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1700 MOORED TO BUOY IN ECHO BAY, SUCIA ISLAND
0810 SIGHTED POD OF 10-15 ORCAS OFF NORTH SHORE OF SUCIA - TRIED TAKING PICTURES BUT PROBABLY NO GOOD
1200 OFF FRAZIER DELTA - SOCKEYE JUMPING EVERYWHERE
1400 TIED TO ROYAL VANCOUVER YACHT CLUB DOCK AND CALLED CUSTOMS - 666-0272,0273,0274 - THE PHONE ON DOCK IS FREE!
-ENTRY NUMBER IS V1545
1430 DEPARTED RVYC IN MIDDLE OF SAILING RACE
1600 ANCHORED ON BITT AT NORTH-EAST OF PASLEY ISLAND IN MOUTH OF HOWE INLET - NEAT PLACE, MUCH LIKE CENTER ISLAND
1100 EARL'S LANDING AT PENDER HARBOR - GOT FISHING LICENSES
1345 AT MALIBU RAPIDS - 80' SAILBOAT "LA BELLE AMIE" STANDING BY AT ENTRANCE - GOES IN AS WE ARRIVE
WE WERE ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER TURN TO FLOOD BUT WITH ONLY A 4' TIDAL SCOPE THE CURRENT WAS VERY GENTLE - 2-3 KNOTS
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1430 LA BELLE CUTS US OUT AT THE FLOAT - FORTUNATELY IT WAS NOT CROWDED
AND WE HAD LOTS OF HELP LANDING
-PRINCESS LOUISA IS TRULY SPECTACULAR! |
09/23/86GMC 2077.5 ONAN 2017.1-CHECKED ALL BATTERIES - ADDED WATER TO ONAN'S-GREASED GMC WATER PUMP & TIGHTENED PACKING GLANDS 0945 DEPARTED PRINCESS LOUISA -IT HAD RAINED ALL NIGHT AND ALL OF THE FALLS, WHICH WERE DRY YESTERDAY HAD COME TO LIFE -- WHAT WAS SPECTACULAR YESTERDAY WAS MAGNIFICENT THIS MORNING |
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1450 DOCKED AT EGMONT AT HEAD OF SECHELT INLET - NICE GOVERNMENT DOCKS - GOOD STORE - POST OFFICE (MAILED JEANS SHOES) - WALKED ABOUT A MILE TO THE "BACKEDDY" PUB FOR A MARTINI - NO OTHER TOURISTS HERE!
1100 POWELL RIVER
-PORT EMPLOYEES ON STRIKE - NO CHARGE FOR POWER OR MOORAGE
-SPENT AFTERNOON IN FWD BILGE DRYING OUT WATER TANK AREA
-BOUGHT ERNIE GANN'S BOOK, "THE TRIUMPH"
-WENT TO GREAT RESTAURANT, "WESTVIEW PIZZA & STEAK HOUSE" RUN BY ANGELA & ANGELO - SUPERBLY SEASONED GREEK FOOD
CHECKED POST OFFICE RULES & ZIP CODES
-POWELL RIVER V8A 4Z4
-LUND V0N 4Z8
-CAMPBELL RIVER V9W 4Z8
-PORT HARDY V0N 2P0 OR SUB 1 VON 3S0
-ADDED 2 QTS OIL TO GMC
1230 DEPARTED WESTVIEW
1530 SQUIRREL COVE
-BEAUTIFUL INNER COVE WITH LAGOON WHICH RUNS IN SMALL FALLS TO SEA AT LOW TIDE
-A FEW OYSTERS AT OUTLET OF LAGOON PLUS A GARDEN OF ANENOMES
-BOUGHT TOSCANO WINE AT STORE
-LOTS OF BIG FISH UNDER PIER ?????
0830 DEPARTED SQUIRREL COVE
0930 REFUGE COVE - STOPPED AT STORE - BOUGHT ICE AT SALE PRICE OF $1.00 - THEY HAVE WATER ON DOCK
1100 FISHING OFF SARHA POINT - NO LUCK - LOST ONE RIG & BROKE OFF
ROD HOLDER SOCKET
-EXPLORED OUR WAY DOWN TO OKEOVER LANDING - WARFER THERE ALSO OWNS MARINA AT PENROSE BAY - SAYS HE HAS MORE MOORAGE THERE
- STORE AND RESTAURANT CLOSED FOR SEASON
1400 POKED OUR NOSE INTO THEODOSA INLET - PLENTY OF WATER TO GET IN BUT BIG LOGGING OPERATION THERE - ON WAY BACK OUT WE SAW A BLACK BEAR SWIMMING ACROSS CHANNEL - HOPE I GOT A PICTURE!
1530 ANCHORED IN GRACE HARBOR - MUCH LIKE SQUIRREL COVE - TOTALLY PROTECTED & PICTURESQUE
-REPAIRED ROD HOLDER & RIGGED ANOTHER SET UP
BUT WE WERE TOO LATE FINDING IT TO DIG ANY - GOT A FEW OYSTERS
0900 DEPARTED GRACE HARBOR
1030 EXPLORED PRIDEAUX HAVEN THEN HEADED UP WADDINGTON CHANNEL - I RECOGNIZED WALSH COVE AS THE PLACE WHERE WE HAD TROUBLE ANCHORING 16 YEARS AGO ON THE CRUISE WITH MEHLERS
FISHED AROUND DEAN POINT AND THE NORTH SIDE OF REDONDA BUT NO LUCK. WATCHED A FISHERMAN DROP IN A LINE UP CLOSE TO THE ROCKS & PULL OUT A NICE COD IN ABOUT 5 MINUTES - GOT TO TRY THAT!
