Saturday, May 18, 2024
Our alarm rang us up at 0500 as we grabbed some coffee and started to get the boat ready to depart. By 530 we could see that every boat in the harbor (all 8 of us) were pulling up anchor and we looked like a row of ducks quietly departing the long harbor basin. It always makes us feel good when we see other boaters are on the “same page” when it comes to crossing through large and potentially dangerous bodies of water, of which Cape Caution is one! We could feel the ocean swells as soon as we left the harbor basin. Ocean swells feel much different than top of the water waves. They have a rhythmic feel to them, a more gentle rise and lowering of the boat as you progress through them. The swells this morning were as “advertised” which was 3-4 ft in height with a wave period of 8 seconds. This meant that all the weather apps and our weather man Chris predicted correctly. It was a little bit of a wobbly ride, not the type where you can read a book, but also not feel like you have to hang on for dear life. The crossing took about 4 hours and as soon as we were in the Channel the sun came out and the ride was delightful.
We had originally thought we would stop for the night at Pruth Bay, but the water was so clam and the day so delightful we decided to journey on for an additional 6 hours to Shearwater. It was calm enough for Marlene to go down to the Stateroom for a well needed nap, and we arrived at Shearwater at 3:30 without incident.
We have checked the weather apps and tide charts for tomorrow and it looks like an easy go. So, ONWARD to Alaska!
Safe at the dock at ShearWater. Only one other pleasure boat is here.
