Thankfully the winds were less than 10 knots on our way down the coast today. We departed as planned at 5am making use of first light. Unfortunately that exactly coincided with low tide, so we had to pick our way carefully out of Sea Otter Cove with about a foot to spare beneath our keel.
It was a pretty rough day, even with winds on the light side of the 10-20 knots predicted. A couple feet of chop on top of six feet or so of ocean swell made a glorious mess of the seas. It was a little wet and uncomfortable at times, but Quijote Crew soldiered on and made it to North Harbour in Quatsino Sound in almost exactly four hours. It was a good thing we started early. The wind kicked up to over twenty knots as we entered the inlet and has been blowing hard all afternoon, 35-45 out where we were this morning if the predictions hold.
Now all that remains is the hunker. We tore off wet clothes, cranked up the heat, and made tomato soup for lunch before a satisfying nap.
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