Thursday May 24-25 2018
Trip Distance 38 nm
Our planned route in OpenCpn is in blue, our actual track of the voyage is in fusia.
NOAA Marine Zone Forecast PZZ255 Marine Zone Forecast
N wind 5 to 10 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Wind waves N 2 ft at 4 seconds. W swell 6 ft at 11 seconds. Secondary swell S 3 ft at 16 seconds. Patchy drizzle in the morning.
Nice short trip was nice after the last few longer ones.
We really enjoyed Newport since there are trails out the beaches on each side of the jetty and also some town walking with shops for Patty.
We almost got stuck in Florence as mentioned in the last blog since the Siuslaw Bar closes almost every day when the current starts going out and the swell steepens and start breaking in the entrance. We had a 0700 Florence bridge opening but when we heard S/V Tango on channel 22 getting escorted out we got going and mad it out the bar for An uneventfull short trip to Newport where we arrived at 0100. We ended up staying two nights where for the first day we hiked out to the beach on the south side of jetty and on the next day hiked over the US 101 bridge to Newport on the North side of river. The Port Of Newport Marina is the first recreational boaters marina we have seen since we left san Francisco. The working boats stay across the river to the North at Newport.
It was opening day for Halibut and the cleaning tables where packed with people cleaning fish.
For the hike out to the beach you start on the trail under the south side of the bridge and proceed down the south jetty.
You then can cut over to the left on to the trails through the dunes to get off the road as we did if you like.
Our first evening we checked out the Rogue Brewery. There are also Rogue spirits. This place is a true farm to table organization as they have Rogue farms which grow grains, hops and flavoring veges (ie cucumber gin) and then incorporate into the beer or spirits. Dinner was ok (not great food…go for the beer).
The next morning we took a short walk on the Estuary Trail across from marina to the east and then on over to South Beach for lunch of oysters and Halibut. Freshest fish we found in Newport.
A little later in the day we walked over the US 101 Bridge to Newport proper. A bit of a tourist town but is was nice to see a number of fish processing plants along the shoreline along the main drag.
we then took a short walk under the north end of the bridge towards the beach and then turned back to the right up the trial towards the bridge for trip back.
