Sunday, August 10, 2025
Today was a bit of a
stressful day because the wind came up and was relentless. Frank had pulled out
first thing in the morning to head over to Campbell River thus we lost our
second shore tie (we have one attached from our boat). Our dinner menu for the
evening was going to be clams and oysters so I decided to make sourdough bread,
which literally took me ALL DAY. It was actually ok because Connie, who was
soaking up some rays on her paddle board out back, said it was too chilly with
the wind to be in the water. We ended up putting a second shore tie out early
afternoon just to be safe. The wind was hitting us all broadside and more than
a few boats in the bay ended up peeling out to go elsewhere, some of whom had just
arrived that morning. Later in the afternoon another SYC boat came in to anchor
next to us when the wind was really whipping. The skipper’s wife actually jumped
into the water to swim to shore with the shore tie and it seemed to be a very
precarious situation with the wind and waves, so John and Greg motored over to
offer their help but were waved away with “we got this”. The young daughter or granddaughter was up at
the bow messing with the anchor chain which was also concerning. Seemed like a
lot of unsafe circumstances in our book. John won’t even let me operate the anchor
and windless just for safety reasons. Many years ago we were in Tenedos Bay
when a kid on one of those explorer charters got his hand caught in the
windless and had to be transported out to the hospital. Made us sick to think
about it and I think that is always in the back of his mind. Our dinner was
absolutely fabulous with Lorraine making a nice garlic butter pasta to go with
the steamed clams, Connie making a crisp green salad, and the fresh sourdough.
I also made my red curry coconut milk preparation of clams, also delish. Bill
barbecued some oysters and made some special sauces to go with them, such a
delicacy. We cleaned up and retired inside to teach Bill and Lorraine how to
play Mexican Train, which Greg won one and John the other. Great evening once
again.
John and Bill setting the second shore tie
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