Blenkinsop Bay was calm and beautiful this morning. A tiny bit of fog laying low on the water, but clear besides that.
Unfortunately, our timing wasn’t great for the current in Johnstone, and we had as much as 3.8kts against us in some places. We expected current against us, just perhaps not quite that much, and for as long.
Luckily though, some of our Pacific white-sided dolphin friends from yesterday came back to distract us from how slow we were going (and also maybe to get some boost as they made their way against the annoying current too)!
There were three that would ride the bow wake for a while, then peel off and surf along the starboard side, even jumping out of the water occasionally! What a blast. We’re going 5 knots (and sometimes 4.something, even with the RPMs up to 1450 from our usual 1200) but oh well. We have dolphins.
Kevin put the 360 camera on a stick and held it down near water level while recording and OMG did he get some fabulous footage!! Seriously, check out this video…even if you already watched the one from yesterday.
I love it so much!!
By the time we were approaching Campbell River (we’d planned to just drop anchor across in Gowlland Harbour for the night) we had 3kts of current pushing us out toward Cape Mudge, so we opted to go farther (you’re sensing a theme here, right?) After weighing options, we chose Lund! We haven’t been to Lund in a few years, and it wasn’t THAT much farther, AND this is what the Strait of Georgia looked like today, so why not??
We made it to Lund by about 4:30pm (after 66nm from Blenkinsop Bay this morning…9.5 hours travel time). We tied up on Breakwater No. 1 and then dinghied into the dock for an early dinner at the Boardwalk Restaurant.
It was so nice out (kinda hot, actually) that we decided to take the dinghy for a little exploring around the outer rocky coastline.
We motored around and enjoyed the beautiful evening, and now we’re back on Airship. Not sure yet where we’ll go tomorrow (besides south). Guess we’ll know in the morning!
