Day 29, Sunday July 21 return to Cruising Mode

Day 29, Sunday July 21

Wasn’t that a party??  Ouch Julie just had way too much fun last night.  Party, party, dance, dance, dance and now this morning a little slow moving.



Dawson hand with splint

Cleaned up the boat a bit, and defrosted the freezer then headed over for breakfast at the Anchor Inn.  Ross is running again today in Finland so we tried to live stream the race.  Did not work, but the video will be posted about an hour after his race so pretty close to real time viewing.  Prior to heading back to the boat we get some groceries and Dawson picks up a splint for his finger.  The swelling is the same with some nice colours coming in.



View of Blueberry Island anchorage

Time to convert the boat back to cruiser mode.  Not much to do, as we raced with the dinghy and outboard attached as we had nowhere to put them.  We put the bimini back on and think about where to head for the night.  We have 3 choices; head west, friends are heading that way, stay in Little Current at or head east another set of friends are heading that way.  Around 4 o’clock the wind has veered to the west so we figure we will head east.  It is good to have a flexible plan.  We catch the 5 o’clock swing bridge and are on our way.  There are about 7 sail boats waiting for the bridge and for some reason the lead boat is going very slow and we all end up in a line at 2 knots. 



With the west wind we are able to have a nice sail across the Strawberry Channel but are abandoned by the wind gods after a 1 hour.  It is then a 2 hour motor to the end of Frazer Bay to meet up with our companions.  We have a nice stir fry for supper while underway something we will be doing more of as we move south.

Perch feeding around Jazzebelle

We meet up with Mist, Windswept and Sail La Vie at Blueberry Island which is a nice protected bay at the very end of Frazer Bay.  Just around dusk we are treated to show by a school of perch feeding at the surface around the boat.  It is quite a site to see.  It is an early night off to bed for 10:00 pm.