FUEL POLISHING

As a result of the bad start to the cruise this summer, we purchased a Racor fuel polishing system.  It has just been released.  Is the least expensive of the systems I have seen, and the simplest.  Pictures to come!

2018 CRUISE

This year we started by heading to Gabriola Island, but the winds were over 25 knots and right on the nose.  We tried motor sailing in the rough seas, but the engine immediately started to sag.  We were headed for Silva Bay and the entry is not the place to have no engine power in high winds.  We opted instead to turn the boat south and went into a broad reach headed for Active Pass.  We would only attempt it if we got there in time for slack tide.  We did make it, got through and picked up a mooring ball in Montague Harbour.  We were there for 2 nights, then motored over (slowly as we could only get 1200 RPM out of the engine) to Ganges Harbour.  We managed to get the Racor filter changed there and picked up some spares when we got to Sidney.

Under Sail Heading to Active Pass

Deadbeat Hitchhiker

Terratima Docked in Nanaimo Harbour

Yacht "Clan VIII" Coming into Nanaimo

Perini-Navi Built -148 Feet in Length

Carolyn on a Walk on Thetis Island

Pier Adjacent to Ferri Dock - Thetis Island

Thetis Island Ferry Departing

Thetis Island

Sailing on the Strait of Georgia 

Departure Coming Closer

Here are images from last year

Under Way to Comox

Comox Marina

Sailing From Victoria to Sidney

Ogden Point - The Entry Point to Victoria 

Harbour

In Ladysmith Marina

ADDITIONAL CALL SIGN

We have added a call sign for our Amateur Radio for offshore communication:

VE0KLV

AROUND THE MARINA

Just some pictures from a  few recent walks

Heron Feeding at Low Tide

Dawn 

Sunrise

Our Marina

IP465 - POLAR PLOT

There is a great new app that plots the performance of a sailboat based on displacement, sail area, length overall, length at the water line, etc.  Here are the results for the IP465:

Polar Plot from iOS App "iPolar"

APRIL ALREADY

Here it is April already.  We have a second call sign for the SSB to be legal in international waters ; VE0KLV  which is a version of VA7KLV which is my main call sign. 

No hauling out this year.  We are planning on heading out to Bowen Island for the May long weekend.  We used Easter to do some maintenance