Summer 2007 Cruise – Leg 5
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Early
ChrisCraft in the Evening Sun in
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I woke up early and the sky was clear with no trace of fog
anywhere. It is often foggy off the We pulled up anchor and were underway by 0700. As we motored down Havannah Channel we
could see My Captain had his binoculars out and as we was searching
the north shore line for wildlife he spotted our friends We hailed them on the VHF and had a nice chat. We wrote a story about their lovely boat
for Passage Maker and they said they have been stopped by all kinds of people
who read the article and were happy to recognize them out on the water. They had launched their trailerable boat
this year in As we turned north into Sunderland Channel we noticed that
the same fishing boat that we had seen last summer was still aground on It had been a great two and a half hours on Once we were settled and Kona had a run on the beach we got our gear out and headed out to the Midgham Islets just outside the entrance to the harbor. There did not appear to be much current on the surface as we tied the Catch-Up off from the shore and threw the anchor off the stern to keep her off the rocks. The dive was pleasant but there was current as we swam to ninety feet off the southern tip of the islet. We let the water push us back towards the tender and came up after about twenty-five minutes under. We decided to explore the narrows at Whirlpool Rapids to see if that might be a good spot to dive tomorrow. We went past the light at Carterer Point in Wellbore Channel and were disappointed to find it wasn’t very deep there. We continued just a bit further south and found a deep hole off of the small unnamed islet across from Whirlpool Rapids. We thought it would make a good dive spot and it seemed to be out of the current enough that we could dive without too much trouble. We put it in our plans for diving tomorrow. We were able to get cell phone reception in the anchorage which somewhat surprised us. We caught up on our e-mail and did some photography editing. Over four hundred dolphin pictures take a bit of time to sort through! By the end of the day there were fifteen boats anchored
along with us. Again we were pleased
we had left early for transit in I spent the rest of the day working on making bug screens for the two pilot house doors. It was a beautiful warm sunny day and we enjoyed a barbeque dinner and a relaxing and peaceful evening. |
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Sunny Morning and Cloudy Afternoon |
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Sea Foam in |
I woke up at 0530 as the boat nearby was raising their anchor and heading out to either take advantage of smooth seas in Johnstone Strait or meet the current in Whirlpool Rapids at slack tide. Our dive time today was 1300 so we had a lazy relaxing start to the morning. By 1130 all the boaters in the anchorage had left and we had the place all to ourselves. But, as we expected, we were only alone for about an hour and in came a small sailboat. As we put our dive gear together and motored away in the Catch-Up another boat, the MV Break Time, motored into the anchorage. As we approached slack in Whirlpool Rapids we expected to see more boaters coming through and filling up the anchorage again for the day. My Captain had been experiencing engine difficulties with
our 50hp Mercury outboard. We had
bought gas in We had managed to get to the islet that we wanted to dive from and tied to it. Rick tried several attempts to make things right to no avail. The good thing was that when the current switched it would push us back in the direction of the anchorage not away from it and we could probably paddle the boat back but it would be difficult. After several attempts to make things right we used our
VHF and radioed the Break Time in Gary and his wife, Betty, had just settled into the
anchorage but pulled up their anchor again and came and rescued us. They threw us a line and we attached it to
our bow line and they tied us off their stern cleat and away we went back to
Sea Foam. Captain Gary pulled us right
up to our boat and after my Captain thanked them and offered his diving
services to them if they might like that we untied and secured the Catch-Up
to the Sea Foam. Kona may have to be rowed to shore! But, I know my Captain. He can fix anything. He spent the rest of the afternoon trouble shooting the problem, by-passing this and that to determine where the problem might lie. Before long he was scouting around the Sea Foam trying the engine out. He determined that there was likely air in the engine and, although it wasn’t reliable, we would be able to get Kona to shore under power but we wouldn’t be straying too far from home. We will have Rick’s sister Gale bring us a new fuel filter and a new tank hose to see if that improves the situation any until we can get home and have it thoroughly looked into. Before dinner time Rick motored over to the Break Time and gave them a bottle of red wine for saving us. They said after supper they would like to come over and visit us and Rick said we would be happy to have them. He came back and informed me we were having guests so we both scrambled around and cleaned up the dinner dishes in the galley and tidied up the boat before our guests arrived. Gary and Betty from the MV Break Time came to visit and we spent a lovely evening with them talking about cruising adventures and scuba diving. They told the story of their boat disaster this summer when his raw cooling water hose to his exhaust fell off. He didn’t have his bilge pump on automatic and when his alarms finally went off he had water in his aft stateroom ruining a computer, the carpets, etc. They had guest on board that were unfamiliar with boating and of course they thought they were in danger of sinking. It was quite a mess to clean up and very unsettling so they were very sympathetic with our day’s dilemma. At 2200 we called it a night, thanked them again for their rescue efforts and retired. |
