Port Harvey - Monday June 16

Port Harvey Marine Resort

As of today, we have been on the boat for exactly one month.  The entrance to Shoal Harbor is shallow enough that we chose to depart before low tide.  The anchor was up at 5:58 and we spent the day meandering through the Broughton Archipelago.  Overcast skies with just enough blue to entice us onward.  We looked for old First Nations villages and navigated through very wee passages.  Dropped the anchor for lunch and to wait for slacker water in Chatham Channel.  Followed a couple of tugs with their log boom tows for awhile and passed them by before we reached the narrowest portion of the channel.  Our stopping place this evening is Port Harvey Marina just off Johnstone Strait.  We wanted to position ourselves for the eastward run in Johnstone before we turn into Sutherland Channel for the run through the rapids.
Port Harvey is a relatively new marina (just 5 years of operation) run by a couple from Alberta.  Very friendly and accommodating.  The is also a restaurant on the dock where we had our first pizza of the trip.  The wind continues to howl but with luck will die down later this evening.  If the winds are not too strong in the morning we will poke our nose out into the strait and make the Johnstone run.