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<\/a><\/p>\nThis morning the rain woke us around 5 but we drifted back off to sleep. Around 7:30 everyone was on deck and ready for breakfast: strawberries, yogurt, granola and French toast. We are not losing any weight on this trip.<\/p>\n
There are 6 of us aboard. Leslie and I have the aft cabin, Tim and Donna occupy the main salon and Bob and Terry are sharing the v-berth. Bob is from Winnipeg and slowly retiring to Pender Island. Terry is also retired although damned if I can remember where he’s from.<\/p>\n
After breakfast we up-anchored and swung around to Hospital Bay for fuel and water. Then it was out to Malaspina Strait and another long day.<\/p>\n
As soon as we cleared the harbour we raised the sails and put in a few hours on a beam reach. As the winds died and shifted we decided to try out the spinnaker. A big, beautiful sail emblazoned with a rampant bull, the spinnaker is a bull of a sail to control and we all learned a lot getting the damned thing flying. As the winds shifted we managed to pull the spinnaker to the side and flew it almost like a big gennaker. This allowed us to point a bit higher and we kept it out as we headed up the strait.<\/p>\n
Eventually however, the wind died and we fired up the motor again. It stayed sunny and calm for the rest of the day. Past Powell River and Lund, through the Copeman Islands and into Desolation Sound. Tonight’s destination is Squirrel Cove.<\/p>\n
Some where along the way we diverted to Refuge Cove. But after tying up we realized there was nothing open and the showers were still closed for the season. So we cast off and went back to Squirrel Cove. All tied up, Leslie and I investigated the closed store and showers. Back at the boat an otter was greeting the crew but took off a few minutes after we got back. Dinner was almond chicken and red wine but it was already late and soon we decided bed was in the cards.<\/p>\n
Cell is crappy here so pics tomorrow. Maybe. It might be a few days.<\/p>\n
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A long day since yesterday. Speaking of which we pulled out of Degnen Bay on the slack tide and transited Gabriola Pass and headed across the strait. We were greeted with 15 to 17 knot winds and had a hell of a sail for a few minutes. Then things calmed down and we slowly headed […]<\/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":[95],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9132"}],"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=9132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9132\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>
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