Dropped crab trap with Skully, then drove to Oak Bay where I visited with B man for a while. Returned to Cadboro Bay and, while searching for a good bark supply, I turned off the outboard. When I tried to start it again, the recoil spring broke so, knowing I'd not be able to get it started again easily, I returned to T2 and spent the next couple of hours trying to fix the spring. But it was broken so it needs to be replaced.

Without being able to start Skully's outboard, I was faced with the problem of retrieving the crab trap and having to row Skully to shore with one paddle. So here's what I did.

I picked up the crab trap in T2 and then anchored as close to the beach as I could. I struggled to paddle Skully back to the beach where I swapped her for Trouper II Too, my Minto.

After all of that, I had steak, potato salad and coleslaw for dinner. I took all of the cleaned and cooked crab home to share with mom and Gina. Oh and Kevin and Di as it turned out.