Victoria...

Had a great meal...thank you Linda and Howard...

A friend of Howard's, Roger from Nanaimo gave him an option that would be a temporary fix and allow him to get home and do his repair at home but needed to get a hold of the mechanic...

Friday morning the mechanic called and yes the temporary fix could be made and that day!!!!!!

Now for the turning of the boats....Friday was a calm morning and with people help from the Harbour commission we were able to turn both boats while being attached....no engines were required just muscle power and patients....

With Silhouette secure Dance Lightly moved away from the dock and out of Victoria saying good bye to Silhouette.

We ran into a few big boats on our way out...After Eight was coming out, the Clipper,  the Coho and a large barge were coming in....oh the pressure of it all...but we managed...

Had a great sail around Victoria and then into Capital City Yacht Club (Sidney). 

Stayed the night....going to Clam Bay tonight...

Propinquity had a slog down the the Juan De Fuca in Fog but all her  expensive equipment came in handy...then into Esquimalt Harbour today ( Saturday)

Blue An Teak had a successful night time run down the Juan De Fuca and sailed into Discovery Islands and then onto Ganges today ( Saturday)

We all feel like our trip is done...but a great trip it has been...thank you everyone from Dance Lightly it has been a pleasure/fun/exciting/stressful/relaxing time...one we will never forget!!!!!

I will send out a couple more blogs with recipes and pictures...stay tuned...

Over and out from "Circle the Rock" gang.......

Lots to tell!!!!!

Tuesday silhouette and Dance Lightly traveled to Bamfield what a great sea side town.....

Brady beach...

We stayed a few hours and then went to Dodger Channel to an hour over night. While there we had a fire on the beach...cooked hotdogs and s'mores....great fun!!!! Invited a couple from the states to join us for s'mores...they were Jerry and Cathy on New Sensations.

Murphy and Skye were eating everything insight...

On Tuesday Propinquity sailed up pipestem Inlet and enjoyed the waterfall...we understand that Rick went in...not sure about Mary and Kirk????

Blue An Teak went back to Ucluelet to pick up Allan's daughter and get ready for their overnighter.....

Wednesday...Propinquity sailed to Effingham Inlet and Dance Lightly and Silhouette started the Westcoast slide down the Juan De Fuca....

Up bright and early...stopped in at Port San Juan for a quick dog stop.... A bit windy but Linda and Barb were able to man the boats while the guys rowed the dogs to shore.

Continued on down and were making great time and then the call over the radio...Silhouette...the oh shit moment...

Bad news from Howard, engine was overheating and the oil light was on. Howard shut down the engine and was in sail mode only. The two continued to the mouth of Becher Bay. At this point Dance Lightly tied up along side Silhouette (rafted) and pulled them into a small marina that just happened to have a great space ( size) available. 

Safe and sound...this was a 14 hour day...dogs were great!!!!!

Dance Lightly left Silhouette for the night and anchored around an Island that had a gorgeous house on it...

Sun set....

The next morning Howard radioed and again an oh shit moment...damage to the water pump was more severe and he was going to need major parts and a mechanic. Decision time...Silhouette needed to get to Victoria! So, Dance Lightly came along side (rafted) again and pulled Silhouette off the dock and into the Juan De Fuca....no fog, little swell, current in the right direction and good following wind...we let them loose and both boats had a good sail up to Ogden Point where again Dance Lightly came along side Silhouette and pulled them into Victoria Harbour and moorage. This was the the Thursday before the long weekend...everything was full!!!!!! The Harbour commission did make space available and they gave us an escort in....

Empress...After Eight moored in the Harbour...

Of course there was a cruise ship in the Harbour...

A small problem coming onto the docks in Victoria....Dance Lightly had to turn into the wind to come in safely...this though pinned Dance Lightly on the inside of the dock....oh well we will figure out how to solve this problem later....right now a beer and wine were needed!!!!!!!!!!

Over and out from "Circle the Rock"

Broken Islands..

Monday Dance Lightly and Silhouette joined Propinquity in Joes Bay Anchorage in the Broken Islands...

While traveling Harvey saw a couple of fish on his fish finder so he threw out his hook and SUCCESS!!!!! An 8 to 10lb coho...okay now we can go home....

So, guess what we had for dinner that night.....

Great evening with Propinquity and Silhouette..

Blue An Trek  left Ucluelet travelled to Joe's Bay Cove and then went on to Effingham Bay on Monday. They mentioned that there were great caves at Dicebox Island