The western channel between Croaker Island and the mainland also has the same 5 Knot (Private) buoys marking it's entrances.
On another note
As a motorcyclist who has ridden in 20 plus countries and understand the importance of high vis clothing I am stunned at the kayakers in dark blue and black hulled boats wearing black wetsuits and black inflatable life vests. FFS they aren't a special ops team on a mission to save the free world.
One would think visibility would be pretty high on their safety plan. I now think of them as "The Invisibles."
When I lead canoe trips in the 70's in northern Ontario and Quebec , we painted the canoes bright yellow for a reason, and it wasn't to keep the bears away (though we sometimes told the campers that).
One of the things we wanted to have on the boat was the ability to carry enough fresh water to be able to be be self sufficient for more than a few days. We came up with the number of 8 Litres day for cooking , drinking, eating, and washing.
We bought two of these larger water containers at Walmart 26.5 litres of water each. They are part of our earthquake survival kit
and two of the smaller ones are approx. 9.5 litres. Giving us 72 litres of water in total . Incidentally the prices for all of these containers have more than doubled since last August. This gives us 9 days of water , or realistically 5 days of being out before replenishing with a healthy weather /spillage reserve.
So when we were building the boat, I took the two sizes of containers up to Robert in order that he could build the under seat storage in such a fashion that the water containers would fit snugly and not bounce around.
Now we have the two passenger side benches, one the furnace bench, has the diesel furnace and fuel tank in it taking up space and the second one is 100% open,
I only have an exterior shot of the furnace bench. Note the black cleats that we can use to strap down soft luggage.
Robert was very clever in his building of the seat boxes for us.
When the small water containers are turned one way we have 2.5 gallons times two snuggly secured.
.....and if I were to buy two more we would have 10 gallons, and room for storage on top. We have a large Yeti Jug for day water.
If we wanted to do the combo plan, things fit together two large and two small jugs things would fit in like this
Now the large jugs are from our earthquake preparedness kit. I know I am preaching to the choir here and everyone on the forum is prepared for the "big one". If not here is a link to Oregon's website. I found it easy to follow and made up a Tinyurl to link to their site
Surviving an earthquake and reducing its health impact requires preparation, planning, and practice. Learning what actions to take can help you and your family stay safe and healthy in the event of an earthquake.
tinyurl.com
I plan to buy two more of the smaller jugs and leave the larger ones at home.
Once again Robert's care and attention to detail has paid off.
Just thought I would check in here - how is everything going with the boat @Bill 310? Have you had some time to get out and spend some nights on it etc?
Finally got around to getting the Clock and Barometer mounted.
The are at the back of the cabin on the wall on each side of the door.
I can see the clock clearly from the helm, just a quick shoulder check, and the Barometer is seen every time I exit the cabin. Old School yes, but then I am an old fool so the combination works well.
N.B. I had set the clock but not the Barometer when photos were taken.
We ran over to Nanaimo late Monday, stayed overnight, got the engines serviced (24 hours) on them and then stayed Tuesday night again at the Municipal docks ( weather forecast was iffy on Tuesday) and we headed home Tuesday morning.
We used just over 100 litres on our way over. Lesson learned the gas pump flow needs to be turned down to avoid gas burping.
I wasn't aware that the fuel flow can be turned down at the pump.
Ate dinner both nights in the little Mexican place on the dock (Halibut Tacos each night - delicious) . We ate breakfast at Gabriel's Tuesday morning and got breakfast sandwiches from Serious Coffee Wednesday morning.
Slept on the boat, my wife is going to add a bit of soft Yoga Mat on her half of the V-Berth.
Nice shower and washroom facilities included with dockage.
There is something very nice about sleeping on a boat.
I got up at daybreak and just sat on the rear deck watching the sunrise begin
When I was doing a lot of long distance motorcycle endurance riding we would quite often ride through the night crossing the Continent on two lane roads and mostly deserted interstates.
Riding west the moment I saw the first sliver of daybreak in my mirrors was always a very visceral moment. It was like I had stepped back in time and was experiencing the feeling likely felt by travellers hundreds of years ago when the safety of daybreak signaled that you had survived another night.
"The wonderful thing about boats, is that the spending is never done."
Had we known that we would have be sleeping on the boat as often as we have, we would have custom ordered a proper marine mattress for the the V berth. Susan made herself a foam pad she puts on top of her side of the v-berth
I can sleep anywhere (most famously when I was 12 ) I fell asleep on a rock in northern Ontario after lunch while on a 5 day canoe trip, and the rest of the camper's and the two counsellors paddled off and left me , only to have a canoe with a counsellor and one camper go back and find me still asleep on the rock at dusk.
While I find that extremely humorous today , can you image the cold bolt of fear that must have run through those two 18 year old camp counsellors hearts when all of a sudden they figured out they were down one camper. Needless to say when I told that story to my parents , they sent me back to my old camp the next summer, figuring my getting caught holding hands with a girl while at stargazing class when 11 was a better camp for me to be sent to that one where I was left on an island in northern Temagami .
Six years later when I started to lead trips, we counted off everyone each time we got in the canoes.
Well,..... no. We have been out on the boat pretty well every weekend, and had 4 overnights.
Our goal was to get used to the boat and then be fishing by midsummer .
However, In early May we were approached by a National firm to sell our company and that seemed to take up a lot of time (understatement of the year). We joined a great firm, the sale concluded September 1st, all our staff joined the new company and things are now settling down.
We had a 2 week trip to Newfoundland (still there- missed all the storms) so wetting lines was not on the Agenda this summer.
We had had a one week vacation planned in August that was the week with the big winds so we both just stayed at work
We have covered wet moorage (and diesel heat) so we will be out poking around all winter and now my retirement looms much closer.
Taking a month off to support momma starting her doctorate and getting the kids in school mode. Bored is right, ready to start a new fishing, boating, hunting company, start a boat building company, a boat brokerage or try and flip a boat. Waiting on my editors for 3 YouTube videos.
Well,..... no. We have been out on the boat pretty well every weekend, and had 4 overnights.
Our goal was to get used to the boat and then be fishing by midsummer .
However, In early May we were approached by a National firm to sell our company and that seemed to take up a lot of time (understatement of the year). We joined a great firm, the sale concluded September 1st, all our staff joined the new company and things are now settling down.
We had a 2 week trip to Newfoundland (still there- missed all the storms) so wetting lines was not on the Agenda this summer.
We had had a one week vacation planned in August that was the week with the big winds so we both just stayed at work
We have covered wet moorage (and diesel heat) so we will be out poking around all winter and now my retirement looms much closer.
Congrats on the sale! I had lunch with a friend yesterday who was having breakfast at 11:30, who sold his shares of his company and is in full retirement mode. Must have 30 days of fishing (he had a poor catching season despite putting the time in and is maximizing coho) under his belt and has retrofitted his 40 foot boats electrical this summer. Hopefully they aren’t keeping you on for too long. So much motorbiking and boating to do in life.
Congrats on your impending retirement. We sold our house, in the LM, in early April. Just before the fall in prices, and my wife and I both retired. We now live in Campbell River. We’re excited about all the future adventures. Such a great feeling!!
History repeats itself - December/January JaxonCraft build spot available
As you may remember two years ago my wife and I were able to snag a build spot due to a last minute cancellation.
I was talking with Robert this morning (our conversations have continued after the build and a friendship has developed) and he mentioned to me that he a December/January build spot just opened up.
If someone is thinking of a build, or knows someone who is, please mention that a spot has opened up at JaxonCraft,
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