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| Furler fixed: A Miracle!! |
Heron Adventures got off to an exciting start this year: our Furler broke in May, was hauled off for repairs in South Carolina, and didn’t make it back to Seattle until the day before our first NORPAC race cruise up the West Coast of Vancouver Island. Crazy.
Who knew that Vancouver Island was the largest island on the
western edge of North America? Well it is: 300 miles from tip to toe, but by
some miracle we made it to the start…
After a beautiful cruise up Puget Sound, overnight in Port Townsend, and great time in Victoria where we met some of our fellow NORPACers docked in front of the Empress Hotel, all the stresses of our down-to-the-wire departure were soon left behind.
After a beautiful cruise up Puget Sound, overnight in Port Townsend, and great time in Victoria where we met some of our fellow NORPACers docked in front of the Empress Hotel, all the stresses of our down-to-the-wire departure were soon left behind.
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| Pulling into Port Townsend... |
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| Ghost boat, ghost mountain... Puget Sound. |
July 10th is the earliest Heron has ever set
sail. Fingers crossed our weather
holds. Stops along the way for
2014: a week with the NORPAC fleet racing in Barkley Sound; meet crew in
Ucleulet for trip up and around the top of Vancouver Island; then Broughton
Islands before heading back down Johnstone Strait to Desolation
Sound, late August. Excited to be
headed “outside” this year!
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