Day 5

Today's location. I think he is planning on staying at a B+B here. We have missed a signal or two from him so he will be sending two per day to make sure we get it (and I don't freak out!).

Here is an email from him today:

On a dial up email in Oona river-- nice trip over but ran into a sand bar-- have to take cruise control off!!! raining, not watching too closely Thank goodness tide coming in so waited and ski doo no worse for wear ( i hope)
Nice BB and had nice sandwich and now dinner ( vegetarian!!)
All is well and hoping to get over to Charlottes tomorrow-- Lutz who used to be post master in PR says mail slower now than 20 years ago once the Ottawa Feds got too involved-- has some good water advice--he runs bb--little cabin with 2 beds up stairs--taking some pics---just went for walk around old town-- interesting--should we buy a property up here?
Better send before cut off.

And a phone call with Joanne:

Racing with a porpoise today

Jack’s dislike for any intervention which might hold him back is well known to all. On his last trip he was stopped by the harbour master in Victoria for going too fast in the inner harbour, speed demon that he is. Well this morning while leaving Prince Rupert he was doing over 6 knots to get out of his own wake and low and behold lights and sirens, stopped….once again over the speed limit in an inner harbour…just wants to fly!!!

Then later in the day while cruising using his home made cruise control….a series of elastics of different lengths and thicknesses depending on which speed he wants…. not paying very close attention to the GPS …sees it says “shoal” …water looks a bit different….. when crash right into a sand bar… “glad I didn’t knock my teeth out”….. wake up call !!!! …thankfully the tide was rising instead of dropping so he was off and way soon after.

He is very happy and enjoying all the interesting places he gets to see, weather much better than the first couple of days. Tomorrow off to Q Charlotte City.

Happy Sailing Jack