Greg Lanshe

Started the day with around 12 knots. Tried to go to the pump out at Osprey and it was a little too windy for just the two of us so we decided to stop on the way back in when the wind was better. We sailed with just the jib for the way out. The winds were gusting to 18 and Greg topped out at 5.8 with just the jib. The wind died down a bit so we raised the main and were able to get it up to 7 knots in 12 knots if wind.

We went out for our second trip on Brizo. We had light winds to start that dwindled throughout the day. Our goal was to make it to the Chester River. We got to the mouth when the wind changed directions then died. We hoisted the spinnaker just to figure out the process and were successful.

Light winds 3-8. We worked on maneuvers under power for a while then put up the sails. Great first day! Had some trouble raising the main when the batten got caught up in the lazy jacks. Got into and out of the slip on the first try.

Our last morning on the boat. We woke up, packed, then motored up to San Juan Sailing in Bellingham

Our last day was another gorgeous one we started our morning with a hime down from the summit of Mt. Constitution. After taking in the amazing views, we made the 6 mile hike down the mountain back to the Rosario marina. After a quick lunch, we successfully pushed off the dock with winds off our starboard stern pushing us back onto the dock. We then motored over to the fuel dock with winds now pushing us away from the dock. We struggled. Getting the bow line on and after working through the issue decided that it would have been best to get the bow line on first then securing the stern and spring lines. After gassing up, pumping out, and topping off our water tanks, we headed out for our sail to Cuckernut for our last night at anchor. As soon as we got out to East Sound, our winds were at our backs at around 12-15 knots. We put up the jib and sailed down wind. We put up the main and then we’re immediately greeted with 20 knot winds. I struggled to gybe and ended up heaving to twice when I turned the wrong way. We then realized we missed the turn to Obstruction pass (I misunderstood the navigation from Greg). We took down the sails and motored through the pass. Greg took over the helm and once we were through the pass, we put up the sails again with 7-8 knot winds. They died for a bit so we turned on the motor to get around the island where they picked up gradually until they were a steady 12-15 knots. Greg helmed getting up to 6 knots. He gave me the helm for the final few miles. Coming down Rosario straight, the tide and winds really picked up, gusting up to 25 with 3-4 ft sea state. We reefed the main then the jib twice. After a few nervous rounding ups, I got comfortable with the heeling and the wind speed and made minor adjustment when I needed to. We got up to 8 knots SOG with a half knot of current helping us. The three of us agreed on the best path into Chuckernot cove and we dropped anchor for our last night on the boat.

We dingyed to the town of Eastsound to take a look around. Forgot to fill the outboard with gas and ran out of gas as we approached the dingy dock. We got lucky and were able to hail the crew of another sailboat who was getting ready to come ashore as well. Many of the shops were closing or already closed but the town was sweet. When we returned to the boat, the wind had died so we motored back found the sound to Rosario to dock for the night. Motored to marina Greg docked

Another day in paradise with mid 50’s and brilliant sun. Greg and I did the course planning getting our estimated distances and times. Quickly realized that we didn’t start from our anchor point so our distances became irrelevant. We had light winds leaving our anchorage and motored up to the mouth of the East Sound where the winds picked up to 8-16 knots out of the North. We put up the jib and Greg helmed for the first part. We worked on tacking up to Eastsound and anchored. We put the main up when I was helming about halfway up Eastsound. We hit 6+knots of SOG with 12-16 knots.

Another beautiful day in the San Juan Islands. Mid 50’s and sunny all day. We practiced docking and turning around in a fairway as well as doing a pump out before heading out for Shaw Island. We practiced navigating a narrow channel with markers and hazards then found a little wind (5-7 knots) and worked on downwind points of sail including wing on wing. We also threw in a person overboard practice before we lost the wind and motored to our anchorage in Blind Creek off of Shaw island. Greg helmed while I put out the anchor with cues from Mike.

I helmed the trip. Mostly motoring. We got the sails up for a little bit but lost the wind. Continued motoring to Roche. Figured out how to set a waypoint on the plotter then was able to figure out my set from the current. We had 20-30 degrees of set when approaching pearl island in the Speiden channel. I docked bow in port side tie up with 10 kn winds pushing us to starboard and Greg tied us off flawlessly with just a few cues from the instructor Mike.