Day 1

Day 1: Leaving Canoe Cove

 

Ralph and I left Canoe Cove at 13:20, without Robin. She has not yet decided if she will make the trek over for the leg up to Port Hardy; current plan is for us to start up and she may meet us in Nanaimo or further up.

 

We had to finish up some last minute stuff on the boat ( bolt cutter paint finally dried so it could be stowed and cleaning of anchor winch). We took bus into Sidney to get fresh groceries ( and not to forget our frozen meat stash!) returning via taxi.

 

No rodeos as we left, just off a "zero" tide ( almost as low as the tides would ever get). This meant that we would have the flood tide with us all the way. We headed up towards Trincomali Channel with no wind to speak of. There was also no wind in Trincomali itself and we ended up motoring all the way. As befitting a "geeks go sailing" theme, we had 3 portable GPSs and the ship's onboard GPS all turned on at one point to confirm that Ralph's #1 (of 2) GPS was incorrect ( turned out it was reporting in statue miles and not nautical miles)

 

 

We decided to anchor in Princess  Bay at the north end of Wallace Island. There are 4 other boats here and we are dead centre in the channel. Weather report indicates that there MAY be some wind tomorrow and chance of showers this evening. As I write this up, I am now hearing the lazy jacks banging against the mast because I forgot to tie them off ( it takes a day or so to get back into the routine habits) so perhaps we will get a bit of a blow this evening.

 

Dinner tonight was a one pot special of burgers layered with sliced potatoes, onions and mushrooms. Salad, wine and rice pudding finished the meal. It was good even thought it didn't finish cooking until about 19:30.