9/22/08 Port Townsend to Joseph Whidbey State Park on Whidbey Island

End of Day Position:
Latitude:48.3081
Longitude:-122.7163
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Day 15 nm Cum. 88 nm
9:50 Launch at Port Townsend
11:15 Land at Keystone for lunch
1:25 Launch at Keystone
3:10 Point Partridge
5:15 Land at Joseph Whidbey
A fun day of paddling, at times really hard work and I wore down by the end. Flood until 1:00 on flood crossed to Admiralty Head. There were super waves leaving Port Townsend up to 6 feet – a fun roller coaster. Ferried across to Admiralty Head at about 20 degrees angle. Arrived above (north) of Admiralty Head but could not continue north due to combination of current, headwind and confused seas as flood hit the Head. Turned south, went around the Head and then east into Keystone to wait for tide change, lunch and rest. Once tide turned, things flattened out quite a bit so proceeded north. There were small craft warnings in the Straight of Juan de Fuca so swells made their way to me – about 4 feet. North of Partridge Point fought current but had following seas and tail wind so made reasonable progress, but got really tired.
Landed at Joseph Whidbey State Park, called Pete Stevens, who picked me up and toom me to his home. Med Pete’s wife Fran and mom Betty, had a great dinner and of lasagna and pineapple upside down cake.