{"id":11433,"date":"2017-06-17T11:26:42","date_gmt":"2017-06-17T17:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/macblaze.ca\/?p=11433"},"modified":"2017-06-17T11:26:42","modified_gmt":"2017-06-17T17:26:42","slug":"the-last-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/?p=11433","title":{"rendered":"The Last Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>11 June<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Up around 0700.<\/li>\n<li>We are an hour away from Sidney and have a noon lunch date so will just hang out for the morning.<\/li>\n<li>We motor down and check out Fulford Harbour. Nice looking place except for the big ass ferry that comes and goes multiple times a day.<\/li>\n<li>We motor to Sidney and tie up.<\/li>\n<li>Lunch with Geo Takach and his daughter Fran.<\/li>\n<li>Laundry in the P.M.<\/li>\n<li>Then Mark and Karen pick us up and take us for delicious Chinese.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_0819.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11434\" src=\"http:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_0819-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_0819-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_0819-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_0819-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_0819-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_0820.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11435\" src=\"http:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_0820-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_0820-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_0820-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_0820-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_0820-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>12 June<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Off the dock around 1000 hrs. I have to stop trying to turn the bow into the wind.<\/li>\n<li>Motor past Portland Island and then raise the sails.<\/li>\n<li>We are sailing with a ton of big ferries in some pretty narrow water.<\/li>\n<li>It gets even more exciting by Enterprise Reef just outside of Active Pass and the Ferries have little room to maneuver and we have a lee shore. But everyone finds sea room and no one dies.<\/li>\n<li>We sail right into Montague Harbour and drop our sails at hedge of the anchorage.<\/li>\n<li>We anchor off the marina and settle in for the night.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2120.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11436\" src=\"http:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2120-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2120-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2120-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2120-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2120-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>13 June<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I haul the dinghy up on deck to search again for the slow leak. No luck.<\/li>\n<li>Load the outboard on the dinghy and set off for the marina to explore.<\/li>\n<li>Then we head to the Provincial Park to walk the shoreline.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_0842.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11437\" src=\"http:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_0842-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_0842-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_0842-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_0842-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_0842-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>14 June<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We are up bright and early and head for Nanaimo to spend out last few days in the harbour. Need to make Dodd Narrows slack at 1330 hrs.<\/li>\n<li>We raise the sails in 13 knots and slowly jibe back and forth going down wind. It&#8217;s cold again.<\/li>\n<li>Just before Porlier Pass we haul in the main and motor sail with the jib. We are making 6.3-7 knots the rest of the trip.<\/li>\n<li>Winds are predicted to be 20-30 tomorrow so we decided to just head on into our slip at Stones.<\/li>\n<li>Fuel up and back into our slip for the last time around 1430 hrs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_0848-e1497643697652.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11439\" src=\"http:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_0848-e1497643697652-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_0848-e1497643697652-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_0848-e1497643697652-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_0848-e1497643697652-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_0848-e1497643697652-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_0848-e1497643697652.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_0847-e1497643665438.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11438\" src=\"http:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_0847-e1497643647342-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>15 June<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rain. Not much wind though.<\/li>\n<li>I buy some cleaner for the inside of the bimini (still some algae from last winter). Hosing the underside of the enclosure in the rain\u2026it presents an odd picture.<\/li>\n<li>We prep for a quick haulout, but then its cancelled.<\/li>\n<li>So we grab our bins from storage and start sorting and packing.<\/li>\n<li>And then the winds. And more rain.<\/li>\n<li>Looks like we are inside for the rest of the day.<\/li>\n<li>And more rain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>16 June<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lovely sunny morning.<\/li>\n<li>Drop off a bag at Seair so they can send it on an earlier flight.<\/li>\n<li>Do the last loads of laundry for stuff staying in storage.<\/li>\n<li>Finish packing and inventorying by noon and haul everything into storage unit.<\/li>\n<li>Clean galley and then the rain starts again.<\/li>\n<li>Afternoon coffee with L\u2019s parental units.<\/li>\n<li>More cleaning.<\/li>\n<li>Last dinner aboard.<\/li>\n<li>Finish it off with a movie in the cockpit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/img_0885.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/img_0885.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"487\" height=\"650\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/img_0885.jpg 487w, https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/img_0885-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/img_0885-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/img_0887.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/img_0887.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/img_0887.jpg 650w, https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/img_0887-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/img_0887-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<p><strong>17 June<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Off the boat.<\/li>\n<li>At Seair by 9:15.<\/li>\n<li>We get to fly in a Beaver (1956); always my favourite.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Only 3 on the flight so we leave 20 minutes early.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>And a couple of hours in YVR before we are home&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/img_0897-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/img_0897-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"487\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/img_0897-1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/img_0897-1-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/img_0897-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>11 June Up around 0700. We are an hour away from Sidney and have a noon lunch date so will just hang out for the morning. We motor down and check out Fulford Harbour. Nice looking place except for the big ass ferry that comes and goes multiple times a day. We motor to Sidney [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[118],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11433"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11433\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}