We slept in and had a leisurely breakfast called the Surfer breakfast. It’s what the surfers eat in Hawaii--boiled rice, served with eggs over easy and sausage on top. Then some sort of sweet and tangy sauce on it. Kelsey had a couple choices but I chose the Mae Ploy sauce, a sweet chili sauce.
A lazy day in Hanus Bay.The SE wind is howling outside, coming up the portage cut in between Catherine Island and the mainland. The Coast Pilot wasn’t kidding about SE winds coming through there. The crab potter had removed most of the pots since we’d come, so Pete moved Privateer a bit, so we weren’t catching the wind through that cut though one has to be careful as there are old pilings and possibly cables here left from a logging operation.
After lunch, time for a lesson. Kelsey and I examined our chart, tomorrow will be easy but long, 25 miles to Baby Bear Cove. The main thing to consider is where the flood from Chatham Strait meets the flood coming in from Salisbury Sound a little bit before our destination.
This will position us close to complicated Serguis Narrows, which can only be gotten through during slack tide (true of a most any boat, not just smaller ones like ours). It is kept dredged at 21 feet. From there we will go South through Neva Strait where you can only go with the strong current, so we have to take it during the flood. Kelsey and I had to analyze our distances, tide tables and current tables. It took a while to understand the complexities of this body of water and I did feel like my brain was going to explode but I eventually got it.
Later I got out the BC navigation charts I brought with me to discuss with Peter. We looked at the area between Comox and Desolation Sound and talked about potential anchorages and tricky areas.
We just had another wonderful lunch, toasted cheese, avocado , tomato, spinach and bacon sandwich with nectarines and a slaw made out of carrot, spinach, cabbage and sea asparagus. Kelsey is such a great cook.
We’re quite cozy even through the howling wind, with the wood stove going.
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| Portage arm in Hanus Bay at low tide |
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