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Cloudy but warm |
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Hemming Bay Private (Hemming Bay Community)
Passing by Cordero Lodge
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We timed our departure to negotiate Whirlpool Rapids and Green Point Rapids further down the road. The Captain thought that we could have waited a bit longer and taken advantage of a flood current giving us a bit of a push on the trip. I don’t like to have any surprises when I get to any rapids, especially when the current is going with you, so I wanted to arrive at slack or as close as possible. Not much hope of turning around if things are faster than you expected. As it was, when we reached Greene Point Rapids we did enjoy about a two knot current behind us and it was still easy to negotiate the narrows. As we passed As we continued on along Cordero Channel we passed the
Cordero Lodge. We had visited this
dock several years ago in our tender when we were anchored in the bay west of
the We decided not to spend the night in Shoal Bay as we had
gone for a short hike there on our way up so we continued on to Hemming Bay
in Nodales Channel, on the east side of East Thurlow Island and on the west side across from Thurston Bay
Marine Park. We have been to We entered into After lunch we weighed anchor and headed south towards
Okisollo Channel at the north end of We arrived at Lower Rapids at slack and there was no trouble negotiating the current there or at Upper Rapids. Other boats were also coming through yet another high current area, Hole in the Wall, from the north into Okisollo Channel. There is often a flurry of activity in these areas as all boaters move in and around the rapids near or at slack water. We turned into the narrow opening at Bodega Anchorage to
get to the more protected inside anchorages inside the The engine on the Catch-Up was working for now but only if we did not go very fast, asking only for a small amount of fuel at any given time. The Captain has determined it is either a clogged fuel filter from the water in our gas earlier or the hand squeeze pump that primes the fuel from the gas tank to the engine is malfunctioning. I was relieved to know that if the engine konked out again at least Kona could get to shore with Rick moving the tender along the shore line to get to land. We decided to take our prawn traps out to our favorite prawning location and on the way back stop at the cabin where everyone hangs an “art” object with their boat name on it. After we laid the traps down we motored over there and found our mobile from last year on the north wall just to the right of the back door. We signed the guest book again and spent some time looking around at all the art objects that boaters had created. The owners of this cabin must maintain the “museum” because everything is neat and tidy and the floor is even swept. All the “creations” are in good shape with no broken bits or things hanging in disarray. We returned to the Sea Foam, had a late supper and retired to read. Rain fell after dark but we didn’t care if it rained all during the night and saved the sunshine for during the day! |
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August 11th, 2007 |
Cloudy with Rainy periods |
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Kona Wanna Be At
MV Polar Bear Navigating Narrow Shallow Exit From |
After breakfast we checked the traps and were disappointed to find only eight prawns and as many red rock crabs. A prawn trap that caught crabs – go figure. We thought that we might have put it in the wrong spot so we relocated it more carefully and left it down again. Today was a dive day so we returned home and got our gear ready for a dive at 1300. I looked through my dive log and determined where we had dove there three years ago from the chart I included and I had made comments about seeing a dog fish (looks just like a small shark), lots of swimming scallops (look like grandma’s dentures swimming along by opening and shutting) and a Puget Sound King Crab in the shallows. I had rated this dive as an 8. We did again see a dog fish almost in the same spot and at the very beginning of the dive just like last time as well. We didn’t see nearly as many swimming scallops and we didn’t linger in the shallower water where we had seen the crab last time as the current had picked up. On our way back from the dive we checked our prawn traps again and found only ten and more rock crabs, all too small to bother with. This had always been a productive spot for us but obviously not this year. We brought the traps up and motored back to the Sea Foam. The rest of the day was spent indoors as it was pouring rain all day. At least all our scuba gear was getting a good fresh water rinse out on the upper deck! We hoped tomorrow would be a sunny day as we were planning
