3 Aug 17

The wind got up from the east (from which we had less shelter) overnight, so it was a bit lumpy in the anchorage by morning. We did not get out of bed until 08:20. The forecast was for E 10 - 15 all day, so we decided to get going toward Fox Harbor. The anchor was aweigh by 09:40 and motored and sailed back around the Sow and Pigs and up the west side of the Benjamins. When we got to the entry to Fox, we decided to go back up to Hotham, but into one of the more eastern anchorages. The main anchorage in the bight with all the cottages was fairly crowded, so we pushed on another mile to Leroy Cove, where we anchored all alone in 16 ft, in a position very protected from the E, so we should sleep well tonight. After lunch, the Admiral decided she would take me for a row (a reversal of our normal expeditions, where I do all the rowing) around the neighboring anchorages. I believe it has been more than a year since last she rowed and, let’s just say that her muscle memory and technique were somewhat suboptimal. I tactfully refrained from comment, but did offer helpful advice such as “you will get more purchase on the water if the oar blade is perpendicular to the water surface, rather than parallel to it”. At one point, after doing two very tight circles, a couple of “crazy Ivans” and confusing the hell out of a couple on a motor dinghy who were politely trying very hard to avoid us, we both got so tickled that all efforts at progress had to cease for a minute, until the other dinghy passed and we regained our composure. I would have run up the signal flag group for “vessel not under command”, but, alas, the signal flags were back on “c’est le bon” and “Swallow” does not have a flag halyard anyway. Back at the boat, I went for a swim and even donned snorkel and mask and dove down to check out the prop zinc (practically new), the keel and the rudder - all good.

46-08.368’N, 082-13.603’W; Log = 10.3, Sum (2017) = 1486.6 N-m