A Sunny Sunday at the Marina

Well we made it ...

to the boat this weekend. There were lots of people doing chores and enjoying the sunshine at Point Roberts Marina. We chose the latter as it had been a hectic week. David and Kaye, Dan and Sharon, and Barb and Dave were there working hard on various projects. Dave and Barb's Invictus had just been put back in the water after some minor work and major scrubbing on the hard. She looks beautiful.

Sad news for our group at M Dock - George and Lorna sold Four Buoys! They are looking to purchase a larger boat and may have found what they are looking for on P Dock. Good luck guys, fingers crossed for you! We will miss them on M dock but at least they will be on the same side of the Marina and an easy dinghy ride away.

There are some 30ft moorage space available, for lower mainland boaters who may be interested please contact the office www. pointrobertsmarina.com
Great facilities and absolutely the closest away point to both the San Juans and Gulf Islands.

We had an enjoyable time talking with everyone, listening to everyone's destination plans for the summer and opinions on boat repairs and gadgets. I will take David's advice and buy a new completely stainless steel horn - ours now sounds like a sick sheep. They sure don't last very long and we definitely need a louder one.

Some new faces and boats on our dock that we will get to know. Gunther came in with a beautiful 10 lb salmon caught off the west side of Galiano. He had two more bites as well, depth was 70 ft.
Talk has started about an M Dock Rendezvous for early June. Dave and Barb will be back from Europe and hopefully George and Lorna will have their new boat by then.

I did do a little cabin work while I was there, if not planned, it did give me a small buzz of accomplishment. I was putting some washed dishes away and discovered a little water in the dish cupboard under the sink. Not good!! Turned out my too many dishes had bumped the drain pipe creating a little leak. We took everything out, tightened the pipe fitting, ran the water and presto no more leakage. I washed the cupboard out with bleach and re-washed all the plates, platters, and bowls. I ended up bringing home a couple of bowls that I had never used...

Always too much stuff! I still need to remind myself to keep it simple while on the boat, and isn't that the best part?



Kalena