Tobin Huffman

Nice Sunny day for a sail to Pilot Bay for lunch. 23 knots NW when we set out, sailed to Pilot Bay with only half of the Genoa. Went ashore and spent some time at the beach before a BBQ lunch and swim off the boat. Headed home in 5-10 knots NW and full sail Getting off the dock in a heavy NW was tricky, need to practice some springing off techniques.

My first Thursday night sail of the year. 10knots and moderate sea state. Sailed 5-6 knots most of the time under full sail.

5 knots became calm pretty quickly. Took Halle out for a “sail” ended up motoring around for a couple of hours, we did sail for a total of about 30 minutes. Flat calm and sunny.

Our last day of our week in Desolation Sound. Pushed off the dock at 0600 and made our way to Lund through a beautiful sunrise. A bit of wind picked up and we were able to sail for half an hour or so at 4-5 knots. Orcas and humpbacks put on a good show. Broke off the key in the ignition but luckily there were 3 spares, just took us a while to find.

Beautiful day of sailing. NW 5-10 knots with lots of sun. Sailed 3-4 knots most of the time. Saw many humpbacks for hours while we sailed towards Gorge Harbour. Wind died 3 miles from the Gorge so we stopped for a last swim before motoring in. Hanna did a badass job of docking in a tight spot.

Headed to Squirrel Cove after a slow morning in Teakerne Arm. Sunny day with a decent NW wind, 5-10 knots. Sailed a good chunk of the way, with decent wind. Anchored in Squirrel Cove, only night on the trip without a stern tie.

Stopped at Refuge Cove for water, ice, to drop off garbage with Garbage Dave, and for ice cream. Perused the general store. Cute place. Easy docking at the left(looking at the store) side of the marina. Did get busier with more boats as it got closer to noon. Free 4-hour moorage. Went into Teakerne Arm. Tried a few times to anchor close to the dingy dock without success. Moved further east in a little bay that had a power boat anchored. Anchored and stern tied. Stern tie was on a tree. Dropped a second anchor with the dingy to the east to ensure we wouldn’t move. Recommend having two people in the dingy for this operation and to let it down slowly. Hiked to lake and jumped on the rocks, very fun. Perfect temperature lake.

Got the sails up and tacked up the channel, ~3knots. Made our way down to Laura Cove. Anchored first try in Laura Cove and stern tied. Friendly vibe. Water was pretty warm for swimming and rope swing was very fun. Tobin and I rowed around, beautiful area, lots of oyster beds to watch for. Observed that Prideaux Haven was traditional anchoring, not stern tied.

Beautiful sunny day, 5 knots or so of wind. Sailed a bit when we left the Copelands, had to motor to get to where we were going. Sarah and I got the sails back up wing on wing for half an hour or so in Pendrell Sound. Anchored at the head of the sound, lots of beautiful scenery.

First day of our Desolation Sound trip. Broke a hot water tank fitting at the dock and got an emergency delivery from Powell River. Then we were rammed by an ice cream licking powerboat operator in the Marina. Finally got away and found an anchorage in the Copelands, took a couple tries to find a good spot. Water was nice for a swim.