I took about a hundred pictures and about 10 minutes of video. No idea if anything turned out. I guess we will see.<\/p>\n
Words cannot express the joy that watching dolphins play brings. It’s like a more exuberant baby’s laugh, kittens on the attack, a drunken game of tag… We both feel so privileged.<\/p>\n
Eventually a passing power boat lured away the last two or three stragglers and we sailed on with smiles on our faces.<\/p>\n
The wind died around Sargeant Passage and we furled the jib, leaving the main up in case the winds picked up crossing Knight Inlet. No such luck. We dropped the main before heading into Chatham Channel and waved as Mariners Compass motored by.<\/p>\n
Down the Channel we slowed to let R Shack Island gain some distance before we hit the narrow part. The current picked up to about 5 knots in our favour as we turned to follow the transits. To negotiate the narrow part one must align two red signs and keep them aligned. That ensures you are on the right path through the channel. The current kept the boat slightly askew making it much easier to keep the transits in view, but made it seem like were a tad cockeyed in our steering.<\/p>\n
R Shack took the long wide way around Hull Island and we took the shorter narrower side with extra rocks. We missed the rocks.<\/p>\n
Out the other died we were now in front and facing the opening to Johnstone Strait so the wind and waves were up. As we rounded the curve into Port Harvey we saw a big log boom being towed by an old tug. Apparently others had met this boom going through Chatham Passage but I was nervous enough with him and the width of the bay.<\/p>\n
I decide to go up wind of him with the logic that at least the boom would blow away from us. All was fine. Up the bay and Port Harvey Marine Resort finally appeared from behind an island. We radioed in and the tied up in front of Arcturus after doing a 180 off the pier. My moment of docking triumph was ruined when bow got a bit too close and they had to push it off the wharf. Sigh.<\/p>\n
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We cleaned up, tied some serious spring lines and watched R Shack come in bow first, neatly avoiding the necessity for a 180.<\/p>\n
After we were all tied up I cracked a beer and relaxed in the sun. A finer day I could not imagine.<\/p>\n
Tonight they are offering pizza for the group at the restaurant but we are begging off to cook the chicken thighs before they go off. Looks like everyone else will be going though. Might pop in for a drink.<\/p>\n
A skippers meeting in Corus –who arrives an hour or so after us — set tomorrow’s destination at Blind Channel, so we will be off at 8am down the Johnstone Strait trying to catch the favourable tides. If we leave at 8 we should be in before 2pm if we don’t dawdle.<\/p>\n
La had a lie down and I went in search of rumoured wifi.<\/p>\n
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