Scott and Tom woke up early again and set us off for Semiahmoo in Blaine. Again, Cindy and I slumbered on, agreeing that this arrangement is clearly the best way to go! We finally got up and fixed the guys breakfast as we continued on our journey. We arrived at the marina in Semiahmoo around 3:00 with clear blue skies and sunshine. 
Carter came down to the marina to greet us, and Jackie showed up later as they were loading up their boat with food and supplies. We enjoyed an incredible dinner at Jackie and Carter's house with melt-in-your-mouth pulled pork that Carter roasted for many hours that day, plus salmon with a mango/papaya salsa, delicious coleslaw, homemade baked beans, salad, and to top it off - homemade blueberry cobbler that Jackie made! How do you top that???!!
-Admiral Marian
As Marian has observed, she and Cindy often sleep in and Tom and I launch the boat. Well, to be fair, Tom does all the hard work (tending lines, pulling in the shore power, pulling up the fenders and so forth). I stand at the helm and try to keep the boat from bashing into the dock or hitting anyone else. Both Tom and I appear to have the same sized bladders as we often wake within a few minutes of each other to use the head. On days we are departing this seems to happen about 5:30am. It may be that it’s my bladder that causes Tom to wake up, because he and Cindy share the guest stateroom which is across the hallway from the head. Since the guest stateroom doesn’t get much circulation they sleep with the door open. With the door open the noise from the head must be obvious to Tom, resulting in a sympathetic reaction from his bladder. Anyway, enough talk about peeing. Tom and I got underway and plotted a course up the west side of Whidbey Island. It was clear and calm and the 56 mile trip took almost exactly 8 hours. We averaged 7 knots, something you will realize is our cruising speed of choice!
As we headed north we noticed that there was a 180 degree error in our Radar alignment with the chart. Tom wanted to use the software to fix the problem but I was convinced it was a more fundamental issue than a simple alignment issue. A call to Furuno revealed the problem. I had upgraded the Navnet 1 chartplotter to a Navnet 2 unit. When I did this there was an installation wizard that should have been run, but I neglected to do it because I was told I could simply pull the old unit out and replace it with the new one. The result was the Antenna type was misconfigured. Setting the correct antenna type resolved the issue and the images align perfectly. Another of the innumerable configuration items that must be tracked and stored someplace so if you have a problem in the future, you have the notes to address them.
As we headed north we noticed that there was a 180 degree error in our Radar alignment with the chart. Tom wanted to use the software to fix the problem but I was convinced it was a more fundamental issue than a simple alignment issue. A call to Furuno revealed the problem. I had upgraded the Navnet 1 chartplotter to a Navnet 2 unit. When I did this there was an installation wizard that should have been run, but I neglected to do it because I was told I could simply pull the old unit out and replace it with the new one. The result was the Antenna type was misconfigured. Setting the correct antenna type resolved the issue and the images align perfectly. Another of the innumerable configuration items that must be tracked and stored someplace so if you have a problem in the future, you have the notes to address them. -Skipper
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