Well I didn’t sleep at all last night. I’ve only anchored at D’arcy island once before, and I recall it being rolly, but I was pushing the current last night and it was dark, so I decided to pull in. It got significantly worse as the night wore on, preventing me from sleeping. So I’m up now at the first glimmerings of dawn, barrelling downwind towards Portland Island.

I was chugging along in the early morning glow, enjoying my French toast, when I looked down at the tachometer to see, to my dismay, that it was at 0. It took me a moment to realize that the alternator belt had once again snapped, and of course, the engine was overheating, but this time due to the fresh water pump not turning. I shut the engine off and began the acrobats of removing the belt for the hydraulic windless so that I could get to the alternator belt, all the while hoping BC ferries didn’t choose that moment to show up on the scene. The wind did decide to show up, so I interrupted my contortions to set the Genoa, sending wrenches clattering across the cabin. At last I was able to install the new belt, luckily I replaced the spare I used up in Port McNeill. And now I’m off again, sailing into Princess Bay.