet and cold. I picked the anchor up at six this morning, a beautiful... Continue Reading →
NEAH BAY
Late last night the fog closed down at the entrance to Juan de Fuca Strait and the mournful sounds of ships foghorns could be heard from the anchorage. Neah Bay was clear. After the fog came the wind, it blew a gale all night with torrential rain in the morning. I was confined to the... Continue Reading →
HALF WAY UP JUAN DE FUCA
Just before eleven this morning I let go from the Port Townsend Marina to catch the ebb tide up the Juan de Fuca strait. Wind was forecast but only arrived for seven minutes sailing, then it was motoring all the way in flat calm conditions. Quite a bit of marine life about, seals, ducks, porpoise... Continue Reading →
READY TO SAIL
The last two days have been quite busy and working around the weather to get the final jobs completed for the trip down to San Francisco. I am berthed in Port Townsend, a place that seems to generate its own wind and rain patterns. The town of Port Townsend is an interesting place, one of... Continue Reading →
SUMMER FOG
Today I didn’t see much, most of the day was spent in fog. I rounded Cape Scott at the top of Vancouver Island less than half a mile off but it remained invisible, shrouded in fog. Of course fog meant little wind so I motored from Bull Harbour around to Sea Otter Cove on the... Continue Reading →
FATE OR CIRCUMSTANCE – BUYING A BOAT
Many people don’t believe in fate, some consider fate an alignment of coincidences, others don’t believe in coincidences. As a seaman I am super suspicious, I never walk under ladders, I have lucky numbers, never sail on Friday the thirteenth, constantly touch wood and know that fate and circumstance are realities of life. Late in... Continue Reading →
The Adventures of Captain Ray Penson 