28 May 2003: Sidney BC

Illywhacker is tied up in Nth Saanich marina near Sidney after spending a great week in Vancouver. Our crew Jo has joined us and been through the pain of arranging a US visa for her short stay in Hawaii, now necessary under "orange alert"20security. We're here for Lyndall 's last blood test and root canal dentistry - better now than mid ocean! Aftera final stock up in Victoria we hope to head for Vancouver Island's west coast around the 5th June to await good weather for our crossing to Honol ulu.