2 Jun 22

We had a most excellent night’s sleep without assistance from the heater. It was totally quiet in the anchorage all night. And, when the sun came up, it was actually shining, so the boat heated up naturally all by itself and was quite moderate when we got up at 07:45. The fridge/freezer appears to be working fine; ice in the freezer and everything on the fridge side is nicely cool. After breakfast, we sat around and did pretty much nothing; well, I read the paper, we did the NYT Spelling Bee, and read our books a bit. At some point in time, I got out the rescue tape and put a few wraps around the propane hose, where a few cracks were discovered last night during dinner preparations; the hose appears to be gas-tight, but the cracks indicate that it is time to obtain a replacement hose. I also stuck some sail rep air tape on a couple of tears on the spinnaker bag (it will need to be replaced this winter) and on a worn spot on the forepeak hatch cover. In addition, I made a reservation for Saturday, 4 June, at Port of Sidney Marina; we will clear into Canada there and do a major reprovisioning, before figuring out how and where and when to rendezvous with John and Laurie on “Massilia”. After lunch, we launched the dinghy and rowed ashore. I flew my drone around for a few minutes and then we went for a 2-hour walk to the north, nearly all the way to Pelican Bay and back. We made it back in time for happy hour. While Terri was preparing drinks, I put a bit a sail repair tape on the top seam of the dinghy tent, which has come unstitched. We had a lovely al fresco dinner (leftovers from yesterday) in the cockpit.

3 Jun 22

It was cool and raining when we got up at 07:45. We had a cool breakfast in the cockpit and enjoyed the nearly empty harbor; nearly everyone else had already left. We got away from the mooring ball just after 09:00 in a pouring rain and headed generally west around the north end of Cypress Island, across Rosario Strait, through Obstruction Pass, passing to the south of Orcas Island and through Pole Passage, and then round the corner to Jones Island. The north harbor looks like it will be more comfortable for the wovernight forecast winds, plus we have never stayed on the north side. As the bay opened up, we could see that all three mooring balls were occupied, but thought there may be room for us at the dock. As we came slowly in, one of the sailboats on the second mooring ball let go her lines and departed, so we grabbed it just before 12:00; good timing. After lunch, we loafed around the cockpit for a while, waiting for the rain to stop. I finally got up and worked on cutting the teak trim boards down to fit the bulkhead between the galley and the engine compartment. However, I also got the moisture meter out and I may have more to do to repair the bulkhead’s bottom 3 or 4 inches before I can fit the trim boards. This may be a job for the pros, as the bulkhead is still very damp and I do not know how I am going to get it dried out this summer; given a few weeks over the winter, I’m sure I could tackle it, but that is not really reasonable. We finally got off the boat just after 15:00 and did the SW loop walk on the island. The south cove was fully 10 or 15 degrees cooler than the north cove and a bit boisterous, so it is good we are in the north cove. We got back to the boat just in time for happy hour and dinner. It was a beautiful evening, following a not very propitious start to the day.

48-37.084’N, 123-02.755’W; Log = 17.0, Sum (2022) = 31.4 N-m; Eng. hrs. = 2.7, Sum = 2887.3