1430 STARTED LOOKING FOR ANCHORAGES ON WAY DOWN DEER PASSAGE - WIND FROM NW SO DECIDED AGAINST COULTER BAY (WHICH LOOKED PRETTY POPULATED ANYWAY) - ENDED UP IN A NICE LITTLE COVE SOUTH OF BURDWOOD BAY ON REED ISLAND.
BEAUTIFUL WEATHER ALL DAY - STIFF BREEZE IN PM
0830 ANCHORS AWAY IN THE RAIN! WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL 1305 FOR THE SLACK TIDE AT SURGE NARROWS SO WE STARTED FISHING AS SOON AS WE GOT INTO HOSKYNS CHANNEL - CAUGHT 3 "ROCK COD", LOOKED LIKE "BOCACCIO" FROM THE DESCRIPTION IN CLEMENS & WILBY - ALSO HOOKED A 3' DOGFISH OFF SURGE POINT - THOUGHT SURE I HAD THE BOTTOM UNTIL I FINALLY GOT HIM TO THE SURFACE
1250 STARTED THRU RAPIDS - NO SWEAT BUT GLAD WE WAITED FOR SLACK
1345 ANCHORED IN OCTOPUS ISLANDS - RAINED ALL AFTERNOON AND ON INTO THE NIGHT - LOIS DID THE FISH THING WITH THE WAK - GOOD !!!!
KIND OF A CRUDDY DAY - RAINED ALMOST ALL DAY
PULLED CRAB POT - FIVE OR SIX LESS THAN 4"
0830 CHANGED OIL AND FILTERS ON BOTH THE ONAN AND GMC
ADDED 14 TO GMC 6 TO ONAN
1130 WATCHED AS TWO MINK FISHED CRAB FROM THE WATER ONE AFTER ANOTHER, TOOK THEM TO THE TOP OF A ROCK AND ATE THEM
1230 FISHED ALONG WEST BANK WHILE WAITING FOR SLACK TIDE AT 1345 - CAUGHT A NICE BOCACCIA
1337 STARTED THRU UPPER RAPIDS
1600 HEMMING BAY - LOGGERS HAVE DESECRATED IT - LOG DUMPS AND GRAVEL PITS RIGHT TO THE EDGE OF THE BAY
1630 ANCHORED IN THURSTON BAY BEHIND BLOCK ISLAND - NICE VIEW & OK FOR GOOD WEATHER - LITTLE ROLL COMING FROM NODALES CHANNEL BUT NOT BAD
1700 SHUCKING OYSTERS & CLAMS ON THE FWD DECK IN THE SUN -STARTING TO REALLY GET THE FEEL OF WHAT A GOOD DEAL WE HAVE
REALLY NICE DAY - WARM IN SUN
0830 DEPART THURSTON BAY NORTH TO CORDERO - WEST TO MAYNE PASSAGE AND SOUTH TO BLIND CHANNEL - ED RICHTER HAS A SUPER MARINA AT BLIND CHANNEL BUT IT MUST NOT BE WHERE CHUCK WENT - NO PROVISIONS FOR FISHERMEN
1130 OUT MAYNE TO JOHNSTONE STRAIT HEADING FOR CAMPBELL RIVER - WE WERE EARLY FOR THE SLACK AT SEYMORE NARROWS SO STOPPED AND FISHED NEAR DEEPWATER BAY WHERE A BUNCH OF OTHER FISHERMEN WERE - CAUGHT ONE 20" CHINOOK, THE CANUKS CALL THEM "SPRINGS"
1700 DOCKED AT THE "COAST DISCOVERY INN & MARINA" AFTER ONE FALSE PASS AT THE PUBLIC DOCKS WHICH SEEM TO BE FILLED WITH FISHING BOATS - WE'RE RIGHT NEXT TO THE FERRY DOCK BUT OTHERWISE GREAT!
BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY - SOME WIND AS WE CAME INTO JOHNSTON STRAIT
-RODE OUT TO SPIT ON BIKES - ROY STALEY JUST LEFT FOR WASH
-PICKED UP MAIL & HAD GOOD BREAKFAST AT BUSY BEE CAFE
-RODE FERRY TO QUADRA ISLAND THE BIKES TO SEASCAPE RESORT
-MICKEY & GLORIA SMITH GONE TO EXPO
-SOME NICE FISH BEING BROUGHT TO DOCK
-VISITED MUSEUM IN DOWNTOWN PLAZA
-BIG!!!! FISHING BOATS RAFT NEXT TO US AT NIGHT - GONE NEXT MORNING
NICE DAY - CLOUDY IN AM
-RODE FERRY & BIKES TO THE KWAGIULTH MUSEUM AT CAPE MUDGE IN PM
1600 DEPART CAMPBELL RIVER
1630 STOPPED AT APRIL POINT TO LOOK AT LODGE THERE - IT WAS CLOSED
1730 ANCHORED IN GOWLLAND HARBOR IN FRONT OF SEASCAPE
A LITTLE RAIN IN AM - CLOUDY & WARM
1030 BROWN BAY - NO LIVE BAIT SO STARTED FISHING - LOST A COUPLE ON WEST SIDE THE ACTION STOPPED SO MOVED OVER TO DEEPWATER BAY - CAUGHT 0NE SHAKER, 3 SMALL COHOS, AND ONE NICE 26" CHINOOK
1500 HEADED NORTH FOR ANCHOR SPOT
1630 ANCHORED IN ORCHARD BAY AT NE CORNER OF KANISH BAY AFTER TOUR UP SMALL INLET - WENT ASHORE WHERE INDIAN AND LOGGING CAMPS HAD BEEN
SOME FOG IN MORNING BUT BURNED OFF BY THE TIME WE STARTED FISHING
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1000 ARRIVED KELSEY BAY - NO ROOM AT DOCKS FOR US SO WE ANCHORED AROUND CORNER OF SUNKEN SHIP BREAKWATER AND TIDE STERN TO DOLPHIN
- VERY PRETTY LITTLE LOGGING COMMUNITY ABOUT 1 MILE FROM DOCKS - ALL HOUSES & YARDS WELL CARED FOR - ONLY BUSINESS OPERATING SEEMED TO BE GROCERY & LIQUOR STORE
1300 DEPARTED KELSEY BAY - MANY FISHERMEN ALONG SHORE TO NORTH - LOTS OF BIG SALMON JUMPING
1500 INTO PORT NEVILLE - VERY PRETTY SHALLOW INLET - MUCH KELP
1530 ANCHORED OFF ROBBER'S NOB - AS NICE AN ANCHORAGE IN GOOD WEATHER AS COULD BE ASKED - WHITE CLAM BEACH - LOTS OF SALMON JUMPING ALL AROUND - LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD BE GOOD CLAM DIGGING
FOG IN THE MORNING BUT MOSTLY CLEAR, SUNNY & WARM BY THE TIME WE GOT TO KELSEY BAY
-BAIT GONE BUT NOTHING IN CRAB TRAP
1000 DEPART ROBBER'S NOB
1230 TURNED INTO HAVANNA CHANNEL - CONTACTED SAILING VESSEL "NORD SAL" FROM BAINBRIDGE ISLAND ON WAY BACK FROM KETCHEKAN
1330 NO SWEAT NAVIGATING CHATHAM CHANNEL - GOOD RANGE MARKERS
1430 ANCHORED IN CUTTER COVE
-ANOTHER CRUISER, AN EX-FORREST SERVICE BOAT NAMED THE "OLIVER CLARK II", ALSO IN HARBOR - OWNED & OPERATED BY JIM ????? AND BOB ????? - BASED AT RETREAT COVE ON GALLEANO ISLAND - BOB IS FROM SEATTLE - CAME ABOARD FOR CLAM NECTAR
1700 CHECKED CRAB POT - 14 CRABS - MOSTLY SMALL OR FEMALE
WEATHER - FOG IN EARLY AM & ON JOHNSTONE STRAIT - BEAUTIFUL & WARM ONCE WE LEFT THE STRAIT - 10-15 KNOT WIND FROM THE WEST DURING EVENING
0930 HAULED ANCHOR AND WENT OVER TO MINSTRAL ISLAND RESORT - VERY NICE PEOPLE - GOOD STORE - GOOD DOCKS, COMPLETLY EMPTY - SUN CAME OUT AND WE JIGGED FOR COD ON THE DOCKS -- GOT FIVE FOR CRAB BAIT
1300 WENT ACROSS AND DROPPED A CATFOOD BAITED SRIMP TRAP WHERE ROY SAID WE SHOULD THEN DROPPED A CRAB POT WITH A COD IN IT IN CUTTER COVE
1400 BACK AT MINSTRAL FILLING TANK WITH WATER AND DOING WASHING
1500 TOOK A LITTLE CRUISE AROUND MINSTRAL ISLAND - LOTS OF SHRIMP POTS OUT ALL THE WAY AROUND IT - MOST IN 60-80 FATHOMS OF WATER - WE MAY NEED MORE LINE!
THERE IS ANOTHER SETTLEMENT THOUGH THE "BLOW HOLE" ON CRACROFT ISLAND
1600 BACK TO CHECK SHRIMP POT - NOTHING! A COUPLE OF SMALL CRABS IN POT IN CUTTER
1800 SUPER DINNER - CRACKED CRAB, COD A LA LOIS, GREEN SALAD, APPLE CRUNCH & ICE CREAM
BEST DAY WE'VE HAD SO FAR - LITTLE FOG IN MORNING BUT SO WARM I HAD TO GO TO SHORT SLEEVES IN PM - 10 TO 20 KNOT WIND AT NIGHT
0915 OUT OF CUTTER COVE WEST IN KNIGHT INLET
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1130 MAMALILACULLA ON VILLAGE ISLAND - NORTHWEST BOAT TRAVEL SAYS THERE IS A TOTEM POLE THERE BUT THERE IS A LOT MORE - ONE MAJOR BEAUTIFULLY DONE POLE, SEVERAL BADLY DECAYED POLES, TWO HORIZONTAL POLES, AND TWO MAJOR STRUCTURES MADE FROM LOGS 3 TO 4 FEET IN DIAMETER. |
