May 2, 2015  We have finally made it almost to the north end of Vancouver Island....it only took us a full week.  We have had wind, wind and more wind.  We left Nanaimo at 06000 on the 28th on flat water and made it ot about half way across the Strait of Georgia when the winds picked up and so did the waves.  We got very salty but we rode it out and so did Magic.  It was her first řeal test of big water and she did very well.  I would have liked a smoother ride, and so would Diesel, but you get what the water holds for you.  By the time we got to the north end of Texada the water was flat, the sun out and cruising was glorious.

                                                                 Strait of Georgia

There was even a small pod of Orcas off Texada to welcome us to the Desolation Sound area.
We anchored in the Copeland Islands in time for Gary to harvest a bucket of oysters from the beach....always a treat for the early part of the trip.

                                                                   Desolation Oysters