Well yet another pain in the bum long leg day gone wrong. All the best intentions and positive weather reports were good for nothing as we sailed out of still water cove in flat calm conditions (the clue is in the name I suppose). These were to be our most favourable conditions of the day as the wind turned first Southerly, then started blowing 20 knots from the South East!!!! The phrase “pushing shit uphill” came to mind and after 6 hours of tacking into it we were still 19 hours from our next anchorage. This would not do and wisely we decided to turn back and at least use the wind to get back to where we started. With the fog thick we didn't even see any of the coast line but what we lacked in grand vistas we made up for in whale and dolphin action. Literally seeing dozens of humpbacks and having 3 species of dolphin riding the bow for over 2 hours! White sided pacific dolphins, Northern right whale dolphins and Dall porpoises.
It was at least some consolation on a day of disappointments and as we drove back into still water cove after 10 hours at sea, the fog so thick we had to retrace our GPS track in order to not crash, everything didn't seem as bad as all that and at least we had a safe place to sleep that night.
loved the daily information and photos, sounds as though you are having a great adventure and unique experiences.I want to be a crew mamber PLEASE!!!! Keep the details of your trip coming and stay safe. So looking forward to "the next installment of the adventures of Indian Summer and crew" love Marie and Donny
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