Monday September 3, 2007

It was so clear last night, unbelievable the number of stars we could see from our anchorage. We need a book on the stars. The waves calmed overnight. But not before Shirley was up a number of times attempting to find the banging and clanging caused by the rocking and rolling. Been warm the last couple of nights, not even down to the dew point.

The Canadian Coast Guard keeps issuing warnings on the VHF Radio about two wrecked sailboats against the rocks and sunk. They are up North in the Rock and shoal area we navigated through (not to worry Mom, we are past these points). We were more attentive to location, terrain, depth, heading, then ever before up there. Not a good place for a beginner to practice. Absolutely beautiful, but exhausting conditions. Our swing keel was nice, just pulled it up which makes our draft change from 5.5 feet to 2 feet. Hard Deep keels are much better though when you’re out in the heavy seas. All boats are a series of trade offs.

The day turned out to be quite delightful for sailing. It was absolutely beautiful out there. Clear water (we can easily see down 20+ feet at the docks), full Genoa, reefed main, splashing along between 5 and 6 knots. Loved it…

The next 3 days we will be traveling through remote areas and anchoring out at night. So don’t expect to hear from us until we arrive back at Killarney.

You ask. Do I like the Isolation? Is it intimidating at all? I really just enjoy journey and enjoy whatever comes. Intimidated, no not a bit. Perhaps I should have a small dose of that sometimes, but it doesn’t seem to come.

Paul..

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