Sailing the Karina C

Vessel Name: Karina C
Vessel Make/Model: Spencer 35
Hailing Port: Nanaimo, B.C.
Crew: Jay + Anita Bigland
About: We are a crew of 2 ready to take on adventure on the Pacific Coast. We have returned from sailing to Mexico from 2010-15.
Extra: email us at jayanitabigland@gmail.com
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25 July 2023 | Home port

Ode to Old Age

We made it back in time to do a little work on a project we have going in the back yard: a retaining wall. We have bought 4 palettes of bricks and we are about to lay them. We've hired a young man who is a very good worker and he has been ever so helpful. Today I (Jay) went to the ophthalmologist's office [...]

25 July 2023 | Home Port

Poet's Cove to Home

Heading N on Trincomali Channel

12 July 2023 | Poet’s Cove

To Poet’s Cove

Beautiful costumes at Mexican Festival

21 May 2023 | Home port

First Big cruise of 2023

Jay & Anita at Tod Inlet

14 August 2022 | Home port

August Cruise

Rion and Michelle Berg at Gowland Point

20 July 2022 | Home port

Out for a couple of weeks

In late June, Anita’s shoulder and my eye healed sufficiently to make a little journey on Karina C.

Ode to Old Age

25 July 2023 | Home port
Jay Bigland | Rain/warm
We made it back in time to do a little work on a project we have going in the back yard: a retaining wall. We have bought 4 palettes of bricks and we are about to lay them. We've hired a young man who is a very good worker and he has been ever so helpful. Today I (Jay) went to the ophthalmologist's office to be assessed for a vitrectomy (eye operation). Not sure when it's gonna happen because the GP is on holiday and this will need a pre-operative checkup. While in the doctor's office Anita penned this:
I'm sitting in the waiting room of the opthomologist with the other gray hairs of"Talkin' about my generation" crowd. We are all 21 in our minds. We were young and never grow old.Several of us drew a blank when asked who our doctor is. If I can't answer a simple question like that, how am I to remember the millions of passwords that seem to change weekly. This world is changing too fast, and is definitely not senior friendly. I need loyality cards to shop, and a computer to "load my offers". My computer is so old that it doesn't work with this app.So, in order for me to save 10 cents on a can of beans, I have to buy a $3000 computer, that in 5 years will be out of date and put me back to square one. I have money I can acess from London drugs, but my computer and I are equally matched as to our ability to access my $5 coupon. In order to get the cheaper price on mustard, I have to purchase more jars than a lifetime supply. I desperately struggle with the thing but hit a wrong key, and the screen goes blank. Yikes! As I muddle with this blankety blank computer to get a doctor appointment booked, sometime before my medical condition goes critical, I figure I might just get it working in time to book my funeral.

Poet's Cove to Home

25 July 2023 | Home Port
Anita Bigland | Just right
Heading N on Trincomali Channel

July13 Enjoyed 4 days of swimming at Poet's Cove. Got our last showers, put up the dingy for travel tomorrow, and settled in for another episode of Yellowstone.
July 14 Traveled up to Salt Spring to visit Heinz and Lisa. The fridge hasn't been working, and though T9 has helped, we were able to get some dielectric grease. Thankfully we mainly did the can can this trip, so no spoilage. Jay had to make a huge sacrifice and pig out on the pepperoni to avoid spoilage, but he was up to the task. Heinz and Lisa fed us a fabulous dinner, complete with fresh blueberries and ice cream. Jay enjoyed several glasses of Heinz's home made wine ( he didn't have to drive or tend an anchor).
July 15 The "long " journey (ha ha) to Montague. The breeze made it very comfortable for temperature at anchor. We did a few walks played computer games and Jay read to me from the new book he purchased in the store. It was the life of the bus driver who runs the pub bus there, and of some of his humor, and how he lightens up people's day.
July 16 We did our walk at Montague before heading to clam bay. We stayed on the boat there and entertained ourselves with music, computer games and more episodes of Yellowstone.
July 17 Very calm day. Motored home. Relieved that Northumerland Channel was tame for a change. The ferry was in, and I spotted it there on the AIS before going through Dodd Narrows. It was scheduled to leave immediately (according to web site Jay pulled up on his phone) but it seemed to just be sitting. We thought maybe it was one of the many cancelled sailing, since it was 45 minutes late and not making any signs of moving. Just before we crossed close to his stern, he blew his whistle and started up. A fast last minute turn on our part towards shore before we followed him out. Other than that, the trip was uneventful. We had a slight NW wind to come into our slip, and since our neighbor was out, it was an easy docking and flipping of the boat. No sooner did we tie off the lines, than the wind picked up. Very timely. Heinz said he had been thinking of us on that leg of our journey, as it was very windy at Salt Spring. God was favouring us for sure. We seemed to have trouble with the self steering every time we put it back on after being in standby mode. The compass seemed confused, and started heading us for a circle in the opposite direction called for. Jay thought he might have to take it apart and spray some T9 on it, but after getting home, we wondered if maybe the close vicinity of it and the fridge compressor ( now working and constantly on) might have set up electrical interference. In future, we will try without fridge on. In past I had the fridge on a very low setting, worrying about stuff freezing, but with no produce, and short trips and testing to see if the fridge fix had worked, I had set it to freezer mode. It did do a very good job of that. Anyhow, the constant on of the fridge might have confused the self steering. Once going, the self steering did OK. So is boating. Always something to fix.