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August 12th, 2007 |
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Trail to
Rain Stopped in Time For Lunch
Blue Heron in a Rain Storm |
The day was not much improved and we woke up to rain. We decided to plan our hike anyway and wear our rain gear. If the sun came out we could just stuff it all into our knapsack along with the picnic lunch and camara and carry on. The hike to It was low tide so we took the Catch-Up in as far as we could and waded into shore in our water shoes. We hauled out the anchor on about forty feet of line and Rick hung our fifteen pound weight off the bow line of the Catch-up to keep it off the beach when the tide came in. On our return the water would be up and we would be able to pick the anchor up off the beach and pull the Catch-Up in to us. We changed our shoes to hiking boats and started on our way. The trail is mostly level and in old growth forest with a
bark mulch floor. At the first fork in
the trail if you go to the right you go to the had of Small Inlet and that is
about a twenty minute walk. If you go
to the left you are headed for Last time we walked here we saw a bit of water through the trees on our right. We thought we had arrived but it turned out to be a slough. I thought, incorrectly, that this was the lake and I was disappointed to think I had hiked all this way for a bug filled bog! That was not the lake but its overflow. We carried on and found the beautiful crystal clear lake. There are large smooth rock cliffs along one side and when we were here last there were several young people diving from there so we had stopped and lunch along the shoreline. Today there was no one around so we walked to the cliffs. It was still raining and getting a good picture of the lake was going to be difficult. We did manage to have lunch in a brief moment when the rain decided to stop. We will climb up here again next year and hopefully the sun will be shining! On our return down the trail we met with two kayakers who
had come from We returned to the beach to find the Catch-Up floating away from shore, we pulled up the anchor line and climbed in without any problems. As we were leaving one of the kayakers came out through the woods and I was surprised to see him back from the lake so quickly. When I expressed that he said it wasn’t much of a lake and they were unable to catch any fish. I then realized that they had also seen the slough area and thought it was the lake. Because we had more snow this year and not much hot summer weather, the slough when I first saw it was all but dried up but this year it was more substantial and they had mistaken it for the lake. I felt bad that I hadn’t pointed out that possibility to them but I forgot all about it until I saw them standing on the beach so soon after meeting them on the trail. We got back to the boat and we were wet and tired. After having a hot shower we enjoyed a hot supper, a good book and a restful sleep. Tomorrow we would weight anchor and head further south. |
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Octopus Islands, Surge Narrows Store, Bold Island |
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August 13th, 2007 |
Cloudy morning, sunny by |
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Tusko Rock,
Float Homes at
Closed Historic
View from Bold
Lovely Oysters From Bold Island |
Many of the other boats in The sun had finally decided to come out and our trip down
Okisollo Channel at 1030 was lovely.
There were two sailboats in front of us that would be going through
the pass at slack as well. As if you
don’t have enough to think about there is a threatening “alligator” rock,
Tusko Rock, which protrudes into the narrows from the north shore. Being low tide we could easily see it along
with the help of the summer kelp forest growing all around it. We made the pass without incident and turn
north to pay a visit to the Surge Narrows General Store on the west side of I had read in a magazine about this general store and how it was restored to its original condition from the 1920’s. I wanted to see the old-time country store and perhaps buy some gifts and a head of lettuce from the local green thumbs in the area. As we approached we saw the buildings but two small boats
were on the dock and a sign hung on the building saying “Sorry, we’re
closed”. Oh well, on to Bold I was in luck as the report was from August 9th and there were no closures in the area where we would be going. Yee-haw! An oyster feast tonight!! We anchored near the oyster farm across the way from the
beach I need to go to and had a lovely view out over Sutil Channel to
Dunsterville Islet and the southwest tip of I spent the rest of the afternoon preparing the oysters. I steam them open, pluck the little lovelies from their shells and prepare a batter to pan fry them in. After supper we relaxed and made some phone calls and caught up on our e-mail. Tomorrow we will hike to |
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August 14th, 2007 |
Sunny |
