We had a great lunch at the Dockside Restaurant, Granville Island Hotel with Tony, Libby and their family and some friends of theirs Sean and Shawna. It was great to see them and catch up on what has been happening since we saw them last, about 6 years ago when Windarra arrived from Australia.
Rich and I spent some time at the market at Granville Island, provisioning. What a great place for food. We tried to have something to eat before we went each time but still we bought a lot of stuff, fresh meats, vegetables, fruit plus some treats like duck pate. We also went to West Marine to buy a few items - a new boat hook, some carbines, etc.
On Friday before we left, we met Bob and Bari again for drinks. It is always great to visit with them. We got a chance to see some of Bob's watercolors of sailboats, very exciting scenes. Maybe he will do one for us sometime.
This morning we got up, took showers, washed the crow poop off the boat and headed out with the tide. We passed an old schooner sailing across English Bay. Now that we have AIS we can identify some of the cargo vessels anchored in the bay, like "First Emu". This just struck me as an unusual name for a cargo ship.
Now we are anchored in Garden Bay at Pender Harbor. This is a favorite spot that we have stayed at in the past. It is great to be at anchor again after the big city. Tomorrow we will continue north. Depending on the tides and wind, it is supposed to rain tomorrow, we will either go to Sturt Bay or Squirrel Cove.
No worries,
SV Windarra
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