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Posting 3 - June 4 - 9, 2009 Hello all, Some highlights of our
travels so far. June 4, 2009 – Thursday Left Shearwater and headed
north, both boats with renewed confidence in boat performance issues. We
traveled up Seaforth Channel to Mathieson Channel with several other boats
going the same way. Windfall led the way
up Mathieson and then thru Jackson Narrows to Finlayson Channel. Our first
thoughts were to travel thru Oscar Passage but since the currents were with us
we continued on and made a safe transit via Jackson Narrows. This was a narrow
passage with lots of scenery to distract your attention but we went thru at low
slack water the rocks were clearly visible. We continued on up and anchored in
Bottleneck Inlet for the evening. The entrance to Bottleneck was shallow (14ft)
and narrow but we had no problems. Back in the bay we anchored near the charted
deadhead and had a great view of the narrow bay. Hopefully some pictures to
follow. June 5, 2009 – Friday After leaving Bottleneck we
crossed the bay and had a great view of the waterfalls at Waterfalls Pt. We continued on and went thru Haikish Narrows
into Tolmie Channel and Graham Reach stopping at Butedale to take pictures of
dilapidated cannery and beautiful waterfall.
Onto Fraser Reach with many spectacular waterfalls led up to McKay Reach
and finally anchoring in Coghlan Bay behind Promise Island near Hartley
Bay. This was our longest day so far
traveling about 60 miles. We saw many beautiful sites and even encountered several killer whales
and I loaded my camera with stunning photos.
Unfortunately…I accidentally deleted all the pictures. Hopefully Ken will have some that he can give
us. June 6, 2009 – Saturday The boys had an anchor drill
this morning because the stern anchor fouled our anchor and our anchor was
lying over Windfalls. The currents behind Promise Island were stronger than we
anticipated and the stern anchor let loose allowing us to twist on the two bow
anchors. After an hour of hard work we freed the stern anchor, which allowed us
to swing the boats with the thrusters to untwist the bow anchor chains.
Traveling Grenville Channel was uneventful…a long, straight, calm passage with
trees on both sides. We chose to anchor
in Baker Inlet – a beautiful spot with snow-covered mountains with multiple
waterfalls just off our stern. June 7, 2009 – Sunday Spent
another day in Baker Inlet.
This morning we saw a bear on the banks behind us and I got some good
pictures. We all took a dingy ride
around the bay and then the boys went fishing.
Bob caught a 10-inch halibut but set him free. We also got some prawns. The weather changed today after having
several days of clear hot days it got foggy and damp. We set two prawn traps
and managed to catch over 100 shrimp for dinner. The bald eagles keep us in
watch as we fish hoping to dine on the smaller rock cod we release. They sweep
down within feet of the dinghy with claws outstretched hoping the stunned fish
will stay on the surface long enough for them to catch. So far the fish have
managed to slip back into deeper waters and live another day. What a site at
5-10 ft away.
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