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Ship to Shore in
Bold
Village Bay Lake to the North taken from the Bridge
Village Bay Lake looking south
Trail from the Lake back To
Soaking Up Some Sun
Low Tide at Bold
Clam Gathering
Job Complete Time to Return to the Mothership
Lovely Manilla Clams |
Another beautiful day in the neighborhood. Low tide would be at 1300 today so we decided to go to the lake for a picnic first and then on to dig for clams after that. We packed up our swimming gear and a picnic lunch and away we went. We tied the Catch-Up to shore with a lot of anchor line out much like we did for our hike to Newton Lake. We headed off on Bold Island Road and turned left onto Surge Narrows Road. We crossed the little bridge over Village Bay Lake and took the trail just past the parking area on the left. The scrub brush comes right to the edge of the trail as you walk but the trail is good and an easy walk to the lake. The rocks we swam from last time we were here were occupied with other young swimmers so we found another location that was warm, sunny and private. After a refreshing dip we had lunch and carried on back to the Catch-Up. We didn’t want to miss the low tide for digging up our clams and collecting a few more oysters. The Catch-Up was waiting for us and I stayed on the beach and chose small sweet oysters for oyster linguine and Rick took Kona back to the Sea Foam and fetched my clam shovel. He returned without Kona, (it was too hot for her) and together we dug up a bucket full of manilla clams for clam chowder soup. While the Captain spent the rest of the afternoon doing
boat chores I shucked oysters and steamed clams. We needed to get all things prepared for
our We enjoyed a feed of pan fried oysters and relaxed after supper with a good book. Tomorrow would be a busy day of boat clean up and incoming crew. We retired early after enjoying a beautiful sunset in our anchorage. |
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Bold
Island to Heriot Bay Marina, to Rebecca Spit, Quadra Island |
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August 15thth, 2007 |
Clear Blue Sunny Sky |
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Shore Duty Rebecca Spit
Leaving
Ali, Kona and CA First Kayak Trip Rebecca Spit
Niki’s First Lesson
Niki – Like A Duck to Water
Off and Away
Gale in the Setting Sun Rebecca Spit
Our New Teak Bowl Full of Red Rock Crab
Crab Dinner for our Guests |
After breakfast we started getting ready to head to the
Heriot Bay Marina for We had a text message from Rick’s sister Gale, that she
will be on the At When I got finished my shore duties Rick was almost finished his. It was really hot in the marina and there was little breeze making its way into the area. We decided that when Gale, Niki and Ali arrived we would leave the dock and go back to Rebecca Spit and anchor for the night. The breeze would be lovely, this was predicted to be the last sunny day for about four more days and the kids would probably like to kayak around along the beach and go exploring. Our guests arrived and we greeted them with great fanfare, hugs and smiles. Captain Rick went into the hotel and got a permit to leave the car parked in their lot for our time away for three dollars a day. The car would be safe and ready for when Gale and the kids head back home. We untied at the dock, paid five dollars for the use of power and water and moved off to anchor in Rebecca Spit again for the night. After stowing away all our guests’ gear we had a leisurely putt over to Rebecca Spit again and anchored. The Captain got the kayaks down from the roof of the pilot house and we tied them to the Catch-Up and headed for the beach. After the kids were shown a few things about kayaking they were off and paddling about in the anchor while the adults visited and sipped cool beverages on the beach. The evening was gorgeous and as the sun moved lower on the horizon we returned to the Sea Foam for supper. Gale brought several gifts for us including wine and
several items from her store in We enjoyed a feast of rock crabs while we caught up on news and Gale and Rick told stories about their childhood antics. We retired at 0100 after another busy but enjoyable day on the water. |
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Rebecca Spit, Quadra Island to Gorge Harbour, Cortes Island |
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August 16th, 2007 |
Cloudy with a few sunny periods |
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Ali Keeping a Sharp Look-out At the Helm
Suitcases for Steps Will Have to Do
New Navigators |
