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Leaving the Salish Sea

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 Well you leave the Salish Sea and you leave behind Arbutus trees, Gary Oaks , Holly and crowds of people. What you get as you move north is colder weather and wilder anchorages. But first I travelled to Jedediah Island where I waited out some North winds and enjoyed some beautiful sunny weather. While there I had a little adventure. While re anchoring I had trouble maneuvering and managed to run over my shore line and wrap it around the prop. Dead in the water, I dropped the anchor just before I was blown on the rocks. Then I went diving on the prop. I have a skimpy wet suit but the thief stole my wet suit gloves, that made things a little nippy on the hands. Once again I avoided disaster. Hopefully I will  be a little more careful in the future.  On what turned into a very calm  day I motored up to Campbell River. Here I resupplied and headed further north through Seymour Narrows . I was enjoying the calm sunny weather and thinking about taking some clothes off whe...
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Birds

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Into the Gulf Islands and San Juan Islands

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 We had a few days to kill before Yammy headed home to the Yukon. We decided she should go bus ferry bus to the Vancouver Airport, leaving from Sidney.  We stayed once more at Pirate's Cove where we discovered the pirate's chest had been refilled.  Then Montague Hbr and then Royal Cove close to Sidney. After that Yammy left and I was on my own for the first time in many months. I spent a couple of beautiful days  on Sidney Spit . Then Friday Harbour where for various reasons my entry into the US was a two hour ordeal.  The next day I went to Sucia Island and spent a couple of days there.  Then it was over to Stuart Island  and the next day back to Sidney Tomorrow I start heading North.
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Back in Nanaimo

 While we were midway in our SE Asia trip we received the disconcerting news that our boat had been broken into. A homeless person had broken in and set up housekeeping while at the same time removing about $5000 worth of our belongings. To say this caused us some sleepless nights in our travels would be vastly understating things.  Thankfully our good friend Angus Mcintyre was keeping an eye on the boat and was actually responsible for reporting the incident and assisting the RCMP in arresting this person. He also cleaned things up before our arrival. What a great guy and we are forever indebted to him.  I was actually able to order a bunch of stuff from Asia and it was waiting for us when we arrived. Since then we have been cleaning up and going on shopping sprees to replace the missing stuff. The missing stuff included my log book , and Yammys and my personal clothing. I suspect a lot of our stuff is in a dumpster or a land fill by now.  I was tempted to throw in ...
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House Keeping

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 Not much to report.  After Ganges we went to Princess Margaret Island, had the anchorage to ourselves. Then we went to Sidney Spit and had that anchorage to ourselves.  Then to Sidney for a few days .  Then to Princess Cove where we had the anchorage to ourselves. Then to Newcastle Island where we had the dock to ourselves.  And now we are in Nanaimo where we are getting ready to go to Thailand on Sunday. If nothing else we should be able to post some good food pictures. Yammy has promised to start writing the blog. She claims I am missing all the interesting stuff. Hopefully she can inject some life into this ill named, moribund  corpse of a blog.
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Things back to normal. Back to the Gulf Islands

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 So that horrible cold weather eventually succumbed to the mild Vancouver norm. All the ice melted off the boat. It was nice and  comfortable inside for a change. It took two days for all the snow and slush to disappear from the streets. On On a really fine day,  we crossed Georgia Strait , passed through Gabriola Pass and anchored in our faithful  Pirate's Cove. From there we travelled to Princess Cove on Wallace Island and then to Ganges on Salt Spring Island where we celebrated New Years by going to sleep at 1000 pm. 
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Winter is Coming

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 Ad nauseum I have been spouting" Sailing in the Salish Sea in winter time is like a normal day of summer sailing up north. "  Well, you don't see -13 degree temperatures and a foot of snow on the Lynn Canal in the summer. For a while it was a grand adventure, then it was transformed into a bit of a maritime survival saga.  My apologies. I don't have any pics from when we got a foot of snow and temperatures plunged. Two nights ago our water froze up . After replumbing things I was able to dribble out some water so we could brew our morning coffee. Our dickensen heater kept us from freezing to death but it did not provide toasty warmth . In the back of my mind , I have been thinking what shape would we be in if the heater gives up the ghost.  Well let's back up . We arrived back in Nanaimo and spent a few days recreating in the relatively balmy conditions. Our monthly moorage ran out so we spent $20 to tie up to the dock on Newcastle Island. The next morning we hea...
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