Another motor day for us! Experienced SE winds as we continued our journey home. A rather chill and uneventful day boat wise BUT got treated to 6 humpback whale sittings, breaches, porpoises feeding on fish, and some curious sea lions. Gilbert the cat enjoyed some deck time and got some good sniffs. We managed to pick up marine debris 1) massive deflated helium balloon that contained what we are calling a sea dragon (sorry we have no photos) and released it back to the sea 2) a small peice of polystyrene. We anchored in Buccaneer Bay right off of BCs rate sandy white beaches. The wind picked up and we kept on eye on our proximity to other boats as we swung all night. Made a dinner of amazing green curry and watched the amazing sunset. Not a bad life out here.

We’re going to call this day “poops and oopps”. A day that will live on in our memories for the day where all three of us + Oz the sailboat were not feeling great. I won’t speak for the other ladies but I myself managed to get a stomach bug from the night before … or maybe was it the excessive drinking at the beach party we went to land for ?? Anyways. The day started pretty awful for me and my stomach at 4am. We all managed to sleep in by accident which shortened our chances of getting as far as we wanted to on a long sail day. About 45 mins into our motor out of harbour we noticed that the exhaust was letting out more steam then normal despite the cooler morning and waters. Thus began the 1.5 hr long motor shut off “sail”/drift with the foresail up at .5knts while Elle and Jules triaged the situation below - while I above continued to experience stomach issues. After calling family and friends for advice and opinions we deemed the steam to be not enough of an issue to stop our day all together, and started the motor back up, put the foresail away and continue on at a lower rpm. 3 humpbacks were spotted breaching along route. We pulled into a relatively busy Ballet bay, set down anchor in a muddy/ sandy bottom and kept an eye on our swing as this bay deals with both wind and current that can push you in different directions through out the evening. We made a yummy dinner of carbonara, enjoyed the sunset, and went to bed early as we all felt completely depleted by all our individual health woews and combined boat exhaustion.

Perhaps the day we all laughed the MOST on this 11 day cruise as three ladies. The day started rather normal as we woke up in our little slice of paradise at great sex cove. The resident spotted seals were just begining to splash about, and the loons still calling out as we pulled our stern line, pulled up the anchor and headed out. We had a short day ahead of us. Only aprox. 19nm to get to Savoury Island which would get us on site ate mermaid beach early so we could get ready to enjoy a day on land. Savoury island is known for its incredible white sand beaches and with the Mermaid Beach Club having their final community DJ night that evening we were excited for our day. We motored pretty much all the way to savoury - except for 10 mins where we e got the foresail out just as we emerged from Teakerene Arm. The wind quickly died once again so we put the foresail away and motored on. We arrived at savoury and were lucky to know a guy who knew another guy who let us use their mooring buoy. We made breakfast of egg and salami wraps. Chilled for a bit. Then headed to land as three girls on one paddle board which is where our giggle fits began and remained for the rest of the night. We enjoyed amazing cocktails and pizza at the MBC, jaw dropping sunset, lots of belly laughs, lemonades with tequila and dancing to the local DJ. By 10:30 we were ready to go home and as we arrived at the waters edge we noticed the increíble bioluminescence!!! We’re talking about insane swirling galaxy super bright bioluminescence. Once back at the boat we went for a swim and it was the most incredible experience. We all went to bed very tired, way too dehydrated, but very happy.

We said goodbye to our floatchelle family this morning. After 3 amazing days of rafting up with strangers who quickly became friends after so many shared meals and belly laughs we continued on our journey through desolation sound. Our next spot Teakerene Arm to go witness the famous Chatterbox falls. We motored most of the way which is quotient typical for desolation sound given the lack of wind BUT did manage to get up to nearly 5knts as we came around the contener of Teakerene Arm and caught some wind on the foresail. Rather than anchoring right next to the very busy falls, we went a little farther down the right side of the arm, passed good sex cove and found a very secluded and quite spot at great sex cove. This spot is right up against plunging walls so you can get within 5m to shore and still have us plenty of room with the tide to have enough depth to anchor here. We sent Julie out on the dinghy to set up a stern line and we were set. Shortly after anchoring we soon realized that the area may be named after the very frisky seals that call this bay home (sea video media for reference) A short dinghy ride had us arriving at the falls where we lounged and snacked and enjoyed our day. Back at the boat we had burritos. Watched the sunset and glow and then off to bed at a reasonable time :)

A longer day for us on this day. Even managed to get the main sail & the foresail up for some bites of motorsailing. Once the wind died we were back to just the main but still felt good to harness the wind! We enjoyed good music and some dancing. Sun tanning as we cruised our way to Tenedos. We resupplied in refuge cove to grab some more veggies, meat and ice and then on our way again. As we arrived at Tenedos a fellow by the name of graham sidled his dinghy up to us and said hello. Elle recognized him as another sailer we had met 2 days prior. He welcomed us to his 4 boat raft and we were inclined to say yes! This was my first ever 5 sailboat raft and it was such a good time! Graham and his family were wonderful. The girls and I went to land to enjoy beautiful Unwin lake and were back by sundown to clean the belly of the boat, change the zincs and share a potluck dinner and stories with our new float family.

After 2.5 weeks of leaving Oz (Elles sailboat) moared in Cortes Island we were reunited!! Now with Jules in tow. Getting back to Cortes Island via Squamish (by land) was abit of a tricky journey as Elle and Jules had a ride all the way to Lund, where as I and Gilbert (the cat) had to hitchhike all the way - which included 2 ferries. All was smooth traveling though as I managed to line up both my hitchhiking options straight to Lund where I met up with the girls and all three of us boarded a friends sailboat who motored us the last leg to squirrel cove to get Oz sail ready! (Travel day was Aug 21) One Aug 22 we provisioned at squirrel cove, and then with the potential of good times and good company around the corner at Mansons Landing - we decided to put off our Journey into desolation sound by one day. The wind was calm so we choose to motor on over. We arrived and met up with lots of sailor friends! Did our final provision at the nearby grocery store, checked out the very unique white sand interior lake, and then had a little cocktail hour on Elles friends private mooring dock. Had yummy dinner of pasta and then as more people came aboard OZ I turned down for the night early - falling asleep to the lovely sounds of friends enjoying each other company.