“Falling” Around South Van Isle - Part 7

We departed Maple Bay the morning of October 10th, day 6, bound for Sydney, approximately 17 nautical miles south.  In between work meetings, we cast off the dock lines, exiting Bird’s Eye Cove by 1030.  Erika had a work meeting from 11 to noon but was happy to power up the Starlink and take em underway (pictured lower left).  As I noted earlier, our passage down Sansum Narrows was some of the best sailing we had all week, flat seas with a warm and moderate breeze off our port quarter.  We used the term “Office Sailing”, instead of the classic “champagne sailing” to describe the most agreeable conditions for Erika’s Zoom meetings.  By 1230, Erika was done for the day, allowing us to double hand the remaining 10 miles under the asymmetrical sail (pictured above, passing Separation Point).  While underway, we called Sydney Marina to arrange moorage.  The office confirmed our reservation and passed along the slip assignment and gate info before they left for the day.  With the “paperwork” out of the way, we continued to enjoy our sail, across Satellite Channel, thru the small archipelago between Swartz and Tsehum Bays knowing our slip was patiently waiting for us.  Just before dusk, Jomo arrive at the marina entrance.  We motored to our assigned spot, all ready to tie up and cook some dinner, but someone else was sleeping in our bed, specifically a super yacht.  We parked Jomo at the nearest empty slip, walked up to the moorage office, and found an “emergency contact” phone number posted on the window.  A couple affable conversations later, we were reassigned to another slip.  Whew, it was a little more than planned but we settled in for the evening, made dinner and watched the Northern Lights (pic). Just another day, and night, “falling” around South Van Isle.