To Poet’s Cove

12 July 2023 | Poet’s Cove
Jay Bigland | Warm/Overcast
Beautiful costumes at Mexican Festival
July 4
Left today with 20 knots in Northumberland Channel. Got just prior to low slack at Dodd narrows. Very little wind once through the cut. We decided to try Pirates Cove, though the tide was very low. The bottom is sand, so if we didn't have enough clearance, and took it slow, it would only be a short time before the tide would rise and float us off. Sure enough, it was a negative tide, and we became the entertainment for the anchorage. One guy with 40 hp motor thought he could pull us in the rest of the way, but to no avail. Instantly a local came out demanding we get off the shallow narrow entrance as he claimed that a float plane was arriving for a medical emergency. He was an idiot who wanted our rope to go on a rope stretcher, and almost collided his aluminum boat with our haul while so called helping. No float plane ever did come all day, and this idiot was told that there was no way our boat was going to be able to move till the tide floated it off soon. We did the park walk, and must have been blood doners for every mosquito in Canada.
July 5 Traveled to Tood Inlet. Another very hot day. We got some relief from the heat while traveling, but once we anchored in Todd Inlet, the lack of breeze made the temperature almost unbearable. We marched into town, and took refuge in the air conditioned library both on the 4th and5th
July 6 Bused into town to buy GTO cable for ham radio wire going from tuner to backstay. (Once we returned, we found that that was unnecessary). Also bought a new boat hook, as I broke the other one yesterday. Then off to the pool to enjoy the relief from the heat, plus a chance to get a shower.
July7 Bused into town and joined Tina and David to listen to The Capital City Syncopators.
July 8 Bused into town and joined Tina and David to take in the Mexican Festival. Had a walk around Beacon Hill park and then headed over to James Bay United Church to listen and dance to Lloyd Artzen (clarinet) Tom Vickery (piano) Joey Smith (bass) and the leader of the group on drums, who seemed to introduce everyone else but himself. They offered to have audience members sing, so I did a verse. Now I can claim I sang with the greats! Before, I claimed to sing with Ella Fitzgerald, but in small print, that was singing along to her CD.
July 9 Met Tina and David at the pool. We swam till closing time (4 PM), and then went out for pizza. They came back to the boat for a visit after that.
July 10 Motored to the top end of Saanich Peninsula where the wind picked up. Tacked back and for into southerly winds. Winds picked up as we reefed down both main and genoa. We were probably a little over canvased near the end. Once we took down our sails, I discovered that one of our 2 water cans had escaped, and the second one was broken and almost escaping too. Interestingly enough, though the water cans broke loose from being strapped down, and the 2 straps holding the aft of the dingy broke off, yet the broken boat hook that was laying on the coach roof, not tied down stayed put. We picked up a mooring can and then took in the pool.
July 11 Two swim day both afternoon and sunset swims.

