Ray has taken on breakfast duties, and was at it again this morning. Neither Mary nor Erin expressed interest in a full breakfast, but Ray and I were the recipients of his handiwork, with a scramble of potatoes, onions, cheese and eggs. As usual, it was excellent.
We planned on getting underway around 10:30, so we set about our departure chores. I filled the water tank, and discovered that it was within a fraction of an inch of sucking air. I guess we came out even with all the loads of laundry and showers the last couple days. Erin and I walked across town with our garbage and then went to the cash machine, as we didn’t have any Canadian money, other than a 5 dollar bill leftover from a previous trip. We also stopped at the Thrifty Mart on the way back to get some more eggs and cheese, Ray’s morning staples.
It was very warm first thing in the morning, and we were hoping a breeze would develop so it wouldn’t get so hot. By the time we left the dock around 10:30, a breeze was indeed coming from the east, and it was refreshing to head into it.
As we were leaving Ganges Harbor we heard over the VHF radio, “Potentate, Potentate – Elsa”. It was our friends Craig and Kristine on their boat, the Elsa, heading into Ganges as we were leaving. We had traded some itinerary information before our trip, and they planned on being in Telegraph Harbour on Saturday for a visit and to peruse the Chris Crafts here. We waved as we passed and will visit in person tomorrow.
Once we turned past Nose Point on Long Harbor, the breeze was at our back, which left us without much air on the bridge. We removed both the mid and wedged windows from each side, and opened the front wind
shield all the way for the duration of our cruise. We followed the shoreline of Saltspring Island in a northwesterly direction, passing on the inside of Atkins Reef before altering course to go out around Walker Hook. At Southey Point we turned to the southwest and followed Houston Passage down to Tent Island, where we made the turn to head towards Kuper and Thetis Islands. Telegraph Harbour is bounded by both Thetis and Kuper, although both marinas are on Thetis. The two islands are separated by a shallow boat passage between Telegraph Harbour and Clam Bay. It is passable only at high tide. The last time we were here, just cruising in to look around, it was low tide and the bottom of the boat passage as 3 or 4 feet above the waterline.
I called the marina on the radio for our slip assignment, and we were put on the very end of G dock, a spot we like, as it’s on the outside and affords us a view
of the harbor. They put us here also because the docks closer to shore will be in pretty shallow water come low tide tomorrow morning – although I don’t think we draw much more than any of the other boats here.
We were greeted immediately by Brian Lord, one of the organizers, and the one I had exchanged a couple emails with when we signed up for the rendezvous. He had told me to just pay the $15 registration fee when we arrived rather than worry about checks/cheques and currency exchanges. He had pretty much forgotten that part, but I fessed up and paid him the fee. Our registration packet included a nicely made ballpoint pen with the Chris Craft logo inscribed by laser on the wooden barrel. Nice touch.
This is by far the hottest day of the trip, with the temperature reaching 90 degrees. We had our curtains on the sun side closed and fans set up inside the main salon. We went ashore to pay for our moorage, and bought two-scoop waffle ice cream cones. The two scoops were very generous and filling. No one was hungry for dinner, although there was a no-host potluck get together at the shelter on shore later in the evening. We mixed up some salmon dip and contributed that, along with some crackers. We snacked on that, as well as a few meatballs, chicken wings, shrimp, vegetables and other dips as we socialized for an hour or so. This rendezvous has a much different flavor than the one in Port Orchard – more like a family picnic, and we like it. There are several US boats here this year – I don’t have a count of the total turnout, but I would guess it’s somewhere around 30 boats or so.
It’s now after 9 o’clock and finally cooling off. We have been working our ice maker overtime, as we’ve all been downing multiple glasses of ice water throughout the day.
We planned on getting underway around 10:30, so we set about our departure chores. I filled the water tank, and discovered that it was within a fraction of an inch of sucking air. I guess we came out even with all the loads of laundry and showers the last couple days. Erin and I walked across town with our garbage and then went to the cash machine, as we didn’t have any Canadian money, other than a 5 dollar bill leftover from a previous trip. We also stopped at the Thrifty Mart on the way back to get some more eggs and cheese, Ray’s morning staples.
It was very warm first thing in the morning, and we were hoping a breeze would develop so it wouldn’t get so hot. By the time we left the dock around 10:30, a breeze was indeed coming from the east, and it was refreshing to head into it.
As we were leaving Ganges Harbor we heard over the VHF radio, “Potentate, Potentate – Elsa”. It was our friends Craig and Kristine on their boat, the Elsa, heading into Ganges as we were leaving. We had traded some itinerary information before our trip, and they planned on being in Telegraph Harbour on Saturday for a visit and to peruse the Chris Crafts here. We waved as we passed and will visit in person tomorrow.
Once we turned past Nose Point on Long Harbor, the breeze was at our back, which left us without much air on the bridge. We removed both the mid and wedged windows from each side, and opened the front wind
shield all the way for the duration of our cruise. We followed the shoreline of Saltspring Island in a northwesterly direction, passing on the inside of Atkins Reef before altering course to go out around Walker Hook. At Southey Point we turned to the southwest and followed Houston Passage down to Tent Island, where we made the turn to head towards Kuper and Thetis Islands. Telegraph Harbour is bounded by both Thetis and Kuper, although both marinas are on Thetis. The two islands are separated by a shallow boat passage between Telegraph Harbour and Clam Bay. It is passable only at high tide. The last time we were here, just cruising in to look around, it was low tide and the bottom of the boat passage as 3 or 4 feet above the waterline.I called the marina on the radio for our slip assignment, and we were put on the very end of G dock, a spot we like, as it’s on the outside and affords us a view
of the harbor. They put us here also because the docks closer to shore will be in pretty shallow water come low tide tomorrow morning – although I don’t think we draw much more than any of the other boats here.We were greeted immediately by Brian Lord, one of the organizers, and the one I had exchanged a couple emails with when we signed up for the rendezvous. He had told me to just pay the $15 registration fee when we arrived rather than worry about checks/cheques and currency exchanges. He had pretty much forgotten that part, but I fessed up and paid him the fee. Our registration packet included a nicely made ballpoint pen with the Chris Craft logo inscribed by laser on the wooden barrel. Nice touch.
This is by far the hottest day of the trip, with the temperature reaching 90 degrees. We had our curtains on the sun side closed and fans set up inside the main salon. We went ashore to pay for our moorage, and bought two-scoop waffle ice cream cones. The two scoops were very generous and filling. No one was hungry for dinner, although there was a no-host potluck get together at the shelter on shore later in the evening. We mixed up some salmon dip and contributed that, along with some crackers. We snacked on that, as well as a few meatballs, chicken wings, shrimp, vegetables and other dips as we socialized for an hour or so. This rendezvous has a much different flavor than the one in Port Orchard – more like a family picnic, and we like it. There are several US boats here this year – I don’t have a count of the total turnout, but I would guess it’s somewhere around 30 boats or so.
It’s now after 9 o’clock and finally cooling off. We have been working our ice maker overtime, as we’ve all been downing multiple glasses of ice water throughout the day.
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