Monday, September 16 - Nanaimo to Pender Harbour - 3 hours 32.6 miles

The last couple of days have been very foggy, all day.  Today looks a good day to cross the Strait of Georgia to get over to the mainland.  We checked and “Whiskey Gulf” is not active and we can transit on a direct line to our destination.  Whiskey Gulf is a military test range and they sometimes use live ammunition.  Not a place one wants to be  by accident.  When we got out into the strait without the protection of islands we have 4' to 5' seas.  We had to tack to cruise comfortably.  This boat is big enough to handle rough seas (within reason) quite well.  We also have the option to increase our RPM and get there quicker.  We did this.  Fred had the RPM up to 2000 and we traveled at 13 kts.  We anchored in front of Madeira Park Marina.  There was only one other boat there.  It was rainy so we didn't even put the dinghy down.  We didn’t need anything from the market here.