• First sail with Chris
• Second sail with Chris and Ren
• Third sail with Austin and Junaid
  • Beginning of demise of Volvo inboard diesel

• Temporary installation of stern light

• Puget Sound, Shilshole towards Useless Bay
• 6 hrs on Outboard

• Honda outboard installation begins. Aligned bracket, drilled holes and filled with epoxy.

• Honda outboard installation finished.

• Engine was broken in for 6 hours motoring up Puget Sound.
• 6 hrs on Outboard

• Move boat from Seattle to Ilwaco, WA
• Jury rigged tiller pilot mount
• Rigging tensionsed w/ Loose Gauge.
• Castoff mid-day Saturday
• Passed Port Townsend around 21:00 Saturday
  • Almost clothes-lined by tug cargo tow line or hit by cargo
• Arrived Neah Bay 10:30. Re-fueled.
• Sailed 4-5 hrs around Cape Flatery
• Reach Columbia River Bar 23:00 Monday
  • Slack high tide, bar was very calm
• Ilwaco around 01:00 Tuesday
  • Nearly missed submerged pilings around Ilwaco channel entrance between entrance beacons and first green beacon
• 60 hrs on Outboard

• We left Ilwaco channel on max-ebb and eventually turned around, sails up for short time
  • 2 hrs on Outboard

• Left Portland 02:30
• First time using EarthNC on iPhone 4 with waterproof case
  • Worked great. Use of touch screen floundered a bit when splashed with cold water.
• Cast-off 06:40 to catch flood current, ice on deck, outboard fired right up
• Motored to entrance of North side of Desdemona Sands
  • Encountered 2-4ft swells between Ilwaco entrance and SW end of Sand Island, spray over bow
  • Short full stop while we investigated stuck dock line under boat, turned out to be hooked on bow cleat and running under keel, easily fixed
• Sailed North side of river, eventually down river of Desdemona Sands land beacon and into the shipping channel, then headed back to Ilwaco, arrived 11:00.
• 4 hrs on Outboard

• After Gary canceled racing on Sunday, we quickly drove to Ilwaco and left the dock around 15:30.
• Since I didn't have my handheld VHF, and one must never go out lacking a VHF, I jury rigged a makeshift antenna out of AC extension cord to my fixed VHF. Worked good enough for coastal sailing – was able to receive WX channels loud and clear.
• Motored out to just South of Sand Ilsand and raised sail. Winds were ~10kn with 4ft swells, gray clouds no rain.
• Cursed mainsail again. Top of the replacement list.
• Headed in at 17:00, constant rain soaked us.
• Mistakes
  • misjudged the strength of the wind leaving the dock and spun around the piling – should have backed out the other direction and rotated the boat 180 once out of the slip.
  • did not check the jackline on the bow which was not fastened and tightened around the front hatch
• 2 hrs on Outboard

• Cast off at 10:30
• Sailed out towards the ocean
• With light winds in the morning and calm bar conditions, we hung out in the bar around Buoy 8 when winds picked up around 13:00
• Sailed West between buy 3 & 4 before heading in under sail, we used the genoa and full main
  • There was a lot of weather helm which could be caused by too much main. Will try reefing or feathering next time.
• With the current picking up around 15:30 I kept us under sail to see how we would fair against the current. This quickly turned into a situation where the motor needed to be fired up as the ebb began.
• Current was heavy and tricky going into the Ilwaco entrance and 1000ft after.
• 3 hrs on Outboard

• Cast off at 09:00
• Goal of Willapa Bay, but turned back due to weather and seasickness
• Motoring out through the Bar we were contacted by the CG on 16, moved to 22A asked for LOA and wished safe journey
• Sailed 4nm NW of Bar, primarily under single reef and working jib
• Whale 2ft from aft starboard
• 4 hrs on Outboard

• Travel lift to work yard
• 0.25 hrs on Outboard

• 2x Interlux Bottomkote Pro, bottom paint
• Interlux Perfection, deck paint
• Z-Spar 2015Q Flagship varnish
  • bow-hatch
  • companion-way stairs
  • companion-way trim
  • toe rails
  • grab rails
  • tiller
  • mainsheet traveler
  • primary winch pedestals
• Cleaned and greased main halyard winch

• Travel lift from work yard
• New mainsail installed
• Motored up Columbia towards Chinook
• Large sea state - ebb with swells and wind waves, 15-25kn winds from NW
• 4 hrs on Outboard

• Motored to just outside Ilwaco channel, raised sails
• Sailed almost to the North span of the Astoria bridge
• 8-12kn winds from W
• 1 hr on Outboard

• Sailed from Ilwaco channel up to North span of Astoria bridge
• Heave-to successfully
• Light winds from W-NW
• Genoa and full main
• 2 hrs on Outboard

• Ilwaco to Aldrich Point: Robin, Este, Emery, Ren, David, Amber
• Got stuck on the SE corner of Woody Island
• Waited for higher tide, raised the main, sailed off
• Shuttled people from Aldrich Point to Woody Island
• Anchored successfully off Woody Island
• Shuttled people back to Aldrich Point
• Motored to Ilwaco with Julia
• Epic meal at fancy restaurant, spent night in Ilwaco
• 25 hrs on Outboard

• Cleaned boat
• Drained engine oil, need wrench for filter to finish
• Replaced fuel filter

• Ilwaco to North span of Astoria bridge
• Medium winds 10-15kn from NW
• High-clew jib, full main
• Heavy ebb current would cause a round up during a jibe if main wasn't pulled all the way in
• 2 hrs on Outboard

• Ilwaco to North span of Astoria bridge
• Medium winds 10-15kn from S-SW
• Rained the first 30 minutes
• 100% jib, 1st reef in main
• 2 hrs on Outboard

• Ilwaco towards North span Astoria bridge, then cut across Desdemona Sands beacon, headed under South span of the bridge and back home (again cutting the beacon)
• Great weather, sunny, lower 60s, 8-12kn wind from N-NW
• 100% jib, full main
• 2 hrs on Outboard

• Motor from Ilwaco to Kalama
• 15 hrs on Outboard

• Motor from Kalama to Rocky Point Marina
• 6 hrs on Outboard

Work begins at boat yard, first round:

• Haul-out, wash, block, ground sheet
• Leaks
• Center hatch
  • new hatch installed with Sikaflex 291
• Portlights
  • New glass into frame with Sikaflex 295UV
  • Frames installed with Sikaflex 291
  • 209 primer used
• Engine removal
  • Inspect fuel tank for gasoline conversion
• Drive shaft
  • Cut out shaft log
  • Fill and fair both ends

• Applied and paid for “Ship's Radio Station License”
  • Good for 10 years
• Applied and paid for “Restricted Radio Operators Permit”
  • Good for a lifetime