Putting our Whisker Pole to the test

Billy&Lizzie

Downwind majority of the way, we tested our whisker pole for the first time! Wow it made a difference! Averaging 5.5-6kts The winds carried us successfully majority of the way; Loosing wind at blubber bay, then hit with a 20knt headwind which we tacked til we had a straight run to our destination-just between Willingdon beach campsite and Westview harbour in Powell River. Taking a dinghy (Ducky) to shore, the lady at west view harbour was very friendly and let us moore up Ducky so we could go stock up provisions- a 20 minutes walk to all the stores (grocery,clothes,hardware…most importantly Dairy Queens). On returning to the boat in Ducky, we saw some BIG sprays from the other side of the bay- the whales are here! Question: anyone know how to prevent this black/grey staining on the deck?? (Last picture) It suddenly appeared so we spent a few hours scrubbing it off today

Boat & Crew

Steph'Ney Thames

Pearson, 365 Ketch

Billy&Lizzie

Owner