We made the quick run to Pierre's Echo Bay and were joined by the crew of Zia.
Pierre's is famous for their buffet style meals, especially their pig roasts. We happened to be there on prime rib night and even though we had not made reservations, they kindly set us a place at the table. Lots of good veggies and the beef was tasty.
July 11
We had a leisurely 1130 departure and headed for the next floating marina: Port Harvey, a mere 39.8 NM away.
Port Harvey has had a run of bad luck and the floating restaurant sank a little while back. They are doing their best to rebuild and we were glad to stop and give them our business. They are in the process of outfitting the new floating kitchen and the only thing on the menu was pizza. We like pizza. We got 2. We also joined the Port Harvey Yacht Club and will proudly fly this fine burgee.
The back story behind the red shoe- Seems the neighbor, an old logger, always had a red high heel hanging from a tree near his cabin. When asked why there was a shoe hanging from a limb, he replied "I always heard it was good luck to hang a whore's shoe up, so I did."
July 12
Another quick run and we fueled up and tied up to the dock at Blind Channel Resort. Our friends Terry and John met us there and we all had a wonderful dinner together followed by cocktails on the Zia.
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| Art on the docks |
July 13
We said goodbye to the Zia crew and all made promises to try and get together again sometime. Dent Island Lodge was the next stop.
One of their claims to fame is the rapid running jet boat that I happened to see go by in a flash.
He was running in less than 12" of water and doing about 30 knots!
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| Seals. Trust me. |
July 14
The weather was looking real good for the long journey from Dent Island over to Vancouver Island, so we left at slack tide and put 108 NM under the 2 keels (catamaran joke) and the forecast was spot on. The Torpedo Testing site WG was closed so we did not have to detour and we had a lovely ride across the Strait of Georgia, pulling into Ladysmith Marina at 1600.
Till next time.....
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