Timoneer is in San Francisco
Timoneer has arrived safely in sunny San Francisco after a mixed bag of weather coming down from Alaska.
We said farewell to Alaska with fantastic sunny, still days. Unfortunately northern British Columbia was not so kind. We were forced to day sail down the Inside Passage to Port Hardy on the northern tip of Vancouver Island. Forecasts for the open ocean route were hurricane force winds and 20 to 30 foot seas. Even on anchor in a small sheltered harbour on the Inside Passage we were battered by winds up to 68 knots. Not much sleep was had that night.
On the way down through B.C. there was a lot of logging activity and plenty of logs in the water to avoid. As we headed down the inside of Vancouver Island the land became more and more populated. Being moored in Vancouver and surrounded by skyscrapers was a bit of a shock to the senses after being surrounded by the wild beauty of Alaska all summer.
The first day of the trip South from Vancouver was stunning weather, the 2nd 24hrs we had 30 knots on the nose a big seas and then we were welcomed to San Francisco with glassy seas and a sunrise behind Golden gate Bridge.
We are now cleared back into the States with all the crews visas renewed. We have 3 weeks to continue our maintenance schedule and prepare Timoneer for the long voyage to Chile.
“JC” John Cornish
