Captain Cove

We left Patterson Inlet around 9:30. We left the poles down and put up the skiff. Another day of Gale warnings and rain! 

The trip was pretty good up up Principe Channel and most of Petrel Sound but about 1 pm the winds started to pick up and by the time we got close to Captain Cove it was blowing hard and the waves were 2-3 foot chop at least.  Fortunately when we turned into the cove the winds and the sea settled down quite nicely.  We were able to drop the anchor into a 6-8 knot wind and it wasn't pouring rain - yet!  As soon as the anchor was down the wind picked up blowing as hard as 20! And it poured rain off and all all evening.  The rain would stop for a few minutes and then an absolute deluge for a few minutes. Wet gear anytime we had to be outside. 

Jim took Jenny to shore and put the crab pot down. Then he put the poles up. We won't have them down going into a harbour in Prince Rupert. 

We had to crack the various windows to let some of the moisture out of the boat. One of the pilot house portholes was cracked a bit - although I have little bungees around so a cat can't get out!  I don't know if this is how she got out but she got out somehow and I think it was a little more open than I usually crack it. 

We were in the salon and I heard a plaintive little meow. Hmm sounded like a - Can you help me Meow! We try to keep track of her all the time. We are always saying - where is the cat?  So we started looking - again a little meow. It sounds like she's outside. Sure enough - she is on the flybridge in the prawn pots - not right in the rain as it is partially undercover but it's not too pleasant up there - pretty windy and damp. That Darn Cat -- FC!   

I looked around and I think the pilothouse porthole is how she got out. The porthole over the stove was partially open but it was raining quite hard and the deck was very wet so I don't think she went from the galley to the foredeck to the flybridge. She has done that move before but it requires her balance on a narrow wire railing and then to jump on a very narrow wood railing and then to the boat deck. So I think it was too wet and windy for that move!  Between Lilly and Jenny we are constantly managing pets!  Keeps the trip interesting I guess. 

This is a photo of Lilly from a previous time of her going up through the pilot house portholes and sleeping on the prawn pots. 

After dinner Jim took Jenny to the shore and then picked up the crab pot - in the pouring rain as usual. 

We got two crab but we decide we didn't want to be cooking and cleaning crab at 9 o'clock at night so we let them go. 

There was an interesting arrangement of a couple of long logs on the shore on one of the little islets in Captain Cove. 

The rain would stop for short periods and there was this light coming from the distance shingling between two small islets. 

Lilly still doesn't understand - NOT ON THE COUNTER!