Shadow Rose Sidney to Brentwood Bay BC

Rita's brother in law Hans dragged me out for a sail on his Beneteau First 375 called Shadow Rose.

There wasn't any wind to speak of when we started out, so we motored along at about 4 knots.

Sea lions sunning themselves near Kelp beds

Beautiful

Sea lion on the move

Jellyfish

Ferry on way to Vancouver

Some really nice hou$e$ along the shore.

Frank Lloyd Wright inspired design

 Notice how the boathouse looks the same as the house.  We are at low tide here.

Flying Tiger on a mooring ball

We went around the Saanich peninsula through Satellite channel.  We were in the low tide with the water ebbing out toward Victoria.  We figured there was 2 knots of current.

On the other side of the Saanich peninsula and Salt Spring Island we got about 10 knots of wind from the SW and we were able to hoist the sails and turn the motor off.  Will a full main and 135% genoa, we were able to sail close to 6 knots.
 

Hans at the helm

The skies were threatening, but we only got  a sprinkle of rain, plus it was warm.

We went across the bay to Mill Bay Marina, as went for a beer in the restaurant.  The last time Rita and I were in BC, Mill Bay was completely trashed by a storm.  They have done a really nice job re-building it.

Restaurant on the right

Shadow Rose is on the far left

"Docks are off limits when winds are over 40 knots"

I went into town (about a 5 minute walk) and picked up a case of local beer, while Hans went back to the boat to warm up some homemade prawn bisk soup on the boat.

We left Mill Bay for Brentwood Bay (about 4.5 miles).  We had to beat close hauled all the way there.  Was a great sail!


Trip Odoemter: 20.77 miles
Moving Average: 4.5 knots
Max Speed: 7.0 knots
Moving Time: 04:39:00
Stopped Time: 02:31:00

Track: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/2014/20140924.kmz