We motored up to the fuel dock, but there was a line of boats waiting to fuel, and I still had a half tank of diesel so the sail went up and the wonderful silence of getting underway under sail enveloped us. Doron was as the helm and shortly thereafter we passed Nanaimo on her way back in and had a quick exchange with Bethany and Pete. Then on to the bay.
By the time we got to the bay the winds were already pickin up. They eventually topped out at 23 knts. A far cry from the gentle 12 to 14 in the forecast. Doron kept us fairly pinched to the wind so we did nit have to reef. But the winds were strong enough that we decided to moor at South Beach Harbor's guest dock instead of anchoring out.
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