What was the sea conditions Rusty? I rowed Jackie Monie's Gig Harbor SCAMP 'Cowboy Cookies' most of the way from the NWMartime Center dock to Boat Haven, Port Townsend without much trouble. The seat height was fine but the oars provided by Gig Harbor boatworks sucked. Sea conditions were mostly flat ... not a breath of wind. PNW currents must be respected. During the second R2AK leg one many boats didn't get to Victoria before the tide went flood in light winds. These boats, including one SCAMP, were swept north into Haro Strait. Many grounded on San Juan Island. I always reminds myself that Lin and Larry Parday did cruise the Gulf and San Juan Islands engineless ... they had sailed around the world at that point so had some practice first. That and Larry having grown up around the Gulf Islands. :: Dave Scobie :: M6'8" #650 :: SV SWALLOW - sv-swallow.com :: former owner M17 #375 SWEET PEA - m17-375.com :: former owner M15 #288 SCRED - www.freewebs.com/m15-named-scred/ On Wed, May 20, 2020, 11:52 AM Rusty Knorr via montgomery_boats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:

For those who love the romance of going without an outboard... I was sailing my SCAMP in light wind in the Everett channel on Friday. I always sail on and off the dock if I can, and carry oars for when I can’t. I always had my Honda 2.3 on my M15 but I haven’t used the motor on the SCAMP yet. Anyway, I got to the south end of the channel and was becalmed on a strong foul tide. I rowed my ass off and barely made it back into the channel without being swept out into the bay. In Puget Sound you need to really know your tides and currents and understand the wind can disappear despite the forecast, and have a reliable auxiliary of some kind. I don’t like bringing a kicker, but it really is the prudent choice in some areas.

Rusty

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