This morning we slept in, made breakfast, and got a nice relaxed start to the day. Very nice after the very long day yesterday (64nm or so) from Rescue Bay to Lewall Inlet. Today we cruised just 8nm or so down to Pruth Bay. Kali left a couple hours before us, and they were all ready for a walk on the beach by the time we arrived. We dinghied over … Read more
We opted to leave a little later than our usual zero-dark-thirty to round Cape Caution today. Normally, the driving factor is winds, which tend to build over the course of a day. In that case, leaving early lets you get the more favorable winds (as well as the worm, of course), and gets you around Cape Caution and to your destination before any afternoon blows settle in. In this case, … Read more
Forecast: Wind light becoming northwest 10 to 20 knots in the afternoon (Environment Canada Central Coast). Mostly sunny, high around 75. We didn’t have all that far to travel today (about 40nm), but we still wanted to get an early start. We were done with chores at Shearwater, and Pruth Bay—which we’d skipped on the way north—is a more fun place to spend time. We left Shearwater in thick fog, … Read more
The group was up early this morning and opted to depart Fury Cove at 7:00 a.m., rather than the “Hey let’s sleep in and leave at 9” decision we chatted about last night at dinner. I guess it’s tough not to leave with conditions like this (note the still-present fog bank out on Fitz Hugh Sound): Conditions out on Fitz Hugh were calm (and foggy), the cruise was on the … Read more