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Marine Covers and Enclosures
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the best Canvas Product Engineer!Recommended Books for reading
The Curve of Time by M. Wylie Blanchet
Following the Curve of Time (The Legendary M. Wylie Blanchet) by Cathy Converse
Fishing With John by Edith Iglauer
Full Moon Flood Tide (Bill Proctor's Raincoast) by Bill Proctor and Yvonne Maximchuk
Tide Rips & Back Eddies (Bill Proctor's Tales of Blackfish Sound) by Bill Proctor and Yvonne Maximchuk
Marinas to stop and visit
- Refuge Cove
- Toba Wilderness
- Stuart Island Community Dock
- Shoal Bay Government Wharf
- Lagoon Cove Marina
- New Vancouver Marina
- Sullivan Bay Marina
Informational websites
Pat's Boating in Canada
National Data Buoy Center
BC Marine Weather
Rockfish Conservation Areas
U. S. Customs and Border Protection
Favorite Links
BillPratt.com
Sierra College
Master Gardener Yolo County
Woodland High School
Woodland Chamber Singers
EcoFriendly
John & Rebecca Pratt's Summer 2025
to be updated throughout the summer...
May 7, Getting ready to leave
Closing up the house and getting ready takes lots of thought and prep. We left Woodland, Ca on May 7, in our old 1970 truck with our fingers crossed. All doctor appointments had been
taken care of and it was time to go. Our first stop was to see our good friend, Dennis, in Grants Pass, Oregon for a visit and to see all of his squirrels. We left after breakfast the
following morning, arriving in Edmonds, WA around 5:30 pm. Got through the Seattle traffic without too much hassle. Spent the next couple of weeks working on the boat trying to get
everything ready for bon voyage to Canada. This includes a long list of maintenance work that needs to be done on the boat to dewinterize the diesels, genset, and outboard along with
various other jobs of shopping, and storing, of necessary items that we need to bring with us for the whole summer. However, the first thing we noticed is that we have new neighobors!
We needed the zincs replaced on the shafts under the boat but the diver is not going to go swimming while these critters are arfing and barking all around. They are supposedly only here for a short time, so hopefully they are not around much longer.
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We needed the zincs replaced on the shafts under the boat but the diver is not going to go swimming while these critters are arfing and barking all around. They are supposedly only here for a short time, so hopefully they are not around much longer.
Maintenance lists...
We both pulled on our scrubs and got busy on the diesels, checking fluid levels, changing the oil and oil filters, replacing the eaten up, pencil zincs, checking over the belts for
tightness and wear and tear, and then a little brushing, scrubbing and cleaning up all around so that all is spotless and ready to rumble and roll. The genset had to have the
alternator rebuilt after it froze over Christmas time while we were warming it up for general maintenance. The belt busted and flew all over the place, so lots of cleaning up of
loose debris and returning that area as well, to its normal spotless state; and then on to changing the oil and oil filter on this little guy as well. We worked our way through things
over the course of more than a week. Sleeping well at night!
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May 21st, down one mate....
At this point, Rebecca took off for Europe, to do some bike riding in Switzerland, France and Germany, leaving John behind to finish up things still not done. She ended up visiting
Basel and Luzern, Switzerland and then riding in France and Germany and then visiting the capital of Europe, Strasbourg, France for three days of sightseeing. Lot of history and
she had an amazing trip with friends that she rides with back home. This was all arranged and handled by VBT.
Meanwhile, John was back on the boat handling plumbing needs that included a bit of cleaning inside and out and then a lot of lubing of various items throughout the boat as well.
Next, he dropped down the dinghy and worked on the outboard in order to bring it up to readiness for the summer. Forgotten anything, mate?
And, don't forget to keep an eye out for the electric inspector 
6-8-2025 La Conner, in Swinnomish Channel
An online
tide chart for La Conner is available, and a good quick resource.
We left the Port of Edmonds bright and early at 6:18 am, with a light breeze and a sunny day. Ripples all the way up to Rocky Point, and a beautiful view of Mr. Baker. Entered Swinnomish Channel about 12:30 pm and current was still against us, but slowing down. Low tide at 10:43 am today. Wharfinger on the dock, Grayson, was very helpful with current going south and and wind blowing south as well. Swung boat around on the inside of the dock with easy control of sliding over to the dock and tossing a line to Grayson. By 1:00 pm, after securing the lines and attaching the power, a quick trip to the Pioneer Market was in order, for some chicken strips and their famous potato salad to top off the day. Resting and watching the water and boats go by was a fine way to finish off a great day on the water. We are excited to hear that our friend Rich is going to take a trip up to visit us while taking his Mustang our for a run. Logging operation across the water appears to not be busy right now. No logs are piled up to be dropped into the water and then placed in logbooms, as we normally get to see from front row seats. The commercial crabbing must be closed as well, because the normal run of the local crabs boats going in and out to drop, and/or retrieve pots is not happening.
Next day down on the dock, it appears that there are a couple of new wharfingers! They appeared to be checking out our lines very closely! A $2 million dollar boat tied up alongside us and it was out on a shakedown run. It burns 160 gph running at full throttle of 60 mph. It was built for daily offshore fishing, taking 4 to 6 fishermen at one time. WOW! Also, a flashy pigeon was checking out the view of the south dock here in La Conner. Another fellow, gave us 'the look' as we walked back from the store. Might have wanted some chicken strips. Not sure!
Had to take a couple of pictures to show how empty the dock is, here in La Conner, for early June. There are great wharfingers that are hired every year and this year we met Grayson, who reports that there are 4 more of them running around to help out at the F dock (the one we are on and also called the south dock) and the G dock (also called the north dock and requires a reservation). Grayson was available to run me up to Pioneer Market to pick up some chicken strips for our travel snacks for tomorrow. Still have some prime rib left over from last Friday night's prime rib dinner at Shay's in Seattle and so we are good for a couple of days of traveling with easy to make sandwiches and finger foods (includes some healthy potato chips)! Whoa, last pictures show that you never know whom you might see walking down the main street in La Conner! Another guy taking his gal out to see the sights and pick up a few nibbles. Looks like they don't have to pay for anything, either! Go figure!
If you ever need help, the response and number that arrive, shows that they are there! Units came from Anacortes, La Conner, Skagit, Burlington, and Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, in that order in the picture from left to right. There was a 'small incident' on a boat that had pulled up down at the end of the dock and pretty soon, there were 10 personnel busy carrying equipment, walking down the dock to bring help. All is well and everyone left, and then the boat and it's two occupants also pulled out for Anacortes on just another breezy, sunny day in La Conner.
Rich showed up but he did not bring his Mustang. Great visit with him and then off he went to take care of other duties.
We left the Port of Edmonds bright and early at 6:18 am, with a light breeze and a sunny day. Ripples all the way up to Rocky Point, and a beautiful view of Mr. Baker. Entered Swinnomish Channel about 12:30 pm and current was still against us, but slowing down. Low tide at 10:43 am today. Wharfinger on the dock, Grayson, was very helpful with current going south and and wind blowing south as well. Swung boat around on the inside of the dock with easy control of sliding over to the dock and tossing a line to Grayson. By 1:00 pm, after securing the lines and attaching the power, a quick trip to the Pioneer Market was in order, for some chicken strips and their famous potato salad to top off the day. Resting and watching the water and boats go by was a fine way to finish off a great day on the water. We are excited to hear that our friend Rich is going to take a trip up to visit us while taking his Mustang our for a run. Logging operation across the water appears to not be busy right now. No logs are piled up to be dropped into the water and then placed in logbooms, as we normally get to see from front row seats. The commercial crabbing must be closed as well, because the normal run of the local crabs boats going in and out to drop, and/or retrieve pots is not happening.
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Next day down on the dock, it appears that there are a couple of new wharfingers! They appeared to be checking out our lines very closely! A $2 million dollar boat tied up alongside us and it was out on a shakedown run. It burns 160 gph running at full throttle of 60 mph. It was built for daily offshore fishing, taking 4 to 6 fishermen at one time. WOW! Also, a flashy pigeon was checking out the view of the south dock here in La Conner. Another fellow, gave us 'the look' as we walked back from the store. Might have wanted some chicken strips. Not sure!
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Had to take a couple of pictures to show how empty the dock is, here in La Conner, for early June. There are great wharfingers that are hired every year and this year we met Grayson, who reports that there are 4 more of them running around to help out at the F dock (the one we are on and also called the south dock) and the G dock (also called the north dock and requires a reservation). Grayson was available to run me up to Pioneer Market to pick up some chicken strips for our travel snacks for tomorrow. Still have some prime rib left over from last Friday night's prime rib dinner at Shay's in Seattle and so we are good for a couple of days of traveling with easy to make sandwiches and finger foods (includes some healthy potato chips)! Whoa, last pictures show that you never know whom you might see walking down the main street in La Conner! Another guy taking his gal out to see the sights and pick up a few nibbles. Looks like they don't have to pay for anything, either! Go figure!
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If you ever need help, the response and number that arrive, shows that they are there! Units came from Anacortes, La Conner, Skagit, Burlington, and Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, in that order in the picture from left to right. There was a 'small incident' on a boat that had pulled up down at the end of the dock and pretty soon, there were 10 personnel busy carrying equipment, walking down the dock to bring help. All is well and everyone left, and then the boat and it's two occupants also pulled out for Anacortes on just another breezy, sunny day in La Conner.
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Rich showed up but he did not bring his Mustang. Great visit with him and then off he went to take care of other duties.
Planning ahead...
