The Strait of Georgia is one of the significant "gates" on the trip to Alaska. It's a big body of water—20 miles wide and 150 miles long. When it's windy, the Strait of Georgia gets rough. Today it was calm.
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| Silva Bay sunrise\ |
I woke early enough to see an impressive sunrise. As I listened to the weather report I got excited:
"South wind 6 knots, gusting to 6 knots. Seas 0.1 meter at 14 seconds."
Yep, basically like a lake. A calm lake. Given the favorable conditions and good forecast, we didn't bother with a crack-of-dawn departure. 8:30 was good enough.
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| Taliesin II, a Coastal Craft 40 on the trip. Believe it or not, this boat is built from welded aluminum. |
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| Stormy, a Grand Banks 46 Europa on the trip. Last time I was on this boat it was in named Invictus and we were in Tofino. |
Torpedo test area Whiskey Golf was active, so we had to skirt around the northeast corner, but that only added a mile or two of distance. And with such calm water, a little extra distance was no big deal.
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| Droning across the Strait of Georgia! |
With Kevin running the boat, I flew the drone from the top deck. I'd never launched and retrieved at cruise speed (a blistering 8 knots!), but I managed to avoid dunking the drone. I flew around for about 15 minutes, then retrieved the drone, still while cruising at 8 knots. Even after 72 flights, I still marvel at the technology in this drone, especially given the price point ($400-$500).
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| The fleet (and a few others) at John Henry's |
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| Sunset over Pender Harbour |
We had happy hour on the dock. This group is getting along well...all power boats, trawlerish, eager to learn, happy to be here.
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| Happy hour in Pender Harbour |
Tomorrow we're off to Desolation Sound. Not much wind in the forecast, but it looks like rain might move in.
34.1 nm today
107.7 nm total
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