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1300 DEPARTED MAMALILACULLA
1330 INDIAN VILLAGE AT HEALTH BAY - TOOK PICTURES OF HOUSES PAINTED IN GAY COLORS 1430 ECHO BAY RESORT - ALSO SIMSOOM SOUND POST OFFICE - NICE YOUNG COUPLE WITH TWO LITTLE BOYS THERE IN THE SAILBOAT THEY BUILT, THISTLE DOWN, WORKING ON AN OLD CRUISER - ALSO A BAR, OPEN FROM 7:00 TO 11:00 PM 1700 ANCHORED IN WADDINGTON BAY ON BONWICK ISLAND N 50 43.28/W 126 37.05 - SET OUT CRAB & SHRIMP POTS SIGHTED A WHALE SURFACING & SPOUTING AS I SET DOWN THE SHRIMP POT IN ARROW PASSAGE JUST NORTH OF WADDINGTON - COULDN'T TELL WHAT SPECIES |
WEATHER WAS MOS - FOG PATCHES GRADUALLY GETTING SUNNY PERIODS IN PM - NOT AS WARM AS YESTERDAY
-DUG A BUCKET OF STEAMERS IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES IN A LITTLE GRAVEL BAR ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BAY
-ONE BARELY LEGAL SIZE CRAB IN POT - TOSSED IT BACK
-LOST SHRIMP POT - PROBABLY PUT IT IN TOO DEEP WATER
1015 HEADED DOWN ARROW PASSAGE TOWARD ALERT BAY
1400 CAME THRU GORDON PASSAGE INTO ALERT BAY - COULDN'T FIND A SLIP OPEN AT MAIN FLOATS BUT THERE WAS LOTS OF ROOM BEHIND PILE BREAKWATER TO WEST OF TOWN AT THE NIMKISH BAND DOCKS - NICE NEW FLOATS - 20 AMP POWER BUT NO WATER AT OUR SLIP ON THE END ($4.25/DAY)
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-RODE AROUND TOWN ON OUR BIKES - CHANGED $180 OF US MONEY TO CANADIAN AT 1.371 - SPENT A COUPLE OF HOURS AT THE U'MISTA CULTURAL CENTER |
| - SUPER DISPLAYS OF KWAKIUTL ART & HISTORY OF CANADIAN SUPRESSION OF THE POTLATCH - TALKED A LONG TIME WITH DIVINA HUNT, ONE OF THE HUNTS, ABOUT THE GOALS OF THE CENTER AND THE PROBLEMS WITH HER FAMILY - SHE SURE DOES HAVE A LOT OF RELATIVES - REALLY NICE GIRL | 
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-DINNER OF STEAMED CLAMS & MACARONI & CHEESE - FIRST NON-SEAFOOD DINNER IN QUITE A WHILE
WEATHER WAS AGAIN MOS - CLEARED OFF TO A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET IN EVENING - GOOD THINGS PREDICTED FOR TOMORROW
-HAD BREAKFAST AT THE HOTEL HERE IN ALERT BAY THEN CAUGHT THE FERRY TO PORT MCNEILL. CHECKED OUT THE POST OFFICE (POSTAL CODE V0N 2R0) THEN CALLED PAM & TOLD HER TO SEND OUR MAIL TO PORT MCNEILL. SHE HAD MESSAGE FROM AERONAUTICAL SERVICES ON COD SO I CALLED THEM AND SENT A CHECK. WE THEN BIKED AROUND PORT MCNEILL FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS - NOT MUCH TO SEE - PRETTY MUCH THE MODERN SHOPPING TOWN. THEN CAUGHT THE FERRY TO SOINTULA ON MALCOLM ISLAND. WHILE WAITING FOR THE FERRY WE WATCHED A GUY ON THE PIER CATCH A BEAUTIFUL SALMON BY CASTING WITH A STINGER ON A 10# TEST SPINNING RIG
-DIDN'T TAKE TOO LONG TO LOOK SOINTULA OVER - NICE NEAT LITTLE FINNISH FISHING VILLAGE SO WE WENT INTO THE INN TO WAIT FOR THE FERRY - GOT TO TALKING TO A COUPLE OF FISHERMEN - LEIF ERICSON FROM THE ALISA-Y AND HECTOR ???? FROM THE KAMTCHATKA - HECTOR WAS ON A DRUNK BUT WAS A VERY AMIABLE & TALKATIVE GUY - LEARNED A LOT ABOUT FISHING
-CHECKED FOR ADJUSTMENT ON ONAN VOLTAGE - NOT PER BOOK!
-BIKED UP TO THE BIG HOUSE & TALL TOTEM AND TOOK A BUNCH OF PICTURES, THEN EXPLORED ROADS DOWN THE TOP OF THE ISLAND. WENT TO THE COAST GUARD RADIO STATION & TALKED TO HARRY
| -THEN ON TO THE AIRPORT ALL THE WHILE FOLLOWED BY A LITTLE PUP WHO LATCHED ONTO US. WENT THE WHOLE LENGTH OF THE ISLAND AND OVER TO SANDYVILLE ON THE NORTH EAST SIDE WHERE WE SAW A SEA OTTER PUP THAT A GUY THERE WAS RAISING. IT ACTED JUST LIKE A DOG PUPPY AND IT AND "OUR" PUP GOT ALONG JUST FINE. BACK ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE TO THE CULTURAL CENTER WHERE WE BOUGHT SOME CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. | 
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1230 DEPARTED ALERT BAY
1600 PORT HARDY - PARKED ON THE END OF "A" DOCK AT THE CHEVRON - WATER BUT NO POWER - WENT OUT TO DINNER AT THE SPORTSMAN'S STEAK HOUSE - FOOD FAIR, SERVICE POOR.
