August 11, Rebecca Spit

We spent two nights in Von Donop Inlet. It is a quiet spot, the wind did finally die down later Saturday afternoon but then we had a pretty good thunder storm blow over us. We watched the clouds light up and listened to the thunder for about half an hour and then it started to rain. The aft canvas filled up and dumped right on top of poor Sophie who was not expecting a cold shower. Next morning we woke to sunny skies. We went exploring by dinghy and snuck into the small lagoon at high water and then decided to hike the short trail to Squirrel cove on the opposite side of the island. Supposed to be a 20 minute walk but there were minimal signs and the fork we took ended up leading us right back to the lagoon we had just explored by dink. We never made it to Squirrel cove.

Dropped the shrimp pot outside of the entrance to the inlet in about 280 feet of water. I picked up an ez puller from lagoon cove after pulling 400 feet of line twice without the aid of Glen and his dinghy I decided that 50 bucks was worth it if it made things easier. It does. My float is not big enough, I sank it as I raised the pot and then it stayed submerged so I have to get a bigger float. We did get about a dozen good sized shrimp however.

We pulled anchor and took a leisurely 10 mile run up to Rebecca Spit via Evans Bay. I wanted to check out the bay for future anchorage but it is not worth returning to as all the bay is exposed to south winds and the sore is dotted with private homes.

Rebecca Spit is a popular spot. There must be 30 plus boats here and all the shallow spots are taken so we anchored in 80 feet of water on the second try.
Chris is none too sure about our anchor since it has dragged twice on this trip so she had forbidden me to leave today fearing we will drag again. I think we set pretty well but this is an exposed anchorage a Southeast or Northwest wind decides to kick up. I guess she will have to take Sophie for her walk by kayak.

For some reason the Skype no longer works. On the way north whenever we had connectivity with the air card (at great expense) we could connect with skype. But ever since we have returned to BC, when we are connected, Skype does not recognize the connection and when you try to call it gives you a message that says “skype cannot initiate a call when off line” Makes no sense, we are on line and can do internet but not Skype. This whole staying connected thing in BC is hard sort out. No single system works everywhere or all the time.