Lunching with Karibu
I had a fantastic Sunday! I sailed Sunday morning early so I could catch a bit of the wind that was lingering from Saturday night, and was able to enjoy about 1.5 hours worth of wind before it left me :(. I dropped the sails and because I was only 15 minutes from the Spit, I decided I would go there for lunch and maybe do a bit of work.
I made lunch, coffee and then decided to set to work mounting the little cargo crane I got a while back. I was about 2/3rds finished when the phone ...
Sunset over Saltspring
I took a Saturday night trip that started as a passage to Port Browning, but due to lack of wind (and gas) decided to just soak up the sunset at Point Fairfax.
The forecast was for winds 10-20knots, but it did not transpire in Haro Strait although I did manage to find enough to enjoy a solid 5.6 knot beam reach across the riptide before it all died out.
I turned around, trimmed the sails, set the autopilot and set to work fixing the steaming light which did not come on when I turned on the navigation lights. I spent ...
