One night stand

I Left Squamish harbor this morning at about 11:00. Giving me the tide until 16:00 in the afternoon. The wind was mostly out of the south. Sometimes backing to SW and a little SE. The wind was gusting to 20 at times but manageable most of the afternoon. Tacking back and forth across Howe Sound For about 4 hours I approached the small bay at Porteau on a starboard tack, close hauled. I then tacked away from shore and went Heave to in order to do a fore deck drop of the jib. I left the boat on a reach with the tiller lashed with a clove hitch as I started the engine. I then pointer her into the wind and doused the Main sail. I motored in carefully at low tide and tied up to the Float dock at Porteau at 15:30 in the afternoon. Its very shallow here at low tide, however if you squeeze on the seaward end of the dock you still have at least 10 feet at moderately low tides. This is the best one night stand, over night trip from Squamish. It is possible to sail farther in a day but this is a 3 to 4 hour sail which allows plenty of time for watching the sunset, cooking and of course blogging. .. somehow I can reach a wireless hub that is at the provincial park on shore. A nice treat as I cant get any tv or radio reception. I spent a few hours watching grey heron, ducks, geese and of course sea lions. I also saw several Eagles hunting and soaring on the way Down the sound.

Tomorrow morning is going to be windy and I will wait until the afternoon when it blows out a bit. I have to arrive back in squamish with a rising tide 19:00hrs or so to make sure I clear the sandbar at the entrance to our harbor.