August 2, 2012 Time for an update. So the last few days have been great, weather just about perfect. We dropped Becky and Chloe off in Friday Harbor to catch the 1055 ferry to Anacortes then did a little re-provisioning. We had to leave Rosario early to get out before the low tide made it to dicey. At low tide there is just a little over a boat length between the end of the dock and the rocky shoreline. We also had to wait for the tide to come back in before we tried to slip into Fisherman’s bay since the channel there is very shallow. We had 4 feet under the keel going in. When we got their the outstation was available so instead of anchoring out we took that and joined the rest of the club who were on their 4 th day of the on the move cruise. Had a great dinner and the Islander restaurant, they did a good job of serving 56 people and the price was very reasonable. Next day the tide was even lower so we started breaking away about 2 pm. Some of the folks were concerned about the weather reporting gale force winds in the east entrance of the straits and southern Gulf Islands. They opted to stay at the dock for another night but most of us headed to Garrison Bay figuring even if it did blow the wind would be less their than at the dock. As it turned out the winds never materialized and we had a perfectly calm night in Garrison. We had 17 boats anchored stern to stern at the end of the bay in about 12 feet of water which meant the boats with 5 plus feet of draft were about in the mud at low tide the next day. A hike to the top of Young mountain behind British camp started the day off for a small group of us. Then a trip to Roche for groceries and ice cream pretty much finished off the afternoon. So far crabbing is so so, with no one coming back with limits yet. Lots of females, few males in the pots. When we break up tomorrow were off to Sucia with Steve and Michelle and maybe some fishing for who knows what.