Weather

A weather system is making its move. A ridge is building off shore creating gale force winds from the southeast in this area. They tell us it will reach 35 knots this afternoon. We'll stay put for the day. I built a couple of weather days into the itinerary, so why not?

We're in Melanie's Cove, a landlocked anchorage that holds dozens of boats with sterns tied to shore later in the summer. At the moment there's only three boats in here. It's an excellent place to weather a storm.

We arrived in the afternoon yesterday and charged off for a 5 mile hike. Today was a little less ambitious. We hiked up to a ridge to see if a cell signal could be found. (No, but we did find one later in the day by rowing out to an island)

We put the bimini up to keep the cockpit dry. It's been raining on and off since last night. Every now and then a gust of wind comes through and rattles our world. The wind generator spins up, the bimini shakes, and the boat, suspended between stern tie and anchor, staggers like prize fighter reeling from the blow, but won't go down.

When there's no cellular coverage I have to send posts via satellite. I use an iridium Go! It's good for sending short messages, but photos are impossibly large to send.

Tomorrow we'll tie up in Campbell River. Two nights there to shower, fill tanks, and re-provision. And we'll get the toilet working again. I received an email yesterday that the parts I ordered are there waiting for us.

It turns out this message is too large to send by satellite. I'll have coverage after we leave in the morning. I'll post it then. That will allow me to include a photo or three.