6-11-25: Leaving in the morning, after a haircut at 9 am and then fueling up, north we go. If everyone on board has a Nexus Card, you can check-in through your cell phone once you are in Canada waters and headed to a port. You are required to call in at least
30 minutes before arriving at a port but no sooner than 4 hours. Call the Nexus reporting phone number: 866-996-39871.
After clearing customs via phone, once we have crossed into Canadian waters, who knows what is next. A couple of options include Montague Harbour, or Clam Bay, or, if tides and currents are going our way, through Dodd Narrows and Nanaimo. We'll see.
La Conner to Bedwell Harbour (roughly 46 miles) traveling approx at 8 mph, will arrive between 2 to 3 pm. 12 more miles to Montague and dropping the anchor might be the best option.
La Conner to Montague Harbour is roughly 58.1 miles.
La Conner to Clam Bay is roughly 66.9 miles.
La Conner to Nanaimo is roughly 84.6 miles (Dodd Narrows slack for tomorrow is 5:50 pm with the current northbound through entire Gulf Islands. Planning ahead and traveling roughly 8 mph, plus an hour to get through customs means it will be around 3 pm and not enough time to travel 38 more miles to get to Dodd Narrows by slack at 5:50 pm.
After clearing customs via phone, once we have crossed into Canadian waters, who knows what is next. A couple of options include Montague Harbour, or Clam Bay, or, if tides and currents are going our way, through Dodd Narrows and Nanaimo. We'll see.
La Conner to Bedwell Harbour (roughly 46 miles) traveling approx at 8 mph, will arrive between 2 to 3 pm. 12 more miles to Montague and dropping the anchor might be the best option.
La Conner to Montague Harbour is roughly 58.1 miles.
La Conner to Clam Bay is roughly 66.9 miles.
La Conner to Nanaimo is roughly 84.6 miles (Dodd Narrows slack for tomorrow is 5:50 pm with the current northbound through entire Gulf Islands. Planning ahead and traveling roughly 8 mph, plus an hour to get through customs means it will be around 3 pm and not enough time to travel 38 more miles to get to Dodd Narrows by slack at 5:50 pm.
6-11-25 Clam Bay, then 6-12-25 Nanaimo
6-11-25: We didn't leave La Conner until after a haircut, shave and fueling up. Well, maybe not the shave! Started up Swinnomish Channel at 10:31 AM and dropped a hook in Clam Bay on Thetis
Island at 7:46 PM. Great day on the water with the San Juan Island porpoises bidding us a cheery goodbye as they were fishing just north of Skip Jack Island in some nice turbulent
waters. Maybe they were waving their dorsal fins to let each other know where the fish were hiding. Anyways, it was great fun watching them play for quite awhile. After going through
Plumper Sound where we usually see several big container ships anchored, we kept a sharp eye peeled for killer whales passing through Navy Channel. Then, we ran the gauntlet of the BC
Ferries crossing, keeping a good lookout to both left and right, and also for any tugs that might be pulling things. They were all there today and so we choose to hang around and wait
for a couple to pass, before running across. Continuing on we passed Ben Morh Rocks in the Trincomali Channel. A couple of hours later we were both very happy to pull into Clam Bay
and circling around some underwater obstacles (including a boiler hazard documented in Navionics charting app on 29-Aug-2024). Less than a year ago and worth avoiding as well. Very
few boats anchored so lots of room to choose from. Good night!
6-12-25: Up the next morning, we pulled the anchor and headed for Dodd Narrows with slack water at 11:00 AM. About a 12 mile run and we slipped through there easily, to continue on and fuel up in Nanaimo before checking in for an open spot on the docks. Found out that the Van Isle 360 Sailing Regatta was returning on Friday and so we could only pay for one night. (They weren't sure how many sailboats would be turning up the next day, until later. On the morning of the 13th, walked up to the office around 8:00 AM and they said, no problem. So we paid for second night and then went shopping for fruits and vegetables, the ones that you cannot bring across the border. We did not want to cross the Strait of Georgia until Saturday morning, when it is supposed to have "light" winds. Key word being... light! Should be calm by 10 AM so that will help in our 80+ mile run up to Squirrel Cove on Cortes Island. May stay anchored there for two nights, before continuing on. Once we do decide to move on we will definitely run across the way, due east, to Refuge Cove on West Redonda Island, to top off our fuel tanks before once more, continuing northward. One day, two days... we are on vacation time so will let you know, once we know!
Talked with Karen and David, who were tied up behind us on the docks on their 29 foot sailing vessel, 'Dakota'. They have a blog that is interesting to read called DakotAdventures. We are always looking for more information to know what the winds are going to do and look for the app with the greatest accuracy in predictions. They highly recommended the PredictWind app and Karen helped Rebecca identify which features to use, once she downloaded it online. On the map page near the top, on the right hand side there is a drop down menu. Click on that and it has sections. The first one is Forecast and click on wind. The next one is Forecast model andmake sure to click on ECMWF which is the European version and is the most accurate. David and Karen have done some serious sailing, down the Pacific Coast, over to Polynesian Islands and then up to Hawaii. Going to go by what they suggest, based on their experience, and then test it as we are traveling. Definitely will see how close it is when crossing Georgia Straits in the morning.
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6-12-25: Up the next morning, we pulled the anchor and headed for Dodd Narrows with slack water at 11:00 AM. About a 12 mile run and we slipped through there easily, to continue on and fuel up in Nanaimo before checking in for an open spot on the docks. Found out that the Van Isle 360 Sailing Regatta was returning on Friday and so we could only pay for one night. (They weren't sure how many sailboats would be turning up the next day, until later. On the morning of the 13th, walked up to the office around 8:00 AM and they said, no problem. So we paid for second night and then went shopping for fruits and vegetables, the ones that you cannot bring across the border. We did not want to cross the Strait of Georgia until Saturday morning, when it is supposed to have "light" winds. Key word being... light! Should be calm by 10 AM so that will help in our 80+ mile run up to Squirrel Cove on Cortes Island. May stay anchored there for two nights, before continuing on. Once we do decide to move on we will definitely run across the way, due east, to Refuge Cove on West Redonda Island, to top off our fuel tanks before once more, continuing northward. One day, two days... we are on vacation time so will let you know, once we know!
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Talked with Karen and David, who were tied up behind us on the docks on their 29 foot sailing vessel, 'Dakota'. They have a blog that is interesting to read called DakotAdventures. We are always looking for more information to know what the winds are going to do and look for the app with the greatest accuracy in predictions. They highly recommended the PredictWind app and Karen helped Rebecca identify which features to use, once she downloaded it online. On the map page near the top, on the right hand side there is a drop down menu. Click on that and it has sections. The first one is Forecast and click on wind. The next one is Forecast model andmake sure to click on ECMWF which is the European version and is the most accurate. David and Karen have done some serious sailing, down the Pacific Coast, over to Polynesian Islands and then up to Hawaii. Going to go by what they suggest, based on their experience, and then test it as we are traveling. Definitely will see how close it is when crossing Georgia Straits in the morning.
6-14-25 off to Squirrel Cove
6-14-25: Based on the VHF Channel 3 Weather report, the Marine Weather for: Pacific - South Coast site
found online, and the PredictWinds app, the winds were going to be light by 10 AM and coming from the southeast, which according to Karen will be perfect with the incoming tide, to push us gently northward. Let's
see what happened!
We pulled away from the dock at 9:57 AM, with David and Karen pulling out right behind us, to start our runs across the Strait of Georgia. About 25 miles. The military test area called Whiskey Golf was reported on the weather channel to be NOT active and therefore open for boaters to cross. Perfect! It is such a longer day when we have to go around that particular area. We entered the Strait of Georgia at 10:28 AM.
Anyway, crossing Georgia Straits heading due north with a southeast breeze hitting our starboard beam makes for more work in steering a straight line. Thus, the first 20+ miles in crossing was with a two foot chop (not bad) with a pushy wind from our right side (not so much fun and more like work) and barely reaching 8 mph. After tucking under the bottom side of Texada Island and then heading northwest with an incoming tide giving surging pushes on our bottom and a now friendly southeast wind giving its own assist as well, we began moving right along between 9.5 to 10 mph. Whooeee! At times even hitting 11 mph. Still some steering work to keep a straight line, but as the day progressed the waters calmed down, especially after reaching the north end of Texada Island. And the currents continued to push us right along. Sooo, 84.3 miles later we dropped a hook in Squirrel Cove at 7:25 PM. Our average speed was 8.8 mph and that made it an overall very good day. Definitely going to have a 'rest over' day and enjoy the ambiance. There were not many boats anchored when we pulled in and could pretty much drop a hook anywhere, but we were so tired we just picked a spot towards the back and done, done, and done. Bite to eat and off to bed. By the way, Squirrel Cove is made up of an outer bay and an inner bay.
It was amazing what we get to see as we are relaxing on the boat. John got tired of the saltwater spray interfering with our view and so got busy with his bottle and rags. Yep, much nicer afterwards.
Oh, and today is our 39th anniversary; so this was a perfect milestone day for us. We have been boating since we were married and don't plan to stop anytime soon, Lord willing!
We pulled away from the dock at 9:57 AM, with David and Karen pulling out right behind us, to start our runs across the Strait of Georgia. About 25 miles. The military test area called Whiskey Golf was reported on the weather channel to be NOT active and therefore open for boaters to cross. Perfect! It is such a longer day when we have to go around that particular area. We entered the Strait of Georgia at 10:28 AM.
