Turicum arrived in Port Hardy yesterday around 1730h. We had a nice sail up from Alert Bay our previous stop but did have to motor for the last hour or so to get here at a reasonable time.
After coming out of Forward Harbour, we "found" the expected wind in Johnstone Strait and took a fair pounding for a couple of hours. Things did settle down though and we got in a good sail in much flatter water and 18 kts of wind. We probably had a tide/current change and the water really flattened out. For a while we were in 4' chop and 35+kts of wind --- not much fun.
We have been kept busy with a few repairs -- some enthusiastic grinding managed to put a spreader through the genoa but we got some spectra tape on that, the shower pump in the aft head had dirty electrical connections that needed some attention, the primer bulb on the outboard split and disintegrated -- back to oars, and our biggest problem is a stinky watermaker.
When we turned it on everything was great and the water very good as usual but a while into the process, we noticed that the product water started to smell. We shut the system off and have drained and flushed the tanks. We also ran bleach through the saltwater supply line which seems to have developed growth during the shutdown period. Obviously I need to "pickle" the supply line as well as the watermaker and filter at the next shutdown.
Oh yes, the drive belt on the alternator was replace and it was discovered that the tensioning arm has broken. We will look to getting it welded in Charlotte. I am really not sure what I am going to do with all the time I will have once the repairs are complete and the books marked.
We have had to say goodbye to Dmitri, Sergey, and Olga after a great week with them. Many good laughs and I think we have added some more to the list of people who are now hooked on sailing.
We will be greeting Kaht, Dave, and John this morning and get things ready for our crossing of Queen Charlotte Sound tomorrow. The weather indication look favorable.
I have a batch of photos from Demitri and June for this post.
Cheers from Turicum
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