The trip so far is everything we might have hoped for.
Expecting a day of rain in every three (according to statistics I read), we've seen more like one in five, and half of those were hardly more than a brief sprinkle. Granted the weather can be rather foul even without much rain, but in four weeks of sailing north from mid-May to mid-Jun, we've seen four or five days that counted as real rain and only a couple of those needed foul weather gear by virtue of coinciding with time under way.
Not much has gone wrong mechanically either. We have a lot of tools and spare parts squirreled away for dealing with inevitable problems, but so far - knock on wood - Quijote has been humming along like the well oiled machine that she is. I feel like the Maytag repairman, jumping at the opportunity to replace a button on the upholstery that comes loose. The galley faucet has started dripping, but spare faucet seals are one item I didn't think to pack along, so that repair will have to wait until we arrive in Prince Rupert in two days.
And we can't complain about our health. We have so far remained illness and accident free. Even the bugs have been mostly friendly.
Granted it is a bit early in the game to crow too loudly about our good fortune, but as trips go, this has been a very good start.
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