Sail Tsehum Harbour
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