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Sail Tsehum Harbour

Transit Date: 
Friday, May 24, 2019 - 09:32 to 14:06
Departure Location: 
Cadboro Bay
Arrival Location: 
Tsehum Harbour
Total time: 
4H 33M
Sailing Hours: 
0.00
Engine Hours: 
4.50
Max speed: 
5.60kts
Average speed: 
3.73kts
Distance: 
16.97NM

I'm not completely certain that my sail Tsehum Harbour took me four and a half hours against the ebb tide or if I forgot to turn off my chart plotter when I arrived. At the start of the trip my Tiller Pilot wasn't working. But with a few file strokes to the 12 V power socket, it was fixed and has worked fine ever since. A relief as it's incredibly tedious having to hold on to the tiller all the way to Sidney.

I hugged the coast in an attempt to mitigate the ebb tide and managed to average almost 4 knotts. There weren't many boats at the Spit. It was an overcast, Friday morning. The trip was routine and somewhat boring. Would have been different had I been under sail. My plans had shifted from leaving the night before to staying on the boat in Cadboro Bay and leaving in the morning. I slept in, had bacon and eggs and managed to leave at the crack of 9:30. Realizing I had to pick up the crew around 1300, I left the sail cover on and motored for the next 4 hours or so.

After fueling up at Van Isle. Marina, I picked up Kevin, Paul and Tom. We loaded their gear and set off to pick up Eric at Villages Bay, Mayne Island.

Sail Tsehum Harbour

Sail Tsehum Harbour

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