Almost Arrested in Victoria

Yesterday after we arrived in Bellingham, we set about to clean up the boat and get ready to meet a string of suppliers who would be doing a series of projects to get OceanFlyer ready for the charter season. 

By chance I ran into Scott Blake how told be an interesting story about their trip from Friday Harbor to Bellingham. Tom was at the helm and Scott started to sort though the shipping paperwork that he found aboard Lady Jane.

Amongst the shipping paperwork, Scott found an impound notice. Apparently, all the boats aboard Palembang were impounded by the local Canadian constable because YachtPath had not paid the ship's owner the transport fees.  I guess the delays in offloading where more than just weather related. Apparently, the matter was resolved before it came time for us to offload. Thank God, I don't think I could have taken the stress of trying to bail out my boat after paying in full over six months ago. [Editor's note: We would later learn that this was a common occurrence with YachtPath and eventually lead to their bankruptcy.]

Our mate, Martine, hauling trash bags containing the shrink wrap film from OceanFlyer.