Saturday, July 30, 2016

Today’s the big day.  We are headed for Victoria Harbour.  With a strong incoming tide after 10am and a forecast of strong winds continuing to build all day we were up at 5 and underway by 5:30.

A beautiful sunrise.

We had an early morning outgoing tide and such calm seas

that we made really good time going over 10kts and had to cool our jets 

as we rounded the tip of Vancouver Island.

This weekend is the celebration of British Columbia Day with the Victoria Symphony Splash!  According to the Victoria Visitor’s Choice brochure “tens of thousands of people will take to Victoria Inner Harbour for the 27th annual Victoria Symphony Splash.  From a floating stage in the Inner Harbour the Symphony will perform, ending with a grand finale performance of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture – with fireworks of course!”

About six months ago when we first talked about this trip and heard about the big Splash weekend Justin called to see if we could get moorage in the Harbor but they laughed and said they’d been booked for a year, but took his name anyway.  A couple days before we left on this trip they called to say there was a cancelation and asked if we wanted to come.  Of course we said YES!  (We can’t help but think it had something to do with the Argonaut.)

Soon we rounded the jetty

and enjoyed the sights as we entered the Inner Harbour.

We arrived in Victoria around 11:00 and docked at the Wharf Street Marina.  (Sometimes we look really little.)

After lunch on the boat

and a trip to the dog park

we regrouped and headed out to explore Victoria.

We finished off the day for some great food and beer.