Under way on
the Kittiwake!
After our
successful very short cruise yesterday, we felt ready to tackle a longer cruise
today. We are heading to Kent Narrows,
Mears Point Marina, for the MTOA rendezvous.
We’ll be meeting lots of people, learning more about cruising,
socializing. It is going to take us all
day to get there, so we will miss a meet-up at 4:00. No problem – we will get there when we get
there! We are scheduled to be there
through Friday morning.
We are not
familiar with the electronic navigation equipment aboard, but we have figured
out enough to help us get there. Dan has
been a pilot, so paper charts and navigating are second nature to him. Without those skills, there is no way we
would be ready to go cruising! We have
an older auto pilot, which only knows how to hold a course, not navigate to a
destination. That’s fine – it’s still a
big help, since today a large part of our trip involves several hours holding a
course.
Yesterday,
we drove from the fly bridge, and Max was really nervous. It was really windy up there. Today, we decided to drive from the lower enclosed
pilot house. Max is curled up on the
floor, really relaxed. The only time he
got nervous was when we were in some rough chop – now that it’s calmed down out
here, he’s just fine.
Today is the
first real test of our readiness. I
think we’ll pass with flying colors!
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