Every day there is a lesson to be learned. Today's lesson: Always be prepared.
After listening to the weather report on the VHF radio, after viewing Fitz Hugh Sound from the calm of our anchorage in Fury Cove, after securing the dinghy, and items in our berths, the salon, and the galley, donning our foul-weather gear, we pulled anchor and headed out to begin passage from south to north, up Fitz Hugh Sound.
The south end of Fitz Hugh Sound is open to Queen Charlotte Sound and subsequently open to the Pacific Ocean. We just needed to get out of our anchorage, get out into Fitz Hugh Sound a bit and take a right hand turn. Get the wind on our stern, and head north.
Sounds easy. It was intense…..
The galley had been cleaned up and put away quite well. The navigation station had appeared tidy and organized. The 'head' seemed fine.
However, as things got rough on deck a peek below showed utter chaos from flying objects in the cabin. Books littered the floor and the 'head' was wet from open hatches. Stepping into the swaying melee, I watched as items seemingly secure behind the sink slide from one side of the counter, then back again before toppling into the sink. The coup de tat was the cutting board flying out of it's slot across the salon!
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