Chez Pierre

Yesterday morning George went up the mast to fix a broken wire leading to the anchor light. He had noticed the night before that the light wasn’t working. We both joked that it was my fault it had broken—the day before I had told some friends on a Zoom call that we hadn’t had any major boat issues this year. Although I knocked on wood when I said it, we were jinxed anyway. After that job was done we raised the anchor and motored about 4 miles N to Miller’s Bay. In the early afternoon we dinghied ashore for lunch with Jean and Michael at Chez Pierre. We called ahead for a reservation and submitted our order via WhatsApp. Pierre can be very particular and has been known to turn people away if they don’t have a reservation. We all ordered pizza and salad, which are always excellent. I am sorry to say I neglected to take any photos. 

We spent the night at Miller’s Bay because George wanted to run the watermaker and expected the water to be clearer there compared to the water in Thompson Bay. In actuality it was just as cloudy. He ran the watermaker anyway—the silt in the water was removed by the watermaker’s prefilter. After finishing that we took advantage of the very light wind to apply a patch to the mainsail. We had noticed a tear in the sail when we sailed here the other day. Once that chore was done we motored back to Thompson Bay. 

The wind is forecast to increase later today so we put the dinghy in the water to go ashore and run our errands before it gets too choppy at the dock. There are were 14 boats in the harbor and half of them had the same idea, making the dock a bit crowded. 

George at the top of the mast fixing the wire. 

Tear in the mainsail. 

Adhesive sail repair tape on both sides of the sail. 

Since we were going ashore I stopped and took another photo of the century plant. I don’t think it is any taller than it was two weeks ago but the spikes at the top are longer. I could see the flower buds at the end of the spikes. 

This is the photo I took two weeks ago. 

View of the harbor from Basil’s dock. You can see the boats anchored in the distance. Several more boats arrived after I took this photo. A local fishing boat is on a mooring on the left.