Leaving Telegraph Cove is always difficult. Such a beautiful spot with a rich history. The old boardwalk connecting all the houses and the the the former saw mill is still there.
After the start we enjoyed the usual light winds. We were having issues with the wind instruments. This made it difficult to sail the boat at it’s optimum. There were also some issues with the running rigging. To add insult to injury we got “stuck in a hole” an hour after the start.
Up goes Daisy our “wind-seeker”. We run a poll guessing at how long it would take for the wind to get up again allowing us to set a “proper” sail. The estimates ranged from an optimistic eight minutes to the doom and gloom estimate of one hour. Caroline, one of our charming “pit princesses’ guessed eight minutes one won.
Seven minutes after sailing into “no-wind-land”: The wind got stronger and up went the #1 jib . Seven minutes does not sound like much, but it was enough so we had to watch the fleet sailing away from us.
Finally the wind filled in for us as well and we had a great time sailing towards Port Hardy. With nothing to loose we were experimenting with our new jib (a 3DL sail by North Sail) and had a ton of fun with that.
We were doing countless, small adjustments and watching the boat speed after each adjustment. Fascinating.
Tomorrow we are off to our first overnight let around Cape Scott and hopefully enjoy decent wind on our first off-shore leg.
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