Victoria to Oak Bay to Sidney to Vancouver, BC, Canada (96.2NM)

A little windy and wavy exiting Victoria harbor but following winds calmed our transit to Oak Bay. We pulled into the Royal Victoria Yacht Club and enjoyed a nice bar dinner and chat with the members of this great club. Very warm and personable and so happy our club the SFYC enjoys a reciprocal relationship with this world class club!

The following day we transit for an overnight at Port Sidney, such a sweet spot in this good weather we are enjoying.

From Sidney we wind though the islands and across the Strait of Georgia over to Vancouver. Traveling at our ‘new’ normal speed of 25 to 30 MPH takes some getting used to. Our current rule is NEVER take your eyes off the water. Well, at least not both of us at the same time. The amount of debris in the water around here is crazy and traveling at this fast speed is pretty stressful as the consequences are frightening.

We gather from the locals, at the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, that this little seaplane is headed to Victoria for a movie or series being filmed in town. It was too windy to get her in safely earlier today but they did depart later in the afternoon when the winds had calmed.

The charming Royal Victoria Yacht Club in Oak Bay. Thank you for your hospitality!

Port Sydney Harbor. Independence II at the end of the first finger.

Sweet but smelly. Our Harbor Seal dock friend.

Entering Vancouver Harbour under Lyons bridge

About to empty the wallet at the Chevron float in Victoria Harbour

If we pump it faster perhaps it won’t hurt so much!!!

Gorgeous day in Victoria Harbour

Tugs pulling tugs out of the harbor

Around the corner and under Granville Street Bridge up False Creek to the Quayside Marina

After cleaning up the boat we take one of the little harbor ferries toward Granville Island. We can not get all the way to the island as a women was threatening to jump from the bridge. Above these charming floating homes, you can see that there are no cars on the bridge span. The bridge and water below and all areas within a viewpoint were cordoned off to prevent gawkers and social media posting of this sensitive situation. Thousands of people were affected by the road closure. Unfortunately, the story ended sadly with the woman’s death by falling from the Granville Street Bridge after 9 hours of effort to save her.

The farthest we can go due to all the closures is the Sand Bar Restaurant. But they have amazing dinner salads with Ahi and Prawns.

Quayside Marina dock friend Great Blue Heron