We left Roche at about noon. Friday Harbor is close, also on San Juan island but a little to the East. I was too lazy to load the tender on the crane up on to the flybridge so we towed her for the short trip.
Realized I didn't have a long tow rope so we had a short rope to the dinghy and went slow. Around 7 knots the whole way. Anything quicker and I would have drowned her in the wake. It towed great even with the short line and the journey still only took just over an hour. Just enough time to shower while on the way and get set for the day..
It was great to pull into the Port of Friday Harbor. I don't think I have ever been to the San Juans without stopping here. It's always been a favorite place for me. Great Marina, great town.
Docked on the inside breakwater dock D. The big boat dock 😉
Checked out Town. Got stocked up on food and chilled. We are here for 2 nights as Afra had to leave today to go to Seattle to pick up my daughter Cara who was returning from a 2 week holiday in Europe before heading off to University this year. So I was on my own for the day, she's back tomorrow afternoon. The sea plane dock is about 50 feet from where we are tied up. Couldn't have been better.
I took the dinghy out, dropped a crab pot and then found a cool little beach with no one around and just messed around with the dog for an hour. Totally relaxing.
Oh and Zed met the resident seal and her pup. They always hang around the dock waiting to get fed. He was kind of bemused. Especially when they took off under the dock. You could see him trying to figure out where they had disappeared too and trying to twist his head under the dock to look.
