With another blustery day in the forecast, we opted for an earlier departure from Sidney Spit. We got into Roche at 0750, just before the Customs Office opening time of 0800. While dialling up to clear on the Customs phone, the dock officer showed up for his opening shift, so I asked him which would be preferred and he said to hang up and just wait for him to open up. As we proceeded to check in he began to inform us that we shouldn’t have touched dock prior to his opening -which was new to me. After I produced our BR number, he then acknowledged that it was okay. Originally unsure whether to stay or continue on to Stuart, we elected to stay and pulled in to the guest docks for slip assignment. After securing the boat we went up to grab a coffee and met up with Todd and Cheryl -owners of BWY. They were taking a well deserved week off after hosting their annual rendezvous at Friday Harbour. There were 2 other 26Ms there, and later on met up with a 3rd mac owner that trailered out from eastern WA with his daughter. We had enjoyed a lot of the creature comforts last time we were here, so the girls already had a list of ‘to do’s. But new to us on this visit were the Bocci courts up by the old lime furnaces. Dad and Elsa OWNED the courts as we played a couple of games. More Photos