Squirrel Cove

The compass cover - finally!  Jim is very pleased and it only took 3 years! 

We spent last night - June 15th - in Squirrel Cove.  We decided not to go to Prideaux Have because the weather wasn't that great and it adds another 1/2 hour to the trip.  We are trying to get north quickly so we are just spending one night here anyway.  Squirrel Cove seemed easier. 

The weather turned sunny and warm by the time we got here.  We heard there was some nasty weather in Vancouver recently - heavy rain and flooding - snow and hail at the higher elevations -- Grouse Mountain and Caulfield. The people staying at our house said it was wet there but no wind and no snow.  It is definitely a different start to the trip this year.  This time last summer it was so hot and dry. 

The solar panels are working great - so says Jim. He's keeping track of the numbers on the monitor and reads them out on a regular basis. 

First trip to shore in the skiff. All works well with the launching of the skiff and the skiff is running well. 

It's always a bit of worry as you start the trip wondering what will go wrong - seems there is always a little something!   This year the AIS is not working correctly.  We are able to see vessels but we do not seem to be transmitting our vessel consistently.  The new AIS was just installed before the trip last year and it took quite some doing to get it working correctly then!  

Our plan is to catch slack water and go north through "The Dents". Slack water is about 3:40 so we get a late start today. We are enjoying a relaxing cup of coffee with the salon door open and Lilly is exploring the cockpit - in other words - looking for the escape hatch!