4th of July Weekend

We had a great 3rd of July anchored out in the aptly named Liberty Bay.  Poulsbo does their fireworks show on July 3rd, so we took off Friday morning to get a good spot since we knew the bay would completely fill up with anchored boats.  To facilitate more convenient socializing, we started a raftup.  This is where two or more boats tie up together with multiple anchors down.

Our friends Greg and Nicole on Baraka left with us in the morning and started up the little floating island.

Jason and Christy on Hello World were next to arrive.

It just kept growing!  In the end  there were 12 sailboats on the raft.

 

Plenty of beer and snacks, and maybe a conversation or two about sailboats.

Saturday was actually pretty nice and we got to break out some T shirts!

It was the first time we’ve had difficulty finding a parking spot at the dinghy dock.

Sunday, July 4th, there was a mass exodus at about 11am as many skippers took some aspirin and left with the tide.  We joined the parade and headed home. 

It was a fun weekend.  Now back to work for a few days – we’re leaving for Port Townsend Thursday evening for a rig inspection and dropping off our sails at the loft.  The weather is looking to be significantly better for that trip.