I spent most of the afternoon swimming off Madsu while at Plumper Cove. With record temperatures in BC this week, a dip in the ocean is about as refreshing as it gets.
All around the anchorage you could hear the sound of people diving into the water – unusual on any but the hottest days on the BC coast.
Plumper Cove, Keats Island, British Columbia.
It won’t win any National Geographic photo contest, but here’s what I did to get this shot.
I leaned over Madsu’s starboard side while at the dock on Keats Island and submerged my Pentax Optio W30 about six inches into the water and clicked the shutter.
Then I went back to sipping my coffee and reading my book.
Another tough day at the office.
Pentax seems to have upgraded these significantly since I bought mine on the advice of a counter guy at London Drugs Park Royal. I’m more than happy with it for worry free shooting in the water and when snowboarding.
To escape the heat, EB and I headed out for an evening sail, leaving the dock around 7.
There was a sweet and cool breeze from the south and with just a ripple on the water we had a lovely sail.
We reached by Whitecliff Park on our way back – we could hear the kids playing on the beach, and the rocks were covered in folks sitting out in the breeze, waiting for the sun to set.
I managed to head in and get the boat settled before the thunderstorms building on the North Shore turned into the real thing.
We haven’t had rain in weeks and tonight we’re getting lots of lighting and rolling thunder.
Another Saturday afternoon, another inflow in Howe Sound.
With only a light chop, Madsu’s doing a comfy 5 knots to weather with the 100% jib and full main. On days like this I could just keep going and going…
The Bowen Island Express – Granville Island Water Taxi‘s regular commute between downtown Vancouver and Bowen Island.
Here it is, outbound Snug Cove to Granville Island on Saturday afternoon. That’s Bowen in the background. Shot with my D70 while running dead downwind in the opposite direction.
The water catches the afternoon light and sparkles from Howe Sound all the way to Vancouver Island in the distance.
You can tell it’s really summer now, with more and more cruisers out, dinghy in tow.
Another perfect weather day in Howe Sound. With an 8-10 knot inflow this afternoon, Madsu felt downright spry beating out of the Sound into Georgia Straight.
Cape Roger Curtis, off our port side, as we sail the Georgia Straight towards Vancouver.
The land on this end of Bowen Island is privately owned, and has been the subject of controversy lately.
Read more about that on James Glave’s web site, here’s the land owner’s web site, and here’s the Cape Roger Curtis trust website.
(Island politics – one hazard to navigation you don’t have to worry about if you stay on the boat !)