Kay had some more pics of False Creek she wanted to share. The day before we left Chris and Brigitte took us for a tour of the industrial side of Vancouver. Lots of grain ships waiting to be loaded. This was a very busy place too. Later we went to dinner for one last time.
On the 12th around 0800 we said goodbye to our new great friends Brigitte and Chris of Endless Tymes. I had checked NOAA weather the night before and it said 5-15kts of wind with seas at LESS than 1 foot. I should have checked Canadian weather. It took about an hour to get out of False Creek and English Bay. As we rounded the corner we got hit hard with rollers about 4 feet from the NW, with breaking wind on top. When you leave Vancouver to make your way south you have to go out into the Strait about 10 miles or so because of the Fraser River bar. So we were getting starboard beam waves rolling us back and forth for about 3 hours! It sucked! The sundeck got trashed, broken scotch glasses (however no scotch was wasted!) and anything on the galley tops were on the floor, along with some frig stuff.
One we made it out to where we could turn south, we were in following seas and the farther we got south of Point Roberts, the seas reduced to less than 1 foot. man that sucked! As we got closer to Friday Harbor a red U.S. Tug (recreational boat) was headed straight for our bow! Collision course. No matter what I did he match my course! WTF? The radio came alive. Hey ASD you want to move aside and let the little boats by! It was Carl and Vickie in their new boat the Vickie Lyn. After some conversation we will be meeting them Saturday morning in Reid Harbor. He needs his AIS transmitter hooked up....
When we pulled in to Friday Harbor we were whipped pups! No water, no clean cloths, the boat is trashed. Tying up to the dock never felt so good.
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| There were a bunch of wide smiling kids on this boat! |
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| Farmers Market |
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| Waiting to be loaded with grain |
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| Hikers and cyclists everywhere |
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| Sulfur |
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| I would not want to pay for his fuel bill at $1.20CD per liter |
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| Float Plane base |
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| Walk on ferry. No cars, but bikes are welcome |
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| North Vancouver |
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| Roxie my Buddy |
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| Kay says she is thinking of up sizing..... |
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| That was a lucky shot |
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| Yep in the salt water and it was cold....to me |
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| This is the dinghy to the Anna Star a 160 yacht |
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| ASD with Vancouver in the back ground |
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| Bikini and paddle boards....mmmmm |
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| Our good Friends Chris and Brigitte |
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| Love Birds, together for 40 years!!!! |
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| Sunset |
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| we got beat up bad. glass, tables and chairs all over the place |
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| Calm seas at last! |
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