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 the comprehensive list I made for the RCMP, but it is too dam depressing.

While doing some engine work I noticed the water pump was leaking like a sieve. Thankfully I called up my savior, Angus and he took me to a shop where we were able to buy a replacement and within a couple of hours the engine was running like a dream. 

So tomorrow we duck back into the Gulf Islands for a few days and then we will stop in Sidney where Yammy will leave to go back to the Yukon. 

Today the weather is gorgeous and the flowers are bursting out of the ground.