First Big cruise of 2023

21 May 2023 | Home port
Jay Bigland | Sunny/warm
Jay & Anita at Tod Inlet

May 6
Planned and precooked meat for leaving yesterday, but woke to pouring rain, so departed today. The weather isn't always cooperative with preplanning a sub for us in our Thursday night band that Jay and I are involved with. Thankfully I have a great sub for me on the piano for 2 weeks, allowing us a chance to get away. I brought the piano music with me to keep up with the practice, as I find the material to be quite a challenge. I have a 6 lb. 76 key piano aboard. After 2 nights in Pirates Cove and one in Genoa Bay we came to Todd Inlet where I first decided to get in some practice. It turns out that I forgot the DC extension cord at home. I had to uses DC to convert to AC, and then back to DC in order to reach the piano. Very inefficient, but got the job done. Tina came with the car, and Jay and Tina both researched as to where we could get the cord. We phoned 3 different places and stressed it was a DC cord with round ends, not prongs. Even with that explicit questioning all 3 of these locations claiming they had that cord ,when we drove all the way over there to get that promised thing, they handed us just a plain old household AC extension cord. All the wasted time and gas was infuriating . These brain dead workers are truly the living proof of the movie “Idiocracy .” People are getting stupider. I used to enjoy predating on the stupidity of store clerks when it came to pounds vs kg pricing. They often gave the pound price, and even used the price per 100 grams as being that price for a kilogram. Now that the tables have turned I can't stand the stupidity of people, and how more and more of the population seems to be getting stupider. Smart people seem to either have no children or very few, where as the idiots procreate out of control. It seems like it's the only thing they know how to do. Society rewards them for it with family allowance, tax grants, “go fund me”, food and shelter, free sports programs for the poor etc. Darwinian principals of survival of the fittest works in the animal kingdom, but in people, “taking care of our vulnerable population “ only worsens the situation. I watched a case in point of stupidity yesterday when 2 young adults decided to climb 20 feet above the water and dive head first into 6 feet of water.
Anyhow, we had a great 2 days walking all the roads and several times around the park at Pirates Cove. Genoa Bay we enjoyed BSing and walking the docks. Got into Todd Inlet on the 9th and spent Tina's time and gas running all over the place for the elusive cord. Tina finally got success for us on the 10th. Good visits each day with Tina. Went to the Commonwealth pool on Thursday. Took our lunch with us. It was great to have a shower, and smell like a person again. Picked up David and they came back for evening visit at the boat.
Stayed in Todd Inlet and on 14 th, Tina and David picked us up to take us to a concert in the park, listening to Reynolds Secondary concert and stage bands, plus alumni. They are the show boat program of Victoria, and preform every Mothers Day at Playfair park. Jay discovered that although my piano woos were solved, he had packed his trombone without the mouthpiece. We debated going back home for it or continuing on our cruise. We decide to proceed to Poets Cove where we spent 3 days enjoying the pool and hot tub. The pool was rather empty, sometimes having the whole place to ourselves. We thought we would stay till Sunday morning, and say hi to the blue water rendezvous group, but after checking winds and currents, decided to leave on Thursday May 11. It was a split second decision that morning, but we pulled up the dingy and got underway @9 AM. We thought we would be late by an hour for Dodds so took our time with some sailing and some motoring. As it turned out, with the wind and current at our back, we were actually a little early and enjoyed a light push through the narrows and home. The wind was almost nonexistent around the dock, which is what I always wish for. We always want wind out there but no wind for docking. Looks like God was smiling on us as this was just what we got. A perfect trip in that respect as well as lovely sunshine weather the whole trip. Wind was little throughout, and anchorages were calm.

