EYC Casual Cruise to Port Townsend

We had a great time this weekend in Port Townsend with the Edmonds Yacht Club. We had only been to Port Townsend one other time and that happened to be when we were looking at Nordic Tugs to buy. We loved the little marina at Point Hudson and commented at that time that we would like to spend some time there looking around the town. We cruised over on Friday with another boat and kept it at 1400 rpms. Normally, this would have been about 7 knots for us but the current was in our favor that day and we cruised at 12 knots. We made great time and arrived much earlier than anticipated. Our cruising partners, Cheryl and Tom, also got some great pictures of our boat so we will now have one that can be hung in the yacht club with the other members' boats.

After docking, we had lunch with some other EYC people who had arrived early. We can now highly recommend Sirens as a great place to eat.  Their website says they are "A pub of distinction"  and I would say this is a very accurate description of a fun place on the waterfront with fantastic food.

Because this was a casual cruise there were no organized activities so we spent a lot of time wandering around town, visiting the farmers market, geocaching, and walking our dog. We did share dinner together on Saturday night with a potluck and, as always, had a great time getting to know people better.

We departed Port Townsend around noon on Sunday and as we rounded the point going 1400 rpms we found ourselves cruising at 3 knots! What a difference from Friday. Fortunately, things improved and we had a smooth ride back to Everett.