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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...