Planning a Puget Sound Sailing Trip
Dana Passage from Boston Harbor
Every year I get asked: how do you plan your sailing trips? When planning a trip, I ask myself some basic questions, and from there, consider conditions and amenities specific to that trip.
We sail a 19-foot West Wight Potter, manufactured by International Marine. Whisper is a trailerable sailboat with a classic heritage, constructed of modern materials. I usually describe voyaging in a small, trailerable sailboat as akin to camping in a hard tent. Many of the same clothes, gear, food, and cooking methods are the same as you would use for backpacking or tent camping.
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Hammersley Inlet and sailing Rich Passage
Shelton launch to Hammersley Inlet
Puget Sound presents many challenges to boaters, and narrow Hammersley Inlet is one of them. Linking Shelton to the rest of Puget Sound, eight-mile-long Hammersley Inlet is like a saltwater river, with currents occasionally reaching five knots. This was my first trip through Hammersley. A few days later, after visiting some favorite Puget Sound locations, we pulled Whisper from the waters of Port Orchard on a rising tide in the falling darkness.
