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speckulations

We left Silva a Bay about ten i Lin nthe ‘morning. The |

“wind was light and from the east, and we were .

motoring. The sinall entrance to the harbour
slipped ‘by and then we headed south fora little
while, down the pass towards ‘Gabriola Passage.
‘ Our aim was to explore a small privately-owned

island, Breakwater Island, one of the Flat Top |

Islands that shelter ‘the Silva Bay area from the

storms that sometimes sweep the Gulf of Georgia..

Me

The island is for sale
according to broker Ross
Garner of Montreal Trust.

The channel _ between
Breakwater Island the next
island north is wide and

Listed -at $510 thousand, it’s deep, but drying reefs skirt
a little rich for my blood, but ‘‘the north and east sides. We

for 73 acres of fine property
and three houses it is not
excessive. “The owner of.the
island’ tells me that there's
never. been a motor on it,”
says Garner, “and the island
has been’in his family for
fifty years.”

' VIRGIN FOREST

He talked about the three
Indian middens reputed to
be located on the land, as
well as the clear spring and
the white sandy beach on the
north end. “The island has
never been logged. The only
trees that have been cut are
the ones that the houses
were built from. The rest is
virgin forest.”

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carefully picked our way
along the edge of the reefs,
examining the island with
binoculars and taking
photographs.

The diesel engine was

going very slow, with the |

propeller barely turning
over, and we were right
alongside a pair of large
seals, basking in the
shallows, before they saw us
and blundered their way into
the safety of deeper water.
They were truly huge, not
the small harbour seals that I
have seen so many times
around Vancouver. The
largest one, which was a
kind of mustard or beige
colour, weighed about eight
hundred to a_ thousand
pounds. After we passed,

* about ten of them appeared
_in the.water astern.

There’s a long, curving
beach on the east side of the
island. We anchored the
vessel about half-way down,
just clear of some rocks, and
nearly lost a crew member.

It happened like this: I
was anxious to try anchoring
while under way. Our main
anchor winch is not working,
which precluded the use of
our main anchors,’ but the
‘lunch hook’ (a light anchor,
kept on the stern of the
vessel) is ideal for this
manoeuver. The trick is to
let down the anchor while
the vessel still has some way
on. The anchor bites into
the bottom and stops the
boat, and the forward
motion of the boat gives the
anchor a solid bite on the
bottom.

A CLOSE CALL

When Kim paid out the
anchor. che first fifty feet or
so went all right, but then
the half-inch nylon ‘rode’
began to snarl and bunch as
it came out of the five-gallon

ae Spec on

~

‘bucket. where it’s: ‘stored. It

became ‘a frantic race’ to _

untangle ‘the line-and- get it

_overboard before the weight

of the boat dragged the
whole: mess - bucket, line,.
rear. pulpit “and Kim -
overboard. Somehow we

- managed, but by the time

the . boat stopped. moving

‘Kim was standing on the top
rail of the pulpit to escape -_

the snarls of. “rope.

While I transferred the
rode to the bow, Kim and

Alan and Ellsworth rigged |

the small sailing dinghy to go
ashore:~-The wind was
blowing towards the shore,

making it- bit dangerous for — :

the anchored vessel, so I
elected to stay aboard. Mary
and I settled down: in the

“wheelhouse with a coffee -
while the Three Musketeers -

went ashore and explored.

Even at anchor it was a
beautiful place to be on a
spring day. We savoured the
sounds and smells of the sea.
Nearby a flock of sea birds
paddled, their chorus of low
calls a pleasant counterpoint
to the lap of the waves on the
‘hull. The seals, now that we

--were anchored, congregated
around a kelp patch about
two hundred feet further out
from us, and we watched
them for a long time. They
appeared to be sunning
themselves, for every now
and then one would extend a
long flipper up to the sky and
wave it languidly.

TRULY LOVELY

The island is truly lovely,
even seen from a boat. The
north and south ends are
wooded, with a clear saddle
connecting the ends. -The
houses are so well-concealed
as to be almost invisible.
When the Three Musketeers
returned they were ecstatic
about the place, but the sky
was getting darker and the
wind was pushing a small but
building swell onto the
beach. I regretfully decided
that the exploration by the
skipper would have to wait
for another day and we left.

The island is private
property and it is illegal to
land on it without per-
mission. However, it is for
sale, and I'm sure the broker
would be pleased to talk to
bona fide parties who may
be interested in such a nice
place.

(For photo of Breakwater
Island, sec page three)

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