Retreat has spent the summer near our home on Saltspring Island. She is now heading home to her shelter in Vancouver for the winter. The storms of the last couple of weeks caused a bit of a delay getting started, but a weather window opened yesterday afternoon, and is still open, so I am on the go. Yesterday I had a pleasant journey up Trincomali Channel to Silva Bay. I didn't know there was a strike of Vancouver Longshoremen, but all available anchorages in Trincomali, Navy Channel, Stuart Channel, etc have freighters in them, all of the 200 to 250m size. I saw 10 as I went up Trincomali and my Boatbeacn discloses the others.
This morning I was away by 07:55 and off Thrasher by 08:00
So far, I haven't seen a single pleasure craft. It is no surprise that there are few early risers at this time of year, but yesterday, in the afternoon, in protected waters, I was surprised.
Conditions are good. I am using windfinder.com and I find it to be accurate and comprehensive. It predicted this window, and so far, as I near teh 1/2 way mark crossing the Gulf, I have had winds of less than 12 knots, waves of only .25m and some sun. That is much nicer than the weather of the last few days!
Mu Boatbeacon is also proving useful, as it gives me CPA for all of the large amount of commercial traffic that is out on the water just now and allows a relaxed cruise.
This morning I was away by 07:55 and off Thrasher by 08:00
So far, I haven't seen a single pleasure craft. It is no surprise that there are few early risers at this time of year, but yesterday, in the afternoon, in protected waters, I was surprised.
Conditions are good. I am using windfinder.com and I find it to be accurate and comprehensive. It predicted this window, and so far, as I near teh 1/2 way mark crossing the Gulf, I have had winds of less than 12 knots, waves of only .25m and some sun. That is much nicer than the weather of the last few days!
Mu Boatbeacon is also proving useful, as it gives me CPA for all of the large amount of commercial traffic that is out on the water just now and allows a relaxed cruise.