A 5-10 Kt. Southwesterly greeted this intrepid sailor yesterday.  Under a sunny sky with a slack tide we were off. I sailed about the bay under main and jib. Not because there was too much wind for the jenny, I just enjoy the increased visibility with the jib. It's high cut.

I decided to head out into Haro Strait but didn't make it through Banes Channel. The wind died. Reluctantly I started the motor. It became immediately obvious that my previous limited thrust was now exactly zero. Both in forward and reverse, there are ripples in the water but no thrust AT ALL.

I drifted with the tide back through Banes at 1.0 Kt. I sailed back under diminished wind and was soon on the phone with Tom talking about my latest discovery.

At this point it's either a spun prop, or the blades are so encrusted with barnacles that there is no pitch. As luck would have it, I stumbled across a diver working on a boat at the Yacht Club. I'm going to hire him to scrape the prop, replace the zincs and inspect my mooring.

Details with be forthcoming.