Anyway, crossing Georgia Straits heading due north with a southeast breeze hitting our starboard beam makes for more work in steering a straight line. Thus, the first 20+ miles in crossing was with a two foot chop (not bad) with a pushy wind from our right side (not so much fun and more like work) and barely reaching 8 mph. After tucking under the bottom side of Texada Island and then heading northwest with an incoming tide giving surging pushes on our bottom and a now friendly southeast wind giving its own assist as well, we began moving right along between 9.5 to 10 mph. Whooeee! At times even hitting 11 mph. Still some steering work to keep a straight line, but as the day progressed the waters calmed down, especially after reaching the north end of Texada Island. And the currents continued to push us right along. Sooo, 84.3 miles later we dropped a hook in Squirrel Cove at 7:25 PM. Our average speed was 8.8 mph and that made it an overall very good day. Definitely going to have a 'rest over' day and enjoy the ambiance. There were not many boats anchored when we pulled in and could pretty much drop a hook anywhere, but we were so tired we just picked a spot towards the back and done, done, and done. Bite to eat and off to bed. By the way, Squirrel Cove is made up of an outer bay and an inner bay.
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It was amazing what we get to see as we are relaxing on the boat. John got tired of the saltwater spray interfering with our view and so got busy with his bottle and rags. Yep, much nicer afterwards.
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Oh, and today is our 39th anniversary; so this was a perfect milestone day for us. We have been boating since we were married and don't plan to stop anytime soon, Lord willing!
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6-16-25 Refuge Cove and then Shoal Bay
6-16-25: we were up early and after a cup of coffee we pulled the anchor and headed over to Refuge Cove. Options for today were after fueling up, maybe stopping at Stuart Island Gov't docks in Big Bay,
or continuing on to Cordero Islands to anchor and maybe fish. There was a huge fuel barge pulled up to the fuel dock so we were lucky at 9 in the morning and nobody about, as we pulled in and tied up to
top off our tanks. Ran up to the store afterwards to get a few items, including some ice for the ice chest and then off, heading northwards for Yuculta Rapids. Going to go through two hours early, because then
the currents will still be going our way through Gillard Passage and Dent Rapids. Dent has it's own special Devil's Hole. The last picture below is the view of Yuculta Rapids way in the distance as we
are approaching.
Well, none of the options above ended up being our choice for the night! Turns out that our friends, Victor and Caroline on the sailing vessel, "Moonshine" needed to stop at Shoal Bay Gov't Dock to check a squeaky noise in their engine. We wondered if they were looking for mice. Hmmm... Anyway, through Yuculta, Gillard, and then Dent we were pushed past Frederick Arm off to our right to then pull into the dock with just a couple of boats, Moonshine (with Victor and Caroline) and Island Pride (with Clark and Sheila) tied up. Both boats are members of the Gibson Yacht Club off the Sunshine Coast and have been traveling together with several other boat members. Below, the first couple of pictures were taken of us on approach, by Caroline. Thank you Caroline. We got to meet Sheila and Clark as they caught lines to help us tie up and then joined us in a little dock party.
While we were relaxing and enjoying the comradrie, an eagle happened to fly by and Caroline and Rebecca were busy running around trying to get a good picture. We got lucky. Beautiful bird. Not to mention the view of Shoal Bay from the dock and of Phillips Arm.
Okay, there were a lot of beautiful birds and someone, we won't say whom, was getting a little camera happy. Enjoy...
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Well, none of the options above ended up being our choice for the night! Turns out that our friends, Victor and Caroline on the sailing vessel, "Moonshine" needed to stop at Shoal Bay Gov't Dock to check a squeaky noise in their engine. We wondered if they were looking for mice. Hmmm... Anyway, through Yuculta, Gillard, and then Dent we were pushed past Frederick Arm off to our right to then pull into the dock with just a couple of boats, Moonshine (with Victor and Caroline) and Island Pride (with Clark and Sheila) tied up. Both boats are members of the Gibson Yacht Club off the Sunshine Coast and have been traveling together with several other boat members. Below, the first couple of pictures were taken of us on approach, by Caroline. Thank you Caroline. We got to meet Sheila and Clark as they caught lines to help us tie up and then joined us in a little dock party.
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While we were relaxing and enjoying the comradrie, an eagle happened to fly by and Caroline and Rebecca were busy running around trying to get a good picture. We got lucky. Beautiful bird. Not to mention the view of Shoal Bay from the dock and of Phillips Arm.
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Okay, there were a lot of beautiful birds and someone, we won't say whom, was getting a little camera happy. Enjoy...
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6-17-25 changing plans led to Lagoon Cove
6-17-25: You know how it is when you get up in the morning and the first thing you are checking is the weather? You do that too? Some of you? We do that a lot on the boat, not so much when we are landlubbing
onshore. Just like the crossing of Georgia Strait, you have to plan ahead for sailing up (or down) Johnstone Strait. So, after lots of discussion on the dock the night before, about the projected
"light winds" on Johnstone Strait, we both decided to bypass anchoring in Cordero Islands. Instead we planned to continue on to Forward Harbour and anchor in the west end, for an early start in the morning
to run down Sunderland Channel before poking our nose out into Johnstone Strait. The pictures below showed we were the last boats on the dock to leave Shoal Bay. Several boats took off very early to head
south through the rapids we had just came up and the other one wanted an early jump on Johnstone Strait for they planned to go all the way to Lagoon Cove. We heard they are headed for Shearwater up above
Cape Caution which is also known as the Queen's Pond. I couldn't find out how it got it's name but did find a link with more information and four major points to know before venturing around
Cape Caution.
We choose to travel at a slower RPM because it was only a 19 mile run to Forward Harbour. Greene Point Rapids was really smooth sailing after leaving dock at 8:06 AM and with current going our direction, arriving at the rapids 9:00 AM. Heading down Chancellor Channel it was smooth with fantastic ebbing tide carrying us right along. Getting close to our turn off, we decided between all the weather sources, with a strong ebbing tide and again a southeast wind breezing us along, to continue down through Current Passage (we were moving at 11 mph here) and then up Johnstone with a light chop.
Victor and Caroline are heading for Port McNeill, and plan to stop off at the Port Neville Gov't Dock and we considered it, but with Johnstone behaving so well, we continued onward and up Johnstone. We will be meeting up again with them soon. Hopefully after they have successfully removed all the squeaky mice that have been a source of irritation for them. Maybe it's the belt on the motor, per Victor's of opinion. We wish them the best of luck figuring it out and seeing if it is a problem or not. Victor did say something about replacing the belts. Got a great picture of Moonshine as she was coming out of the west end of Greene Point Rapids, with the mountains in the background.
As we approached our turnoff at Broken Islands we were greeted by cormorants on the rocks. The wind did appear to be picking up a bit, but still pushing us from behind, along with the outgoing tide. Sweet. Using Navionics to look ahead, we checked on the direction and speed of Chatham Channel and lo and behold, it was flowing our direction and would be a perfect exclamation point to a well traveled day. Entered the east end of Chatham Channel at 1:36 PM and the north entrance of the Blowhole at 2:06 PM, tying up to the docks by 2:27 PM with a warm welcome and hugs from both Kelly and Dan. Our overall average speed for today was the best so far this summer at 9.1 mph!!! I think we will rest for a bit.
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We choose to travel at a slower RPM because it was only a 19 mile run to Forward Harbour. Greene Point Rapids was really smooth sailing after leaving dock at 8:06 AM and with current going our direction, arriving at the rapids 9:00 AM. Heading down Chancellor Channel it was smooth with fantastic ebbing tide carrying us right along. Getting close to our turn off, we decided between all the weather sources, with a strong ebbing tide and again a southeast wind breezing us along, to continue down through Current Passage (we were moving at 11 mph here) and then up Johnstone with a light chop.
Victor and Caroline are heading for Port McNeill, and plan to stop off at the Port Neville Gov't Dock and we considered it, but with Johnstone behaving so well, we continued onward and up Johnstone. We will be meeting up again with them soon. Hopefully after they have successfully removed all the squeaky mice that have been a source of irritation for them. Maybe it's the belt on the motor, per Victor's of opinion. We wish them the best of luck figuring it out and seeing if it is a problem or not. Victor did say something about replacing the belts. Got a great picture of Moonshine as she was coming out of the west end of Greene Point Rapids, with the mountains in the background.
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As we approached our turnoff at Broken Islands we were greeted by cormorants on the rocks. The wind did appear to be picking up a bit, but still pushing us from behind, along with the outgoing tide. Sweet. Using Navionics to look ahead, we checked on the direction and speed of Chatham Channel and lo and behold, it was flowing our direction and would be a perfect exclamation point to a well traveled day. Entered the east end of Chatham Channel at 1:36 PM and the north entrance of the Blowhole at 2:06 PM, tying up to the docks by 2:27 PM with a warm welcome and hugs from both Kelly and Dan. Our overall average speed for today was the best so far this summer at 9.1 mph!!! I think we will rest for a bit.
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After so much going we have decided to stop, for a bit. This is a beautiful location that sees a lot of boat traffic, and then some nights the dock is not as full. Happy Hour every day at 5:00 pm and
bring a dish that is enough for a crowd of more than 15. So will everyone else who comes up to enjoy the prawns and the camaraderie that is found among boaters. If you have traveled this far, you
definitely have stories to share. (Did you see the grizzly swimming in 'that' bay just the other day? Boy was it a big one!) You know, stories like that. Having lived here for 9 years in Lagoon Cove,
Dan and Kelly are starting to build up their "Canada stories" to share, especially things that happen over the winter time, or when the black bears decide to eat all the apples out of the apple tree that
is just up at the head of the dock. The pictures below is the dock leading up to the workshop and and the pathway from land going to the workshop. There is a posted sign showing the hiking trails to explore,
and be sure and carry a noise maker along so the bears know you are coming and can avoid being in the same area as you. Plus, there's a special sign to sign saying that in order to see the relics found
inside the workshop, apply for exploration rights! Plus, the last picture is a panorama of the docks, viewed from shore.
