Spicer Island, Ogden Passage
Based on the gribs we decided to stay another day at Spicer Inlet. We still have it all to ourselves, with the exception of some gulls, terns, ducks and eagles. There has been little or no wind today and the water is like a millpond.
Besides doing some reading we did a few boat chores. Rich rigged the Happy Hooker (tm) on one of our boat hooks. This allows us to thread a line through a ring on the top of a mooring buoy. We bought this a long time ago and have never used it. Since we understand that there are mooring buoys at some of the sites we would like to visit at Haida Gwaii, we decided it was time to try it. We will let you know how it works.
We also changed the connection of the HF radio to the boat's ground, in hopes it will improve our reception. We have been about to send/receive email via the HF radio but listening to the nets has been mostly static. This meant taking the bed about in the aft stateroom. We will start checking to see if this is an improvement. If not, this will be another job for San Francisco.
I have been looking at the maps and the sailing directions for Haida Gwaii to get some idea of where we would like to go. It is exciting to be going someplace new to us and a little off the beaten path so to speak.
Tomorrow morning we will get up early and head for Queen Charlotte City. Wish us well
No worries,
SV Windarra
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