The Coast Guard

Today we had a nice sail in Port Townsend.  Dealing with container ships, tides, and currents is a different game from sailing in North Dakota.  As Stroupini and Bob worked on the boat Kadizzle wandered about as usual.  Yesterday Kadizzle had a nice encounter with the Officer of the Day at the Coast Guard station. Today Kadizzle met a different officer of the day.  The officer gave Kadizzle a personal tour of the Coast Guard cutter.  These young Coast Guard guys have an excellent career and are such good polite host.  Kadizzle got to go completely through the ship inspecting everything.  It was very interesting to hear about the lifestyle on-board.  The ship had just returned from an Alaska tour.  It was the first time they had two women on board.  Of course getting sea sick is part of the training. The gentleman that gave me the tour said one of the women was cooking and got sick. She left the kitchen and did not tell anyone.  The crew showed up to eat, and no one was there.  Not a whole lot more room on the boat than a submarine.  Amazing how clean and well kept the ship was. Everything was spit shined.  If Kadizzle was a young man he would join the Coast Guard in a heart beat.  Hopefully we will be sailing north to Succi by Sunday, or Monday.  The currents here are treacherous.  With the engine going full bore we could only make about one and a half mile per hour against the current.