Day 4 to Wallace Island

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Leigh and Dameon make an impressive run after leaving Victoria, in the lead for the first 2 hours and staying in the front quarter of the pack throughout the day, often making 5 knots. Smooth water and light winds negated some of the advantages of the sailboats. While many of the larger sail boats headed for the main channel leading to the Georgia Strait, Mursu’s maneuverability allowed them to cut the corner between Prevost and North Pender Island, then up the Trincomali Channel. With the sun setting Team Backwards AF had only a handful of boats ahead of them. But as they made camp at Cabin Bay on Wallace Island the sailboats asserted themselves and pressed on. There is a video of Dameon and Leigh rowing on the R2AK website (or below).