Day 1

Day One: Current Position: Tumbo Island Marine Park [ right behind large party boat!] You can locate us on Google maps at

We had great visit with Kris & Erick Lares yesterday onboard; their boat is in Trinidad waiting out the hurricane season and they are here visiting and checking out their new property.

Neil has instituted a "gold star" or point system and Terry was up 3 until it was revealed he had not read his "must bring " list and had to run to Sydney for some last minute shopping.

After final prep,etc and the obligatory crew photo at E74, we left dock at 10:00 as planned. Not a lot of wiind but we did manage to get through some basic sail drills before we ran out of wind [ despite the forecast!] and motored around East Point to Tumbo Island. New bimini is taking some getting used to; i'm still feel a bit confined; but it is great for keeping us out of the sun.

After watching Neil eat we may have to make an auxiliary food stop; we did not use the "neil factor" in calculating the food!! Current plan will be to stop over in Sooke for food and to be in position to leave for the great beyond once the weather cooperates...i.e. winds are less than gale force in Juan de Fuca.

BTW; skipper lost a star because I forgot to top up with diesel before we left Canoe Cove -- we'll make a small diversion to a fuel dock in next day or so.

If the noise from the party boat doesn't shut down at sundown, we are planning on having neil suit up in his wet suit and swim over to cut their mooring line!!

Over and out from Tumbo