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The Canadian military does their war exercising in the strait of Georgia, North of Nanaimo. Every now and then they activate that area to keep people out of it, especially those pesky boaters.

I remember many years ago, studying marine charts of the area and plotting (on paper) my course around the military exercise area. I noticed the area ran inside of a couple small islands, the Ballinas Islands. There was a space of about a half mile between the islands and the exercise area, about the width of the islands themselves. I figured I could save myself time and fuel if I thread the gap.

I suppose I could have been roundly chastised for my impertinence. In fact, the gentleman that called me on the radio was very polite. Would I please turn my boat around and go out the way I came in.

Copy that.