We took our time getting started in the morning and weighed anchor at noon from Rebecca Spit. The clouds were moving in and we motored slowly over to Cortes Island. The wind was picking up from the south and we were being rained on. Niki and Ali took turns at the wheel. They needed to be boosted up or they were unable to see over the wheel. Ali was keeping a close watch for passing whales but had to be content with only a few seal sightings. When one child was driving the other joined Gale at the pilot house bench to watch the charts and survey the surrounding area. Many years ago Gale spent two years sailing around on a forty foot sailing vessel in the South Pacific. She is glad to be back out on the water again after much too long a time away from it! Uganda Passage is a thin, narrow and winding pass that separates Cortes Island From Marina Island. It is easily negotiated as along as you know your navigational aids and you pay attention to your sounder. Shark Spit is long and low with beautiful sand beaches. We had a discussion about which side of the red marker we should be traveling on with the adage, “Red Right, Returning”. Through this narrow passage on our approach from the west, the red marker was on our port side. You have to remember that it is assumed you are “returning” from the south. If you aren’t familiar or aware, you might try to take this passage with the red marker on your right and get yourself into a big problem! The green markers keep you off the tip of Shark Spit which is covered at high tide. As we entered the narrow “gorge” at There is a marina in the harbor and a store, liquor agency, video rentals, kayak rentals, propane and wireless internet. We have noted throughout this trip that almost every marina we passed or stayed at now has wireless internet as part of its amenities. We anchored at the head of the bay to the west of the entrance and settled down for a good first day visit with our guests. We enjoyed a seafood lasagna made with prawns and crab, good wine and lively conversation. |
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Gorge Harbour to Shark Spit, to Gorge Harbour |
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Entrance to Looking South
Enter the Gorge
Markers at Uganda Passage Shark Spit
The Return of the Kayakers
Campfire Builders
Weenie Roast Shark Spit |
Today’s excursion is to Shark Spit. The weather was not great for the day but we were going to wear our wet gear and have a weenie roast on the beach. We motored over to Shark Spit and got into position to anchor off the beach. It shallows very quickly here and before we knew it we were in five feet of water with the Sea Foam! We moved away and got anchored and took the Catch-Up the rest of the way into shore towing the kayaks along with us. The sky was darkening and the wind was picking up but it would blow the kids into shore rather than away so we didn’t mind them kayaking around. We went to shore and explored finding two kayak camps that had firepits, outhouses and picnic tables. There was even kindling and paper to build a fire for our weenie roast. Gale and I got the fire going and Rick made sure it stayed lit. There were nice bench seats all around the fire to sit on while we got lunch ready. The kids returned from kayaking and we munched on roasted weenies cooked over the hot coals. The wind was picking up and the tide was starting to rise. It started to spit rain so we decided to head back to the Sea Foam and Gorge Harbour where we knew our anchorage was bomb proof. The Catch-Up was difficult to get out of the sand put we managed to twist it and turn it and pull and get it floating again. When that boat gets stuck in the sand it’s difficult to wiggle out eleven hundred pounds! It’s not like a small rubber ducky that you can almost pick right up. We got back to the Sea Foam and headed back to Gorge Harbour to anchor in our same area. We settled down for dinner and enjoyed lively conversation and a good movie afterwards. We retired with hopes for better weather tomorrow morning. |
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Gorge
Harbour to Mitlenatch Island, to Gorge Harbour
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Mitlenatch Anchorage
Colorful Pebbles On
CA Waiting on the Beach With Kona – No Dogs Allowed
Designated Trails Throughout the
Glaucous Winged Gull Babies with their Moms
Hen and Chick
Niki and Gale Behind a Blind
Happy Gale Behind a Blind
Sky from our
Mitlenatch Summer Flowers
Resident Seals at Mitlenatch |
Today the winds were predicted to be light but the sun was
not expected to shine. Tomorrow was to
be a better day so we decided to take a trip to There are few anchorages at this island and the best protected area is very shallow and has room for only one or two boats. We pulled into the anchorage at the east end of the island and found two sailboats already anchored. Ali had a great surprise finding the rocks covered with seals basking in the sun. One of the sailboats told us they were leaving but it was too difficult to negotiate in the tight anchorage while waiting for him to pull out so we abandoned the idea of anchoring in there. The wind had picked up and was blowing into the spot which didn’t make matters any easier. As we motored out of the small bay the other sailboat made away as well. Rather than go back we head around to the north side of the island where there is a large beach area and anchored in 45 feet of water. We loaded into the Catch-Up and slowly motored into shore. The beach was covered with small, smooth colorful pebbles. The sound of the gulls on the rocks and overhead was loud. I stayed behind on the beach with Kona (no dogs allowed on the island) while Rick, Gale, Nik and Ali wandered around on the trails taking pictures and watching the birds from behind the blinds that have been positioned to observe the birds and their young. Inside the blinds are posters telling you all about the species of birds in the area and their habits and breeding patterns. When everyone returned we got back into the Catch-Up and slowly traveled along the shoreline so Ali and Nik could take more pictures of the seals lining all the rocks around the island. Sea lions are reported to be in the area as well but we didn’t see any today. Our tour of the island was over so we headed back to our
