From foggy Sooke, we motored south across the Strait of Juan de Fuca to check back into the US in Port Angeles. The check-in was effortless; as soon as we crossed the invisible border in the water I used the CBP Roam app to check in. A few minutes later we had a video call with an agent and were cleared back in.

We spent a night at the dock in Port Angeles before sailing east towards Port Townsend, where I’d made a reservation to get the boat hauled out at the DIY yard so we could fix the damage the anchor had done to the gelcoat on the bow of Kestrel when it got loose going around the Hesquiat Peninsula, as well as replacing anodes and other minor maintenance that is easier out of the water (especially in cold water!).