Report from club member Mark May 18

Saturday 18 May

We left Fury Cove in furious rain. Even though we waited for it to calm down before exiting the cabin to pick up the anchor, we had no more than 10 minutes reprieve and by the time we motored out of the cove into Fitz Hugh Sound both Laszlo and I were drenched, tarp or no tarp. Fortunately it didn't get through any of our clothing. Laszlo offered to stay out by himself in the hate rain and I took him up on it. Jenny had opted to stay inside from the beginning. 

Fortunately it didn't last and less than an hour later we went back to normal light rain after which we had a pretty dry day overall. 

We managed to put quite a bit of sailing in too, in between bits of motoring and motorsailing. At some point I was inside and heard Laszlo crank the winch followed by a loud bang!  Out of the corner of my eye I saw the starboard sheet block (pulley) kind of explode. Then it was dangling on the sheet (a rope) in more or less one piece even though partially distorted and Laszlo reported that only the clevis pin had snapped. I was already with my head in my tool bin and passed him the right tool as he opened his mouth to ask for it. I had a little trouble finding a replacement clevis pin of the right size and had to take the cotter ring off a spare block but nevertheless, about 10 minutes after the incident all parts were bent in shape again and reassembled, good to go. 

Laszlo fixing the block:

 We dropped the anchor in Ada Cove near Bella Bella in the evening. A few playful sea otters were splashing around. 

Grilling at sunset in Ada Cove:

After Dinner Laszlo wanted to fish some more, but after 10 days of trying nearly all day long every day without any luck he suddenly quit in disgust and exclaimed: "There is no fish in British Columbia!"