Saturday was taken up with reprovisioning in Road Harbour, where we bought 9 handles of rum for $9 each, and a lot of beer for $0.50 per can. Don't worry, we bought groceries too. We then sailed to Cooper Island for an overnighter, then sailed to the Baths before a little jibwork to get here. Both days, the sailing in Sir Francis Drake Channel were beautiful. We had the minimum of sail up, and bounded along magically. We had a little workout at the Baths, swimming into the shore and back, reacquainting
ourselves with our colourful aquatic friends along the way.
Prior to the weekend, we met a nice Canadian couple, John and Heather Hamilton, who keep a 32' sailboat, Escapade X in Trellis bay, and have spent over 30 years in the region. We had them over for drinks, then spent a lovely time the next night on their boat for a supper.
We've spent a few nights alone on Cat Tales, just enjoying the night air and each other's company. Although I don't intend to write a "sucks to be you" - type note, it really is lovely to sit outside at night in such splendid weather. In NB, we'd only get one or two nights per year like we get here literally every night. In NB, there might only be an hour of that night that would be bug-free. No bugs here.
