Vancouver to Shelter Island

So with the departure from Coal Harbour, we return to our home slip at Shelter Island Marina.

The Pan Pacific and Convention Centre in the background

Coal Harbour - Vancouver

We held the 2nd Annual Terratima Open House in Victoria earlier in the trip and now it was our Vancouver office's turn.  Just a taste of the event (no need for commentary).

The Stantec Burgees

Friday Harbor to Vancouver

Leaving the San Juan Islands

A BIG container ship

More to come.....

Seattle to Friday Harbor

It made for a long day, but we set out early for Friday Harbor:

The weather had not changed much

Overcast, but we did have a bit of wind

Sailing along

Dock entry at Friday Harbor

Condos overlooking the harbor

Great ice cream in that shop but they don't take credit cards

The Ferry

Port Angeles, Port Townsend and Seattle

We overnighted at Port Townsend Boat Haven.  We managed to arrive around 6:30 PM and by that time the dog was beside himself needing to walk.  

We left the following morning for Seattle in cloudy conditions:

Port Townsend, Washington

Glimpses of the mountains under the cloud cover

The point leading to the Admiralty Inlet

A container ship comes up behind us in Puget Sound

And passes us on our starboard side

Shilshole Marina - Seattle

Lots of sailboat masts - and at least 3 other Island Packets

Seattle Downtown Market

Downtown Seattle - Market

Beach just north of Shilshole Marina

Victoria to Port Townsend

There are no pictures of this leg of the journey.  We left Victoria and by Ogden Point, there was thick fog.  We turned on the radar and the AIS is always on, so we could see numerous hits in front of us.  They turned out to be all manner of runabout all fishing off Ogden Point.


We took up a heading to Port Angeles to clear customs.  About half way across, the COHO passed us about a 100 meters off Starboard but we could see nothing.  We could certainly hear her and the fog signal she set off every minute under way.


All the way into Port angeles Harbour, nothing but fog and we could not see the Civic Dock until we were practically on top of it.  Thanks to MIT for inventing radar.

Second Annual Terratima Open House

Last year when we arrived in Victoria, we had some guests over that were affiliated with my office and our work.  We decided to do so again this year and have a second open house.  So here is the setting:

The two tall ships in the Inner Harbour

Tourists going out for a tour

Another view of the wooden ships - beautiful!

Our boat in front of the Empress Hotel

Another view of Terratima

yet again

The docks 

Fairmont's Empress Hotel

Activities on the waterfront

The BC Legislature Building

The COHO in the background - between Victoria

Port Angeles Washington

Raising the Stantec Burgees

Clients enjoying the afternoon

Good conversation

A great boat for entertaining - Thanks to Netta and Teresa

Oak Bay and Victoria

Leaving Sidney, we had to beat to windward most of the way down the coast deciding to stop in Oak Bay for the evening.  We had been noticing anomalies in the wind instrument and did a few tests only to discover that the instrument had not been properly calibrated.  So we dug out the manual and went through the calibration process and then all started to make sense between what we observed and what the instrument was telling us.

Conclusion:  don't believe everything you see.

Port Sidney Marina...Then Onward

We decided to stay a couple evenings in Port Sidney Marina.  It is a marina much favoured by our American friends.  There are many US boats here - many of them motor yachts and quite large.  They dwarf our sailboat.


We leave tomorrow bound for Victoria.  We may stay in Oak Bay or anchor elsewhere if we can find a spot.  Then Thursday we go into Victoria.


We did change plans today and will be headed for Port Townsend on Saturday and then on to Seattle  to have our diesel heater serviced (properly - because it has not happened up to now).

Bedwell Harbour

After a frustrating attempt to sail upwind, we ended up motoring into Bedwell Harbour to join our friends there.  There is something amiss with the forestay jib furler that needs to be investigated a bit to help the boat point higher.  In any event, the destination was worth the trip.

Bedwell Harbour - Poet's Cove is just out of sight around the bend to the left

Late afternoon sun and boats moored on the Marine Park buoys

Just clearing up the cockpit

Low sun and the tide coming in 

The next day and we ready to depart for Port Sidney Marina

Our friends are already on their way back to Salt Spring

Bit of an overcast day

Poet's Cove Resort

Rounding the point into the Swanson Channel - nice site for a house.