August Cruise

14 August 2022 | Home port
Jay + Nita Bigland | Sunny/warm
Rion and Michelle Berg at Gowland Point
We stayed home for about 2 weeks after the last cruise. We were spotters and HAM radio safety communications for the bathtub race on July 24. I managed to get too much sun, and by drinking pop rather than water out there, managed to dehydrate. I was ill, with vomiting, nausea, blackouts, and dizziness. Though I still tire quickly, and have dizzy spells, we are out on the boat.
Aug. 1 Sunshine 28C. Motored to Clam Bay where we rendezvoused with Heinz and Lisa. Our demand fresh water pump gave out suddenly, when the rust over took it. Jay and Heinz had a go at restoring it somewhat, but it was beyond all hope. Heinz took Jay thru the cut to the marina in order to get cell coverage to inquire as to where he could buy a replacement nearby. Nanaimo would for sure have it, but we spent so long trying to get away from home that we really didn't want to turn back just for that. We can still draw water with the foot pump, but the filtering system really needs the pump (unless you want to pump and pump to retrieve .5 liters of water, resulting in being so exhausted that you need to drink a whole liter after that effort). We had left the Brita at home, but we have 10 gallons in gerry cans, which are good, and definitely have no chance of the possibility of fiberglass shards we worry about from the tank. That possibility is the only reason we have a filter on our drinking supply. We also have lots of coffee filters, so we are well set. Still Jay wants this replacement now. With the old one out, we worry that the ill fitting bungs that substitute for the old pump might leak.
Aug 2 Clouding over a bit, but hot. Off to Montague. Princess Cove was plan A, but was way too crowded. Conover Cove was full. James Bay on Prevost Island was Plan B, but at the last moment we decided on Montague. Mid-island Marine in Ganges can order us in a new pump, so we will just enjoy chilling here till it arrives. Heinz will check us in as a visitor at the yacht club, and drive us over to get the new part. I continue to have very low energy and dizzy spells. The Covid tests I did turned out negative. Might be some other bug, though, but since Jay didn't get it, I still feel it was a touch of sunstroke.
Aug 3 Rain overnight. Just cloudy during the day. I slept all morning, and resurrected myself for an afternoon walk in the park. Waiting for the part to come in at SaltSpring.
Aug 4 A little peppier today. Walked the road in the AM, and park in the PM. Tina looked up side effects of Moderna on line and one to two weeks after the shot the symptoms I had were experienced by some. Maybe Pfizer would be better next time. The part came in and Heinz will pick it up for us
Aug 5 After breakfast we headed for Ganges, where Heinz met us, signed us in at the yacht club, and gave us the part. They were booked up with lunch and supper dates, so visits were short. Jay installed the part of which the hardest part was a failure of one of his tools, which finally broke, and actually improved that tool. The wire crimper is designed to lock, but unfortunately that lock wouldn't release once the fuse was clamped on. Eventually Jay had to cut off the wire and take the tool off to the cockpit to wail upon. Finally, the spring broke, and the tool works much better now. The fridge had a rusty connection, so we decided to walk into town in search of T9 and new wire harness. Heinz and Lisa arrived just before we were to leave and gave us a lift into town. The one way walk was long enough, and I was thankful we didn't have to walk both ways in the heat. I should have worn shorts, but made the mistake of long hot pants. We just made it back in time for our Skype date with the kids. The internet was spotty, and had to be done in the cockpit. We had hoped that ,for the price of investing in internet, we would be able to watch a YouTube show, but that was not possible. The only decent internet was way away from our boat in the direct sunlight at a picnic table on the dock. Way too hot, and the sunlight makes it impossible to see the screen. I tried to remind Jay that the internet is too weak, and not to buy it again. Regardless of telling him, he had to relearn over again for the 4th time, that paying for internet here is waisting your money.We enjoyed the power, and put on the fans below. Very comfortable, and the fridge was now working great. I turned down the cold a bit, so thought it was OK to just leave the fridge on overnight. I was wrong. Jay checked the fridge in the middle of the night to find frozen carrots, pop, and refrozen meat.
Aug 6 29 C, sunshine decent northerly wind for sailing the first part of trip. Wind petered off and the iron jib needed to be re employed. I forgot to turn on the fuel pump, and after some time enjoying the scenery go by, the engine suddenly stopped. Opps! Jay had to bleed the fuel line before we could continue. The engine doesn't run very well with no deisel. We grabbed a mooring can at Poets Cove and went in for a swim. It didn't take long before the throngs of children showed up. I thought the kids were a little unruly with jumping and splashing until I saw where they got it from. 250 lb “Scana” (mom) did the biggest cannonball that practically drained the pool. When Jay made a comment, she said, if we didn't like it, we shouldn't be “in the kids pool”. “I thought it was everyone's pool” Jay replied.
