Running to Genoa Bay, Then to Maple Bay

Playing in Maple Bay

Salvaged Propeller from Vessel Sunk in Sansum Narrows in the 30's

Guys Test Discovery

Out of Ganges on a bright morning with the sun on the water, it's difficult to spot crab pots. Both of us keep watch. Even then, some we see and others we spot only when they are abeam or astern. No sailing here until we reach clear water out by Beaver Point. The wind is stiff and we tack out across Swanson Channel. Coming about, it's south until we reach Satellite Channel. There the wind is gentle from astern and we run with it all the way to quiet and lovely Genoa Bay. More R20 friends gather in the evening on the dock for conversation. Late in the afternoon all go for separate dinners on their boats at the dock or at anchor.

It's only a few miles north up Sansum Narrows to Maple Bay. Clearing the Narrows brings a freshening breeze from the north. Ruby, Discovery, and Jules play for an hour or two before heading to our evening moorage and dinner at the pub. It's hot after we land, and we seek shade and then air conditioned comfort--lemonade, sweet Canadian iced tea, and beer. Maple Bay has old salvaged marine engines painted red sitting about the grounds. There's a flurry of activity early in the morning at the marina laundry. Lots of quarters are fed into the two washers and dryers. Later, the Cheryl Lynn and Altrice dock. Most of the men spend the afternoon aboard Discovery out on the cool water testing the sailing prowess of this charter Pacific Seacraft.