North
Cove was calm last evening and is calm this morning. Our routine of waking at 5:30, fixing coffee
and pulling the anchor before 6 seems to be working. The skies are partly cloudy and the weather
forecast says that the winds won’t pick up until this afternoon. We retrace our path to the ocean and find a
perfect following sea. As the morning
progresses the clouds seem to thicken on the western horizon but our direction
of travel is toward blue skies and sunshine.
Our path around the Brooks Peninsula is just over 40 miles and for the
entire distance the seas are rippled but we do not experience any of the
uncomfortable rolling from the day before.
The
forecast says a big blow is coming in and winds will be 25 knots or more for
the next two days, so we are looking for a place to settle-in until the weather
clears. Our destination is Walter’s
Cove, yet another fishing village with a boardwalk. All of the guidebooks (and I have at least 4
on this area) describe the entrance to Walter’s Cove as difficult but
well-marked. Indeed, the entrance
includes two S-turns through a very narrow body of water. We pass by a dock that has a Red Cross symbol
painted on it and read that this is the health clinic for the Walter’s
Cove/Kyuquot area and is accessible only by boat! We arrive at the dock to find a beautiful 65’
Marlow Explorer, sporting a Seattle Yacht Club burgee, tied on the windward
side. Laparouse is a beautiful boat that
has some of the design characteristics of the venerable Flemming Yacht. We opt to dock on the leeward side and are
assisted by the owner Mark and two of his “crew” Randy and Casey. Barrie and Mark start talking and soon Mark
is helping us sort out why our AIS is not transmitting. In less than an hour – SUCCESS! Later, we are invited to Laparouse for
drinks.
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About
5:30 we were granted permission to board Laparouse. We had a short tour of a beautiful
yacht. The layout is lovely with an
up-galley and an extensive aft saloon.
Mark had a magic margarita machine and will a glass in hand, we went
topsides to enjoy the evening. We decide
that, weather permitting, we will head to Dixie Cove tomorrow and come back to
Walter’s Cove on Tuesday for dinner at the restaurant. Dixie Cove is one of the places we read about
in Dryke and Holly’s blog from their “Mother Goose” trip a couple of years ago.
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