We're launching out into the Strait of Georgia, right toward a couple of Canadian war ships. They come on the radio every ten minutes or so to warn anyone who's listening to stay away. I entered their broadcasted Lat/Lon on the plotter to see where they are and observed that our course puts us right between them. Their required clearance is 500 yards, about a quarter nautical mile (.29 miles), so we'll keep an eye on them and see if we'll need a course correction.
Thankfully the military exercise area Whiskey Golf is inactive, allowing us to cut right through the middle of those war ships. The worships are conducting drone exercises, so I guess they don't consider those dangerous to other vessels. I have do doubt they'll call on the radio if they see us going where we shouldn't
We're on our way to Mark Bay today,a day ahead of schedule. The wind is forecast to blow from the south tomorrow, so we decided to cross the strait before it does.
We sailed for about four hours yesterday in 20-25 knot wind and sunshine. The wind was off the starboard quarter, perfect conditions for making miles under sail. With genoa alone we made 7.7 kts for a while and averaged 6 kts for the morning. We arrived at Thunder Bay around 5pm to find a half dozen crab pots making anchoring difficult. We managed to shoehorn ourselves between them and thankfully didn't move around much during the night. At 6am we were off again.
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