Today, we made a 25 mile trip to Port Harvey. We left our anchorage at Douglas Bay and motored into Sunderland Channel, where we were blessed with 15 knot NW winds (right on the nose). We elected to sail.
After several different sail combinations (Richard, you have too much sail up exclaimed the crew!), we settled on a double reefed main and about 1/3 of the genoa. With this setup we were actually able to make some progress up Sunderland Channel until we were back in Johnstone Strait. After 5 hours of tacking back and forth, with about 10 miles made good towards our destination, the crew was rebelling. We started the engine and motored into the, now 20+ knot, winds and waves for another 3 hours till we found shelter at Port Harvey. Once the anchor was down and the salt water washed off of the solar panels and dodger windows, we relaxed for the night.
The only casualties of this day were one bilge pump that turned on for some reason and did not want to stop again (even though there was no water in the bilge), a huge amount of stuff stewen about the cabin (this is the first time on this trip that we have had any serious heeling to determine just what is not fastened down yet), and my favorite ball cap.
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