1000 position 47-53N 122-29W. Powering south in Admiralty Inlet
Thankful arrived in Point Hudson Harbor in Port Townsend at 11AM yesterday and found a slip in the small marina.
Port Townsend is the wooden boat capital of the Pacific coast, and it is like a second home for Matt. He went to school there thirty five years ago to learn the craft of building wooden boats, and lived in the town for more than a year. It is the site of the annual wooden boat festival, which was held a couple of weekends ago. There were still a couple of classic boats in the harbor, left over from the festival.
It was a beautiful day, so after getting Thankful secured we took a walking tour of the main drag, marinas, and haul out facilities. Matt still knows a lot of the craftsmen in town, so we dropped into a couple of shops to chat and inspect the ongoing projects.
At 5PM we wandered up to one of Matt's favorite watering holes, The Uptown Tavern, where we had dinner and watched Monday Night Football. Local interest was high because the Sea Hawks were playing, but folks weren't too pleased when the Bears came out on top. It was good fun, but I don't need to watch any more football until the Super Bowl.
We departed at 730 this morning to catch the flood tide on the final leg of the voyage to Gig Harbor, Thankful's home port. It is a beautiful sunny day and the breeze is from behind us. We should be back in Thankful's slip by 2PM.
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