Winter is Coming

 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 headed off in the dark to cross Georgia Strait. It was light winds and dry but it did get pretty cold standing around in the cockpit. Finally Vancouver loomed on the horizon and soon we were threading our way into False Creek in Downtown Vancouver. We were lucky and found a quiet spot to anchor. 










Anyways after that it started to get cold.

We imbibed a lot of Pho, a vietnamese soup.




So I think we are here until Christmas day when we will probably cross over to the Gulf Islands . 

Things will dramatically warm up in the next couple of days and we can expect a very wet trip across. 

At this point I will take sopping rain over -13 temperatures. 

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