There are projects year round, in any marina, and the first picture shows the building of a new dock. Yes, it is definitly in its early stages. Then, there's the old Crab Shack that is available for anyone to cook their crabs and prawns on the propane stove inside. Plus a table to work on processing whatever needs doing before slipping on the dinner table or tossing in the freezer. The next two pictures show the view of the north and south docks from land. And, of course, the last pic is the 'happy hour' location, outside if not raining and inside if it is raining!
Remember something about hiking trails? Well, you never know when you will see last winter's (or the winter before) result from the tall towering redwoods and other trees. Well, the first picture is the trailhead that leads north to the blowhole or east and up the mountainside. Well, both directions gets a bit steep but are still great hikes. You hear a lot of birds and will see where they have had to cut to clear the trails from downed trees. The big one in the pictures below used to have a great swing. Ah well.
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There are projects year round, in any marina, and the first picture shows the building of a new dock. Yes, it is definitly in its early stages. Then, there's the old Crab Shack that is available for anyone to cook their crabs and prawns on the propane stove inside. Plus a table to work on processing whatever needs doing before slipping on the dinner table or tossing in the freezer. The next two pictures show the view of the north and south docks from land. And, of course, the last pic is the 'happy hour' location, outside if not raining and inside if it is raining!
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Remember something about hiking trails? Well, you never know when you will see last winter's (or the winter before) result from the tall towering redwoods and other trees. Well, the first picture is the trailhead that leads north to the blowhole or east and up the mountainside. Well, both directions gets a bit steep but are still great hikes. You hear a lot of birds and will see where they have had to cut to clear the trails from downed trees. The big one in the pictures below used to have a great swing. Ah well.
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FRIENDS... 
Friends are found everywhere and we had a chance to see Bob and Pat. They came down to the boat two nights in a row for corned venison and then for some venison steaks on the second night with fried potatoes
and a salad. Pat brought a rhubarb cobbler and we had to fetch the ice cream to go with it. Great fun. It was wonderful spending time and catching up over the last year. They are very busy and we
happened to catch them in between projects. Next, on to catch up with Victor and Caroline again, on their 35' SV "Moonshine" and off to see if they are taking boaters at Mamalilikulla and then Health
Bay. We both ended up at Echo Bay, which is owned by the First Nation at Health Bay. We are also meeting boaters that we have before and the conversations always starts with, "You look familiar." Which
then leads to discussions of places traveled and possible dates you were there and then, "Oh yeah, that was at Sullivan Bay." or "I remember chatting at Lagoon Cove." One thing people tend to remember is
Rebecca in her kayak! Go figure! Anyway, we had a great time visiting with Bob and Pat, who are in the picture with John and then reconnecting with Victor and Caroline for more fun time on the dock.
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Echo Bay 6-23-2025
We departed and made it down Knights Inlet and then turned right to go into Spring Passage. It is always good to catch it with the currents going your way as you wind yourself around the rocks while watching
for various wildlife. Couple deer were swimming through here last year and another year there were a large group of eagles hanging out in the trees facing Knights Inlet. Guess they heard about some fish
nearby and were having a jolly good time supping. In the picture below, you can see Spring Passage from the air, and it doesn't look like much. We follow Navionics very closely and circle around those
underwater rocks that are laying near the surface. Being cautious and careful is always a good thing in this section even as we are looking around for the unusual.
The next picture shows Echo Bay and the blue dot is us, tied up to a finger. The floathomes across the way, to the east, are now called Cliffside. It used to be called Windsong. Pierre, now owns Cliffside, hence the name change. Years ago we would go to Pierre's Cove which was around a couple of the points to the east. Then, Pierre bought into Echo Bay with Jerome, who'd purchased it from Bob and Nancy Richter. Next, Pierre took over Echo Bay completely and it was then named Pierre’s Echo Bay. Finally, on June 2nd, 2020, the Kwiḵwa̱sut’inux̱w Haxwa’mis First Nation (KHFN) purchased Pierre’s Echo Bay and are renovating it with many projects underway. As a side note: Pierre and Tove have spent many years in this area and a very interesting article is found on the kwaxwalawadi site.
Caroline and Rebecca had a couple of kayaking trips and in one they checked out the lagoon to the south of the docks. Such beautiful green colors. Next time, they set off eastward to find the old Pierre's Cove. They did find what appeared to be turtles sitting on the logs of a bunch of floathomes which were along the east shoreline, a couple of coves over, and it appears to be a kayak expedition camp. The sign in a protected meeting place had a poster up, that was about Kayak Bill and on line, found a couple of interesting articles by West Coast Paddler and Sea Kayaker magazines It appears that he was a very interesting and independent individual. The last picture below shows the brief memorial for him. He was a reclusive kayaker who made his home among the islands of British Columbia's Pacific coast.
After Moonshine arrived, as seen in the picture below, John took the ladies fishing. Caught a couple of fish that Victor is busy preparing for dinner in the picture below. Tied up to the dock across from us, was a boat named, "Got de Fever" and they turned out to be the Waggoner editors. As we helped them untie lines and prepare to move off, Leonard and Lorena were talking with Rebecca and offered her a complimentary copy of the Waggoner. Leonard kept the boat next to the slip using the bow thrusters as Lorena went looking for a copy. She came back with a 2025 Waggoner crusing guide that was still wrapped up in its original plastic! Leonard said they were passing out complimentary copies to promote the book. We thanked him very profusely. Could not believe such an incredible gift. Anyway, here is the website for Waggoner Cruising Guide and don't forget to check the UPDATES page as well. It gives the date of the updates online, and the note on 6-24-25 is correct about Echo Bay, for they were just here alongside us! Anyway, the book is the best resource and always available at your fingertips, especially as you enter the 'no Wi-Fi' no Internet zone! Getting one is a must.
The next picture shows Echo Bay and the blue dot is us, tied up to a finger. The floathomes across the way, to the east, are now called Cliffside. It used to be called Windsong. Pierre, now owns Cliffside, hence the name change. Years ago we would go to Pierre's Cove which was around a couple of the points to the east. Then, Pierre bought into Echo Bay with Jerome, who'd purchased it from Bob and Nancy Richter. Next, Pierre took over Echo Bay completely and it was then named Pierre’s Echo Bay. Finally, on June 2nd, 2020, the Kwiḵwa̱sut’inux̱w Haxwa’mis First Nation (KHFN) purchased Pierre’s Echo Bay and are renovating it with many projects underway. As a side note: Pierre and Tove have spent many years in this area and a very interesting article is found on the kwaxwalawadi site.
Caroline and Rebecca had a couple of kayaking trips and in one they checked out the lagoon to the south of the docks. Such beautiful green colors. Next time, they set off eastward to find the old Pierre's Cove. They did find what appeared to be turtles sitting on the logs of a bunch of floathomes which were along the east shoreline, a couple of coves over, and it appears to be a kayak expedition camp. The sign in a protected meeting place had a poster up, that was about Kayak Bill and on line, found a couple of interesting articles by West Coast Paddler and Sea Kayaker magazines It appears that he was a very interesting and independent individual. The last picture below shows the brief memorial for him. He was a reclusive kayaker who made his home among the islands of British Columbia's Pacific coast.
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After Moonshine arrived, as seen in the picture below, John took the ladies fishing. Caught a couple of fish that Victor is busy preparing for dinner in the picture below. Tied up to the dock across from us, was a boat named, "Got de Fever" and they turned out to be the Waggoner editors. As we helped them untie lines and prepare to move off, Leonard and Lorena were talking with Rebecca and offered her a complimentary copy of the Waggoner. Leonard kept the boat next to the slip using the bow thrusters as Lorena went looking for a copy. She came back with a 2025 Waggoner crusing guide that was still wrapped up in its original plastic! Leonard said they were passing out complimentary copies to promote the book. We thanked him very profusely. Could not believe such an incredible gift. Anyway, here is the website for Waggoner Cruising Guide and don't forget to check the UPDATES page as well. It gives the date of the updates online, and the note on 6-24-25 is correct about Echo Bay, for they were just here alongside us! Anyway, the book is the best resource and always available at your fingertips, especially as you enter the 'no Wi-Fi' no Internet zone! Getting one is a must.
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What's Next...
Looking at departing in the morning for Claydon Bay and try out the crabbing. Karen and Ron, who have a house on the island immediately behide Echo Bay, have been busy prawning and gave us the prawn heads
for our anticipated crabpots, on the morrow. Nothing like prawns to bring in the crabs. Looking forward to meeting
up with Victor and Caroline on the 30th at Sullivan Bay. They are off exploring Turnbull and then Burley Bay, and who knows where they might actually go. They have a couple of sections to be careful
about when that are passing Watson Point and then going through Kenneth Passage. Always helps to have the current going your way. Meanwhile, we only have a 20 mile run to Claydon, easy peasy.
Low tide is roughly 9:30 AM. Below is Moonshine, heading off for Burley Bay and Mackenzie Sound. We enjoyed a couple of great dinners together, before they left Echo Bay dock. We will see them soon.
