11 Jun 23

One month ago today, we pulled out of Anacortes. After an excellent night’s sleep, we both woke up at 07:00 and got on with the day. I could never get a phone call through to the NPS Discovery Service to see if they could sell me a map of the Misty Fjords, so, in the end, I just decided to forget about it. After Terri made a last minute run to the grocery store and topping up the water tank, we got underway, pulling away from the dock about 10:05. Before we left, a boat lady on a trawler from Canada advised us that, with the very high tidal range and all, there were places in the Misty Fjords that were “blocked off”. Well, duh. I hope we do not bump into them again. We motored SE back down the Revillagigedo Channel for 21 miles or so to the south end of Thorne Arm and then turned back to the NE headed toward Carp Island anchorage at the mouth of Smeaton Bay. However, en route, having read the recently acquired “Waggoner’s” guide, we decided to press on to the north end of Shoal Pass and anchor adjacent to Winstanley Island. We had a good sail with the wind behind us up the eastern arm of Behm Canal and arrived at Shoal Pass about 16:30. As it turned out, there was no one else there, so we grabbed the NPS mooring ball at 16:58. As we were getting tied up, a young couple, with two dogs, in a Lund 16’ skiff, that we had seen a couple of times earlier during the day fishing, pulled in and asked if we were going to be using the cabin. When we told them that we had our own “cabin" and they were welcome to the one on shore, they were very pleased. Apparently, they are touring the entire Misty Fjords in that 16’ skiff and camping out as they go. Anyway, the mooring ball is great and the scenery if very pleasing. We had a good look at New Eddystone Rock on the way in. We will pass near it tomorrow on our way to Rudyerd Bay, which is the heart of Misty Fjords.  

55-27.171’N, 130-54.295’W; Log 41.3, Sum (2023) = 891.6 ; Eng. hrs. = 5.2, Sum = 3253.9