Unlike my crossing of the Strait of Georgia on my way north in June, which was windy and bouncy, this morning the water was flat and the wind, for the first half of the passage, was one knot or less. As I approached Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, the wind slowly built, as it always does when nearing the island from the north, but to only 8 to 10 knots today. I sailed for just under an hour.

When I was headed north in June I docked at the Port of Nanaimo's marina, but today I chose to pick up a mooring across the harbour (when I'm in Canada I spell it "harbour", and when in the USA I type "harbor") at Newcastle Island, which has nice hiking trails. This afternoon I walked the 7.5-kilometer perimeter of the island (when I'm in the USA, I use miles; when I'm anywhere else on the planet, I use kilometers). Then I rewarded myself with an unnecessary ice cream cone.