Middle Watch Musings
• May. 27, 2007 - The First Couple Weeks
It has been almost two weeks since we departed. We are settling in to life onboard PLUMPER nicely.
Our trip started with a weekend at Bedwell Harbour enjoying the Royal Victoria Yacht Club Commodore's Cruise. Although the weather was not great it was good fun and a great start to our summer adventure. From there we wandered over to Ganges on Saltspring Island for a shower and to do some laundry. Of course the night at the docks was expensive, something we hope to avoid most of the time. From Ganges we moved around to Long Harbour, RVYC's outstation and enjoyed two quiet days on that dock. We then sailed up to Connover Cove and found a spot on the park dock and spent a quiet night there with several other boats. It is a nice park although very busy in the summer. The next day we sailed intending to get to Silva Bay and wait for nice weather to cross the Straits of Georgia. Once we exited Porlier Pass the Strait was quite mellow and we crossed over that same day. We arrived in Vancouver on Friday the 25th of May and got a reciprocal mooring at the Vancouver Rowing Club. It was right downtown and terrific. We spent the Saturday running around getting "stuff" and relaxing. Today, Sunday, we moved around to False Creek for a couple nights at the False Creek Yacht Club docks. On the way we stopped at Granville Island for a coffee and some fresh food for dinner. Very nice except some guy in a power boat didn't allow for the current and bumped into us on the dock. No damage....just annoying.
Gary
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