Another change in the weather. Today was totally calm, clear, sunny. We could have made it to Neah Bay, but Roy wanted to finish working on the generator, and we wanted to attend the Aquafair events. Most of them were canceled yesterday due to the wind, but today all signals were go.
At ten o'clock, we watched the Coast Guard Search and Rescue demonstration. A helicopter lifted a man out of the water. (The blast from the rotors nearly drowned him first!) Then the oil skimmer "Shearwater" and the tall ship "Lady Washington" came in and we watched them dock. At noon, we toured the Coast Guard cutter "Active"
and the "Shearwater". Both very interesting. However, when the guide on the "Active" was asked how fast ten knots is, he didn't have a clue, so I explained it.
After lunch, we toured the "Lady Washington", which is a replica of an old square-rigger. Watched a guy climb the rope ladder to the first spar. Found out the poop deck got its name from the "pupi", or images of saints, that the Genoese put on the aft railing.
At two o'clock, there was a kayak demonstration. We considered taking our Royaks, but when we saw that it was being put on by a store trying to sell its kayaks, we decided not to.
Roy figured out that the generator problem was caused by a faulty igniter, so we'll be cooking with propane until we get somewhere where we can have it fixed.
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