Day 28 - Deep Bay to Nanaimo

David Mackie

Very smooth sailing and waters all day. Docked at Nanaimo Port Authority. On entering the marina a large yacht which was stationary off our port bow suddenly started moving and cut in front of us forcing us to turn to starboard to avoid collision. They were clearly the give way vessel. Very surprising considering it was a large yacht with crew and presumably a professional captain. After cutting us off they stopped in the entranceway and used their thrusters to remain stationary while the crew started getting all their lines ready. We had to circle for some time waiting for them to move out of the way. I was very hesitant to get close to the vessel given their unpredictable behaviour.