We’re on the move again.  The weather report at 0500 hrs this morning sounded like we might have a window for crossing Georgia Strait.  It’s actually not supposed to get light until noon, but the current buoy reports didn’t sound that bad.  It’s worth checking out.  So, by 0535 hrs, we are underway for Merry Island, the closest landfall for crossing Georgia Strait. 

The wind was only blowing about 13 knots, but the seas hadn’t flattened out much since last night, which made it a bit lumpy for about an hour-and-a-half.  But the closer we got to Merry, the flatter the seas.  So, I set a new course for Pender Harbour.  About thirty minutes later, the seas flattened out completely, and we were able to head strait for Squirrel Cove, on Cortes Island…. we got lucky.  Our luck held for 80 miles, and we were able to drop our hook in Squirrel Cove at 1510 hrs.  I steered for the last hour, while Al made us a delicious dinner of barbecued ribs, corn on the cob, and a vegetable medley of fresh asparagus, zucchini, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower and broccoli……delicious!