Tad Crowie

First Thursday night sail of the year, good wind except for the wind shadow behind Gabriola. SAR was out flying a grid looking for something, as well as the coast guard air cushion vessel

Saw a few whales, watched them for a while. Think grey whales? Really cool. Lesson-when releasing the job sheets off of winch, pull up off the winch. Lesson-the lever for the motor is not the choke but the a way to throttle in neutral.