On August 12, we slowly puttered over from Herring Bay to the back entrance to Pirates' Cove on the dinghy. We managed to fit all four of us on our dinghy. Before we left the boat, we put together a special, "Prince Rupert's Treasure Chest," to bring to Pirates' Cove. We placed a number of items, that we did not use on our boat, in the chest. The final touch was the "loonie" that Peter placed in the container. Mae wrote onto the container that it was a special portable treasure chest.Then we had to get under way so we could make the slack tide through Dodds Narrows.
We enjoyed our time with Janet and Peter as we sailed back to Nanaimo on the 12th. It was an awesome sail. This was when we really had some wind and did some serious sailing. Janet may have been a bit nervous but she picked up the sailing faster than when Mae started sailing. Way to go Janet! We had a good 20+ degree heel on the boat. We sailed right into Nanaimo Harbour and anchored near New Castle Island.
Janet and Peter took the dinghy over to check out the island and later we went swimming. On the evening of the 12th, we went to the Dinghy Dock Pub and had a fabulous dinner. As you can see in the photo, Janet was having a tough time with the water.
On August 13th, we said our good byes. It was great to have Peter and Janet come join us for a few days. The dinghy was packed with their many duffle bags as they were prepared for all weather. They had a good set of rain gear packed and it was great that they did not have to use it.