Aug 7 29C. Made the chilli in the morning so as to have it ready later after our swim.We thought we would use the upper pool, but found out that the hot tub was closed for maintenance. The kids seemed to be a little better today, especially since “Scana” and her tribe of kids weren't there. We met Jeremy and Deborah on “Windshift” Dana 24 cutter,(from blue water cruising club). After our visit in the pool, we met podiatrist Rion and Michelle “Duet” Ontario 32, up from Seattle.
Aug 8 26C Walked to Gowland Pt. With Rion and Michelle. 4.5 miles round trip. We exchanged contact info with each other before they sailed off to SaltSpring, and we went to the pool where Jay practiced his craft of BSing with all the other boaters.
Aug 9. 25C email this morning re concert of Brubeck brothers concert. After some sleuthing Jay found out date and venue, and that tickets went on sale at 11AM today. We went in to the marina in order for us to use the internet for booking on line. 20 minutes after opening up sales the web site said the Port theater was sold out. We couldn't believe a venue seating @800 could sell out in the first 20 minutes, and since Jay had left the cell phone back at the boat, he tried to do a Skype phone call. The internet connection was too weak to support this, but fortunately we were on Skype with Tina, who phoned on our behalf and booked us some great seats. We went back to the boat for lunch and then off for our last swim. The pool was uncomfortably hot. We lied around in this hot tub pool, taking several breaks sitting on the edges of the pool to cool off a bit. We met a couple over here on holiday from England. When they got in, they were surprised to find no little store to buy a few things, and, though they were hungry, had to wait an hour for getting a reservation for the restaurant, and another hour to receive any food. The next day (today), they found a sign on the cafe “closed for lunch”. What cafe closes for lunch? The cafe is only open 10- 12, and 1-2. If you want any food outside of that, you are SOL. Anyhow, we were happy, and got our last shower that will have to last us till we get home. Came back to the boat and after supper enjoyed Will Smith and son in the movie “After Earth”.
Aug 10 Southerly winds and possible rain and thunder. A good day to head north, which is just what we did. When we rounded into Plumper Sound we found a boat in distress. The 2 guys aboard clearly didn't know how to sail, and it looked like they had tangled their sheets up, when they ran out of fuel. We offered to tow them to Port Browning, but they had snagged their anchor, and couldn't seem to release it. We sold them enough diesel to get them into Lyall Harbour but the ordeal put us behind a good hour. I was worried about damage to our hull as these 2 clowns tried to fend off our two boats while keeping connected. I couldn't get in there to help out with 2 fishing rods poking from them over our bow. Every time Jay helps someone out, it seems they are an incompetent sort that poses risk to ourselves. I remember the idiot off the US coast that got lost in the fog bank, and gave false coordinates .By the time we found him, the bar was closed with 10 foot standing waves. The jerk didn't know how to get off channel 16, and so the whole coastline heard the rescue ,including Jay saying “ follow me means behind me ,not at me” while he tried in the 10 foot waves to T bone our boat in his panic. We are now anchored up in Montague.
Aug 11 There was a little on and off rain and thunder yesterday, but this morning beautiful blue skies and 24C. Practically no wind, but a good flat motor boat ride to Pirates Cove. We hit our arrival at pretty low tide but up coming. We didn't stick to the bottom, but the sounder read 3.8. That figure is under the sounder however, as we draw 5.5 or possibly 6 feet with all the grocery cans and gear aboard. I think we were down to meer inches. We walked the park after lunch, and met Carol, and Byrn King, SV Mysistical ( waterline) ,from the Salt Spring yacht club. We had a great time BSing, and exchanged our contact information. Last night on the boat, so we had our traditional last supper of clam alfredo.
Aug 12 Very little wind, warm, good day for docking our boat. Sailors always pray for wind to sail, but no wind to makes docking easier. We got out of Pirates Cove early, before the tide dropped too far to make the entrance too shallow. We then anchored for a few hours on the south end of DeCourcy Island to wait for timing Dodd Narrows. About noon we were able to meet up with John and Geraldine at Newcastle Island. We met one of John’s brothers, Mike, and his wife Rita, who were out on holiday from Ireland. We had a nice visit, and walked Protection Island together, before heading home. Lots of cleanup to do before our next venture.