SUPER BEAUTIFUL DAY - SUNNY WITH VISIBILITY UNLIMITED
1430 DEPARTED PORT HARDY - STARTED FISHING AT THE FERRY DOCK AND FISHED OVER TO POINT DUVAL - NOTHING - SOME OTHER FISHERMEN SAID THEY HAD BEEN AT IT ALL DAY WITH NO LUCK
1700 ANCHORED IN A TINY UN-NAMED COVE BEHIND THE MOST WESTERLY OF THE ISLETS SOUTH OF BELL ISLAND - VERY PRETTY SPOT BUT COULDN'T FIND A VERY GOOD HOOK - BOTTOM SEEMS TO BE SOLID ROCK - DIDN'T MATTER THIS TIME - NO WIND
ANOTHER SPECTACULAR DAY - NO FOG OR CLOUDS - HIGH IN THE SIXTIES
0900 HEADED OUT OF ROCK COVE AROUND HURST AND BALAKAVA ISLANDS AND INTO PORT ALEXANDER WHERE WE SAW A POD OF ABOUT 8-10 HARBOR PORPOISES
1100 UP THRU BROWNING PASSAGE AND AROUND THE NORTH SIDE OF NIGET ISLAND - THREE SPORT FISHERMEN ON THE HUNT ROCK BANK - LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE FISHING FOR HALIBUT
1230 DOWN THRU BATE PASSAGE TO THE SITE OF THE OLD INDIAN FISHING VILLAGE JUST SOUTH OF PIVOT POINT ON HOPE ISLAND - BEAUTIFUL PLACE WITH TWO CRESCENT BEACHES OF SMOOTH PEBBLES OF NEARLY UNIFORM SIZE - LATER SOME PICNICERS CAME WHO FOUND SOME INDIAN BEADS AS THEY DUG IN THE PEBBLES - AT LEAST TWO ADZED POLES OF AN OLD HOUSE WERE STILL RECOGNIZABLE
1500 INTO BULL HARBOR - CALLED THE RADIO STATION AS WE CAME INTO THE HARBOR AND THE OPERATOR INVITED US TO COME UP - MOORED AT THE PUBLIC FLOAT AND TOOK THE METZELER UP TO THE SETTLEMENT - THE TIDE WAS EBBING SO JUST SET IT ON THE BEACH WHILE WE WALKED UP TO THE BUILDINGS
WHILE WANDERING AROUND TRYING TO GET OUR BEARINGS MET A VERY NICE LADY NAMED DOROTHY PATCHELL WHO TOOK US INTO THE "RV" TO SHOW US THE BAR SHE AND HER HUSBAND HAD BUILT FOR THE BOYS AND TO FEED US A BEER - WE THEN WALKED OUT TO THE RADIO STATION (ABOUT 1/2 MILE) - BRYAN, DOROTHY'S SON WAS BUSY GETTING OUT THE END OF THE GMT DAY REPORTS SO WE WAITED AROUND FOR ABOUT 25 MINUTES TO TALK TO HIM SO BY THE TIME WE GOT BACK TO THE BEACH THE TIDE WAS FLOODING AND OUR METZELER WAS GONE!
| WE WERE JUST ABOUT TO START DOWN THE ROAD TO CHASE THE BOAT WHEN JERRY, THE STATION MANAGER, AND RON CAME ALONG AND ASKED IF WE WANTED A RIDE TO OUR BOAT - THEY TOOK US DOWN AND HELPED US RETRIEVE IT. THEN DOROTHY, WHO NEEDED SOME MAYONAISE, AND HER HUSBAND, CHARLEY, CAME TO THE BOAT FOR A GLASS OF WINE AND A TOUR. CHARLEY WAS A FIREMAN IN NEW WEST MINISTER FOR MANY YEARS. | 
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THEY INVITED US TO THANKSGIVING DINNER TOMORROW SO WE DECIDED TO STAY AROUND ANOTHER DAY
1830 TOOK PATCHELLS BACK TO DOCK - AND INVITED THE COUPLE ON THE SAILBOAT, TOOTH & NAIL, TO COME OVER FOR A DRINK - A NICE COUPLE FROM VANCOUVER, RON AND MARY LOU MARTIN
NICE DAY - NO WIND - HIGH CLOUDS - NOT AS WARM AS YESTERDAY
-EXPLORED SEA CAVES - NONE VERY LARGE OR DEEP
-WALKED TO STREAM AT EAST END OF "ROLLER BAY" - NICE SAND BEACH FOR MUCH OF THE WAY -BUT A LONG HIKE
-MOVED BOAT FROM PUBLIC FLOAT TO COAST GUARD WHARF
-WENT TO THANKSGIVING DINNER WITH COAST GUARD CREW
RADIO OPERATORS - BRYAN DERKSON (CHARLEY & DOROTHY'S SON)
- RICK (HAM OPERATOR)
- DON AND HIS WIFE (MARRIED)
- TYRON (YOUNG KID)
BOAT OPERATIONS - JERRY (MANAGER)
- BOB (YOUNG RED HEAD)
- ELANE (PRETTY GIRL)
