Inati Bay Raftup

Whew! Spring finally arrived with temperatures in the high 70s to lower 80s. Even if we already had opening day, I don't think boating season really was up and moving yet. So to commemorate that yellow thing in the sky that we haven't seen in quite a while, we put together an impromptu raft up in Inati bay. Inati bay is only about an hour away from Bellingham, but mentally it seems much farther. Kathy and I sailed over on Friday night and were joined by Wayne and Trudy aboard Mahala. Trudy made a most excelent spaghetti dinner.
The next day we were invaded by many boats from the BYC. As you might guess, this involved some serious lounging about

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That evening Steve Heyward and Monica of San Suci (A 50' steel Belgium canal boat) made a huge plate of Enchiladas and Margahrita. Yum.

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The evening was spent lounging on the beach by a fire doing the S'mores thing.

The next day, Kathy and I took Kalliope home on a nice beam reach with about 18 kts. We managed

7.5 kts across the entire bay. Yowser! Much fun. And this is only May!

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