May Day Cruise to Sidney Spit

Trouper 2 Too with Shuttlecock in background.
Departure Location: 
Cadboro Bay
Arrival Location: 
Sidney Spit
Distance: 
15.00NM
Average speed: 
3.40kts
Transit Date: 
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 - 13:12 to 17:35
Total time: 
4H 22M
Nice run down Haro Strait.
Nice breeze with a following sea. Tide was against me though.
Shore party in search of Morels.
I'll walk the spit tomorrow.
I found what would turn out to be the only morel on Sidney Island.
Shuttlecock at rest off Sidney Spit.
Sundown at the spit.

It was blowing from the South at ten to fifteen knots, against a strong, ebb tide. I motored through Banes Channel and the resulting rip before unfurling Shuttlecock's Genoa. I spent the next couple of hours running slowly down Haro Strait in a 3 to 4 foot following sea. As the tide funnelled through Sidney Channel, I started the engine and motored the rest of the way to Sidney Spit. The sun was shining!