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Page A2, September 9, 1979 - Sunday News -

‘The vessel swung at anchor i in Penn Gove as we
. finished ‘up the: cleaning made necessary by our Winnipeg . were . ‘ecstatic.

_ unfortunate and accidental béaching: There was a
lot of work to do below decks, a:fantastic jumble.’

of things. that had to be picked. up, wiped. clean gui
“and: re-stowed, Almost every | locker! had a surprise pulling us along was much. |

There was no wind, and it
was very hot. By five in the
afternoon we were all feeling
sweaty, ‘and also lét-down
after-the excitement. of the
“morning. But the. job- was
-almost. finished. : The duty.
cook made dinner and we all:

.- collapsed-on the settees and

enjoyed a __post-disaster
drink

We had a big crew aboard

'— seven adults and four |

children. Two of the adults
were ‘young .men from
Winnipeg, new to the coast
and. to. “Sailing. We. had
arranged. to meet: them only
. the previous evening at Penn
. Cove, and -this ‘night was
their-first aboard the. vessel.

GREAT START ©

They had been awakened
that morning by a runner
with the news that the boat

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was on the beach, and they.
had spent the first few hours
of the day in a struggle ‘to
keep her from going over on
her side as the tide went out -
a truly -dramatic ~
_troduction to. the joys of .
‘seafaring... .

“At dinner we tried to kid

routine, but I don't think~
-they were taken in. There
was a lot of talk about our
beaching - the four young
children aboard thoughit that
it was the most exciting thing
that had happened to us fora
long time, and from that _
flowed stories .of other -
adventures we have had,
some we almost had, and
‘some. that we wished we'd -
never had. :

‘By eight ix in: a the evening it
was cooling down. The wind
scoop picked: up a light
_ breeze from the west and.
‘directed it into the salon
where it dried off the sweat
and cooled us all down. By |

‘the time we finished our late

dinner the breeze was up to
five knots or so.

Coupville, a partially
restored fishing village from
the 1800's, is about two miles
east of where we anchored. I
decided to take advantage of
the wind and give the crew a
taste of night-time sailing.

READY AT LASF

We had eleven people on
board. I took the two husky
Winnipeggers out on the
foredeck and = introduced
them to the world of sail
. bags, sheets and halyards.
They brought in the ‘anchor
hand-over-hand then we
prepared to fly the genoa.

It was dark by the time the
sail was up. It filled with a
pop, and we started to glide
away downwind in silence.
Overhead the stars lit the
sky; around the bay the
lights of houses slid by. The
cook came up with a tray of
drinks.

Down below the children
were being bundled off to
bed by the nanny, We have a
duty nanny, as part of our
watch system, rotated
amongst the crew. The
nanny’s responsibility is the
safety and happiness of the
children.

because every
child has the

right to smile
Unicef Canada @

in- .
- motoring into. the dock and

* ‘The young .men from.

They had - been a ‘little ‘'&

frightened by all the disaster.
talk that day, and the smooth.
iet ride with. ‘just one- sail

_ more pleasant than. they had»
anticipated. a

_VERY CAREFUL

At ‘Coupeville we turned
back into. the wind. and.
dropped. “the “big. genoa,

tying up. After what had
‘appened - the. previous:

8

The. next. ‘morning: ‘showed -
‘fifteen: feet-of water on the
sounder, but another minus.
tide was predicted. I started
‘the | ‘engine: early, about
seven, and woke the crew.
“We motored out into deeper
water and put down the

_anchor, and ‘then settled ©

down. for breakfast. It was ~

foggy and calm - everything -
was obliterated except the
. ghostly_ outlines -of the old
cannery buildings, jutting
out over the water on stilts.

It was my cook duty in the

morning. For. eleven. people —

I cooked 21 eggs, a pound ...
and a half of bacon, a pound |
of mushrooms, almost two
‘loaves of bread, a can of
asparagus and some
tomatoes. Mary and I looked.
at the pile of food vanishing

and decided to go shopping a

little earlier than planned.

Our ¢ustom is that ‘cookie’
cleans up after himself - a
policy designed for galley
cleanliness and neat cooking
habits - but in view of the
size of the meals and the
availability of help 1 decided
to conscript someone.
Sometimes it’s nice to be the
boss. ; .

A HELPING HAND

After breakfast we took
the crew ashore by dinghy.
There is an old-fashioned
candy store at Coupville that
the kids were looking for-
ward to visiting. On the way
to the dock in the mist we
encountered @ boat that was
trapped in Coupeville’s
rapidly drying harbour. By
‘bulldozing’ with our out-
board and with the
assistance of long lines to the
dock we managed to free the
vessel and escort her out into
deeper water, -With the
previous day's disaster fresh
in our minds, we put our
hearts into the job.

(To be continucd)

YOUNG CREW member Alan enjoys an early morning row in the misty bh harbour of:
Coupeville, Whidbey, Island. (Ellsworth Dickson photo)

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