Thursday September 14, 2017

We didn't leave until just after 10:00am and it was supposed to be "winds light" and in theory good conditions. But, no one told Malaspina Straight that and so we had white caps and a following sea down to Smugglers, even thought the wind wasn't that strong. Fortunately, it wasn't far.

The entrance to Smugglers is really squeaky. It's good to keep re-reading the description that says it's 50' wide because looking at it doesn't give you warm fuzzies. EG pulled in first and said that there was only 1 sailboat in the outer bay and no one in the inner bay, so we went into the inner to find a spot. We went back into the furthest reaches and found that with the current tide it was just fine, but tomorrow leaving it would be a low tide and therefore even squeakier.

We both stern tied again, so it was a bit of an ordeal. Just a minor ordeal of course We each had some lunch and then the Giglette came and picked us up and we went to shore to do the walk. There was an interpretive trail and it was a great walk with lovely views, and a little breeze. When you got out of the breeze, it was nice and warm!



We got dropped off back on Spellbound for a quick recovery period, fed the dog, and then headed over to EG for beer on the flybridge and some appetizers, and then a lovely dinner. Several more sailboats showed up in the outer bay, but then one "home made" sailboat ventured into the inner bay with us so we did have some entertainment. Back to Spellbound in the dark.