Montague Harbour to Nanaimo - 4 ¾ hours 32 miles

It’s going to be another scorcher today. We didn’t leave Montague until 11 AM today because we have to time our travel to go through Dodd Narrows (http://www.dairiki.org/tides/daily.php/dod)at slack water. The narrows are going to be at slack water, heading to flood at 3 PM. We had the current with us so that we had to pull power to slow us down. We went through the Narrows at 2:45 PM with 1 ½ knots pushing. No problems. We decided to stay on the dock in Nanaimo because Fred is going to look into going to California on Saturday to see our friend John, who turns 90 today. We were surprised that there were several boats at the breakwater waiting for a slip assignment. I asked if there was a reason for the crowd and was told that the Nanaimo Dragon Boat Races start tomorrow. We told them that power was optional and would take a less desirable slip. We were assigned to B dock. That is the dock that float planes land on. We will be on the south side of it (planes on the north side). We are all alone over here and Fred found some power for us. It is a little odd being off to the north side of the fuel dock and the fishing vessel docks. However, we have a security gate and we look out the stern at the harbour and over to the anchorage. We can see the mainland across the Straight of Georgia and some snow-capped mountains. Just beautiful.