Back in Sidney

I had a great drive up to Campbell River and managed to find my sister-in-law, Jydy's house. We went for a long walk in the woods while my niece, Sasha, made a lovely dinner for us, then went over to my other neice, Krista's house for dessert. Judy and Craig are in the middle of renovations and were having all the sinks removed the next morning, so I had a quick shower and headed off to explore Campbell River. Bob phoned about 9am and said they were going to be bucking the current so might not make it all the way to Campbell River in one day . . . then he phoned back about 2 and said they'd be arriving in 20 minutes! A slight miss calculation!!! They found a berth in the public marina and I took them out shopping for a few things they needed for the boat. They rigged up a "preventer" and figured out how to do the kellets. They had hoped to work on the genicker but it was too windy. Chris cooked us dinner and we hit the sack early. They were up at 6am and the wind had died so they managed to get the genicker figured out. Monica and Chris cast off at 7:45 . . . we met them at the fuel dock 10minutes later . . . then went to the spit and watched them sail past. Bob was so sorry to be leaving them! He had a really great time and is now all eager to go in his boat. We hopped in the car and went over to Judy's . . . they were just clearing out the kitchen so the contractor could put in the new sinks, so Judy, Craig, Sasha, Bob and I all went out for breakfast. Bob and I headed south about 10am and after a short stop to stretch in Ladysmith got back to Sidney about 2. It is great to be back on the boat! Tomorrow we will get to work on the woodwork.

Today, Bob and I worked on finishing the sanding of all the woodwork on the boat. It is a huge job that we started last year but never finished. Don had gotten a good start on it already but we really needed to get some varnish on before the boat gets hauled on Friday. The weather stayed nice all day and we got the majority of the sanding done and the first coat of varnish on. It looks awesome, and will look so great when all 6-8 coats are done! We'll give it a light sanding tomorrow and then another coat of varnish. In the mean time, we need to sand the companion way doors, the bow sprit, the windless box and the rub rail. Penny is coming over tomorrow to help. Went to Carlos' Cantina for dinner and it was excellent again!