SAILING S/V TERRATIMA : November 2010

Sunday, November 28, 2010

The Steveston Run

Winter fast approaches and we have been using heat since the end of September and most of November quite continuously. As the fuel level gets lower, we have to do the "Steveston Run" to fill up. This is not a 15 minute exercise. Going down the Fraser River for a dozen miles takes time - especially if the tide and currents run against you.

Today it was not too bad. We left at 9:45 and were refuelling at 12:30. The tide had a full 1.5 knots running up river and we started the return trip at slack water and managed to do the entire round trip between 9:45 AM and 3:15 PM.

So we'll see how we do over the next number of weeks and when the next Steveston Run has to happen.

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Off Yet Again

I leave tomorrow for a few more days of business travel. We have our Wabasto heater working again and the boat is snug and warm as the temperatures go down. We are moored at our slip and aside fro motoring down the river on a nice day, I think we're here until the spring.

We have never felt the loss of the space we had in our house or the goodies that littered or lives. We have a lot less space, many fewer goodies and we miss nothing. We love living on this boat.

All our "stuff" (I'm reminded of the great George Carlin and his rant on stuff ) is in storage in Edmonton. I am tempted to put the entire lot on e-Bay under the title "house full 'o stuff".

Bowen Island 2

I am a really lousy blogger. I can only get to sit down occasionally to write the blog, edit photos and so on. I am travelling extensively for work. At least I come back to a beautiful boat and relax.

So we set sail with our marina neighbor aboard on the canadian Thanksgiving weekend and headed to Bowen Island. The sailing was superb although it was cloudy and a bit rainy. Winds were from the southeast at 12 to 15 knots. A broad reach and the boat loved it (as did we).