Tag Archive | Jarrell Cove
Five bridges in Puget Sound
Passing under five bridges eight times in a week isn’t something I had planned to do, but it was remarkably fun. This was to be a test trip for a possible Northwest Potters group sail to Tacoma, but my experience in Tacoma wasn’t as positive as I had hoped it would be.
Jarrell Cove and Fair Harbor
Pickering Passage is an odd body of water, at least to me. Even though we launched on a flood tide, the main current was flowing south. Because of a back eddy, the current at the launch was flowing northward at about one knot. Weather at launch time was windy, with strong southerly winds with frequent heavy gusts. The combination of the south winds and south-flowing current in the middle of Pickering Passage created a steep chop with breaking whitecapped waves.
