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R E K

We left Pender Harbour at 11h30 yesterday, with plans to anchor in Green Bay in Agamemnon Channel, but the wind was so good that we went past it, and the wind kept being good so we kept going... up through Prince of Wales Reach, and then the extremely blustery Princess Royal Reach... by then we we’re under main only, going fast at 8 knots.

We thought to anchor in Deserted Bay, but it was too exposed and we were left with no choice. We had to go through Malibu Rapids into Princess Louisa Inlet.

21 Jun 2023 at 16:36 | Open on merveilles.town
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R E K

By then it was 19h30, we saw that slack was at 21h30 ish, so we took all sails down, went to hide in a little calm nook in Queens Reach, and waited.

We were right on time for the rapids. The water was flat flat. But by then, it was getting quite dark... we arrived at the head of the inlet at 22h30. 46 nautical miles later.

A very big sail day indeed. I’ll write a more elaborate account of the sail with photos soon~

21 Jun 2023 at 16:40 | Open on merveilles.town
poetaster

@rek hey! Just across the water from where my little brothet lives. very beautiful it is. Envy.

21 Jun 2023 at 16:44 | Open on mastodon.gamedev.place
rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua

@rek

I love your "going fast at 8 knots" 😍

For "groundlings" are 14.8 kph… and on the sea it's a good speed.

21 Jun 2023 at 16:48 | Open on mastodon.cisti.org
R E K

@GustavinoBevilacqua considering that our hull speed is 6 knots, anything above that for us is mad fast 💨 it’s not sailing then, it’s surfing.

21 Jun 2023 at 16:52 | Open on merveilles.town
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