MAY 15, 16 and 17.

 

On the advice of Gerry Wolfe, our friend and weather man in Victoria, via InReach, our satelite communication device, and after listening to the VHF, we decided to stay in Miles Inlet another day. Mejan called us on the VHF at 6:00 in the morning to confirm our decision to stay put. The winds were 20-30 knots at Egg island, not a good time to cross Cape Caution.

It was a lazy day, pouring with rain till 2:30. Slept in late, made pancakes, finished reading another book, Half-blood Blues, and Vaughan worked with Bert on the electricity. The batteries weren’t holding a charge and he filled them with distilled water.

Bert and Vaughan working on the generator to check the batteries.

 

When the rain stopped we all came out of our boats. Mejan brought over some yummy cookies she had baked during the rain this morning.

Yummy, home-made cookies by Mejan.

Vaughan and I went for a dinghy ride and saw the waves still crashing in at the mouth of the inlet. It must have been a rough night out there.

Entrance to Miles inlet

It is amazing how protected from waves and wind all the anchorages are. We have slept peacefully every night so far. Vaughan was trolling for fish and managed to catch three little ones when I was with him in the dinghy. Later he went out fishing with Bert and came back with a nice big fish we ate for supper.

First catch too small, Vaughan put it back in the water.

Self-caught 0-MILE diet.

MAY 17.

We decided to go for it! Sail past Cape Caution, because the winds had died down. We left a 6:45am and encountered a light western swell of about 1-2 meters, which did not make for a completely comfortable ride, but our boat took to the waves quit well. We passed the southbound BC ferry, or actually,they passed us, probably going 20 knots, while we were going between 6 and 7 knots. By 11:00am we were close to Fury cove, our destination for the day, and I saw a puff of air coming from a small whale. The little black fin came up out of the water and it looked like it was a small pilot whale.

We were anchored at 11:45 am in the beautiful anchorage of Fury cove on Penrose Island, with its lovely while beaches and a view over the islands into Fitz Hugh Sound. Half an hour later Curtsy and Waterford arrived. We went and explored the beaches and the little island.

Bert and Vaughan in Fury Cove on Penrose Island.

That evening we had a lovely potluck on Waterford, to celebrate our successful crossing of Cape Caution. Later on Vaughan and I watched a ‘B’ movie on out boat, since the electricity had kicked in again and we had lots of power.