Squirrel Cove → Refuge Cove → Copeland Islands
SSW 4–8 kn, gentle breeze · sea 21.4°C · cabin 25.2°C
under way 07:34 — 16:32 · 3.1 hours on passage
Captain's Log
22:36
Left Squirrel Cove early to get to Refuge Cove so Dad can fly back to Vancouver. Arrived Refuge around 8:30am, still quite a bit of space on the dock. Refuge Cove became chaos around 11, never seen so many boats coming in and quite a few altercations. I suppose the bad weather for the last 2 days has kept everyone hunkered down and now they are all converging on Refuge.
Dad flew out on Corilair around 2pm and we departed and sailed down to Copelands. Anchored in the center of the main bay in Copelands with only a couple of other boats in the bay.
After a few days bad weather, sunny and hot again today.
First Mate's Log
20:07
July 29th, super easy dinner of frozen pizza.
The Numbers
Squirrel Cove to Refuge Cove then on to the Copeland Islands, 13.2 NM made good (7.6 motored, 5.5 sailed) in 1.4h on the engine and 1.6h under sail. Light SSW wind 4-8 kn. Left early to get Dad to Refuge for a Corilair flight back to Vancouver. Refuge dock quiet at 08:30 but chaos by 11 am as boats emerged from two days of bad weather. Afternoon sail to the Copelands — sunny and hot (25°C). Solar 3.0 kWh, battery recovered to 51-88% SOC. Engine now at 864.8h total.
Forecast — Strait of Georgia - north of Nanaimo
“Wind: Wind light becoming variable 5 to 15 knots near midnight except southwest 15 near Qualicum Beach. Wind becoming southeast 10 to 15 Thursday morning then diminishing to light Thursday evening.”
under sail · under power ·
from Squirrel Cove to Copeland Islands
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