Weather: Sunny and warm. Winds: Light and variable. Seas: <1ft.
Mid morning start with a motor around the west end of Spieden Island to Reed Harbor, the long, narrow bay on the south side of Stuart. RT arrived about 45min prior and was on a mooring buoy awaiting our arrival to raft off. We dropped a crab pot off near the entrance as we entered the harbor.
Captain's Mast motors at 6.5kts while we motor at 5kts. Sure, we can get 6.5kts, but our fuel consumption increases dramatically while 5kts @2200rpm consumes about .31gal per hour. Since Strider only holds 13gal, we like to conserve and sail as much as possible. Besides, Strider is much faster sailing than motoring. So, this became the norm for the adventure, if motoring was required, RT was in the destination prior to our arrival, with the fenders down, awaiting our rafting. He will later claim he had a beer waiting also. But he stocks IPA, which I don't care for. Further, I ended up supplying him with beer as there was a miscommunication between him and Merry Margret later in the trip. RT wanted two cases of beer in Powell River and ended up with two 12 packs...'nuff said.
Reed was the first of many first time stops for us on this trip. Nice place, long and narrow, seemingly completely protected. Being protected, it is warm! Later, Kelly needed a dog fix so she walked RT's with him as I checked the crab pot and found we caught a starfish! Yeah! Bait gone, starfish in trap...I think we had a steak that night.
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