Our intended destination today was Nanaimo. We had to plan our trip to pass through Dodd Narrows at slack water. It is really nice that emerald Star is capable of speeds up to 18 mph. We usually cruise at about 10 mph. Our previous boat, Aquila, could only go 6-7 mph. Therefore, we have much greater range. It’s a lovely sunny day and the water is nearly flat. We passed through Dodd Narrows at 1:21 PM, at slack, with no problem. Nanaimo is about 8 miles passed the narrows. As we approached Nanaimo we saw that is was only about 2:30 PM and the weather and water is so good that we headed right across the Straight of Georgia. This can be a nasty piece of work. It is a very large channel that runs between Vancouver Island and the mainland. Whiskey Gulf ( military torpedo practice range that is located just outside of the waters in front of Nanaimo ) was not active so were able to cross in a straight line to our destination, Pender Harbour. We anchored in a new place, just out side of Madiera Park & Garden Bay. While Fred was deploying the anchor, the top of the winch un-screwed with the winch handle still in it. This was a grand surprise to Fred and he made a heroic grab for the thing and caught it. While this was happening, the anchor chain was merrily run out. So, after screwing the ^%$# thing back together, he got the chain stopped. We had no idea of how much chain was out there, but we were sure it was enough !! The water was calm and we slept well.
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