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6-27-25 Claydon Bay
It was an interesting stay at Echo Bay. We stayed an extra day because, someone, not sure whom that was, needed time to update the website and besides, it was pouring down rain. So,
we continued on and left for Claydon Bay on the 2nd really rainy day, dropped the anchor and then dropped the dinghy, and finally dropped the crab pots. Curled up on the boat and stayed dry and warm
for the rest of the day, after raising the dinghy for the night. Checked the pots in the morning and 3 nice ones. Checked again in the afternoon and a couple more with some real size to them. Set
up cooker and had crab in noodles for dinner after cracking up over the catch... um, I meant after busily cracking crab and prepping noodles! Next two days, repeat, rinse, and crack away! You have to
work around the bay until you find a spot that the crabs seem to congregate more and you get more crabs in a pull. Did find a lot of females as well, which were all slipped back into the water.
Chicken is a real draw for bringing in the crabs and we have figured out how to package them in a bait container so that crabs have to really work at getting to the meat and thus hang around a little longer.
There were loons and eagles, and a heron or two, along with some kind of hawk that was beautiful to watch soaring in the skies.
The bay is a beautiful location, well protected anchorage and has lots to see while swinging on a hook.
It is amazing how few boats came and went while we were anchored here. The first night was one other powerboat and a sailboat. The next night was two sailboats and a different powerboat. It was a real crowd with sailboat (Moonshine) a powerboat, two powerboats sidetied and stern-tied on shore, another sailboat and two sailboats that where anchored way across to the west side of the bay, all by themself. Yep, definitely more crowded!
'Moonshine' with Victor and Caroline arrived on the morning of the 29th and so Rebecca went swimming while Caroline paddled along in our small kayak while Victor got busy crabbing. Caroline did just fine paddling and they both watched the loons nearby, until the loons became tired of their disturbances in the water. Guess they were busy vigorous paddling along. Appeared to be the ruby-throated loons. Beautiful. Tomorrow, we are all heading for Sullivan Bay.
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The bay is a beautiful location, well protected anchorage and has lots to see while swinging on a hook.
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It is amazing how few boats came and went while we were anchored here. The first night was one other powerboat and a sailboat. The next night was two sailboats and a different powerboat. It was a real crowd with sailboat (Moonshine) a powerboat, two powerboats sidetied and stern-tied on shore, another sailboat and two sailboats that where anchored way across to the west side of the bay, all by themself. Yep, definitely more crowded!
'Moonshine' with Victor and Caroline arrived on the morning of the 29th and so Rebecca went swimming while Caroline paddled along in our small kayak while Victor got busy crabbing. Caroline did just fine paddling and they both watched the loons nearby, until the loons became tired of their disturbances in the water. Guess they were busy vigorous paddling along. Appeared to be the ruby-throated loons. Beautiful. Tomorrow, we are all heading for Sullivan Bay.
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6-30-25 Sullivan Bay
Went over to Sullivan Bay on the 30th and went fishing on the first with Caroline on board. A couple of rockfish and Caroline did hook a lingcod that was a sadful inch short and back into the water it went.
Enjoyed walking the docks, catching up with Bill and Laura, and found out that Matty is back as well! Great group of people who work very hard. There is a new person in the store and boy does she know her stuff. It is
great to see people taking the adventure of living and working remotely (this is the true definition of remote work!!!) and having the gumption to hang in there. They work long hours and have very few days
off. They make Sullivan Bay all spiffed up for the summer boaters and turn this into an enjoyable location to stop by for a bit; get batteries charged back up, refuel, buy the odds and ends that you didn't quite
store up enough of on your boat and just relax. Some good fishing around here, though you have to hunt for the hotspots (no, not referring to wi-fi) and when you find one, the bite is on! We have noticed that the
eagles tend to show up right before the bite starts. No, that's not a 'fish tale' and appears to happen on a consistent enough times, over an extended period, and therefore is evidence of a working theory.
When we arrived, we notice the barn swallows welcoming incoming boaters, swooping around in their busy day of bug hunting for babies. They did rest on the welcome sign to say hello!
A lot of room on the docks. And the crew includes Maggie, below; and Matty on the e-bike.
After a couple of days, Victor and Caroline were off again, this time to do some crabbing at Claydon and then Hoy Bay and then, not sure where else they are going. Maybe Burley Bay. They will be back soon. We didn't go fishing yesterday because the wind was blowing until after the tide change. Grrrr. The day before the wind blew all day with the flags stiff. Did see a big Orca cruising by this morning, the big dorsal sailing along and then slowly slipping underwater, to short rise again. Was fascinating to watch but too far for a picture.
And of course, mom and dad are very busy! They were working at feeding the little guys who were all hollering, "ME. ME, ME, ME!" And then one is going, "YUMMY!" While the rest are going, "AHHHHHHH!!!" Then three are saying, "me?" with a whimper and one is going, "YUM!" And they all declared... "NEXT time I WILL be ready!!!" Meanwhile, the eagles continue to soar by.
Any day fishing is good, with an extra bonus of fish caught, from time to time. Happened onto a couple of lingcods that really made our day; after several days of fishing or, not fishing due to it being way too windy. Moonshine returned and Caroline joined the fishing crew. Not much to report other than a few good pictures and great company on the water.
And now there is only 3!
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A lot of room on the docks. And the crew includes Maggie, below; and Matty on the e-bike.
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After a couple of days, Victor and Caroline were off again, this time to do some crabbing at Claydon and then Hoy Bay and then, not sure where else they are going. Maybe Burley Bay. They will be back soon. We didn't go fishing yesterday because the wind was blowing until after the tide change. Grrrr. The day before the wind blew all day with the flags stiff. Did see a big Orca cruising by this morning, the big dorsal sailing along and then slowly slipping underwater, to short rise again. Was fascinating to watch but too far for a picture.
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And of course, mom and dad are very busy! They were working at feeding the little guys who were all hollering, "ME. ME, ME, ME!" And then one is going, "YUMMY!" While the rest are going, "AHHHHHHH!!!" Then three are saying, "me?" with a whimper and one is going, "YUM!" And they all declared... "NEXT time I WILL be ready!!!" Meanwhile, the eagles continue to soar by.
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Any day fishing is good, with an extra bonus of fish caught, from time to time. Happened onto a couple of lingcods that really made our day; after several days of fishing or, not fishing due to it being way too windy. Moonshine returned and Caroline joined the fishing crew. Not much to report other than a few good pictures and great company on the water.
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And now there is only 3!
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Fishy times
Well, we are here so we might as well get serious about fishing. Tides and currents change every day, and so they are a little later or the tide is getting a little lower; thereby the water is moving a
little faster and thus there is not a real set pattern for getting the perfect drift. Anyway, we have caught a few lings and waiting for the salmon to start running. Weather has been changable from day
to day with really sunny, to really rainy. Yesterday was hot and sunny, the day before pouring down rain all day and today, it is pouring down rain all day. Weather definitely has its own personality
here and it is fun to see what it is going to be doing at any given time. Forecast shows 100% chance of rain today (yep, it is right) sunny with some clouds tomorrow, cloudy with 53% chance of rain the
following day and then sunny with some clouds for the next four days which also means the wind is going to come up, as well. So, no fishing today and staying snug on the boat, unlike a couple of boats
that have just arrived making the boaters very busy tying lines in the pouring down rain. And then you catch a sunset picture, or two, that makes the rain all worthwhile. Caroline shared a sunrise
picture that was just beautiful, the middle one below. And when we headed out for early morning fishing, the beauty on the water can be breathtaking.
Caroline shocked everyone, including us in the dinghy when she hooked a 17 pound King Salmon. What an unbelievable experience that was for her, especially once it was netted and dancing in the boat. We had to take a picture of her with her first ever salmon. Wish we'd taken a picture of the look on Victor's face when we arrived back at the dock, all trying to look unhappy because we had to return back to the boats early, because it had started raining, (honestly, it really had). Then Victor saw the salmon on the bottom of the dinghy and we pointed at Caroline. He looked at the fish, looked again at Caroline, (the expression on his face at this point was great to watch) did a hop and then held up a "just a moment" finger, we saw him hurrying off to go get his camera. Priceless!
Caroline had hooked this lunker on our first drift, in an area that we were fishing for lingcod. What a surprise for all three of us. And of course, the first thing she needed to do was get a picture of this unbelievable fish that she had just caught. Was able to also get a picture of the catcher and the netter, both happy campers. John had to work hard getting that one in the net. Mission accomplished! Caroline was "over the moon", as she stated a couple of times. WAY TO GO Caroline!!!
Almost forgot, we had a faboulous dinner that evening, with salmon steaks, prawns, nice salad and various rice and noodle dishes that was delicious. Victor and Caroline left the next morning to get
across Queen Charlotte Strait before predicted weather the following day. As they were leaving they caught a picture of us in our dinghy as we were returning with a really nice lingcod, when we stopped
to say our goodbyes, again.
Meanwhile, back at Sullivan both Matty and Grant are also busy running around in the rain or the sun (seems like mostly wet drizzel), welcoming incoming boaters, catching and tying up lines, maintenance, repairs, refueling and various other jobs. They have a never-ending list. Below was them relaxing after 5 pm and enjoying the sun that was here yesterday. Sitting in the sun after a long day running around on the docks, made for two happy campers and a grin to match! Their grins appeared to match the one at the fish cleaning station. Meanwhile, diligent Caroline caught "THE BLOB" sneaking in. She actually said that it was a sea turtle, and something else, but don't remember what that was. Sounded really good to us. Thank you for the picture, Caroline. Plus, we have caught a few more lingcods!
