28 April 2019
Rendezvous 2019 - Rosario
04.05.19 // Categories: Rendezvous
Saturday May 4, 2019 - Rosario
OF had rented a Van for the 6 of us. Van left the parking lot at 9:00am to head to Olga and the Catkin Cafe for breakfast!
OF had rented a Van for the 6 of us. Van left the parking lot at 9:00am to head to Olga and the Catkin Cafe for breakfast!
Rendezvous 2019 - Bellingham to Rosario
03.05.19 // Categories: Rendezvous
Friday May 3, 2019 - Bellingham to Rosario
Forecast was for good weather but of course it was blowing more than the forecast and more than the "actuals" reported in the various reports! Bugger!
Left around 11:00-ish Got nicer at the end of Bham Bay at least and then was nice all the way to Rosario. Arrived around 2:00pm. Went for a walk around the grounds after checking in. Got pretty nice!
Chicken nachos on OF at 4:00. Bella very much enjoyed them as did everyone else. Dinner in "The Lounge" that night. They had live music (Oh Yay).
Forecast was for good weather but of course it was blowing more than the forecast and more than the "actuals" reported in the various reports! Bugger!
Left around 11:00-ish Got nicer at the end of Bham Bay at least and then was nice all the way to Rosario. Arrived around 2:00pm. Went for a walk around the grounds after checking in. Got pretty nice!
Chicken nachos on OF at 4:00. Bella very much enjoyed them as did everyone else. Dinner in "The Lounge" that night. They had live music (Oh Yay).
Spring 2019 - Russell Island to Bellingham
29.04.19 // Categories: Spring 2019
Monday April 29, 2019 - Russell Island to Bellingham
Yuck. Yuck. And more Yuck. Forecast and Grib files totally wrong. Windy. Lumpy. Forecast was 7kts. Got back to Bham around 2:00pm
Yuck. Yuck. And more Yuck. Forecast and Grib files totally wrong. Windy. Lumpy. Forecast was 7kts. Got back to Bham around 2:00pm
Spring 2019 - Genoa Bay to Russell Island
28.04.19 // Categories: Spring 2019
Sunday April 28, 2019 - Genoa Bay to Russell Island
Greg was up early so he could keep Bob company as they returned the rental car. Bella's eye was quite bad still and then just as they were about to leave, we heard the bilge pump go off twice in a row. Greg said "That can't be good" and he was right. He looked down into the engine room and the aft head bellows had broken and the last "flush" had instead gone straight into the bilge. And it made a huge mess everywhere!
So Bob went by himself and Greg changed into his work clothes and dug into cleaning up and repairing the mess. We carry a spare Vacuflush unit so he dug it out and removed the broken unit and put the new one in. With a WHOLE lot a cleaning up before, during, and after. Bob helped out when he returned as well. I looked after Bella and kept her out of the way. Which was nothing at all because she just stayed sleeping in her corner and wouldn't walk around because she was still feeling bad. So not exactly a great morning.
By 11:00, Greg had it all taken care of and we were underway. We headed over to Russell Island to anchor. Right after we anchored one of the boats that was there left and opened up a closer spot so then we re-anchored closer. Dinghies down and we went up into Fulford Harbour.
Had to have good coffee at Rock Salt. Went for a walk around town and into the Mercantile store.
Lovely evening at Russell Island.
Greg was up early so he could keep Bob company as they returned the rental car. Bella's eye was quite bad still and then just as they were about to leave, we heard the bilge pump go off twice in a row. Greg said "That can't be good" and he was right. He looked down into the engine room and the aft head bellows had broken and the last "flush" had instead gone straight into the bilge. And it made a huge mess everywhere!
So Bob went by himself and Greg changed into his work clothes and dug into cleaning up and repairing the mess. We carry a spare Vacuflush unit so he dug it out and removed the broken unit and put the new one in. With a WHOLE lot a cleaning up before, during, and after. Bob helped out when he returned as well. I looked after Bella and kept her out of the way. Which was nothing at all because she just stayed sleeping in her corner and wouldn't walk around because she was still feeling bad. So not exactly a great morning.
By 11:00, Greg had it all taken care of and we were underway. We headed over to Russell Island to anchor. Right after we anchored one of the boats that was there left and opened up a closer spot so then we re-anchored closer. Dinghies down and we went up into Fulford Harbour.
Had to have good coffee at Rock Salt. Went for a walk around town and into the Mercantile store.
Lovely evening at Russell Island.