We are in a pristine anchorage tonight after a long, hard day getting here. We bashed into wind and waves for more than eight hours. It wiped us out. There was nothing for it except to forge ahead and endure. We could have waited for better weather, but that would have taken days.
It feels so good to have that mileage behind us. The Strait of Georgia often gives me trouble. It's long and wide with an orientation that favors the natural flow of wind when it blows from the NW. The waves have 320 miles to build under the force of all that wind. By the time they reach the southern end the waves can be... uncomfortable.
I was hoping we'd be lucky and have calm weather while we were at the southern end of the Strait of Georgia. It didn't work out that way, but the worst is behind us now. we're heading north up the Malaspina Strait today. The weather is lovely and conditions smooth.
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