Quartermaster Harbor and the Coast Guard Aux.

Another great day on the Sound. This time in the outer part of Quartermaster Harbor. Quartermaster is formed around the Burton peninsula between Vashon Island and Maury Island. I grew up on Vashon and being there brought back many memories. This is where my dad and I learned to sail our National One. She was fast and could point well into the wind. At other times during the summer we would ride our horses down to Burton and take them swimming. It cooled them off and was great fun. My Arab horse named Sheik would love to push off the bottom and it was very tricky staying on this slippery horse as he swam that way. Those were the days. I was certainly blessed to grow up in such a beautiful place.
Back to 2009. It was a common day with the wind blowing out of the north. It blows down the Sound across a little strip of land between Maury and Vashon island then dumps into Quartermaster.
On the water our two 30 foot power boats struggled to keep parallel for the side tow as the wind would push them about at differing rates. This made for some great practice.
After a few hours it was off to Dockton for a potluck on the dock. Dockton has a nice dock with a sheltered park that provide restrooms and showers.
After a well earned break and fellowship it was off to practice search patterns. We worked our way out of Quartemaster diligently searching for a would be distressed person in the water. It looked as though the two boats were in a ballet dancing there way back home.
So ended another wonderful day on Puget Sound.