Stop in Port McNeill for a new mast
Root Ball Collision
Odin is dismasted
Whirlpool Rapids
Green Point Rapids
Yuculta and Dent Rapids
Powell River Prawn Festival Retreat from the gale
Sea sickness strikes
Engine troubles
sadness, we dropped Dad at the Langdale ferry terminal and after his ferry left for Horseshoe Bay we steered our sailboats to the NW once again. We had barely gone a mile when Odin’s diesel engine conked out; an engine that had been professionally rebuilt just two years prior. New injectors were required but it would be three days before the parts arrived from Vancouver. What was that adage about never leaving on a Friday? We made the best of it, exploring Gibsons and enjoying the town’s excellent craft beers and restaurants.
By the time the engine repair was completed we were well rested and raring to go. The marine forecast called for calm seas and no wind through the next 48 hours. To get back on schedule we decided on an all-night motor up the Strait of Georgia. For the first few hours we motored into a gorgeous sunset in flat calm conditions, however, just after dark the wind came up and by 11 pm we were experiencing a 25-knot outflow from Jervis Inlet coming directly at us. We retreated in the dark through the twisty, reef encrusted entrance of Pender Harbour and went to 9 PASSIONS | WINTER 2020
