June 3, 2017

Left early (but not as early as Irish Mist) in order to catch the good weather.



It was beautiful when we left Nanaimo, but as with all best laid plans, it went for poop just after the Winchelsea's and was quite swelly up to Hornby. The weather service added a "Qualicum" to the forecast, meaning it was "wind's light" everywhere, but oh by the way, it'll be 15kts to 25kts. So we put the pedal to the metal and just powered through "Qualicum" for about an hour. It's only diesel and money. After Hornby it was back to "lovely" again and Bella got one of her special "named" treats for being such a good girl.



Then it was just the long haul up the Strait. It was a long day of running, but worth if you consider how much area we were able to put behind us.



When we arrived at Rebecca Spit though, it got windy again!! It was blowing away at about 12kts inside Drew Harbor. Fortunately, it was just one of those afternoon temperature change winds and it settled down shortly after we finished anchoring. Had a total of 9.4 hours running time today which is *far* from our norm. But we're up early again in the morning to catch the slack at Beasley Passage so it will be an early night.