- RAY (FIXED WAGON BRAKES)
- HARRY (OLDER MAINTENANCE GUY - MARRIED)
-RICK BROUGHT US HOME TO BOAT AND FOOLED WITH OUR HAM RADIO AND TALKED UNTIL ALMOST MIDNIGHT - HE IS ALSO A MUSICAL INSTUMENT BUILDER AND REPAIR MAN
10/14/86GMC 2165.7 ONAN 2036.7-GOT UP ABOUT 8:00 AND LOIS FIXED OSLO KRINGLER AND FRUIT FOR THE CREW, JERRY, RAY, ELANE, BOB, CHARLEY, BRIAN, HARRY, PEGGY & ME1110 DEPARTED BULL HARBOR - 20 KNOT WINDS TO START BUT SOON DIMINISHED TO ABOUT 10 |
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PRETTY NICE DAY - LOTS OF SMOKE AROUND PORT MCNEILL - MADE FOR A SPECTACULAR RED SUNSET
-FINISHED THE WASH THEN TOOK THE WET CLOTHES UP TO THE LAUNDRYMAT TO DRY - CHECKED FOR MAIL - NOT IN YET BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAY SO WE JUST FOOLED AROUND -FISHED FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND GOT BOARDED BY THE RCMP - THEY WANTED TO CHECK DOCUMENTATION, FISHING LICENSES, AND GUNS - GOT THE VCR FIXED (A BLOWN 1.6AMP MINI-FUSE) AND WATCHED HARRY & TONTO AFTER ANOTHER SUPER DINNER OF COD A LA LOIS
1200 DECIDED TO GO OUT ISLAND EXPLORING AND COME BACK TOMORROW - HEADED OUT NORTH OF CORMORANT ISLAND
1330 FOUND THE "HOLE" HECTOR WAS TALKING ABOUT AND TRIED TO DROP A JIG TO THE BOTTOM - RAN OUT OF LINE! GOT TO RELOAD AT LEAST ONE REEL FOR DEEP WATER
1500 ANCHORED BETWEEN THE TWO WESTERLY ISLANDS IN THE "INDIAN" GROUP - SET OUT THE SHRIMP & CRAB POTS - LOIS NOT FEELING WELL - WENT TO BED AT 6:30 WITHOUT EATING
WEATHER STILL VERY NICE - INVERSION IS KEEPING A LOT OF SLASHBURN SMOKE CLOSE TO THE GROUND REDUCING VISIBILITY TO 10 MILES OR SO
1000 HEADED OUT THRU INDIAN CHANNEL - CHECKED OUT THE PROMISING LOOKING BAY BEHIND MOUND ISLAND BUT FOUND IT FULL OF SALMON RAISING GEAR - WHITEBEACH PASSAGE IS PRETTY BUT HAS FAIRLY STRONG CURRENTS
1200 PORT MCNEILL AGAIN - NO MAIL! - PICKED UP A FEW GROCERIES, LURES, AND ANOTHER SHRIMP POT(A PLASTIC IGLOO)
1600 DOCKED AT TELEGRAPH COVE - NEAT LITTLE COVE OF TEN TO FIFTEEN ACRES ALMOST COMPLETLY FILLED WITH DOCKS AND HOMES ON PILES - ACCESS TO HOMES IS ALONG A BOARDWALK FROM THE HEAD OF THE BAY - LOIS CAUGHT 5 PACIFIC COD OFF THE BOAT IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES
A LITTLE RAIN IN THE MORNING, MIST IN THE PM, BUT ALL IN ALL NOT A BAD DAY
FISHED ACROSS THE BIGHT AND CAUGHT ONE TWO POUND YELLOW TAILED ROCKFISH - RATHER BADLY CHEWED BY THE BIG SHADOW THAT FOLLOWED HIM UP - AND ONE 10 POUND LING
1030 WIND PICKING UP TO ABOUT 20 KNOTS SO WE STARTED RUNNING FOR PORT HARVEY THEN DECIDED TO GO BACK TO CUTTER COVE - HIT CHATHAM CHANNEL ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE PEAK FLOOD SO BUCKED A PRETTY GOOD CURRENT BUT HAD NO PROBLEM WITH THE RANGE
1500 STOPPED AT MINSTRAL ISLAND RESORT - NICE COUPLE WE MET BEFORE HAVE LEFT TO START THEIR OWN BUSINESS - YOUNG GIRL WHO RUNS RESORT AT DOUBLE BAY ON HANSON ISLAND WAS FILLING IN
1600 SET OUT IGLOO SHRIMP TRAP IN 40 FATHOMS AND DROPPED THE CRAB TRAP ON THE WAY INTO CUTTER COVE THEN DECIDED THAT THE CRAB TRAP WAS ON A ROCKY BOTTOM AND SHOULD BE MOVED. SO, AFTER ANCHORING, WENT BACK TO MOVE TRAP AND IT HAD EIGHT CRABS IN IT - ONE KEEPER.
