Celebrity Millennium, steaming up Howe Sound, about to turn to port and head up Collingwood Channel and back into the Straight of Georgia
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Month: July 2009
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Coffee with a View
Sitting on a couple of sail bags on the foredeck, sipping a morning coffee.
Here’s the view this morning from Plumper Cove on Keats Island.
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The Moon Also Rises
It was a lovely moonlit night at the anchorage. Full moon is still a few days away, July 7th
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Screaming Fun
Had a super fast beat up Howe Sound north of Bowen and all the way to Keats Island.
The wind was funneling up Collingwood Channel, and with a reef in the main and the new 100% jib from North Sails, Madsu was flying. Check that starboard side window and you can see the base of the stanchion awash on the lee side.
I’ve been playing with sail combinations since I got the new 60% and 100% jibs, and with the wind at around 18+ knots, this combination (single reef, 100% jib) was perfect. Madsu was heeled about 25% and pushing to 35% in the puffs, but the helm felt just right and I screamed with delight when the GPS was showing consistent 6.4 and 6.5 knots SMG.
Madsu’s no rocket sled, but I did manage to (almost) keep up with a couple of 30 footers ahead of me (you can see them just ahead). Ok, I didn’t keep up, but I didn’t get my clock cleaned either 😉
It wasn’t as windy or as rough as last week’s trip up the same bit of Howe Sound. Highly recommend it for a good workout and some nice little surprises in the wind department.
It’s really tough to pull the Nikon out when I’m solo and beating into a breeze. I keep the D70 in a waterproof bag just inside at the base the companionway, and I have slide forward enough to reach in an get it. By the time I get to it, things have settle down considerably. Maybe I’ll have to start shooting more with the waterproof pentax.
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Classic Beauty
Lazee Gal hails from Vancouver BC. With the sun glinting off her windshield, she’s pulling in to Plumper Cove, Keats Island.
Some info on Lazee Gal found here…
“Hi there,
Lazee Gal is my family’s boat. It was built in 1953 for the Dueck family (the car company, yes) by Thorton Grenfell. It is 64′ including the swim-grid, and is Mahogany over oak frames. My great-grandfather, who is a Bentall, bought it, and it now belongs to my grandmother and her two brothers. Any other questions, feel free to ask me.”
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Happy Canada Day
Another hot and sunny day on the water – lots of flags out and you couldn’t ask for better boating weather.
If you can’t hoist the main, might as well hoist the Maple Leaf.