Not much to report

I'm just hanging out on the hook here, trying to stay warm and
ploughing through the onboard library at an alarming pace.

Yesterday was overcast and cold all day and I had a heck of a time
getting the stove to light and stay lit. Eventually it did, though,
and after that it was warm enough, but still boring.

Today is better—there are still clouds, but they are high and thin so
I am getting some sunshine and it's warm enough to be outside a bit
on deck working on things, which I have. It's been very quiet the
last day or so. The mega-yacht which had occupied the outer part of
the bay weighed anchor and departed yesterday afternoon, and there's
been no boats in the vicinity since. I can see down into Johnstone
Strait and see the larger boats and tugs passing by, but they are all
business and unlikely to come my way.

The better weather today is not supposed to last through evening.
The forecast is calling for rain and a wind shift of gales from the
southeast. I am hoping that I am sufficiently covered in my nook. I
chose it for protection from the prevailing northwesterlies, but by
chance there is also an island close to my southeast. If the wind is
truly from the SE I should be okay, although I'll swing unfortunately
close to shore on the island NW. If it's from directly east I could
be in for a rough evening.

On the other hand, the forecasts haven't been right with respect to
winds more than half the time, either in force or direction, and it's
almost always been less than predicted, so with a good set on the
anchor and the potential shelter of the island, I imagine I'll be okay.

I'm reading "The Command of the Ocean: A Naval history of Britain,
1649 – 1815" and it makes me want to either watch "Master and
Commander" again or weigh anchor and venture out into the Strait to
board a northbound liner and take her a prize. Successful captains
made a lot of money doing so before navies started to care more about
advancing national strategy than lining their sailor's pockets, and
it strikes me as an excellent way to both prevent boredom and finance
the cruise. Can you imagine what I could get for a modern luxury
liner in an Admiralty Prize Court?