Yesterday we left Nanaimo after listening to the weather reports for the area. Okay, that was at 4:00am. We left at 6:00am - the wind was around 10 knots - not terrible - and the seas were a little choppy - about a foot. No big deal. Whiskey Golf was active, so we had to stick to the coastline. (Whiskey Golf, for those of you unfamiliar with our waters, is an area in the Straits of Georgia where Canadian and US naval forces test torpedoes and other ammunition....so when it's active they're out there shooting things around and terrorizing seals.) By about 7:30am,. it was clear that the weather had changed pretty dramatically - it was blowing about 15 knots, with about 3' seas. Enough to make it a lumpy bumpy ride. Around 11:30 things calmed down, the wind lifted and the seas flattened and it became a lovely ride. Since it was so nice, we came on up to Comox, which was about a 7 1/2 hour ride for us. A long day.
Along the way we noticed that none of the VHF radios on board were working properly. Yikes. We were going to investigate the problem and figure out how to fix it while we were in Comox.....when we got here, it magically disappeared and the radio worked fine. Nothing to fix. We'll just cross our fingers and hope they decide to work when we are ready to go around Cape Caution.
Heading up to Campbell River area today, in a light fog and what appears to be no wind...............another long day, but probably not as long as yesterday.
No pictures, as flat seas and no land nearby don't make for anything much to look at, unless you like blue.
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