With a north wind behind me, I pilot Whisper away from the Allyn launch ramp, staying to the eastern side of Case Inlet to avoid shoals. Lining the shores are sporadic clusters of houses and cottages, and occasionally a larger house slides by.
Allyn is as far south in Puget Sound as I can launch my 19-foot West Wight Potter.
I pass Stretch Point State Park where I had thought to spend the night. With the north wind blowing down on the buoys and whitecaps around me, I know it will be a bumpy night, so I continue southward. If the wind isn't going to let up, I'll turn into Pickering Passage and stay at Jarrell Cove State Park. If it looks like the wind may calm, I'll take a buoy or anchor out at McMicken Island State Park.
I guess that the wind will abate in the evening, and sail Whisper wing-on-wing to McMicken Island State Park, taking just three hours to sail nine nautical miles. What a delight to start this journey with a day of sailing instead of motoring!
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