With the Starter fixed we decided to leave early (for us) we never get up early, time seems to disappear and I love my bed too much. but today we were up and on our way by 7.45am
Boat started like it should- thank god! The forecast looked great, calling for a small craft advisory ( I don't count myself as a small craft any more 🙂 ) in the afternoon. We headed out through the strait of Juan de Fuca and it was perfect, small 1ft waves, clear skies and sun everywhere. I checked at 9am and it was 22 degrees. Perfect. I had hoped we might catch some orcas on the way but none to be seen. we made good time, a little over 3 hours, hitting some pretty strong currents that reduced me from 15 knots at one point to 10 knots. Opened her up to let her breathe and arrived in Sidney around noon.
Some pics from the journey over…
We cleared customs at Sidney Marina. For those not familiar, you pull into the dock and only person can get off the boat. then you call Border Control from a fixed line phone on the dock.
I gave them my detaisl, boat name size registration etc. then they asked for passport info, all good. then it got interesting..
Any other passengers- Yes my wife, gave her name, asked for passport number. I grabbed her passport only to discover, while on the phone live with him, that it wasn't hers, it was my Sons. she had screwed up and brought the wrong one. Thank god we had the passport. Number and a friend was coming from Seattle and brought her passport so we had it for re-entry
So we are here, it's gorgeous, the sun is shining, it's very hot, I am currently sitting on the bow in the Marina typing this….