With itchy feet we decided it was time to move onto the next major sound.  Syntropy and Euphoria had already left as we motored out of  the Bunsby's in loverly weather.  Heidi turned round to me and said "the only thing to make this perfect would be if we saw a bear now"  and as she said it we looked over and saw a bear wandering on the beach we had been walking on the day before!

After a couple of hours of motoring inside the barrier islands we cruised carefully into the small community of Walters Cove.  This truly was a small fishing community cut off from the rest of the world.  There was no cell signal and no roads. 

On getting off the boat and heading onto the main dock, we bumped into a couple of people, one of which owned the "inn" that we had seen a big sign for as we cam in the entrance.  She told us a little about the settlement and advised us the general store would open at 1pm.  We then went for a walk 'through town".  The main drag was a path that ran just behind the shore and wound its way through peoples front and back gardens. 

It must have taken all of 15 minutes to walk end to end!. At the east end we found the café.  The door was open and so we went in but were told they were only just setting up for summer and they weren't open for business so we pottered back to the boat.  At 1pm we were there as the general store opened to see what produce they might have (precious little) and so we only took some milk and bread, headed back to the boat and navigated carefully out of the cove. Having seen all we could see at Walter's cove, and knowing that some weather was due to come in the next day, we sought shelter at the back of the sound in a beautiful little anchorage called Dixie Cove.  As we came in we found all our friends (Club Paradise, Syntropy and Euphoria)  had run to the same bolt hole   This evening it was Euphoria's turn to host appies and we had yet another social evening swapping stories and plans.

11 June - Hiding in Dixie cove as the storm passes.

Even within the incredible sheltered anchorage at Dixie cove, we were still woken early by some strong gusty winds.  This was accompanied by torrential rain that kept coming the whole day.  The wind stayed strong all morning and we were very glad of the shelter inside the cove, and thankful we hadn't plumped for anything less than the most sheltered spot we could find.  With time on our hands we decided to have a sort out of all the nuts, bolts, washers and odds and sods that we had collected on the boat.  Half way through this good rainy day exercise, Kevin came over from Syntropy to help us troubleshoot our engine starting problems.  He educated us on the intricacies of engine wiring looms and we checked all the connections.  Nothing was obviously wrong but since reattaching all the connections we haven't had any further problems (so far!) with the engine starting.  Perhaps BeTrue just wanted us to learn about the wiring and knew Kevin was going to be able to help!. That evening the weather calmed and we went over at Syntropy for appies and more tall tales of sailing adventures!