Pacific Northwest Gardening: Transplanting a gardener to the PNW, 1 by joanlc

joanlc wrote:
Hi folks,

Re sailing - on Whidbey, on the south end, there is a little community called Skatchett Head that has a teeny marina/community center with a nice little concrete ramp. I'm a pretty cautious sailor, wouldn't just go dumping the little craft in without consulting locals, and have never tipped her; have figured out the balance of forces over several years. Which isn't to say I don't acknowledge coastal sailing to be an altogether different beast. I don't know where I'll end up, if I'm on Whidbey, because this move is at least a year away, and who knows what will be available when I'm ready. Maybe Langley area, on the north/east side. Just hoping that I can easily trail my boat to wherever I have to go to launch, without having to fight urban traffic. This traffic idea is what puts me off about, for instance, the idea of sailing on Lake Washington, or Green Lake. Rigging the boat takes a little while, and I'm not sure there would be anywhere I could stop and do it, and be out of the way.

Maybe I ought to be looking to crew.

Here's one of my girls at the helm.