North Channel SWS Cruise 2000
Page 4 - Tuesday
Fox Island

Quote of the day
"You are being watched"
Carol Mosely


            We rafted up with True North for breakfast and to plan the day's sail.  Dave went snorkeling and found the proverbial needle in the haystack, a small wooden cleat we had lost from the gallows the night before.
           We enjoyed a wonderful sail around the north and east sides of Hotham and back into MacBean Channel.  We even lead the pack for a short time.  This was, in part, due to the facts that we had left first, and that one Shearwater chose a long route to enjoy extra scenery.  We enjoyed it nevertheless.  That is, until we lost the wind.  Ellen decided to try her hand at skulling and was making decent progress, especially after a lesson from Nick.  In fact, True North borrowed the other oar to see how well they could "row."  When it began to look like rain, we gave up and accepted a tow.  We joined the group again in a cove just outside on Fox Island, just around the corner from Fox Harbor.

A deserved stretch on warm rocks


          The first priority was to find a place to anchor and waterproof the boat.  After doing that, we swam to the rocks and walked over to the True North.  The kids played on the granite and in the water.  Beginning to feel hungry we made our way back across the granite, towards our boat.  Carol informed us that a gray fox was watching us.  We got in the water quickly and made our way to the boat.  We had dinner and got settled for the night. Dave swam over and secured the second tarp around us, to ensure that we would stay dry over night.  It was still early, so we played cards with the kids for awhile.  When Ellen checked the weather out the back porch, she found that we still had the spider aboard.  We decided to name her Charlotte, and we hoped she would be mosquito-control since the plastic tarps weren't going to do the job.
Captain Laura, with crew members
Roby & Gabrielle
First Officer Ellen

 

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