A friend of mine took this picture from the bluff of the Washington state side. Too bad I look like a moron with my fenders still down.
We raised the Jib and sailed a little bit on a light east wind. This allowed me to check out the roller furller as well as the low water alarm! I found that the Hood River sand bar fans out further than I had thought. Motoring along, the Garmin depth sounder began to scream out loud and we were lucky that the default depth alarm had been preset to 5 feet. I immediately put the boat full astern .....I now know that in an emergency, I can motor in 3 feet of water