Sucia Island

We delayed our departure from Jones Island until late morning. Rain was steady with good visibility. We had a 1.5 kt current holding us back for the first 30 minutes of passage via Presidents Channel.  The ebb finally let go of us and the SOG built steadily to 6 kts carrying us over to Sucia Island.

Talos IV is on a mooring ball tonight. We dingyed to shore at Echo Bay and hiked or should we say slogged our way to the southern point in a drenching rain. Saw lots of geese and goslings, slugs and several sea otters. Tonight we consumed the last “Debra’s Pie”. Debra makes the best chicken pie and sells them at the farmers market in Ballard. We will have to come up with a new tradition for Sunday nights until October.

It was such a peaceful place and we felt that our pace thus far had been fairly hectic so we decided to stay a second night.  Having never dropped the anchor on Talos before, we thought this would be a good time to give it a try.  We threw the mooring ball off mid day and motored about a 100 yards to the center of the bay and dropped the anchor in about 25 feet of water.  The winds were ripping at the time at about 20 knots, so we were concerned that dragging would be an issue.  We set an anchor alarm and decided to stay on the boat the balance of the day.  In the end we had no issues and the wind died off toward evening, leaving us swinging peacefully at anchor in an incredibly beautiful spot.

Tomorrow we are off to Pender Island, our first Canadian stop.