We have beaten the Bella Star record of 100 islands landed on during the summer shakedown breakdown cruise…I think these pictures will say it all folks!
This is 100…wait for it…
About to conquer this and make it mine!
I declare Haines island 101!
Left May 11th from Seattle and conquered 101 islands August 3rd on Haines island in Dodger Passage (the sign says “Eat it Bella Star”.
Crap!
As I was editing and uploading the video in that last post, I was also writing a blog post about some of the awesome food we have been catching and some of the not really so awesome food we had been foraging for. But then my friends on Hello World went and posted a post about the same topic.
Since their post was so awesomely written and they used almost the same pictures I was gonna use AND i’m really lazy. I deleted my post and will instead just link you to theirs. Hello World’s foraging blog Post
Psssstt..he Christy. Could you go ahead and write one about our adventures beating Bella Star at island conquering. If you could have it done in 3 or 4 days, that would be great……thanks.
A quick update while we have some mediocre internets. We have almost completed our circumnavigation of Vancouver Island. We are headed out tomorrow for Port Angeles where we will check back into the US on the 5th…weather providing. We have a lot to do in the short time we are there, but will try and get some photos and videos uploaded…especially the video of the Sailor Jerry’s Kids Special Olympics that took place at Lucky Creek…good stuff there. This summer has been amazing and we have learned more about our boat than either of us thought possible…like we should know the damn thing as we have lived on her for 7 years, but something is always waiting to be learned on :-) We had great times with good friends on M/V Andante and S/V Hello World…hard saying goodbye the last few days. We will be in Port Angeles until approximately the 15th when we will start looking for a weather window to head down the coast to San Fran. Onto the next adventure. If you are in the area feel free to stop by. We will be moored at Boat Haven for a week or so. All for now…Tawn
Anyone know what the statistic is on how many people have heart attacks or at the very least shit their pants on their birthdays? Without ready access to the internet, I may never know the answer to that question. Someone google that for me.
In case you wondering why I ask that question, we will need to rewind a few weeks. Back to July 4th. My birthday.
Our friends, Jason and Christy on thier boat Hello World had just made the trip down from Alaska, and met up with us in Port Hardy. We left the day after they arrived with plans to meet up again in a few days after they reprovisioned.
Me and Tawn went to an area called “God’s Pocket” to spend a few days and do some scuba diving.
I’m no expert in theological matters. In fact, if I could muster up enough of a shit to give, I think I would be classified as an atheist. So to say that my knowledge of God’s wardrobe is abit on the thin side, is a solid understatement. But as I understand it and from all the pictures I’ve seen, most Gods are usually wearing some sort of robe (not alot of pockets in those). Maybe they were refering to the one the Church of Scientoligy prays to. I think he had some sort of polyester jumpsuit? That has pockets. But “Ron L. Hubbard’s Pocket” does not have the same ring to it…wait, he was’nt the god. It’ started with a Z. Shit, someone google that for me too.
Anyway, scuba diving was awesome. blah, blah, fish, and seaweed everywhere…….
We leave Ron’s Pocket and head to a group of islands called the Walker Group to meet up with Jason and Christy. We had 3 routes to choose from to get to where they were anchored from where we where. I chose the shortest, which meant going through a very narrow entrance into the cove.
Our boat is twelve and half feet wide. The entrance was 45 feet wide. A bit of a following swell pushing us in. On the plus side, it was deep. So no worries there. That was sarcasm, in case you missed it.
We drop the sails outside the entrance and get our charts lined up and to double check……..stuff.
Immediatly after the entrance, we enter the tiny anchorage and see Jason and Christy standing in the cockpit of Hello World. Waving, shouting and Christy is hold up something.
I cannot hear what they are saying over the wind, waves and diesel engine.
What the fuck is she holding up? Is it a piece of paper? A book? It’s a book, a big book. Oh, is it a chart book….Oh, it’s a chart! She’s holding up a chart book…..FUCK!!…..she’s holding up a chart book and yelling…..and waving!!
SHIT!!
I almost increment the birthday heart attack/pant’s pooping statistic by one as I frantically check my depth meter, double/triple check my chart and look around at the water in my immediate vacinity waiting for the crunch of boat hitting rock.
It does not happen.
We motor closer to them and I see that the “chart” she is holding up is a big “Happy Birthday” sign. They are all smiles and waving.
“Yaay, thanks”
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