Out for a couple of weeks

20 July 2022 | Home port
Jay Bigland | Too hot to cruise
In late June, Anita’s shoulder and my eye healed sufficiently to make a little journey on Karina C.

June 30 Finally out sailing again. After I broke my bone in the shoulder back in April, Jay had to get crew in order to get his sailing fix in. He enjoyed a nice little trip with Diane Milne while I was recuperating. I thought he would get spoiled by her great cooking. Jay was anxious to get a little trip in before his eye surgery. All went well on his vitrectomy, and he is now able to resume both sailing and trombone playing. We slept on the boat after supper in order to double check that everything was packed, and in order to boast our batteries before leaving. It made for a leisurely departure, rather than a hectic last minute thing. We motored with very light following winds to Pirates Cove, and enjoyed 2 days of walks. The mosquitos this year are particularly numerous, and hungry. Good thing I didn't give blood to the Red Cross, as I think I’m a quart low after my walk around the park. It was better on the roads. I spotted a couple of mosquitos laying on their backs ,close to some rather itchy campers. They were looking very full, and saying , “Boy, what a feast we had last night”.
July 2 Off to Montague. Good walk around the park. Nice hot sunny weather since the start of our trip, though the weather is threatening to change.
July 3 Happy anniversary. 46 years. Rain all day. Stayed inside watching movies, playing computer games and cooking up 3 day supply of my hamburger tube. First 3 days was precooked steak that was baron of beef dip, followed by beef stir fry for 2 days. Tonight will be spaghetti, tomorrow chili, and day 3 mixed with mushroom soup and canned veggies. I love these cryovac packs of hamburger or roasts, as they last for a week or more before needing to be cooked. After that we have cryovac ham. I also like starting my trips with a block of ice I have made in a milk jug before leaving. It saves running electricity for my fridge. When underway there is so much electricity available, its not a problem, and the only thing I have to worry about is keeping the fridge on too long or at too cold of a setting. If I crank it up, I can have ice, or carrotcilces if I'm not careful. We discovered we have leaks on our starboard windows, so will need to rebed them again. The problem that always haunts deck stepped mast boats. The rigging when sailing works on the windows, even on the heavily laid up hauls of Spencers. Often I think, I’d hate to sell the boat now as we just puyt in a new fridge, or new batteries, or new solar panels or new this and that, but the reality is that being a boat owner is constantly fixing and updating, and replacing. Though we realize we are on the thin edge of getting too old to to this anymore, we need to pour the money into it, as we need a comfortable and reliable vessel. Some day it will break our hearts to sell this for a small fraction of it's value, but I guess that's the cost of the good times Karina has offered us.
July 4 We met a group of Americans who were holding a wedding today. The bride was bouncing her one year old on her lap, in the hot tub. We decided not to crash the wedding supper, though they invited us to. We paid 3 nights on the mooring can, and enjoyed the free swimming in both the upper and lower pools. The upper was quieter, had excellent free showers and free shampoo, conditioner, and body wash. As we spent nothing (like the cheap bums we are), we got a way more than our money's worth. I noticed that the marina was a little out of sorts from last year's dry hot spell that saw the water reserves almost empty. A lot of guys came in and washed boats, though the water was desperately in low supply. Last year they turned off the water taps at the fuel float. This year they put up a sign that it costs $9 to fill your water tank. We brought our jerrycans and topped up near the dingy dock for free. Enjoyed free internet, and garbage service. I love this place.
July 7 Must push on from paradise. Jay had to pry my hands off the pool entrance. Nice and clean now, we made our way to Todd Inlet where Tina will be coming by soon to take us to a free concert from the lindy hop band (“Hopping’ Mad”),which we enjoyed so much last year. The weather has improved. Beautiful warm sunshine. The last few days ,though on and off rain, was easy to take in the hot tub. Most of the rain fell while we were sleeping, or during our evening movies.
July 8 Tina came out for the day, while David was hard at work. We contacted Jim via telephone since his Rogers internet provider was down for about 24 hours. Jim had to use Simon’s cell phone data plan and tether it to the computer in order to do his days work. It made us happy to be with Telus. Debit card and 911 service were out for Rogers customers. We picked up some prawns for both tonight and tomorrow.
July 9 Tina and David will be here soon to take us to Beacon Hill Park for a free afternoon concert of the Naden Band. Then back here for supper and visits. Maybe Mexican Trains.
It was a great concert. First hour was the full concert band, followed by an hour of stage band. Guest appearance of Nick Lariviere. Free swag of 4 different CD’s, hats, stainless steel water bottles, stylus/pens and several other trinkets I didn't bother with. We stopped by Tina’s after the concert for a shower, and the on to the boat for supper.
July 10 Genoa Bay and visiting Diane Milen. Nice visit. Had clam alfredo and Diane brought salad and wine.
July 11 Very calm day. Motoring home through Sampson Narrows with a push, and should time out nicely for Dodd Narrows. We may be a bit early for the push through Dodd, so might anchor at the bottom of Dacorcy Island for a bite of lunch to kill the time. Tuesday we can do laundry and showers before our Jam session with Dave on Wednesday. Thursday Jay heads off to the mainland to bring in Jim Low’s birthday. He will take his bike across, and come home again on the free ferry for seniors on the Monday. A few things will keep us in town for a while before the next adventure. Doctors, lab tests, and the bathtub races.

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