Thursday 25th June.

Eric had invited us to go clam digging with him.  This morning was the first day with suitable tides and weather.  So he picked us, and Terry and Jeannine – another boating couple (Cristata), and took us to his sister’s beach.  Evonne joined us, and we dug several buckets of clams.  Several shells were broken during the digging process.  We would leave the unbroken shells in a bucket of sea water for a couple of days, and they would very kindly clean themselves of sand ready for us to eat them!.  The broken shelled clams are unable to clean themselves so we decided to eat them, on Quinita with Terry and Jeannine, in the evening. 

It was a dry and mostly sunny day in the marina, but the wind was howling – a little disconcerting for launch day and the slip we’ve been assigned was tucked into a corner.  We had the significant advantage however of being able to visit the slip in advance and decide on a plan for docking Quinita.  The launch went well, as did the docking plan.  Quinita feels so much better afloat than on dry land! 

We tidied up the boat a little, and Terry and Jeannine joined us for dinner.  Jeannine taught us how to steam clams and they were delicious with garlic butter.  Terry and Jeannine have been cruising around the world for 20 years and regaled us of many of their adventures.