Canada Day Cruise Chronicle

I am glad to say that the Canada Day Cruise was a great success!!!

All the boats who signed to attend did show up at a time or another... First to arrive was Grand Quetzal followed by Forever and Sirena. All of them were there Friday. On Saturday Stainle$$ Steal and Dolphin arrived at Plumper Cove as well and on Sunday Coronita and Summer Sunset joined us at Gibsons...

The weather was great all the time, which aloud time to do some painting work
on Forever's anchor pulpit










That sure looks nice!!! Now we all have to check our own boat's bow and start working with the sanding paper and re-stain them... Last I saw, Stainle$$ Steal has already done it!

There was also a nice dinner at the dock... Right beside Stainle$$ Steal where AYC invaded the full dock space!!! We were the envy of many who walked by!!!















We even had a "rescue" mission where Mr. McClelland bravely went for a dive trying to rescue a ring that Miriam (Dolphin) lost, a fork that belonged to Forever but that was accidentally dropped into the water by Nini (Dolphin...again...) and a screw driver which also belonged to Forever but that was dropped by Bob (Sirena) while trying to remove the dock's plank looking for Miriam's ring... The mission was 1/3 successful as the screw driver was recover... We'll leave the ring and fork as an offering to Plumper Cove...


Here is the rescue operation under close supervision by Vida...










Sunday came and we left towards Gibsons, a treacherous cruise, appropriate only for seasoned sailors, braves of heart...

Here we were rejoined with Sirena and welcomed Coronita and Summer Sunset.

Word is that something sticky happened to Coronita's and Summer Sunset anchors... Hmmm... Maybe Bent Shaft Award material?... Keep me posted!!!

Monday night we went for dinner at the Waterfront Restaurant where we had quite a good meal, enjoyed great company and a great view...
Hey Mr. Commodore!!! Shouldn't you be looking at the menu instead of comparing digital cameras?











While we were at it, three vessels came into port and immediately after dinner we went over them and invited to join the AYC...
If you want to know more about this Canadian Navy Vessels, CLICK HERE...















We are still waiting for their application to arrive in the next few days...

However, while we wait, I am happy to announce that Tony, a former AYC member, has rejoined the club!!! He lives in the white boat with the flower pots and runs both the Marina and the water taxi at Gibsons... Great to have you back on the AYC Tony!!!















Canada Day came with a bright sunshine and we all went to the town for the celebration















Which included a nice ceremony where the local First Nations welcomed all the neighboring First Nations as well as the RCMP officers on board of the canoes...

All in all we had a great time, shared great weather, food and friendship...















We only missed all of you who couldn't join us for this cruise...

We sure hope to have you all in the next one!!!