The Boat Is Doing Better Than Max's Knee

Day one of the trip went as well as could be expected. With a 5:20am departure from Hood River we made it to the boatyard in Portland where we'll be doing some haulout work tomorrow.

We had good wind from HR until about 15 miles from Portland when we had to fire up the motor... which started and ran well. Amazingly, we didn't break or lose anything.

High winds near Rooster Rock State Park (30+ knots) tested our sail-shortening abilities. All went smoothly. We ran into several friends out kiting who were happy to show off for the camera as we went cruising by.

Boone
Jason

Todd
Mac

We saw lots of other fun things too...

He must be after some fast fish. Officially the biggest outboard either of us has ever seen.
Viagra is cheaper, Tough Guy.

Mother Nature was looking good.

Blangin' Tugboat.
Max shredded his knee yesterday by falling the completely wrong way while merely kiting along. After five years of bumming hard, he was "due" for the standard ski bum injury. Fortunately, Mack can handle most of the manual labor while this sorts itself out. Hopefully, it just takes time.
Mac enjoying not being in traffic on the interstate bridge.
Good times, troubles and worries and all.

Big day tomorrow. One-legged hi-speed hull-painting 101.

Check out our progress:

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