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Monthly Archives: July 2018

Fireworks

28 Saturday Jul 2018

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I am back in Vancouver, it was another hot day and the city and beaches are very busy. Tonight was the first night of the annual fireworks competition and Sheila´s mother came to our place to see the show. Very colorful!

Nanaimo

26 Thursday Jul 2018

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I came into Nanaimo Harbour today, where I will leave the boat while Jessica and family are visiting us in Vancouver. The weather is still very hot and sunny, and washing down the boat was actually a pleasure.

Newcastle Island

24 Tuesday Jul 2018

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After a busy weekend in Vancouver, I took the boat to Nanaimo today and plan to spend a few days at Newcastle Island. The weather continues to be hot and sunny. Tonight I am off to the Dinghy Dock Pub.

Visit with friends

21 Saturday Jul 2018

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Friends from our time in Michigan are visiting and we went out on Ancient Murrelet today and anchored behind Jug Island in Indian Arm. The weather was great and the young ones went swimming. Very enjoyable day!

Vancouver

20 Friday Jul 2018

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I brought the boat back to Vancouver and we are busy running errands and preparing for the next sets of visitors. In the summer, there are three weeks of free concerts at the local CBC building, and today Sheila and I met there to take a break, listen to some nice Latin jazz in the sun and grab lunch. Now it is back to the grindstone.

Bedwell Bay, Belcarra

16 Monday Jul 2018

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Sheila left with our friends yesterday and today I also left early with the boat as the Bowen Island ferry woke me up shortly after 5am. I crossed busy Vancouver Harbour, went under the Second Narrows Railroad Bridge (the charts say that I should have at least 1.5m extra clearance), and I am now anchored in Bedwell Bay in Belcarra. This is just across from Deep Cove in Indian Arm. Last week a bear plundered the picnic bags of beach goers a few hundred meters from here (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/belcarra-s-white-pine-beach-remains-closed-due-to-problem-bear-1.4739202), but today there is not a bear in sight.

Bowen Island

15 Sunday Jul 2018

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We are spending the weekend at Bowen Island with friends from our student days. We explored Howe Sound, reminisced about old times and solved a few of the world’s greater problems. The weather continues to be hot and sunny.

Port Graves, Gambier Island

12 Thursday Jul 2018

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I left Keats Island very early this morning because a swell started to come into the anchorage. I spent the day going around Gambier Island, stopping to drift about while cleaning the boat and anchored in a bay to check on my second anchor. Tonight I am in Port Graves in front of camp Artaban, an Anglican institution that seems to have a lot of kids there right now. The picture shows my track in red.

Gibsons, Keats and friends

11 Wednesday Jul 2018

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I left Sargeant Bay early this morning and headed south. At Keats Island I met some friends from our Alaska trip and we had a nice long chat. I then anchored at Gibson’s Landing and did some boat cleaning. In the evening I took the dinghy into town to have scallops and mussels, nice. For the night I am back at Keats, but all the anchorages here are very rolly due to the current weather (hot and sunny with westerly winds) and a lot of boat traffic.

Sargeant Bay

10 Tuesday Jul 2018

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Sheila went back to Vancouver this morning and I am in Sargeant Bay again. The beach is very nice to walk on at low tide, and summer is returning with sunny weather. There is a creek that salmon use and bears visit, but the fish come late in the fall and the only activity today was eagles and vultures fighting over a fish carcass.

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