We watched the stick in the shore to find high tide (along with help from the tide charts) and just before 8am started our slow march out of Oyster Bay. While not overly concerned there was still some anxiety crossing the pass. Thankfully our route was good and we saw a low of 0.7 meters beneath the keel.
Turning north, it was quite rough right off the bat. Ugh. We needed water so the first two hours were under motor before the sailing began. It wasn’t a terrible passage but it was tiring. Much more tiring than I would expect from a 25 miles passage. But we made it into Hog Harbor and found a good spot to drop the anchor. Roxy swam to make sure it looked good and we could finally relax.
There was some swell but it wasn’t too bad. Back in Palikulo bay we had met a single-hander Margret on SV Iron Madden. That night we had to reneg on an offer to have her over for dinner when Carl started feeling a cold coming on. But we reached her on the radio (she had sailed up today too) and invited her for dinner.
I had a lot of prep to do for the cabbage ground beef stir fry, I got started early so that I wouldn’t have to do much once she arrived for happy hour. It felt good to have that checked off the list, and once she came aboard we enjoyed some wine along with some excellent New Zealand crackers and humus that she brought over (yes, we get very excited for good crackers here). Everyone seemed to enjoy dinner that went well with the fun conversations of past adventures. Including Margaret’s period in London during the 80’s when she was deep into a punk phase of her life. As a treat she had brought brownies and some limoncello (alcohol) that was gifted to her from another cruiser. While interesting, it was something you just needed a small amount bit to drink. Way later than normal we said our good byes and called it a night.
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