PUT THE POT BACK DOWN IN THE SAME PLACE AND CAME BACK IN 45 MINUTES AND HAD 15 - SO HEAVY I COULD HARDLY LIFT BUT ALL TO SMALL - NEXT I TRIED MOVING ABOUT 100 FT AWAY - GOT TWO LARGER CRABS IN ABOUT AN HOUR SO WE COOKED THEM AND THEN HAD ONE OF LOIS' FAMOUS FISH DINNERS
SOME SUN IN THE MORNING AND LATE PM - WIND ON THE STRAIT - COOL ENOUGH TO WANT A LITTLE HEAT ON MOST OF THE DAY
08:00 DEPARTED CUTTER COVE - PICKED UP SHRIMP TRAP FROM ABOUT 40 FATHOMS AND 300 FEET OFF THE ROCK BLUFF ACROSS FROM MINSTRAL - HAD 17 SHRIMP IN IT - NONE PRAWN SIZE BUT ENOUGH FOR A NICE COCKTAIL FOR EACH OF US
-RAN BACK THOUGH CHATHAM CHANNEL BUCKING A PRETTY GOOD EBB - NO PROBLEM THEN OUT INTO JOHNSTONE - PRETTY GOOD WIND(25 KNOTS) BUT NOT AS ROUGH AS YESTERDAY - WENT INTO SUNDERLAND CHANNEL HEADING FOR FORWARD HARBOUR WHICH LOOKED PRETTY GOOD ON THE CHART
14:00 FORWARD HARBOUR - FISHED FOR A WHILE ACROSS THE MOUTH OF THE HARBOUR AND NORTH OF WHIRLPOOL RAPIDS (TWO GUYS WERE FISHING DRIFTING ACROSS THE SHOALS AT THE MOUTH) - NO LUCK
-WENT IN TO LOOK OVER THE HARBOUR - FAIRLY NICE ANCHORAGE AT DOUGLAS BAY BUT NOTHING TO DO - STEEPLY & HEAVILY WOODED - AN OLD LOGGING OPERATION AT THE HEAD WHERE A TUG STYLE CRUISE BOAT, THE RIVERS INLET", WAS TIED TO A BOOM - WATER AWFULLY MUCKY LOOKING
1500 -DECIDED WE HAD TIME TO MAKE BLIND CHANNEL FOR THE EVENING SO PULLED OUT - THRU WHIRLPOOL RAPIDS (KIND OF LIKE THE TACOMA NARROWS FOR SWIRLS) - DOWN INTO CHANCELLOR AND CORDERO CHANNELS TO THE INFAMOUS GREEN POINT RAPIDS WHICH WE HIT EXACTLY AT TURN TO EBB - THE BOOK SAID WAIT 15 MINUTES SO WE DID AND BY THAT TIME IT WAS STARTING TO SWIRL - AT LEAST I NOW KNOW THAT I CAN READ THE TABLES EVEN IF THEY ARE WRONG
1730 DOCKED AT BLIND CHANNEL - PRETTY STRONG SET TO SOUTH AT THE DOCK - ALMOST FOOLED ME BUT DETECTED IT SOON ENOUGH TO CORRECT - CRAB FOR DINNER - MMM GOOD!
VERY NICE DAY - SUNNY ALL AFTERNOON WITH "LIGHT TO MODERATE WINDS" AND MILD TEMPERATURES
1100 STARTED FISHING NORTH OF DEEPWATER BAY - GOT ONE KEEPER AND HOOKED A BUNCH OF LITTLE GUYS - MOSTLY ON THE COHO FLY BEHIND A FLASHER
1300 HEADED THRU SEYMORE ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE TURN TO FLOOD AND IT WAS ALMOST FLAT - IS SLACK BEFORE THE TURN????
1430 CAMPBELL RIVER - GOT OUT THE BIKES AND SCOUTED FOR A RESTAURANT - THEN DECIDED TO EAT OUR LITTLE SALMON - GOT PICTURES PRINTED & RENTED MOVIE (PALE RIDER)
1200 DEPARTED CAMPBELL RIVER - FOUND A BUNCH OF FISHERMEN ABOUT TWO MILES SOUTH OF CAPE MUDGE SO DECIDED TO GIVE IT A TRY - COULDN'T KEEP THE LITTLE "BLUEBACKS(??)" OFF OF MY COHO FLY - MOST WERE JUST UNDER THE 12" LIMIT - KEPT TWO FOR BREAKFAST
1630 OFF CAPE LAZO - TRYING TO PICK UP THE BUOY SOUTH OF THE CAPE IN ABOUT ONE MILE VISIBILITY I THOUGHT THE RADAR HAD GONE APE - NOISE ALL OVER THE SCREEN - USED THE LORAN TO GET IN POSTION AND FOUND HUNDREDS OF COMMERCIAL FISHING BOATS IN THE HOLE JUST EAST OF COMOX BAR - WE THREADED OUR WAY THRU THEM AND FOUND THE CHANNEL BUOYS IN AMONGST THEM - THE RADAR WAS OK - THE "NOISE" WAS REAL!
1800 DOCKED AT COMOX - NICE DOCKS FOR OVERNIGHTERS
WEATHER MOSTLY FOGGY - LIMITED TO 2-5 MILES MOST OF DAY - BIT OF COOL SUN IN THE PM
-STAYED AT DOCK ALL DAY - WATCHED A FISH BUYER ON THE BOAT NEXT TO US DO HIS THING - A GOOD PORTION OF THE SALMON ARE NOW "DARK" - WE SAW ONE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THE RED, HOOKED NOSE MALE THEY SHOW IN THE PICTURES - RODE OVER TO THE AIRPORT (ABOUT 4 MILES) AND TALKED TO THE COAST GUARD RADIO GUY THERE ABOUT AREA WHISKEY GOLF - HE SAID TO CALL WINCHELSEY CONTROL ABOUT 10 MILES OUT BUT THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO SNEAK THRU THE INSIDE