Also, the four barn swallow babies have all flew the nest. There was four and then in subsequent days there was three, thennext day it was only two, and the following day was only one; then, they were all out and about, but clinging to various beams still looking to be fed. You could tell they were new to flying because they would do steep dives and then a steep climb before diving again. Great fun to watch them learning to fly.
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Caroline shocked everyone, including us in the dinghy when she hooked a 17 pound King Salmon. What an unbelievable experience that was for her, especially once it was netted and dancing in the boat. We had to take a picture of her with her first ever salmon. Wish we'd taken a picture of the look on Victor's face when we arrived back at the dock, all trying to look unhappy because we had to return back to the boats early, because it had started raining, (honestly, it really had). Then Victor saw the salmon on the bottom of the dinghy and we pointed at Caroline. He looked at the fish, looked again at Caroline, (the expression on his face at this point was great to watch) did a hop and then held up a "just a moment" finger, we saw him hurrying off to go get his camera. Priceless!
Caroline had hooked this lunker on our first drift, in an area that we were fishing for lingcod. What a surprise for all three of us. And of course, the first thing she needed to do was get a picture of this unbelievable fish that she had just caught. Was able to also get a picture of the catcher and the netter, both happy campers. John had to work hard getting that one in the net. Mission accomplished! Caroline was "over the moon", as she stated a couple of times. WAY TO GO Caroline!!!
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Meanwhile, back at Sullivan both Matty and Grant are also busy running around in the rain or the sun (seems like mostly wet drizzel), welcoming incoming boaters, catching and tying up lines, maintenance, repairs, refueling and various other jobs. They have a never-ending list. Below was them relaxing after 5 pm and enjoying the sun that was here yesterday. Sitting in the sun after a long day running around on the docks, made for two happy campers and a grin to match! Their grins appeared to match the one at the fish cleaning station. Meanwhile, diligent Caroline caught "THE BLOB" sneaking in. She actually said that it was a sea turtle, and something else, but don't remember what that was. Sounded really good to us. Thank you for the picture, Caroline. Plus, we have caught a few more lingcods!
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Also, the four barn swallow babies have all flew the nest. There was four and then in subsequent days there was three, thennext day it was only two, and the following day was only one; then, they were all out and about, but clinging to various beams still looking to be fed. You could tell they were new to flying because they would do steep dives and then a steep climb before diving again. Great fun to watch them learning to fly.
Update and Jennis Bay floats in Drury Inlet, maybe?
Well, the salmon are not in yet, although Caroline would beg to differ! LOL We are going to possible check out Jennis Bay to see if it is even open this year and, see if they have fresh water. Sullivan Bay does
not have potable water available for boaters. New Vancouver is not open this year and therefore we cannot get water there. Echo Bay does not have water on the docks for boaters and the water in the restroom
is very brown with tannin from the trees. Lagoon Cove water was a little brown with tannin also, but filtered and potable for boaters on the docks. Last year, Jennis Bay water was fresh and clear. Maybe
we will get lucky. There is no other place to obtain water, than the locations mentioned. We installed a second solar panel, not dropping anything over the side of the boat, including the tiny little
nuts that were hard to hold onto while screwing them on initially. Mission accomplished.
The weather has been working with an On/Off switch of raining, not raining, to sunny. Let's see, today is raining all day, then the sun poked through a cloud briefly, must not have liked what it saw and disappeared again. Yesterday it was bright and sunny with clouds coming in after 5 pm. Day before it was pouring down rain most of the day. Never saw the sun. The day before that it was bright and sunny and perfect for fishing.Sunny the day before that. Then there was rain for the two days before that. Was interesting that it has been an on /off switch for over a good week. Now, the next four days are supposed to be sunny so, we will test to see if the second solar panel will help keep our batteries charged up.
Back in the days, Jennis Bay Marina was a pretty popular location, as shown on this YouTube.
The weather has been working with an On/Off switch of raining, not raining, to sunny. Let's see, today is raining all day, then the sun poked through a cloud briefly, must not have liked what it saw and disappeared again. Yesterday it was bright and sunny with clouds coming in after 5 pm. Day before it was pouring down rain most of the day. Never saw the sun. The day before that it was bright and sunny and perfect for fishing.Sunny the day before that. Then there was rain for the two days before that. Was interesting that it has been an on /off switch for over a good week. Now, the next four days are supposed to be sunny so, we will test to see if the second solar panel will help keep our batteries charged up.
Back in the days, Jennis Bay Marina was a pretty popular location, as shown on this YouTube.
Jennis Bay floats
We met this lovely caretaker, Antonella, an Italian who loves nature and is a wonderful host. She is experiencing Canadian life here in Jennis Bay. As we pulled up to the docks she walked down to greet
us with her wonderful smile. She shared that it is $1.00/foot and asked us if we needed the Wi-Fi passcode. There is no water or power on the dock. A beautiful location with turnstones, ravens, eagles
barn swallows busy swooping around and keeping your head on a swivel to see what antics they are up to. Antonella is the caretaker, Chris is managing and Pete is still the absent owner.
There's a story to the following eagle pictures. Paddling in the kayak, with the wind blowing, and the waves bouncing the kayak around made it very hard to get good clear pictures. One eagle had come down and perched on a stone, and then something made it move to a different location that was much closer to the water. A second eagle came soaring down and crashed right into the first eagle, and knocking it into the water where it was floundering before getting back on shore(the kayak was being a real challenge and wish the pictures showed the time in the water). You have to look closely at each picture and most of them have two eagles in it. Kind of like the game, "finding Waldo", they are there, just have to find them!
This is an older marina, but loggers make use of the facilities, staying here while on the job in different locations up Drury Inlet. And before we forget, there is a great hike to a lake that is 7 km inland on an old logging road. We were advised that black bears have been spotted and to make sure to carry a bear spray with us. This is a very peaceful location to enjoy the scenery and various activities whether it be human or birds and beasts. We did spot a black bear on the beach WNW from the marina. Nope, couldn't get close enough to get that picture.
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There's a story to the following eagle pictures. Paddling in the kayak, with the wind blowing, and the waves bouncing the kayak around made it very hard to get good clear pictures. One eagle had come down and perched on a stone, and then something made it move to a different location that was much closer to the water. A second eagle came soaring down and crashed right into the first eagle, and knocking it into the water where it was floundering before getting back on shore(the kayak was being a real challenge and wish the pictures showed the time in the water). You have to look closely at each picture and most of them have two eagles in it. Kind of like the game, "finding Waldo", they are there, just have to find them!
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This is an older marina, but loggers make use of the facilities, staying here while on the job in different locations up Drury Inlet. And before we forget, there is a great hike to a lake that is 7 km inland on an old logging road. We were advised that black bears have been spotted and to make sure to carry a bear spray with us. This is a very peaceful location to enjoy the scenery and various activities whether it be human or birds and beasts. We did spot a black bear on the beach WNW from the marina. Nope, couldn't get close enough to get that picture.
Back to Claydon Bay, then Sullivan Bay
Leaving Jennis docks, we headed for slack waters through Stuart Narrows. This morning, it should be around 11:00 AM (10:45 AM is lowtide in Alert Bay) and the current is still going out slowly, which is in
our direction. Smooth sailing through. A few whirlpools to avoid on the other side and then on our way for Claydon Bay. Having installed the second solar panel to help ease the workload for the genset,
it helps to have sun. Weather is foggy in the mornings and trying to clear off in the afternoon. Will anchor in the middle of Claydon Bay in order to get the most sun time possible. So, while we brought
in a few more crabs, the weather continued to be... not sunny! Anyway, moving on to more important things, in order to help with pulling the crab pots, a morning special hot off the grill helps set us up
for the day. Don't they look good!
You can see from the pictures below, that we are anchored and pretty much have the bay to ourselves. What a peaceful location, that is very protected, and has good bottom to to set and hold the anchor. Heard the loons calling, as well. After a couple of days at Jennis docks, with no power, and then a couple of days in Claydon Bay with continuing foggy mornings that were not burning off in the afternoon, we needed to do a little dock time that has power, to help build the batteries back up.
Now, last time we stayed at Sullivan Bay, we met a great couple, Jackie and Stew, on the MY named 'Pura Vida'. They were tied up behind us and Mattie mentioned to us (as he passed by our boat) that the boat behind us was from the Port of Edmonds. We hopped off to go say hello. What a surprise, it turns out that not only were they from our marina, but they are on the 'G' dock (which is where we are also tied up when home)! Introductions were made and discussion about which slip # and how long our boats have been tied up on 'G' dock! This is a first for us! Not only in our marina, but on the same dock as us! We figured out why we had not met them whenever we were walking up and down our dock. They shared that they had just moved from 'F' dock to 'G' dock last January. Made sense. Caught a picture of them, as they were leaving showing Jackie busy tending to the fenders and lines.
Moving forward, we were doing a little fishing and so we were hanging around Sullivan Bay for a bit this time. One day, a boat tied up across from us on the dock, and turns out to be a MY named 'Destiny', which is a 37' Tollycraft. Well, this is another great couple named Walt and Deb (didn't catch the name of the little four legged fellow that's going on 14 years but still getting around). Anyway, it turns out they are from the Port of Edmonds as well and are on the the 'F' dock. Their slip is near our end of the dock, and we can see their vessel when it comes in or goes out. They know Stew and Jackie as well. Later that day, we were told that there is another boat from the Port of Edmonds, who also know Walt and Deb. We briefly met Steve and Judy who are traveling their 40' Carver which is named 'Solution' and is also on the 'F' dock! Was great fun meeting neighbors, way up here!
