We awoke to foggy but clearing skies. After stopping briefly for a few provisions, we headed out into the chuck by mid-morning. Another great day for sailing, we hoisted both the jib and the mainsail. Shannon and I practiced our navigation by charting our course and using our hand-held compass to establish fixes of our location, advising the boys when to change course and what our new bearings should be.
Our first destination was Bull Passage between Texada and Lasqueti Islands. The steep cliffs of this throughway eventually brought us to Jedediah Island, where we threw down the anchor, had lunch, then dingied to shore and explored the volcanic rock and warm lagoon.
After swimming and solar bag showers for some off of the stern, up came the anchor and we continued our journey west along the north coast of Lasqueti. The wind was directly in our face, which is not good for sailing unless we were willing to tack (zig-zag) to our destination. Which we were not.
Harden the sails for a close reach. Ease the sails for a broad reach. A beam reach would be ideal. But you can’t sail if the boat is in irons.
About supper time we entered False Bay of Lasqueti Island. Joining the company of about a dozen other boats, we dropped the anchor, poured ourselves some drinks, and enjoyed the sunset.
