It was fortunate that the first shop Bruce called may be
able to do the job – all we have to do is bring the forestay pole to their
shop.
The weather was a bit ruff, wet, and windy in our travels
today and when we arrived at MK Marina there was no room inside the marina so we
are tied up on the outside wall in the slop!
This should be fun – NOT!
We continue to meet really nice people while on our journey and
today was different. Tied off in front
of us on the outside wall was a 78’ Hatteress charter boat called Sea
Chalet. Dr. Bob and his wife Reinette
live on their vessel. He is a retired
naturopath and she is a physician in Vancouver B.C. Very nice couple and what a nice boat.
Ok, let’s talk about the forestay repair.
When we were leaving Prince Rupert we decided to top off our
fuel tanks. When we were heading into
the fuel dock, the wind picked up and caught the pilot house & at the same
time, there was a current running under the boat. We realized we would not make a smooth
landing at the fuel dock so we backed away.
Well, we got caught in the current and ran alongside the
pilings that hold the platform where the fuel dock office is located.
They have a crane that lowers down oil and other supplies in
a cage to an oil changing station located at the end of the fuel dock which the
commercial boats use to change their oil.
What we forgot to take into consideration is the dock above has a beam
that comes out past the pilings below.
You guessed it – we hit that beam with our port stabilizer pole
which then bent the forestay pole. Opps!
So once we got to the dock we were able to get two guys from
other boats to help us drop the stabilizer pole so that Bruce could reach where
the forestay pole attaches. It was quite
a job getting this off – lots of rain and wind!
Tomorrow should be an interesting day.
Sorry I missed out on your breakfast burritos this morning, I didn't realize the water taxi was coming but it was good meeting you and visiting
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