{"id":835,"date":"2012-07-12T13:30:07","date_gmt":"2012-07-12T17:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/?p=835"},"modified":"2012-07-12T14:08:53","modified_gmt":"2012-07-12T18:08:53","slug":"trip-to-barclay-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/trip-to-barclay-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"Trip to Barclay Sound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I hit &#8216;publish&#8217; on this post before it was finished..oops&#8230;this is the complete one with all the intended photos&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The 9 days leading up to Independence Day were <em>our<\/em> days of independence away from the phones, computer and, for the most part, people. Just to share it with you, I am posting some pictures that kind of highlight the trip, which was mostly wet with rain but no less beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>Clearance in Victoria is often done over the phone. I thought this was funny after years of making clearances in the Caribbean and generally around the world where it is much more of an ordeal. I love Canada.. <a href=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-839\" title=\"clearing customs in Canada\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0001-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"PTwatercraft.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0001-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0001-1024x687.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>We anchored in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clo-oose,_British_Columbia\">Clo Oose<\/a> Bay and hiked to the dock at Nit Nat, where there was crab, salmon and cold beer! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouverislandoutdoors.com\/westcoasttrail\/\" target=\"_blank\">The trail<\/a> was incredible. Mostly boardwalk but occasionally, as here, the roots of this tree create the steps up the hill.<a href=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_00361.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-854\" title=\"hiking in BC\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_00361-687x1024.jpg\" alt=\"ptwatercraft.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_00361-687x1024.jpg 687w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_00361-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_00361.jpg 1944w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_00321.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-856\" title=\"Cruising in BC with the PT 11 nesting dinghy\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_00321-1024x687.jpg\" alt=\"ptwatercraft.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_00321-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_00321-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0039.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-855\" title=\"The dock at Nit Nat Narrows, BC\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0039-1024x687.jpg\" alt=\"ptwatercraft.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0039-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0039-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sailing into <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barkley_Sound\" target=\"_blank\">Barclay Sound<\/a>. I counted 11 shades of mountains that day. I tried to paint it later.<a href=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0068.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-858\" title=\"Cruising to Barclay Sound BC\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0068-1024x687.jpg\" alt=\"ptwatercraft.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0068-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0068-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a little island group, I got to practice my dinghy sailing. I am new to solo-ing, in fact new to dinghy sailing, and now I am hooked.<a href=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0134.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-843\" title=\"Learning to dinghy sail in the PT 11 nesting dinghy\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0134-1024x996.jpg\" alt=\"ptwatercraft.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0134-1024x996.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0134-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0134.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>We had 2 opportunities without rain to get pictures of the PT 11 really sailing. My lens only goes up to 55mm so I missed a lot of good shots. Shopping now for a tele for the camera. Still, Russell got the little pony galloping wherever there was wind.<a href=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0210.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-845\" title=\"sailing the PT11 photo shoot\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0210-786x1024.jpg\" alt=\"ptwatercraft.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0210-786x1024.jpg 786w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0210-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0210.jpg 1131w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0345.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-846\" title=\"PT11 nesting dinghy planing\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0345-1024x555.jpg\" alt=\"ptwatercraft.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0345-1024x555.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0345-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0345.jpg 1353w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Part of the trip was to get video and pictures of the new PT11 with the new rig. Evening in the Chatham Group provided one nice opportunity before crossing the straits back to PT.<a href=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC05922.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-848\" title=\"photographing the PT11 nesting dinghy\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC05922-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"ptwatercraft.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC05922-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC05922-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC05922.jpg 1976w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0513.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-857\" title=\"PT Eleven, 11ft nesting dinghy\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0513-1024x687.jpg\" alt=\"ptwatercraft.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0513-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0513-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Arriving at Fort Worden on July 4th, friends showed up and everyone got to take the PT 11 for a sail&#8230; until the wind died&#8230;.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0576.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-849\" title=\"lazy sunset sail in the PT 11 nesting dinghy\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0576-1024x687.jpg\" alt=\"ptwatercraft.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0576-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0576-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>2 and 4 legged &#8216;salty dogs&#8217; aboard&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC05963.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-850\" title=\"sea dogs visiting\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC05963-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"ptwatercraft.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC05963-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC05963-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC05963.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The evening sky was so pretty and the moon rise was spectacular. Could not capture it well since the boat was moving&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC05964.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-851\" title=\"Puget Sound Dusk\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC05964-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"ptwatercraft.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC05964-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC05964-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC05964.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC05970.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-852\" title=\"2012 July 4th moonrise in Port Townsend WA\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC05970-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"ptwatercraft.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC05970-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC05970-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC05970.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finishing the trip with fireworks&#8230;. \ud83d\ude42 PTW<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0617.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-853\" title=\"Fort Worden July 4th 2012\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0617-1024x687.jpg\" alt=\"ptwatercraft.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0617-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0617-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hit &#8216;publish&#8217; on this post before it was finished..oops&#8230;this is the complete one with all the intended photos&#8230; The 9 days leading up to Independence Day were our days of independence away from the phones, computer and, for the most part, people. Just to share it with you, I am posting some pictures that&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,13,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all","category-nesting_dinghies","category-nesting-dinghy-activities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=835"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":847,"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835\/revisions\/847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}