Kevin Morris 
Saturday – We opted to leave our nice calm spot in Smuggler Cove this morning and go south down the Strait of Georgia rather than waiting for tomorrow, even though we knew there was a chance it would be bumpy. The forecasted wind (15-20kts except near Vancouver Island 25kts) would be from the NW, which means mainly behind us, but still with a long fetch where the waves could build. … Read more
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 … Read more
Skull Cove was shrouded in fog when we woke this morning…no surprise really. We pulled our anchor and slowly motored through the narrow opening. The fog kept us company off and on (mostly on) until we reached Johnstone Strait. Our original plan was 47nm from Skull Cove to Mound Island (about 6.5 hours) but we decided to go farther, and aimed for Port Neville (71nm). We had some pretty swift … Read more
We made lunch at Fury Cove, the other two boats left (they maybe had been waiting for the fog to burn off), and after a whole lot of overthinking by me, we decided to get around Cape Caution this afternoon instead of waiting for morning. It could be a little bumpy, but current conditions don’t seem bad (wind under 10kts, Egg Island 1ft chop), so off we went. It was … Read more
We woke to socked in fog yesterday morning in Troup Narrows, so we decided that since our cruise up Roscoe Inlet promised spectacular scenery, we’d wait for the fog to burn off before heading out. We ended up pulling the anchor around 11am. Roscoe Inlet definitely does not disappoint. Sheer granite cliffs and giant domes, towering peaks, beautiful fjord atmosphere…it’s a lot like cruising up Tracy or Endicott Arm…even Ford’s … Read more
So Troup Narrows fully delivered (well, except for the crab closure, but that’s fine). As you can see from the spoiler feature photo, we got some fantastic aurora last night. But we’ll start earlier in the day. Kevin got some great aerials of the anchorage and surrounds after we arrived and got settled: We all dinghied around Troup Passage and did some exploring. This is at the head of our … Read more
We left Kent Inlet on Thursday morning as the fog was clearing…another beautiful day so far! We cruised a slightly longer day (39nm) to Rescue Bay, where we put a couple crab traps down. A little later, we saw a green-hulled Selene approaching from Jackson Narrows…could it be Scott on Impulse? Yes it could! Awesome! So we chatted with him and his friend Tracy and made a plan to cruise … Read more
I set the alarm for 6am this morning, thinking we’d get an early start, but it was still fully dark (oops) at 6am, so we snoozed and left at 7am instead. We had a beautiful cruise down the east side of Campania Island (Squally Channel, not squally today) into Campania Sound and Caamaño Sound before tucking into Racey Inlet and cruising all the way to the head of the bay … Read more