{"id":362,"date":"2010-04-22T20:23:20","date_gmt":"2010-04-23T04:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/svrainshadow.com\/?p=362"},"modified":"2024-06-14T09:21:28","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T17:21:28","slug":"some-day-there-will-be-some-good-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svrainshadow.com\/?p=362","title":{"rendered":"Some day there will be some good wind…"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are really keen to take Rainshadow out for a good sail. Today looked promising, after a few days of grey drizzle.\u00a0By noon, the excellent weather station at Skunk Bay<\/a> was showing wind speeds of 15-18 knots, and there was even a promise of some sunshine.<\/p>\n

So we headed down to the dock and took Rainshadow for a spin. Problem is, the wind died to practically nothing about the time we got out there. We ghosted along for about an hour, watching the porpoises feed in the tide rip off Foul Weather Bluff. Then we spotted some tall ships away to the north, heading to Port Ludlow for the weekend. So we started up the trusty Perkins diesel and away we went to get some closer pictures. These ships were beautiful!<\/p>\n

After being out for about\u00a03 hours,\u00a0we headed for home because we were sick of the sound of the engine. Just as we were getting there, the wind seemed to pick up, but we still motored into our harbor instead of trying to sail again because we just didn\u2019t believe there was enough wind to try.<\/p>\n

Check out the wind gusts map for the day, shown below. Where the big dip is in the afternoon, that\u2019s exactly when we were out. And just as we were docking, the wind jumped up to a pleasant 13 knots. The sun was shining, and it was a lovely evening. Too bad we gave up too early\u00a0– maybe next time.<\/p>\n\n\t\t