We left Sunday Harbour in the dark (again) this morning, planning to get ALL of Johnstone Strait behind us today.
We had just a touch of fog this morning, which eventually cleared to this:
…which eventually cleared to this:
We had a great boost of current this morning, and at about the max current against us for the day we had only about a half a knot against us. Complaints = zero.
Our original goal was to get most of Johnstone Strait behind us (since conditions were so favorable), making it another long day (69nm) to Kanish Bay. But then we’d have to leave in the dark again in the morning to hit the 6:30am slack at Seymour Narrows (an hour south of Kanish Bay)….so Missie proposed anchoring for dinner at Kanish Bay, then hitting the 7pm tonight slack at Seymour, moving down to Gowlland Harbour tonight, and not having to get up and go in the dark for the third day in a row.
Not far from Kanish Bay we spotted a handful of Pacific white-sided dolphins, but unlike last year when we had an entourage escort a good way down Johnstone Strait, these guys were busy and didn’t come play with Airship. I snapped a quick photo of a fin but that’s about it.
We dropped anchors in Kanish Bay and made late lunch/early dinner, watched some race cars (the Dutch Grand Prix), while we waited a bit to go catch the late slack at Seymour Narrows.
It was warm and sunny all afternoon, and it was nice to break up the long day!
After we got through Seymour Narrows, we continued down to Gowlland Harbour (across from Campbell River) and dropped the anchor for the night (at just after 8pm).
Like many sunsets do, this one just kept getting more and more dramatic.
Melissa Lynn with moon, Gowlland Harbour:
Good night!