Here are a couple of pictures of Matty, one of the incredibly hard workers, here at Sullivan Bay. He set up a splice so that we could put together a couple of lines for dropping one of our prawn pots in deeper water, once we get to Booker Lagoon. It will need to feed through a pulley that we use to help pull up the pot. Will let you know if we are successful. Also, hopefully, the commercial prawners haven't cleaned out Booker Lagoon, like they have in the past. Fingers crossed. Anyway, the next couple of pictures show Matty getting around on an e-bike while hauling heavy lines to use on the docks. While we were at Sullivan Bay, just had to take a picture of how hard a time the sun was having, in poking its head out between all of the clouds.
You can see from the pictures below, that we are anchored and pretty much have the bay to ourselves. What a peaceful location, that is very protected, and has good bottom to to set and hold the anchor. Heard the loons calling, as well. After a couple of days at Jennis docks, with no power, and then a couple of days in Claydon Bay with continuing foggy mornings that were not burning off in the afternoon, we needed to do a little dock time that has power, to help build the batteries back up.
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Now, last time we stayed at Sullivan Bay, we met a great couple, Jackie and Stew, on the MY named 'Pura Vida'. They were tied up behind us and Mattie mentioned to us (as he passed by our boat) that the boat behind us was from the Port of Edmonds. We hopped off to go say hello. What a surprise, it turns out that not only were they from our marina, but they are on the 'G' dock (which is where we are also tied up when home)! Introductions were made and discussion about which slip # and how long our boats have been tied up on 'G' dock! This is a first for us! Not only in our marina, but on the same dock as us! We figured out why we had not met them whenever we were walking up and down our dock. They shared that they had just moved from 'F' dock to 'G' dock last January. Made sense. Caught a picture of them, as they were leaving showing Jackie busy tending to the fenders and lines.
Moving forward, we were doing a little fishing and so we were hanging around Sullivan Bay for a bit this time. One day, a boat tied up across from us on the dock, and turns out to be a MY named 'Destiny', which is a 37' Tollycraft. Well, this is another great couple named Walt and Deb (didn't catch the name of the little four legged fellow that's going on 14 years but still getting around). Anyway, it turns out they are from the Port of Edmonds as well and are on the the 'F' dock. Their slip is near our end of the dock, and we can see their vessel when it comes in or goes out. They know Stew and Jackie as well. Later that day, we were told that there is another boat from the Port of Edmonds, who also know Walt and Deb. We briefly met Steve and Judy who are traveling their 40' Carver which is named 'Solution' and is also on the 'F' dock! Was great fun meeting neighbors, way up here!
Here are a couple of pictures of Matty, one of the incredibly hard workers, here at Sullivan Bay. He set up a splice so that we could put together a couple of lines for dropping one of our prawn pots in deeper water, once we get to Booker Lagoon. It will need to feed through a pulley that we use to help pull up the pot. Will let you know if we are successful. Also, hopefully, the commercial prawners haven't cleaned out Booker Lagoon, like they have in the past. Fingers crossed. Anyway, the next couple of pictures show Matty getting around on an e-bike while hauling heavy lines to use on the docks. While we were at Sullivan Bay, just had to take a picture of how hard a time the sun was having, in poking its head out between all of the clouds.
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7-20-2025 - off to Booker Lagoon
Heard back from our friend Arthur, that he was on track for reaching Booker Lagoon on the 20th. Follow up plan is to meet in Cullen Harbour by 10:30 AM, just outside the entrance to Booker Lagoon and
then wait for slack water. So, batteries are all charged up and reset, weather is looking really good for heading SW down Wells Passage to then turn SE and head down Queen Charlotte Sound. Booker Lagoon
is located on th southwest corner of Broughton Island. Sullivan Bay is due north, as the crow flies, from Booker Lagoon, and found on North Broughton Island. We did do a sharp port turn to go past the
north side of Dickson Island and the picture below shows us going through a passage which is on the south end of Dickson (in the screen shot of Navionics chart). We then threaded our way between exposed rocks to then turn SE to continue down
the inside of the Polkinghorne Islands, before finally having an open view of Queen Charlotte Sound. What a beautiful morning on the water, flat calm and simply gorgeous!
We had run information by Arthur regarding Alert Bay Tides, and calculations for slack water time in order to enter Booker Lagoon. The entrance is very narrow and a lot of water going through is not only fast moving, but creates big whirlpools from the turbulence which can do things to the direction that the boat is traveling. Things that you don't necessarily want to have happen. Best go through during slack water. Different resources suggest using the tide chart for Alert Bay to determine slack water for Booker Lagoon with 25 minutes after high tide and 30 minutes after low tide.
High tide at Alert Bay shows to be at 10:47 AM (25 minutes after that is 11:13 AM) which is when slack water is predicted based on a couple of books, including Waggoner.
Arthur shared that high tide was at 10:52 AM in Cullen Harbour.
Sunday Harbour shows high tide to be at 10:40 AM
So, we arrived in Cullen Harbour around 9:25 AM and dropped an anchor back in a nook just as three boats were pulling out. Looks like they just pulled anchors. Guess they decided to not go into Booker Lagoon. Arthur, on MY 'Santiago' arrived around 10:30 AM and we chatted for a bit. He has a friend on board, Robert and more about these two in a bit. Arthur said, when the water reaches the trees, we go in. What? Ok. Now we are watching the tide come in, slowly, and are ready when he says it is time. We have never gone in here before and so it is always good to have an experienced boater to learn from, who has been in here many times and is also a Merchant Marine. Refer back to the high tides listed above... We went through at 10:43 AM and the water was slack. Ne eddies or whirlpools or currents. Stayed away from visible patches (big ones) of sea kelp and did a minor zig (to starboard) and the zag (to port) to stay away from some more kelp beds. Otherwise a pretty straight shot in, with 40+ feet of water underneath us. For first time going in, it helps to have one person at the bow to keep an eye out as we learn about this passage.
Then, we went looking for a place to anchor, while Arthur and Robert were busy putting out a prawn pots. Heard about a small cove straight across the lagoon, from boaters while on Sullivan Bay docks, and we decided to go check it out. Our first drop of the anchor had the boat swinging over a bit close to shore off the starboard side. Pulled it and recalculated angles and depths and dropped it again. Arthur and Robert showed up while dropping and set back and watched. Double thumbs up from them and they shared they were going down to the next cove to anchor. Meanwhile, we got out the prawn pots and dropped the dinghy before heading out to the deep hole to try our luck. When we came back, after swinging by to chat with the guys for a bit before saying good night, we got a couple of pictures of our anchorage. No, the boat is not sinking, it is nicely protected behind the island. The other picture gives a view of how we are completely by ourselves. There is a hawk that flew and circled overhead and is beautiful, almost the size of an eagle but white belly and white on the underside of its wings. One was soaring over us for awhile. Rebecca went swimming and reports the water is very cold!
The next morning, we decided to move to the cove directly across and much closer to where the passage is located for entering Booker Lagoon. We pulled anchor and moved, Water is deep, 45 to 50 feet and we were unsure. Arthur came by in his dinghy and gave us suggestions of where not to anchor, due to a very big rock that was not visible, and so we dropped the hook when it said 48 feet and after letting out a lot of chain, set the hook and we had a really secure spot for the second night. The three pictures to the right, below, show that this is more open but still with good protection.
We did good with prawns with quite a few of the BIG ones that everyone likes to get and a couple dozen of the little ones. Then, relaxing while watching the fog roll in early from Queen Charlotte Sound and providing us with beautiful sunset pictures. Meanwhile, around 1 PM Arthus had a friend arriving by floatplane from Renton, WA. He had to send off his Lat and Long for the plane to find him in Booker Lagoon. We watched the plane came in and at first it started taxiing towards us. But then Arthur got in his dinghy and the pilot figured out that was where he was supposed to go and powered up the big motor and skimmed over towards Arthur. They met around the corner so we didn't get to watch how they get a passenger from the plane to the dinghy. Guess it went ok, because there were no 'funny' stories about it afterwards. They wanted to go fishing and so they pulled their prawn pots, after swinging by to share their plans, and headed off for Dickson Island. Checking to see if they could catch a salmon at James Point which is located on the west entrance to Wells Passage. Meanwhile, we watched the fog roll in and obscure the sun. There is a deep chill in Booker Lagoon and it comes from a combination of the fog rolling in from Queen Charlotte Sound and the very deep water.
It made for a beautiful sunset, which was much earlier because of the rolling fog. The next morning at lowtide, we saw the rock that Arthur had warned us about the day before. Yep, don't want to anchor over there! A deer was wandering over the rocks at lowtide, nearby. And in the picture to the right, that was full up with water last night, and there are some very interesting tide pools to go exploring in, before the water returns.
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We had run information by Arthur regarding Alert Bay Tides, and calculations for slack water time in order to enter Booker Lagoon. The entrance is very narrow and a lot of water going through is not only fast moving, but creates big whirlpools from the turbulence which can do things to the direction that the boat is traveling. Things that you don't necessarily want to have happen. Best go through during slack water. Different resources suggest using the tide chart for Alert Bay to determine slack water for Booker Lagoon with 25 minutes after high tide and 30 minutes after low tide.
High tide at Alert Bay shows to be at 10:47 AM (25 minutes after that is 11:13 AM) which is when slack water is predicted based on a couple of books, including Waggoner.
