Friday, July 6, 2012
Early in the morning we haul the boat by hand around to the
fuel dock and buy 400 liters at $1.35/L. This is a good price to date and it
won’t be until later that we find there are a couple of places cheaper than
this. At marinas you almost always pay more for fuel than the standard street
price (which is about $1.26 right now).
We head back out into Long Reach and then Adolphus Reach
with hope of making Waupoos
Island today. As we sail
along we pass a small three-masted sailing vessel manned by kids at a sailing
camp. Some of the kids are high in the rigging adjusting sails and fooling
around. Other kids scrub the decks and others still are mustered on the
forecastle to witness punishment. In this case, 24 lashes for short-sheeting the
mate’s bunk. This last event I am just imagining.
Unfortunately, the wind kicks up to a south-westerly with 10 knots and this means, as we round Long Point to head back east to Waupoos that we would be bouncing on the beam for the one and a half hour trip. We abandon the idea with memories still fresh in our minds of the trip to Nicholson. Instead we circle back to a nice anchorage that we know of in Prinyer Cove.
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| The cruel sailing vessel Camp Happy |
Unfortunately, the wind kicks up to a south-westerly with 10 knots and this means, as we round Long Point to head back east to Waupoos that we would be bouncing on the beam for the one and a half hour trip. We abandon the idea with memories still fresh in our minds of the trip to Nicholson. Instead we circle back to a nice anchorage that we know of in Prinyer Cove.
Things are calm there and we anchor in 12 feet of water and
enjoy a leisurely post-afternoon rest. Plenty of time for Waupoos. I am proud
that we made the right decision.
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