Jack Mabbott

Beautiful warm, sunny day. Mostly SE winds between 5-12kts. Race course was from abreast of Snug Cove, around Passsge Island, then around Bird Island as back to Snug Cove. And we saw a humpback whale!

Warm, mostly dry, calm seas, wind 5-10 kts

Raining, gusty and cold. Sea state was not bad 1-2 ft chop. Deployed jib and main only.

8-16 kt winds. Sea state was fairly calm with 1-1.5 ft chop. With 11 boats racing, we placed 4th overall. Total chaos out there for someone who has never raced before. Exhilarating to say the least. 5 person crew. Flying two types of spinnakers.

Beautiful warm sunny day. Calm seas, but consistent 8-12 kt winds. Spotted some seals feeding, a couple of harbour dolphins and Ta da! Whale spouts and tails. I wasn’t close enough to positively identify them, but I heard on the radio that boaters were being warned to stay away from a pod of orcas off Spanish Banks.

Almost no wind until 1pm, then suddenly 10-12kts with speeds up to 6+ kts. Hot and humid. Fair number of sailboats on the water.

Left Pender at 8:30 to transit Active Pass on a flood tide with current running in our favour at about 3 kts. Fresh NW winds on the Strait took us about half way across the Strait, but the constant ferry traffic there made it a bit stressful. So, we motored up the Strait for awhile, then the wind died and we had to motor all the way home.

Another Hot day, very little wind. Ended up motoring to Port Washington on North Pender Island. Lovely government wharf. It doubles as a float plane dock, so there were a few planes and some ferry wash to deal with, but generally it was great and peaceful. We went for a hike to a local beach. Purple martens were nesting on the dock pylons.

Hot, sunny day. Transited Gabriola Passage just after slack water. Got a nice 2 kt push on an ebb. Set sails and spent a few hours tacking on light winds in the channel. Then headed to Montague to dock for the night. Great marina, good restaurant.

10-14 kt winds across the Strait. We had one big tack from Pt Grey all the way to Valdez Island, then motored up to Silva Bay. Got the dinghy painter wrapped on prop while docking, but I went under the boat and cut it off pretty quickly.