Arthur shared that high tide was at 10:52 AM in Cullen Harbour.
Sunday Harbour shows high tide to be at 10:40 AM
So, we arrived in Cullen Harbour around 9:25 AM and dropped an anchor back in a nook just as three boats were pulling out. Looks like they just pulled anchors. Guess they decided to not go into Booker Lagoon. Arthur, on MY 'Santiago' arrived around 10:30 AM and we chatted for a bit. He has a friend on board, Robert and more about these two in a bit. Arthur said, when the water reaches the trees, we go in. What? Ok. Now we are watching the tide come in, slowly, and are ready when he says it is time. We have never gone in here before and so it is always good to have an experienced boater to learn from, who has been in here many times and is also a Merchant Marine. Refer back to the high tides listed above... We went through at 10:43 AM and the water was slack. Ne eddies or whirlpools or currents. Stayed away from visible patches (big ones) of sea kelp and did a minor zig (to starboard) and the zag (to port) to stay away from some more kelp beds. Otherwise a pretty straight shot in, with 40+ feet of water underneath us. For first time going in, it helps to have one person at the bow to keep an eye out as we learn about this passage.
Then, we went looking for a place to anchor, while Arthur and Robert were busy putting out a prawn pots. Heard about a small cove straight across the lagoon, from boaters while on Sullivan Bay docks, and we decided to go check it out. Our first drop of the anchor had the boat swinging over a bit close to shore off the starboard side. Pulled it and recalculated angles and depths and dropped it again. Arthur and Robert showed up while dropping and set back and watched. Double thumbs up from them and they shared they were going down to the next cove to anchor. Meanwhile, we got out the prawn pots and dropped the dinghy before heading out to the deep hole to try our luck. When we came back, after swinging by to chat with the guys for a bit before saying good night, we got a couple of pictures of our anchorage. No, the boat is not sinking, it is nicely protected behind the island. The other picture gives a view of how we are completely by ourselves. There is a hawk that flew and circled overhead and is beautiful, almost the size of an eagle but white belly and white on the underside of its wings. One was soaring over us for awhile. Rebecca went swimming and reports the water is very cold!
The next morning, we decided to move to the cove directly across and much closer to where the passage is located for entering Booker Lagoon. We pulled anchor and moved, Water is deep, 45 to 50 feet and we were unsure. Arthur came by in his dinghy and gave us suggestions of where not to anchor, due to a very big rock that was not visible, and so we dropped the hook when it said 48 feet and after letting out a lot of chain, set the hook and we had a really secure spot for the second night. The three pictures to the right, below, show that this is more open but still with good protection.
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We did good with prawns with quite a few of the BIG ones that everyone likes to get and a couple dozen of the little ones. Then, relaxing while watching the fog roll in early from Queen Charlotte Sound and providing us with beautiful sunset pictures. Meanwhile, around 1 PM Arthus had a friend arriving by floatplane from Renton, WA. He had to send off his Lat and Long for the plane to find him in Booker Lagoon. We watched the plane came in and at first it started taxiing towards us. But then Arthur got in his dinghy and the pilot figured out that was where he was supposed to go and powered up the big motor and skimmed over towards Arthur. They met around the corner so we didn't get to watch how they get a passenger from the plane to the dinghy. Guess it went ok, because there were no 'funny' stories about it afterwards. They wanted to go fishing and so they pulled their prawn pots, after swinging by to share their plans, and headed off for Dickson Island. Checking to see if they could catch a salmon at James Point which is located on the west entrance to Wells Passage. Meanwhile, we watched the fog roll in and obscure the sun. There is a deep chill in Booker Lagoon and it comes from a combination of the fog rolling in from Queen Charlotte Sound and the very deep water.
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It made for a beautiful sunset, which was much earlier because of the rolling fog. The next morning at lowtide, we saw the rock that Arthur had warned us about the day before. Yep, don't want to anchor over there! A deer was wandering over the rocks at lowtide, nearby. And in the picture to the right, that was full up with water last night, and there are some very interesting tide pools to go exploring in, before the water returns.
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Lowtide exploration
Low tides always show beautiful sealife. Predominantly in the pictures below are tubeworms in the first two pictures and the reddish brown sea cucumbers, with the last picture showing a field of these
amazing sea cucumbers in a little colony.
The first picture is a sea anenome that is all closed up. sea anenomes, sea cucumbers, tubeworms, and clams. The second one is a sea anenome all hanging out, getting tidbits of food from the tide pool. Beautiful colors! And then, a couple of other sea anenomes were open and displaying their tentacles, with the picture that is second from the right showing a group of sea anenomes with variety in colors along with pink coralline algae that forms a hard, crust-like growth on the rocks. Finally, there is a school of sculpins, setting on the rocks, maintaining invisibility, they think!
It was pretty special getting a sea cucumber, clam neck and sculpin all at the same time, as shown below in the first picture. In the next picture below is a sea anenome that has sea cucumbers grouped on either side of it. The third picture shows why sea cucumbers have one end planted underneath and rock and the other end poking out into the water. If they didn't, they would be tumbling in the water, especially when the current is really strong going through this section. The fourth picture shows a group of sea cucumbers hanging around but definitely have their tails planted under rocks! And bedded into the sand and mud are found the clams, usually cockles but these two were a littleneck clam and a butter clam. Did see cockles as well.
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The first picture is a sea anenome that is all closed up. sea anenomes, sea cucumbers, tubeworms, and clams. The second one is a sea anenome all hanging out, getting tidbits of food from the tide pool. Beautiful colors! And then, a couple of other sea anenomes were open and displaying their tentacles, with the picture that is second from the right showing a group of sea anenomes with variety in colors along with pink coralline algae that forms a hard, crust-like growth on the rocks. Finally, there is a school of sculpins, setting on the rocks, maintaining invisibility, they think!
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It was pretty special getting a sea cucumber, clam neck and sculpin all at the same time, as shown below in the first picture. In the next picture below is a sea anenome that has sea cucumbers grouped on either side of it. The third picture shows why sea cucumbers have one end planted underneath and rock and the other end poking out into the water. If they didn't, they would be tumbling in the water, especially when the current is really strong going through this section. The fourth picture shows a group of sea cucumbers hanging around but definitely have their tails planted under rocks! And bedded into the sand and mud are found the clams, usually cockles but these two were a littleneck clam and a butter clam. Did see cockles as well.
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7-22-2025 - Claydon Crabbing and Arthur
We decided to pull our prawn pots the second morning, after exploring the tide pools at low water and head back up to Claydon Bay for some more crabbing. On our first pull of the prawn pots, we got some,
but the second time was a big zero. Checking the high tide time for both Sunday Harbour at 12:55 pm, and Alert Bay at 1:04 pm, we determined that going through between those two times should be good. We
entered the passage at 12:53 pm and there was a very slight (very, very slight) current against us and no whirlpools at either end. Sweet.
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Sullivan Bay Bears
Finally had our own bear sighting!
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A... MOUTHFUL!
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BC Fishery Notices
Marinas, Moorages, & Fuel
Port of Edmonds
Port of Skagit
Clam Bay
Nanaimo
Squirrel Cove
Shoal Bay
Lagoon Cove
Echo Bay Kwiḵwa̱sut’inux̱w Haxwa’mis First Nation (KHFN)
Port of Edmonds moorage is $1.95/ft.
Power - 15, 30, & 50 amp are each $6.00/night
Fuel - $5.039/gal for diesel
.......... $5.179/gal for gas
has water, Wi-Fi, and a pumpout station
La Conner Marina moorage is $1.50/ft.
Power - 30 amp is $5.00/night
Fuel - $4.71/gal for diesel
.......... $5.61/gal for gas
open 8 am to 6 pm, seven days a week and has water, free Wi-Fi, and a pumpout station on F dock
Clam Bay is a large area with lots of room for boats to anchor. We stopped for the night
Port of Nanaimo moorage is $2.30 to 2.58/ft. per boat length
Power - no 15 amp, 30 amp is $8.60/night, & 50 amp is $17.20/night
Fuel - $1.79/litre for diesel
has water, Wi-Fi (weak), showers, laundry and a pumpout station
Squirrel Cove is a tucked away spot that makes great anchorage and a lagoon in the back has rapids at low tides.
Shoal Bay moorage is $1.50/foot and will take cash or a check. This is a gov't dock.
Lagoon Cove moorage is $2.30/ft.
Power - $10/15 amp, $20/30 amp, $30/50 amp
Fuel - $2.06/litre diesel
......... $2.13/litre gas
has water, showers, Wi-Fi (strong)
over the last week - Barometer staying between 30.01 to 30.30
Swinnomish Channel:
Current flows north 2.5-4 hours before high water to 2.5-4 hours after high water.
Slack water occurs 2.5 - 4 hours after high or low water.
Current flows south 2.5-4 hours before low water to 2.5-4 hours after low water.
Clam Bay is an excellent spot for transiting to Dodd Narrows, which is 11-miles north.
Port of Nanaimo has lots of features and there is Mark Bay, across the way to anchor in.
Squirrel Cove has lots of room for a lot of boats to anchor after transitioning narrow passage, staying more to the right, especially at low tide when entering.
Shoal Bay has showers on shore but no Wi-Fi, water or power on the dock. If you walk ashore, there is some Wi-Fi.
Lagoon Cove also has an Emporium with clothing! And don't forget the 5:00 pm happy hour that always has prawns!
Echo Bay's floating bridge.
Good information about going around Cape Caution.