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Gorge
Harbour to Manson Bay, (Hague Lake) to Gorge Harbour
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Leaving Gorge for Manson’s Landing Manson’s Lagoon
Manson’s Lagoon (L.toR.) Niki,
Gale in Fresh Water Kona Likes Fresh Water Fetching |
Our plan for today was to take the Sea Foam out of the Gorge and over to Manson’s Landing to anchor. Because the Catch-Up is still acting up we can’t depend on her to take us the distances we are used to going in her with. We would motor over to the public dock in the Catch-Up and walk the short distance along Manson’s Lagoon, onto the trail and down to Hague Lake for a fresh water swim. After breakfast we packed up our beach clothes and a picnic for our day at the Lake. When we came out of the Gorge and motored into Manson Bay we were surprised to see how deep the water was. The public dock was full and there were several sail boats anchored along the shore line but we didn’t want to leave the boat so exposed when we would be away for the day. We decided to anchor at the head of the bay and use a stern tie. The water was twenty feet deep just off the rocks so it was a good, secure spot to leave the boat for the day. We motored off to the dock in Catch-Up but she continued to sputter and spit and just about konk out. I read in the Waggoner that there is a history “Mansons Landing Store” about three quarters of a mile up the road to the right of the public dock. I wanted to check out the store that is reported to sell organic foods and look into the attached book store but Ali has a broken foot and that much of a walk would have been too hard for her. There is apparently a post office and library and a small market across the street from the historic store. We tied up and started off walking to the lake. Once we got on the lagoon side we realized the tide was high enough that we could have brought the Catch-Up right into the lagoon with all our stuff and had a shorter distance to walk. Ali has a broken foot and shouldn’t be walking much so that would have been a better idea. We have never done it that way but we noticed that two other boaters had brought their tenders in so we will consider that possibility for next year. When we arrived at the lake, after about a ten minute walk, it was gorgeous but the water was very high on the beach leaving little room for parking towels and sitting etc. We thought the lake must be high because of all the rain we have had this year. We spent the day swimming and sunning and headed back down
the trail to the Catch-Up waiting at the government dock at Manson’s
Landing. We boarded the Sea Foam and
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Gorge
Harbour to Rebecca Spit (Taku Resort), Quadra Island
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Rainy and Cloudy |
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Taku Resort
Taku Resort Docks
Resort Cabins
View from Resort Cabins Across Rebecca Spit
Happy Galley Helper (photo by Niki)
Resting Captain Happy with his Crew (photo by Niki) |
Last night the south easterlies blew hard in our anchorage and I was awake most of the night. At one point the Captain got up and made reference to our position in relation to the boat next to us. I heard the anchor chain twice either rubbing along the ground or dragging. I got up and noticed that we were now slightly behind the guy next to us so now I was wondering if we were dragging or had the chain just stretched out. Needless to say, I was on anchor watch. Once morning came the winds had died but were predicted to increase again from the south up to twenty knots. I encouraged the Captain and the crew to get a move on because I didn’t want the residue waves from last night to be further increased with another blow up. We had to cross Sutil Channel to get back to Rebecca Spit and the waves would be on our port beam making the six nautical crossing uncomfortable if the waves had a chance to build up. We headed off by 0900 and were tied up at Taku Resort at Rebecca Spit by 1100. This resort had a much better view of the surrounding area and had laundry facilities and water, both of which we needed. The Heriot Bay grocery store was also nearby and where we had left the car after picking up Gale and the kids. We left the Captain in charge of laundry and Gale, Nik,
Ali and I went to get the car, some groceries and then returned to the Sea
Foam to see if the Captain wanted to come for a ride in the car for some
island exploration. He declined so we
headed off without him. We went to see
the Gale bought a beautiful large pottery bowl for a centre
piece for her teak dining room table.
It turned out that the man and his wife who made the pieces were also
from We returned to the Sea Foam and found that the Captain had completed the laundry and had returned with someone’s baby socks and another unidentified sock. All our stuff was accounted for. He had also succeeded in uploading all the new information and pictures to the log so a celebration was in order. Gale and the kids will be shoving off tomorrow back to |
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