Esashi Hachinohe:158 nautical Miles
I learned that I never use the Esashi Marina in off season. The marina which locate in north Japan area close in off season. There are no pleasure boat in off season, The marina didn't maintain the equipment very well. However, the fishing port is well maintained. A winter season is a fishing season in north sea. You should better use a fishing port.
05:45 departed from Esashi Marina
08:17 Cape Shirakami
09:30 Fukushima Port fuel 177L
09:30 Fukushima Port fuel 177L
10:15 Fukushima port departed
12:20 Oma
14:00 Siriya Cape
17:40 Hatinohe Harbor
I learned that I never use the Esashi Marina in off season. The marina which locate in north Japan area close in off season. There are no pleasure boat in off season, The marina didn't maintain the equipment very well. However, the fishing port is well maintained. A winter season is a fishing season in north sea. You should better use a fishing port.
We departed from the Esashi Marina.
It was no wind day. But choppy waves increased more as we got closer to the Tugaru channel. This photo is Matsumae lighthouse. It is famous channel as the one of the strongest currents in Japan. Even if it was calm day, it was difficult to maneuver the Lukia on Tugaru channel.
The Lukia banked at over 30 degrees and her propeller sticked out on the surface of the wave sometimes. If there was 40 knots wind like yesterday, Lukia might sink.
We changed our plan and went to stop at the Matsumae Port. Beacause I found the Matsumae Port was difficult to approach. Because the high waves were surrounding there. But we needed to refuel our boat, we entered into the Fukushima Port next to the Matsumae.
Cape Shirakami : the most southern place in Hokkaido
The Fukushima Port was very easy to enter. I could approach to the quay easily. Although the quay was higher than pontoon, it was easy to get on at the quay from Minor 29DC. We could stepped up from the hand rail or the roof to the quay. It is a one of the advantage of Minor 29DC.
The Fukushima port was the last port we entered in Hokkaido. We met a lot of kind men in Hokkaido. We love it.
Honshu – Main Island of Japan
It was no wind day. But choppy waves increased more as we got closer to the Tugaru channel. This photo is Matsumae lighthouse. It is famous channel as the one of the strongest currents in Japan. Even if it was calm day, it was difficult to maneuver the Lukia on Tugaru channel.
The Lukia banked at over 30 degrees and her propeller sticked out on the surface of the wave sometimes. If there was 40 knots wind like yesterday, Lukia might sink.
The Fukushima port was the last port we entered in Hokkaido. We met a lot of kind men in Hokkaido. We love it.
Honshu – Main Island of Japan
We went across the Tsugaru channel very smoothly. "Sayonara Hokkaido, Welcome Honshu." The channel is famous for the strong current and wind, but It was flat today. We were lucky.
We returned to Honshu that is the main island of Japan. The surface of the sea looked like a mirror. In the spring season, the wind blow from west. The Pacific Ocean is eastern side of Japan, so the wind from west is interrupted by the Honsyu island. On the contrary, there are strong west wind on the west side of Hokkaido or Japanese sea in this season.
I kept the engine at 3200RPM. Our boat got 17 knots. It was very comfortable cruise. However long time cruising with such a continuous high speed revolution of diesel engine cause some troubles later. I did not know that at all.
Many big fishing net spread out near the shore. Although most of them were identified easily, I considered that we should better to pass around 1 to 3 miles off shore.
We reached at the Hachinohe Harbor at 17:40. The Hachinohe Harbor is the biggest harbor in the Tohoku district.
Hachinohe Harbor
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