After church Sunday afternoon when the sun came out, Dave and Janet actually had a few hours with no obligations. So where to go for an adventure close to home? The answer is a sail / row to Blake Island, a boat-accessible only State Park between Gig Harbor and Seattle. The Manchester boat launch is only 1/2 hour from Gig Harbor. Then a great sail in a light Northerly breeze brought the Melonseed Skiff’s bow gently grounding on the west beach of Blake Island. They had a nice 2 mile hike through the majestic trees to the Indian Long house and back to the beach. By then the afternoon breeze had completely died, so Dave rowed the 1 1/2 miles back to Manchester. The entire trip from driving away from the shop to the launch site, sailing, hiking, rowing and return took only about 4 hours. Sweeet!
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Hi Dave,
What a great idea for a fun trip. We used to go to Blake Island all the time when we had our big sailboat. We should do it now in our faering. And will!
We just sailed/rowed from Boston Harbor to Hope Island. It’s about a two hour row taking it very easy.
Love the new web site and blog and your boats, of course.
Brandon