Adam

What an amazing, if short, trip around the corner. Started as a short hop to MBM and with the rain we decided to skip anything else. But as we headed thru the narrows we heard the calls on the radio about whales. We had about 30min loitering/ drifting while T109A played around us! they were over by the shore but they made their way right up to, and under, us. I had shut down and we were drifting so I actually wanted them to keep going. but they stayed and played just long enough. BLUESHIFT is now probably in a bunch of tourists' photo albums now.

So the tracking was severely wrong so i edited it all. Our day's track wound and meandered from Port Sidney around the top of Portland Is, into Fulford, way over to deep cove, and ended where it actually says we did. Zack at Genoa Bay was a great host. a bit grey, quite blustery and choppy. sweaters on, sweaters off. Could have anchored in Genoa but the admiral wasnt having it.

Always a bit winder than "Windy" forecasts no matter the model(s) I look at. well withing sailing limits but we motored all day. started the track a bit late (still getting used to doing that but I've got the full Navionics track...) but we started at CFSA and had lunch on the hook at Albert Hd. then to Vic....

colder than forecast and no sun but the wind was perfect for a jaunt across the roads towards Albert head (half way) then towards Victoria then along the waterfront back home. One AOPS out anchoring, one big cruise ship (Caribbean?) 50% main 100% genoa

started the track on my phone late. Motored mostly up to Sidney then beaut sail down to Discovery. Tried sailing the Baynes.... shit idea. motor on and pushed thru. got really spicy in Baynes and past. got some cover from Trial Is and reefed. Nice but stiff ride down waterfront to Home. lucky that Hessian was heading in same time and helped us on the dock (and had the skiff to get us to shore) Great day with Greg. Glad he was there!

nice day! short stop at spit. left the track on for the drive home.... !

last day. beautiful sail jybing downwind from Cooper. jib only. that self tacking jib sure isn't much for control or refinement but it is easy to use... got ourselves into the fuel dock no problem.

got out ilof the slip and underway easily. out of the N Passage and sails up. such a nice broad reach all the way down to Manchineel Bay on Cooper Is. perfect day of sailing.

this was a big sailing day and a beat uphill from W to E, Diamond Cay to N Sound Virgin Gorda. was going to go far outside but decided there would be more to see, and maybe, just maybe, a little less windy if we stayed "behind" and between the islands on the way. sailed up until we got to just before little camanoe channel (the smaller one to the east). lots of traffic through the bigger side tho too... motored thru that and around marina cay and all the way to the dogs. wanted to stop for a snorkel and maybe coupd have a t George dog but it was still choppy and we all decided we wanted to get alongside. entered the north channel and got over to Leverick Marina no prob. Alongside was... tense, with the wind and had to back that thing into the slip right next to an "expensive" centre console w 4 outboard. wee bumping but no problems. single sail drive (sd40 I think) located just aft of the shoal keel, big-ish prop but both spade rudders are outboard and angled and no help at all in reverse. and the bow thruster has seen better days, not much help. heat sailing day but a bit lumpy and tiring.