We decided to leave Shearwater this morning at 7am for the 50nm cruise down to Fury Cove. Conditions still foggy, but not AS foggy. As we were about to turn east into Lama Passage, I noticed a big circle of what maybe was bait fish, but it looked different than the usual surface disturbance from the fish…and sure enough, pretty soon a big humpback mouth came up right in the … Read more
We left Kent Inlet yesterday — a couple hours before low slack at Philip Narrows with a few knots of current pushing us through. More fog, but it eventually cleared not long before we turned into scenic Jackson Passage. The current was pushing us along at a good clip through the narrows, but still no issue (and we were traveling the same direction as the kelp was flowing, so that’s … Read more
Our plan this morning was to leave Shearwater between 8:30am-9am. We were hopeful that the fuel barge had come during the night…Shearwater was out of diesel when we arrived! Ranger Tug IF really wanted to top off here so they didn’t have to stop and hope to get fuel at Klemtu or Hartley Bay, where unanswered calls to the fuel docks couldn’t verify availability. (If Shearwater was out, maybe the … Read more
The group departed Shearwater just after 8am. Conditions were great for the entire cruise today. Conditions at Ivory Island showed 1ft chop and a low westerly swell. Perfect! Conditions were so nice, that we changed the plan mid-cruise to go further than our planned stop at Rescue Bay today….and on to Bottleneck Inlet. This takes advantage of today’s conditions, and cuts tomorrow’s 43nm cruise to Khutze Inlet to about 29nm. … Read more
Our 18nm cruise over to Shearwater was calm, punctuated by Dall’s porpoises taking turns surfing each boat’s bow and stern wakes. Always fun! Shearwater is always a welcome stop. Groceries, beer/wine/liquor, a laundromat, water, fuel, a chandlery and a hardware store, and a place to dispose of trash and recycling…what more could we ask for? We all tied up on the north side of the dock and then disbursed for … Read more
We left around 9:00 a.m. this morning. Shearwater is only 19nm from our anchorage here in Lambard Inlet, and there was no point arriving early just to find the docks at the marina still full from last night’s occupants, so we lounged around leisurely this morning before we pulled anchor. Shearwater is a busy place this time of the summer, so we made a point to call over a month … Read more