Neah Bay Day 4

WiFi access from the boat has been a marvelous bonus at Neah Bay. We have been able to get excellent weather charts looking up to 4 days ahead and grib files indicating expected wind conditions up to 7 days ahead. Unfortunately the situation for the next 4 days does not look good. During the lulls between the lows the wind is too calm for serious sailing and, worse, it is often from the S or SW. We would get some assistance from the current but would be battling swells from the S and SW.

Yesterday a Morgan 45 tied up at the next slip. They had motored the entire way from Port Angeles with gentle wind conditions. There are three on board: John, the skipper, Christina, and another man. They too are headed south in their own good time, according to John, but there was talk of them leaving tomorrow for Aberdeen on the south side of the Olympic Peninsula, which will work if they are motoring. They were delayed by work on their boat in Bremerton and like us watched the beautiful sailing conditions pass by, unable to take advantage of them.

The highlight of our day was a wood-fired pizza supreme that Brenda agreed was very good. Later I spied the crew of the Morgan approaching their boat with pizza boxes in hand. In the evening we amused ourselves with the movie "The Italian Job", which Brenda had never seen before.

Fortunately the boat is warm and cosy and dry despite incessant rain for the last 12 hours. The only leak that we have detected was a thin bead of water near the galley after rain driven by strong wind off our starboard bow. This is a far cry from the bad old days of leaking windows, serious water on the galley stove, water dribbling down the chain plates, shelf in the head filling with water, drips into the cabin through the vents, etc.

The photo is of Brenda heading for her shower dressed up in wet weather gear (except for the pink shoes.)