Shearwater and Kelmtu

July 9th and 10th. 

Shearwater and Klemtu 

Left Ocean Falls after the crab fiasco!  Spent one night in Shearwater.  Once again we anchor out. That really works great for us.   We saw a couple of Krogenites there -- Ocean Psalms and Skookum. 

Got up early and watched Milos Roanic play in the Wimbledon men's finals. Unfortunately he lost but it was wonderful to see him in the Men's Finals at Wimbledon! 

We left right after the match and made our way to Klemtu. 

 As we were traveling along in Finlayson Channel we hit a Humpback whale. What a big thump!!  Not a hard crack like a log but a soft sort of thud. But big - shock the boat!  Woke me from a nice nap! We circled around to see if there were any logs in the area - no logs but a couple of Humpback whale spouts in the near distance off the stern. We slowed down and then continued on our way to Clothes Bay.  And not long after we started back up there was another whale off our port side -- very close. 

 Jim reported to coast guard. DFO phoned later in the evening. Jim spoke at length with the Whale biologist. ( a bit of a biology bonding session it sounded like to me ). But she agreed that it was likely a humpback whale. 

Stayed one night in Clothes Bay.   There were two other boat in there besides us. It was quiet and calm at anchor. And good 3G in there as well. 

 

The small dock at Klemtu.

We left in the morning for Chappel Inlet. 

Lovely trip through Meyers Passage. Saw some kayakers going along.

They were hugging the shore waiting for us to pass. The passage is quite narrow and shallow in spots. 

Lots of kelp in the passage and along the shore. 

And then we got into Laredo Sound and it got very rolly and bumpy with some big rollers on our beam!  

Stuff crashing onto the floor!!  Stuff crashing about the boat!  Nothing broken! 

We should have had the poles down!! But I said no - it looked okay!!  Ha. Well Lilly didn't barf. She has been pretty good actually. 

We saw a big cruise ship the Noordam - they were probably wondering what the heck we were doing out in these swells and weather! 

We spent one night in Chappel.  We went there last year. It was the inlet where we came very close to an uncharted reef/rock.  

When we left in the morning for McMicking we decided to get the poles out and ready to put the fish in the water. 

Last year the open area in Estevan Sound was very rolly and Lilly barfed. So we decided to be ready.  So of course it was pretty much flat calm all the way to McMicking!!   

It was grey and misty but not a roll or a swell to be felt!!