Jazz

OK, I like jazz.  My daughter is a jazz musician and she was in Vancouver not long ago playing at the Cellar.  She just sent some photos from the western canadian tour the group recently completed.

You can find more on her music at this site.  

Here she is with her little brother on board:

Thetis Island Cruise

We joined the Gulf yacht Club at their Thetis Island get together this weekend.  it was our first outing across the Georgia Straight for quite a while.  We had a slow leisurely sail across and a really great sail back with 11 to 15 knots of wind on a close reach at 7.5 knots from Porlier pass to the Sand-heads near Steveston Harbour.

Thetis Island and Porlier Pass

Celebrity Cruise Ship on the straight

3.3 Kts in light winds

Sailor pooch inspecting

port side Genoa sheet

Telegraph Harbour 

Moored at Telegraph Harbour Marina

Pretty spot with cafe in the background

More Chores

In spite of all the office work on our plate this week, the toe rail is Cetol'ed and the stainless steel is all bright and shines.  The Yanmar has had the oil changed and all the other bits checked.  The lines are all in good shape and we look forward to a little trip across the straight this Friday - off to Thetis Island for the Victoria Day weekend.

This Weekend will be a Boat Weekend

I was away a part of this week on business.  I've caught up with a bunch of stuff so I will take the forecasted good weather to make a dent in our to-do list.  Filter and oil change for the Yanmar, and toe rail touch-ups with Cetol.  It's all part of the joy of life on the water.

In Memoriam - Chris Faulkner 1972 - 2010

One of the lessons of Cruising Live Aboard life that we have learned is one of kinship.  We met Chris when he and his dad had returned from a 4 month cruise in the Pacific Northwest.  They had been living aboard for a years in what was for us a new home.  Chris and his dad became not only neighbours but friends. Of all the neighbours we've had on land, none have become friends the way John and his father had.  

 A short time ago tragedy struck and Chris was missing.  He was found almost a month later.  He had drowned.  Needless to say, his family was devastated.  So too were we.  Our marina's community is a strong one, and one gets to know people. We help each other.  When something like this happens, we all feel grief and sorrow.

To his family we extend our deepest condolences and assure them that he is in our hearts and in our prayers.