-SPENT A COUPLE OF HOURS IN THE PM AT "TED'S FISHING SUPPLY" TALKING TO BILL WHO RUNS IT - WATCHED A CREW UNLOADING SEA URCHINS FOR SHIPMENT TO JAPAN - AND ENDED THE DAY WITH A SUPER GOOD DINNER AT "THE GAFF RIG", A VERY NICE RESTAURANT AT THE EAST END OF TOWN
WEATHER WAS AGAIN - FOG IN THE MORNING CLEARING TO WEAK SUN IN PM
1400 FINALLY DEPARTED COMAX (OVER LOIS' PROTESTS) WHEN THE FOG LIFTED TO GIVE VISIBILITY OF ABOUT ONE MILE - RAN DOWN BAYNES SOUND AROUND THE TIP OF DENMAN ISLAND AND OVER TO LASQUETI ISLAND - MOST OF THE RUN WAS IN FROM ONE TO FIVE MILE VISIBILITY BUT IT ALL CLEARED UP ABOUT THE TIME WE PASSED SISTERS ISLAND
1545 FALSE BAY ON LASQUETI ISLAND - LOOKED OVER THE WHARF AND PUBLIC FLOAT BUT IT WAS PRETTY MUCH COVERED WITH SMALL BOATS SO WE ANCHORED TO THE NORTHEAST OF HIGGINS ISLAND IN THE BAY - WE ARE BACK IN CIVILIZATION - BOATS AND HOUSES WHEREVER YOU LOOK
WEATHER - FOGGY AND DAMP - NO RAIN BUT NOT REALLY MUCH FUN WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE ANYTHING
1000 CALLED WINCHELSEY CONTROL FOR PERMISSION TO USE BALLENAS CHANNEL - NO SWEAT - LOTS OF MILITARY ACTIVITY GOING ON AS WE PASSED THRU
1130 DOCKED BY INVITATION AT THE FLOAT RESERVED FOR FISHERMEN IN THE "ISLAND STAR"'S SPOT - A REAL SQUEEZE GETTING BETWEEN TWO OTHER FISHING BOATS TO THE DOCK
-RODE BIKES ALONG THE WATERFRONT TO THE NORTHWEST THRU THE NEW PARK - SEVERAL COMMERCIAL MARINAS UP IN NEWCASTLE PASSAGE
-DECIDED TO TAKE THE FERRY TO GABRIOLA ISLAND - MET A VERY NICE GIRL ABOUT NANCY'S AGE, PAT TEENAMAN WHO RECOMMENDED BIKE TOURS & RESTAURANTS FOR US - RODE OUT TO THE "SURF LODGE" WHICH DIDN'T OPEN UNTIL 7:00 PM AND STOPPED AT THE "HAVEN BY THE SEA", WHICH WAS FULL UP WITH DO-BETTER SEMINARS
-PICKED UP A COUPLE OF STEAKS AND A MOVIE WITH GEORGE BURNS FOR A VERY NICE EVENING
WEATHER BEAUTIFUL ALL DAY - WARM - LITTLE BIT OF A SHOWER WHILE WE RODE UP THE WATERFRONT BUT NOT ENOUGH TO GET US WET
1030 HANDED OUR WAY OUT PAST THE FISHING BOATS ON "I" DOCK AND HEADED FOR DODD NARROWS
1130 THRU DODD NARROWS AFTER WAITING FOR A TUG TO PULL A BOOM THRU
1230 CHECKED OUT OUR "ALMOST LOST ANCHOR" COVE ON VALDEZ ISLAND - SMALL BOAT THERE WITH A FAMILY CAMPING
1400 DOCKED AT SILVA BAY - NICE FACILITIES BUT MOSTLY CLOSED - LOOKS LIKE A SECOND HOME FOR THE ROYAL VANCOUVER YACHT CLUB
1430 DOWN THE EAST SIDE OF VALDEZ AND THRU PORLIER PASS - WATCHED A FISHERMAN PULL IN A COD THERE BUT HEARD ANOTHER CLAIM A COHO ON THE RADIO - CHECKED OUT RETREAT COVE ON GALLIANO BUT NO SIGN OF OUR FRIENDS ON THE "OLIVER CLARK II" SO WE WENT ON TO MONTAGUE HARBOR
1700 TIED TO BUOY IN MONTAGUE MARINE PARK AND HAD BEEF STEW FOR DINNER
VERY PRETTY DAY - RAINED LAST NIGHT BUT BRIGHT BLUE SKYS MOST OF THE DAY - SMALL SHOWER IN PM THEN MORE SUN - WARM
0930 DEPARTED MONTAGUE HARBOR TO THE SW DOWN BY ACTIVE PASS TO NORTH PENDER WHERE WE STOPPED AT HOPE BAY - NOTHING OPEN AT THE DOCK BUT WE TALKED TO SOME PEOPLE WHO SUGGESTED WE WALK "AROUND THE BLOCK" ABOUT 1 1/2 MILES AROUND A NICE FARMING COMMUNITY
1200 CAST OFF AND HEADED FOR SATURNA'S LYALL BAY - CONSIDERED RIDING THE FERRY BUT DECIDED IT WOULD TAKE TOO MUCH TIME SO HAD A BEER IN THE PUB AND THEN TRIED FOR COD OFF THE DOCK - NO LUCK
1400 HEADED OUT FOR STUART ISLAND - PASSED A NICE LOOKING VESSEL CALLED THE IVANHOE NEAR BLUNDEN ISLAND - TRIED TO MAKE CONTACT BUT GOT REBUFFED - ARE ALL CANADIANS WITH BIG BOATS POMPOUS ASSES?
1600 FISHING FOR COD OFF STUART BUT CURRENT IS SO STRONG DIDN'T WORK VERY WELL - GAVE UP WHEN RAIN STARTED TO POUR AND WENT IN TO PREVOST AND TIED UP TO A BUOY
KIND OF A BLUSTERY RAINY DAY - UNSEASONABLY WARM
1030 FRIDAY HARBOR-MADE A FALSE PASS AT CUSTOMS DOCK BUT NOBODY THERE - WENT ON IN AND TIED UP AT OUR SLIP, WALKED UP TO CUSTOMS - CHARGED US $12.50 FOR 1/2 YEAR CUSTOMS FEE.