Day 4 – Back to the North Channel
Up at 07:00 Cove Island and off to Hayward
Island located in the North Channel which is part of our old sailing
grounds. We want to do some sailing in
our familiar territory so that we can spend some time with less stress while we
learn the boat and all of its systems.
We have been sailing in the North Channel for about 10 years so the
sailing and navigation is not new to us, just the boat.
We follow our track out of the cove to
ensure we don’t hit anything. A bit of
stress as again Dawson and Julie use differing navigational tools to determine
where to go. We manage to get past all
the shoals into deeper water and set our sails.
Once again the winds seem favourable.
We do like to run the engine a bit to charge the batteries. We have a fridge and freezer that like to eat
battery power as well as our BFF Slim.
Once the sails are up it is quiet and peaceful and we can continue
reading our manuals and cleaning the boat.
Julie is taking a toothbrush and scrubbing off all the black marks on
the fiberglass. This is day 2 of
toothbrush scrubbing and it is showing some good results. Next is the wax. Dawson is figuring out the reefing lines
which have not been used previously on this boat. Both of us feel it is important to be able to
reef, so, on the lines go. Turns out we
have to move some other lines around to free up the appropriate tackle for
reefing.
The winds fall off a bit and we consider
hoisting the DRS (assymetrical spinnaker sail).
Again we will have to see if all the rigging gear is on board and how
exactly it is rigged. Glenn has left us
some good notes, so we will read through the notes and figure it out. As we are reading the wind picks up and we
decide we don’t need the DRS sail. We
abandon the set up and finish the reefing lines instead.
The day proceeds and we are sailing at
about 5 knots. Arrival time should be
around 19:00. Sufficient daylight to
make harbor. Haywood represents “making
it to the North Channel” so we are quite looking forward to that achievement. Julie continues to wax the hull and even do
some vacuuming.
Finally we make anchor at 19:00. It is hot and we are exhausted so we go for a
swim. The water temperature is
lovely. Not shocking at all. Julie is happy with the swim platform which
makes it very easy to get on and off the boat from the water. On the way out of the water, there is an opportunity
to scrub the transom for bugs. Dinner is
at 21:00 and then bed. Hope those noisy
loons don’t keep us up. One in
particular is making quite a noise. Not
sure if it is protecting a nest or attracting a friend. Either way it is making lots of noise.
Cheers Julie and Dawson
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| Dawson working on the reefing lines |
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| Julie entering the boat after swin at Hayward Island |
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| Calm as a mill pond |
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