Happy Canada Day

Happy Canada Day!

Today is the day we take our first big step into the North going through Gillard Passage, Dent rapids, Green Point rapids, and Whirlpool Rapids ending up in Forward Harbour for the night. On the way we will get an idea of what the winds will be like in Johnstone Strait as we will get a chance to “peek out” a couple of times. The morning's weather is clear with NW winds at 12kts -- we are under power as we have to run the tidal passes all day

We are now moving to an area where there is limited cell coverage so there will be some gaps in the updates or we may be limited to text only.

One of this morning’s tasks was to patch the genoa where a spreader punched through yesterday – we had some spectra tape still onboard from Maui so we have put patches on both sides and crossed our fingers. We also replaced the mainsail slider on one of the battens that had been jamming. The students are getting a bit more than basic sailing.

On the storage front, we do not have to sleep with the prawn trap as June managed to find places for things that I didn't know the boat had. We actually have an aft cabin now not a floating garage. We do however have to push Abby off the bed as there just isn't room for her as well.

Cheers, Turicum