Day 39 & 40: published late
Day 39: Ucluelet
Position: N48 56.79/1256 33.24W
We ended up motoring for 6 hours; no wind at all. To top it off, we were crossways to the swell and were tossed around much of the time.
I could not reach my nieces who are now living here ( Lori’s daughters); we went to the restaurant where they work and they are not working today, so it looks like we will not touch base.
The town reminds me of a prairie town; no pretension about it. The public marina is well run, and well kept and in nice surroundings…. Definitely a return trip.
We have not yet decided on where exactly we are going, but it will be somewhere in the Broken Island group. We’ve restocked the ice and will get some fresh stuff tomorrow morning and be away by noon ( that is the check out time here at the marina, so we have no option!)
We seem to be ahead of the rest of the pack; have not seen any other of the boats we have been shadowing down the coast here.
Over and out from Ucluelet
PS: On my way up to send this ( unsuccessfully since the café was closed) I bumped into Jennifer. Turns out their condo is adjacent to the docks.New plan is for her and Monica to come down to the dock between 10-11 and we’ll take them out for a couple of hours, weather permitting. We’ll decide in the morning if we’ll stay here another day or move on after the excursion.
Day 40: Still in Ucluelet
We took Jen and Monnie out for about 3.5 hours; it was perfect day for sailing; about 12 kts of wind, sunshine. Monnie said she has never seen a whale; about 20 minutes after that we saw 2 humpbacks; one about 100’ from the boat – close enough that we could hear him blowing.
No one got sea sick and both had a chance to drive the boat undersail. Tomorrow will be a quick shopping trip and then off to somewhere in Barkley Sound.
I went back with them for a quick tour of their condo and as soon as we got in, the phone rang and it was Neil! I had a quick chat with him before I left to help put the boat to bed.
Position: N48 56.79/1256 33.24W
We ended up motoring for 6 hours; no wind at all. To top it off, we were crossways to the swell and were tossed around much of the time.
I could not reach my nieces who are now living here ( Lori’s daughters); we went to the restaurant where they work and they are not working today, so it looks like we will not touch base.
The town reminds me of a prairie town; no pretension about it. The public marina is well run, and well kept and in nice surroundings…. Definitely a return trip.
We have not yet decided on where exactly we are going, but it will be somewhere in the Broken Island group. We’ve restocked the ice and will get some fresh stuff tomorrow morning and be away by noon ( that is the check out time here at the marina, so we have no option!)
We seem to be ahead of the rest of the pack; have not seen any other of the boats we have been shadowing down the coast here.
Over and out from Ucluelet
PS: On my way up to send this ( unsuccessfully since the café was closed) I bumped into Jennifer. Turns out their condo is adjacent to the docks.New plan is for her and Monica to come down to the dock between 10-11 and we’ll take them out for a couple of hours, weather permitting. We’ll decide in the morning if we’ll stay here another day or move on after the excursion.
Day 40: Still in Ucluelet
We took Jen and Monnie out for about 3.5 hours; it was perfect day for sailing; about 12 kts of wind, sunshine. Monnie said she has never seen a whale; about 20 minutes after that we saw 2 humpbacks; one about 100’ from the boat – close enough that we could hear him blowing.
No one got sea sick and both had a chance to drive the boat undersail. Tomorrow will be a quick shopping trip and then off to somewhere in Barkley Sound.
I went back with them for a quick tour of their condo and as soon as we got in, the phone rang and it was Neil! I had a quick chat with him before I left to help put the boat to bed.
posted by Bruce Warren @ 4:22 p.m.
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