The trip from Grace Harbour west to Campbell River yesterday was forecasted to be a windy one if we waited until early evening, but would be against the tidal currents if we departed too early, so it was a bit of a balancing act choosing an optimal time to pull the anchor and get under way.
En route the wind forecasted was 10-15 kts late morning and 20-25 in the early morning before our departure. We waited until 9:30am to get going and experienced 0-12 kts. That was good, but most of it was in our face, so there wasn't much opportunity to unfurl the sails.
We arrived at around 2pm and refilled the fuel tank, then found our reserved slip. By the time we were on approach to the slip it was blowing 15 and I was glad I didn't have to deal with the higher wind speeds that piped up after we were there for a couple hours. I was even more glad to be tied to the dock for today's wind, forecasted to blow 25 to 30 with gusts to forty. It's been blowing hard all day Thankfully it's forecast to moderate overnight. We'll be running with the wind on our way, so it should be easy even if it blows harder than forecast. Maybe.
I saw Tina and Sapna off this morning. Tina was off to visit her family and Sapna had to go back to work.
Otherwise, it was a typical Marina day. Laundry, re-provisioning, filling propane, diesel and water tanks. We'll start working our way south toward Victoria tomorrow morning if the weather cooperates.
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