More Cruising

Taking up where we left off.....


We met our friends from Halifax at Port Sidney Marina which is about a 5 minute cab ride from Victoria International Airport.  We stayed in Sidney that evening, but set out for a few destinations that our friends might like to see:  Saltspring Island, North Pender Island and the waters in-between.  Here are a few pictures of the 3 day cruise:

Fishing equipment in hand:  the young lad gets

some pointers from a pro

snacks for the fishermen...

...and audience

OK -  back to the serious stuff...

...local seal retreat on the rocks

Ganges Harbour - Saltspring Island

Coffee shop

Walking around Ganges Harbour

Ganges Harbour

GH views

GH - anchored boats

..ye ole fish market

..more than impartial observer

Small cafe and eatery

...off to North Pender Island

North Pender Island - Port Browning

Tranquil and sheltered Port Browning

ditto

Moored at the marina

With this view on the port side

Back to Sidney By The Sea

No wind...so trolling instead

Dinner dockside

Port Sidney Marina

And a farewell to our friends as they return to the other coast.

Ahhh..Finally Cruising

We so looked forward to getting away.  We left Vancouver on June 26th to sail across the Georgia Straight to meet our friends from Halifax.  We spent the evening of the 26th in Montague Harbour:

A boy and his dog

Under sail across the Georgia Straight

Smooth sailing

Reading en route

Across and in the Gulf Islands

Countdown

I haven't made many posts the last while because of work deadlines and travel.  However, my calendar shows a bunch of red "X"'s counting down to our summer cruise.  We are readying the boat and have to go out this weekend and buy a small outboard for the dink.   Although the rowing is good exercise, taking the dog for his walk rowing a RIB  (which rows poorly) at least twice a day at an anchorage really hurts after a while, so outboard here we come.


So we'll have posts on the trip starting next week!!

Travelling

I haven't had a chance to update things the last while.  Closely spaced deadlines and travel across the country has made it a bit difficult.  However, vacation time approaches and it will be fun posting the sailing.

June Already

Life is busy at work and the marina is quiet.  Lots of boat maintenance going on, but I have yet so se people head off to sail.  We will be in late June and the blog will pick up a few entries then - hopefully with photos.

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