Brought up the anchor for the first time at 6:15. Barrie
wanted to make one more adjustment to the controls so we dropped it back
down. Five minutes with a screwdriver and we were again ready to
go. Brought the anchor up for the second time at 6:30.
It took just under three hours to reach Yuculta - so we had a half hour to wait before starting our transit through the rapids. With Low Water Slack occurring at 10:30 at Dent, we were still on the last of the ebb tide and got a bit of boost heading through Yuculta. The transit went just as planned arriving at Dent Rapids at slack and then we fought the flood as far as Shoal Bay.
We pulled into the Government Dock at Shoal Bay around noon and spent an hour enjoying the grounds of the "resort". Well, this far north in the islands it is considered a resort. They have a community picnic area and the owners Mark and Cindy put on a pig roast four times every summer. They also have a licensed pub (that was not open this early in the season) and a u-pick vegetable garden with an honor system for paying for fresh fruits and veggies. Again, we were very early in the season and there were plenty of onions and the rhubarb was coming along nicely but it will be several weeks before anyone is picking lettuce and beans. We had a bite of lunch on the boat and then set off to "run" the final rapids on the High Water Slack Tide. We arrived at a Greene Point about 1 1/2 hours before slack and had no trouble with the transit although there were plenty of whirlpools around us. Speaking of whirlpools -- we next ran Whirlpool rapids which brought us out at Forward Harbor. This was our planned anchorage for the night but with a bit of time to spare, we decided to see how the weather was in Johnstone Strait. We got about halfway down Sunderland Channel and the winds were picking up and white caps were building. We turned around and went back to Forward Harbor. Here we found the same boat - Midtstov V - that had followed us though the rapids in the morning. Pete and MaryLou already had their anchor done and Pete was rowing to shore with their dog. Which reminds me, McDuff (the cat) is doing well. He spends most of his time under the covers but bravely sunned on the back deck while we had a glass of "heart medicine" and ate supper.
Our plan is to tackle Johnstone Strait in the early morning when the winds should be calm.
It took just under three hours to reach Yuculta - so we had a half hour to wait before starting our transit through the rapids. With Low Water Slack occurring at 10:30 at Dent, we were still on the last of the ebb tide and got a bit of boost heading through Yuculta. The transit went just as planned arriving at Dent Rapids at slack and then we fought the flood as far as Shoal Bay.
We pulled into the Government Dock at Shoal Bay around noon and spent an hour enjoying the grounds of the "resort". Well, this far north in the islands it is considered a resort. They have a community picnic area and the owners Mark and Cindy put on a pig roast four times every summer. They also have a licensed pub (that was not open this early in the season) and a u-pick vegetable garden with an honor system for paying for fresh fruits and veggies. Again, we were very early in the season and there were plenty of onions and the rhubarb was coming along nicely but it will be several weeks before anyone is picking lettuce and beans. We had a bite of lunch on the boat and then set off to "run" the final rapids on the High Water Slack Tide. We arrived at a Greene Point about 1 1/2 hours before slack and had no trouble with the transit although there were plenty of whirlpools around us. Speaking of whirlpools -- we next ran Whirlpool rapids which brought us out at Forward Harbor. This was our planned anchorage for the night but with a bit of time to spare, we decided to see how the weather was in Johnstone Strait. We got about halfway down Sunderland Channel and the winds were picking up and white caps were building. We turned around and went back to Forward Harbor. Here we found the same boat - Midtstov V - that had followed us though the rapids in the morning. Pete and MaryLou already had their anchor done and Pete was rowing to shore with their dog. Which reminds me, McDuff (the cat) is doing well. He spends most of his time under the covers but bravely sunned on the back deck while we had a glass of "heart medicine" and ate supper.
Our plan is to tackle Johnstone Strait in the early morning when the winds should be calm.
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