Sometimes urban life has its moments… New (ish) art! Finally found the best spot for it @iansheldonart Always a good day to travel when it starts with a Beaver!#seaair Well that’s that. We’ve fixed everything else so now the likely culprit is the head gasket. So it’s home early for us and the mechanics will start tearing her apart. ? Going through Dodd Narrows using the dinghy as a side tow was not on our bucket list :-(Engine overheated (again) and the wind died right at the entrance. But we made it. Now it’s off to the dock for some serious mechanical investigations. Interesting sight to wake up to. And we used to be nervous maneuvering our teeny boat through a crowded mooring field! These guys had nerves of steel 🙂 Ever wonder what sailing downwind in 6-8 knots of wind against a 3-4 knot current would look like?The engine overheated for the second time just out side the anchorage with a tricky entrance so we decide to turn back, followed by a couple of hours of very frustrating sailing. We failed to figure out the issue ourselves, so many thanks to the great people at @nanaimoyachtcharters for the tow and mechanical assistance. A combination of a faulty thermostat and what looked like half a shredded impeller (not the current one which was fine) stuck in the heat exchanger seems to have been the issue. Never would have figured that out on my own :-(Made it back to Montague safely and are set to try it all over again. And now we’ve got them all out. #downwind …over the ocean blue… Downwind @ 5 knots on just the jib. Can it get any better? First sourdough of the trip. Yum. Dock gravity is real! Finally off the dock and on our way to nowhere special. #saillife First boat pizza of the trip. Not perfect yet … gotta get back into the swing of it 🙂 Home sweet home for the next month. Type to start the big unwind… One of the best things about working for a book publisher? The book haul! #lovetoread @orcabook Monday. Spring is sprung. #yeg The proper ratio of strawberries to cream and sugar. I am so my mother’s child…Our first Oil Kings game. Were up 3 nil. Woot!
