11 Aug 21

We slept in till 08:00 and awoke to a glorious, warm, cloudless morning. It was decided last night that we would stay here for a day, and it is such a lovely, calm, nearly deserted anchorage, that it was easy to stick to that plan today. All morning, we basically just drank coffee and read and chatted. After lunch and a brief nap, we got energetic-ish: John and I rigged up our respective dinghies for a sail and Laurie and the Admiral decided to go for a kayak around the bay, so I unlashed the new (to us) two-person kayak and launched it. John and I sailed to the mouth of Annette Inlet and a little ways out into Trincomalee Channel before the wind died. So, we turned around and had a nice down-wind run back to the big boats. The girls were way up at the head of the bay, trying to figure out how to get ashore for a walk, but the way in proved way too muddy, so they gave up. We all got back to the big boats about 17:00 and had nice warm solar showers. John even went for a swim in the (Canadian) warm (i.e., 16 deg C) water. Captain’s Hour and dinner aboard, while watching another beautiful sunset. After dark, we sat out on the bow watching the amazing stars and the Perseid meteor showers; we saw at least 3 really stunning meteorites streaking a long way across the sky.  

12 Aug 21

We slept in till nearly 09:00, but finally got up to a warm, clear morning. The anchor was aweigh by 10:20 and we motored around the corner to James Bay, where we anchored and went for a walk after a quick lunch. We were back aboard and had the anchor up by 14:30 and motored NW up Trincomali Channel to Connover Cove on Wallace Island. It was a bit crowded by we found a spot to the south of the dock to anchor and get a line ashore at 16:25. “Massilia” rafted up beside us shortly thereafter. It was quite warm today, upwards of 80F, and after the exertions of getting anchored and rafted up, we all went for a swim, except for the Admiral, in the warm waters of the cove. My thermometer showed 19.5 C, but John’s “official” (in his mind, because he bought it for CAN$5, 10 years ago at the local hardware store) thermometer showed 16 C. I prefer 19.5 C; either way, I did manage to do one lap of the boat, but then hauled out pretty quick for a refreshing warm water shower on the transom. After dinner, we had a good sing-along in the cockpit, even getting a few claps from some of the neighboring boats.

48-56.171’N, 123-32.591’W; Log = 10.8, Sum (2021) = 271.1; Eng. hrs = 2.7, Sum = 2788.7