Broughtons Summer Cruise Day 6 - Silva Bay

We left Brentwood at 6:30am to head over to Silva Bay for a noon arrival.  We wanted to hit slack tide in Gabriola Passage at 11:37 and we timed it perfectly. As we approached Silva Bay the tide was low and it was easy to see Shipyard Rock (also known as Shipwreck Rock for a reason).  Thank goodness Bob knows what he is doing, reads his charts and pays attention to the channel marker.

We did a lot of reading today and I took a few minutes to walk up by the office to see what was there. It is a very small marina but it does have a nice artists’ gallery and a restaurant/pub.

When we docked our boats it was pretty tight for Smiths and Martins to get in to their slips because their finger piers were perpendicular to a long dock next to it. There was a sailboat in front of Smiths’ boat but Al was able to get in because he had two slips width to work with. Then Larry came in and had a very tight turn to make to get in to his slip next to Al.They got docked fine but then later in the afternoon a very wide boat tied up directly in front the Martins. Larry and Al went and talked to the dock master and told her that there was no way they could pull out of their slips in the morning at 7:00am with the other boats tied up there. At first she insisted it was never a problem for boats to get out but with further persuasion she relented. She had the two boats on the linear dock untie and move out of the way. Then Larry and Al moved their boats to two slips next to the rest of us.  It was a really tight fit getting them out but it worked out and we were better set for the morning departure.

We had a fun evening sharing dinner on our boat and then Canons brought over their ice cream stash for us all to enjoy. Mary and Jerome Robbins are joining us for part of our trip up to the Broughtons. They had been in charge of the hamburger barbecue we ate at Mill Bay with the Commodore’s Cruise and had quite a bit of food left over. Mary brought it over so we could make our dinner out of the leftovers and save our provisions for when we get up to the Broughtons and food is harder to come by.  We had a great time visiting and shared how the Canons, Smiths, Martins and we ended up cruising together each summer. We also reminisced about how Bob and I met both the Smiths and Canons at a Nordic Tug rendezvous and encouraged them to join the Edmonds Yacht Club. A very good move on our part for the benefit of the club as well as for developing deep friendships with them.