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delliottg
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Initially Posted - 11/04/2006 :  09:49:03  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
Theoretically we were spending the weekend out on Blake Island, west of Seattle, but this was part of the weather report:

PUGET SOUND AND HOOD CANAL-
258 AM PST SAT NOV 4 2006
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
TODAY...S WIND 15 TO 25 KT RISING TO 25 TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 4 OR 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN DEVELOPING.

The report for yesterday was even worse, so, discretion being the better part of valor, we decided to cancel the outing. Everyone was pretty disappointed since this would be our first overnighter on the new boat. We decided to do a "Fast Cruise" instead. This is a tradition in the US Navy, where you remain tied up at the pier, but simulate that you're out at sea using only ships resources for power, water, etc.

Our friends came over in the early evening, and we boarded with all our provisions for the evening in hand. It turned out to be a really nice evening, and gave us a good idea of what we were missing on the boat for producing a meal. We did run into some weirdness with the stove which I'll ask about in a seperate thread.
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 11/05/2006 :  10:25:01  Show Profile
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<br />...We did run into some weirdness with the stove which I'll ask about in a seperate thread.
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Oh boy--another stove thread! I'll vote for a Franklin.
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stampeder
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Response Posted - 11/05/2006 :  12:07:29  Show Profile
That's what shake-down cruises are all about - finding out what you need when you do it for real.
Isn't there always a small craft advisory in the PNW?
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 11/07/2006 :  16:59:29  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
I talked to a friend who raced in the same general area we were planning on going this past Saturday. She told me that two of the boats were de-masted and numerous others including the one she was on had at least one sail blown out.

Sounds like a good weekend to have stayed home after all. The rain hasn't stopped since about this time last week, and our town is now officially an island, all of the roads to town are underwater, and likely to stay so for a couple of days.
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Response Posted - 11/08/2006 :  10:25:16  Show Profile
The PNW has been blasted by a "Pineapple Express" the last week - a jet stream of wet and windy weather that is coming in directly from Hawaii. Currently there are 15 counties under severe weather warnings and numerous rivers have flooded communities and homes.

If only it was a jet stream of sunshine from Hawaii!
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stampeder
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Response Posted - 11/08/2006 :  10:32:14  Show Profile
I feel somewhat qualified to make stupid remarks about weather forecasting in the PNW.
November 1988 I had just bought a new 22' Sunbridge cruiser and was 'dying' to get out and take a long trip. We sat in the marina for two days because there was a small craft warning. On day three (it was a long weekend) I decided to take her out. On board were a bunch of flat-landers, with me at the helm. An hour into our 3 hour tour we were caught in a squall on our stern going north with a 6 knot tide pushing us. After another hour of being thrown around like a paper cup I had had enough of trying to look calm and turned around and headed back to the marina, we took on half a boat load of water (nearly broached while making a U-turn) and just barely made it back to the marina before the engine was flooded out. I made my final docking maneuvers with the kicker.
Watching the weather on Puget Sound this week, you definitely made the right call.
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