17 Jul 18

To catch the turn from flood to ebb at Seymour Narrows at 09:09, we had to depart Campbell River at 07:00. The run up from Campbell River to Seymour Narrows is about 8 N-m, but with a strong flood current against us, we had to take advantage of back-eddies all the way up. John led the way and did an admirable job, getting us to the Narrows about 15 minutes before the turn. After we were through the ebb current helped us all the way to Small Inlet in Kanish Bay, where we anchored at 10:50, with “Massilia” rafted alongside. Just off Deepwater Bay, we spotted a couple of orcas headed south at a great rate of speed. After we anchored, we lazed around and read. The wind continued to rise through the afternoon, but there was not much in the way of waves or swell, so we were relatively content. John and I rowed to the back back to see whether is was worth relocating, but decided it was not worth the trouble. As we were preparing dinner - round two of our fresh salmon - John’s dinghy painter somehow got wrapped around “Massilia’s” rudder post. We could not pull it free, so John ended up going for a sunset swim (64.5F) to free it. By then, the wind was gusting above 30 knots and we were yawing about quite a bit, although the anchor was holding just fine. After dinner, we had a bit of a sing-along, but retired early after the day’s exertions. Unfortunately, the noise from the anchor chain and the bow line from “Massilia” and the wind howling through the rigging were so great that I did not fall asleep until about 03:00.

50-15.665’N, 125-17.277’W; Log = 20.1, Sum (2018) = 301.2 N-m