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| ... humungous island boathouse mansion. ... |
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We worked our way through the channel and
saw some neat architecture before hitting the main
channel on our approach to Clayton. Shoals were nicely
marked (fishing boats gave them away, too). It was a
hairy upwind approach to the public harbour. Don Palac
prefers to switch his self-proclaimed inadequate (we disagree) docking skills for his electric motor.
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| Meanwhile, Sean did a beautiful pirouette
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| Alternatively, Andy Douma paddled his glass
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Tony Krauss and Mary graciously saved the
inner harbour berths for the woodies, but after seeing
their boat getting battered by waves on the windward
side, we paddled Chich
around shortly thereafter to the leeward side where we gratefully accepted several helping
hands to get us all tied up safely.
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Most of us lunched at a local eatery Bella’s on an
outdoor balcony overlooking the main channel and our
sheltered boats. Sue and I hit the hardware store to
try to find a replacement bolt for our jib cleat which
was stripped and had loosened off. No luck; but a
helpful employee was encouraged to hack-saw a deeper
slot in stripped screw-head so we could re-use it.
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The downwind return took an hour less
than the three-hour sail to get there. The Eagle area
campsites do not have electricity -
we don’t know where we got the idea that it had -
which resulted in us bringing a laptop with DVDs, a
blender, a toaster oven, and a lamp. But luckily Tony
and Mary had a
cabin with electricity and kindly hosted an
event where we could use our blender to make
margaritas, and our laptop to entertain (or bore some)
with the sequence of photos showing the restoration of
Chich (W397). This will be published
on line soon.
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