Georgia Glass

We're in Mark Bay tonight, the anchorage for Nanaimo Harbour. We got an early start this morning expecting the wind to kick up in the afternoon. The wind is good for powering the sails but, speaking from experience, makes the crossing of Georgia Strait much rougher. That strait has a lot of fetch.

We appear to have timed the crossing well. It was glassy calm the whole way - eight hours across. Then as soon as we got to the anchorage the wind started up. It's not blowing now as hard as it was, but boats are still being pushed around.

Mark Bay is one of the busier bays in the Canadian Gulf Islands. Water taxis, float planes, boats coming and going, and dinghies constantly under foot. Chuck estimates 75 boats are tied to mooring balls or anchored in this bay. We chose to anchor to spare us the dinghy ride to shore to pay for a mooring ball.

Tonight we're having Rigatoni Bolognese - a pressure cooker concoction. It's rattling as we speak.

The following photos were shared by Matt, Chuck, Sapna. And a few are mine. Apologies for losing track of ownership for specific photos.