Monday, September 9, 2024

West Coast Sailing

We made a lot of steps today, according to my phone. I'll probably end up with twenty thousand or so by the time my head hits the pillow. The restaurants and grocery store in town aren't too far away, but far enough to build our step count by the end of the day. After more than a week of less than 1k, it has been good to stretch our legs.

We're planning an early departure in the morning, 6:30 up and 7am out. In that half hour we'll dump the last of our garbage, top off the water tank, and play Wordle before we untie our lines and head as far north as we intend to go on this trip.

The north end of Vancouver Island has a chain of small islands with a cove that's nicely positioned to offer a place to evaluate conditions before making a break to round Cape Scott. After tomorrow we'll be exposed to the Pacific Ocean for several days.

Tomorrow, light wind is forecasted but on the following day we can expect some down wind sailing. Ten or twenty knots down the west coast if the forecast holds up.

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