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What cargo ship?!

Transit Date: 
Friday, June 5, 2015 - 11:05 to 15:30
Departure Location: 
Cadboro bay
Arrival Location: 
Cadboro Bay
Total time: 
4H24'
Sailing Hours: 
4.00
Engine Hours: 
0.25
Max speed: 
10.40kts
Average speed: 
4.30kts
Distance: 
19.00NM

Cargo ship navigating without a chart plotter.

Cargo ship navigating without a chart plotter.

Wind light becoming SE 10-15 Kts then veering to SW.

Barnucka and I spent the day enjoying the sunshine and the steady South Westerly breeze, out in Juan De Fuca Strait. It was amazing. There's not a lot of snow on the Olympic Peninsula but Mount Baker stood out in brilliant relief against a deep blue sky.

We sailed through the shipping lanes, bound for Washington State but eventually turned back. And that's where we ran into the cargo ship. I was tracking our progress through the shipping lane on the chart plotter and relaxed when we were clear but apparently the cargo ship captain's chart plotter wasn't working because he passed us on our bow anyway.

Having narrowly avoided destruction we returned to Cadboro Bay after an incredible day on the water. What a great sail!

Navionics track

Barnucka Smith on the helm leaving Cadboro Bay.

Barnucka Smith on the helm leaving Cadboro Bay.

The main and genny halyards.

The main and genny halyards.