Urged earnestly by my friend, I sailed to Bowen Island with him on my boat yesterday. In spite of the weather forecast of gale warning, the sea and the wind was almost calm in Howe Sound and I had to use the engine instead of the sails. About four hours after the departure, we arrived at Snug Cove on Bowen Island. The cove is a popular place for boaters and is connected with Horseshoebay on the main land by a ferry. The white building-like object in the picture is the ferry, which has screws both on the bow and the stern so that it can sail without turning. The public dock was full of boats, and I decided to dock just at the end of the pier where no boats would dock. Small boats are convenient in such cases. We had lunch of Japanese rice balls on the bench under trees. It was a warm, happy day and some duck families were taking lunch too. I strongly felt that this is a place I should visit with a girl friend or family instead of a strange old man.
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