Slack tide at Dodd Narrows is at 1353 hrs.  So, after a leisurely breakfast and getting the dinghy and kayak onboard, we set out for Nanaimo at 1000 hrs.  Once again, we have good traveling conditions.  I could get used to this.

All went well until just passed Dodd Narrows, when we heard a big “thunk”.  We looked back to see what we’d run over, but whatever it was never surfaced.  There were some crab pots in the area, so maybe we ran over a submerged crab pot.  The rope cutters on our shafts would have freed us form the pot.  Guess we won’t know until we haul out next year. 

There were quite a few boats anchored when we arrived in Nanaimo, and a regatta for model sailboats was underway in front of The Pub.  I’d never seen a model sailboat race before….  what a hoot.  I watched as all the boats rounded the windward mark, all except for one poor guy who either had an electronic malfunction, or wasn’t much of a sailor, because the boat kept on sailing passed the mark for about 50 feet before he figured out how to come about.  How embarrassing.

We’ll spend the weekend in the anchorage, and then go into the marina Monday morning.