After leaving Anna Inlet in the morning we went to Shuttle Island to get water.
There is a dock at Shuttle Island in Hoya Passage. It was easy access and we quickly filled the water tanks. Although we had a lot of water still we figured it was a good idea to top up when we could.
We planned to head to Section Cove - it was a Cove at the top of Burnaby Isalnd and there was a mooring bouy and we could set ourselves up to go south around Burnaby Island - to Rose Harbour.
We saw the tour boat Swell - we've seen Swell quite a bit in the last few days.
As we were travelling south we saw another pleasure boat on AIS about an hour ahead of us. We thought they might be going into Section Island. As it turned out they were going the same area but to an anchorage -- Island Bay. As we got close to Section Island there was a boat already at the Mooring bouy - so in the end we motored further in to the Burnaby Narrows channel and caught the mooring bouy there that we had been at a few days earlier. We really enjoyed staying here a few days earlier but it added about 5 miles to the trip south.
High water again in Burnaby Narrows.
An old log cabin on the shore.
We enjoyed a calm and sunny evening and Jim put the poles down ready to put the fish in the water tomorrow if needed
We would need to be heading into Hecate Strait to go around Burnaby Island to go south to Rose Harbour.
In the morning we listened to the marine weather. It wasn't too windy in the morning but the weather report had the wind coming up in the afternoon to 20-30 from the NW - that should be ok - as we would be in the lee of the island for a NW wind.
But the Hecate Strait bouy was NW 21 gusting 27 with 2 metre seas - we thought that could be an issue. But it was so calm where we were in Burnaby Narrows and the Hecate Strait bouy was 56 miles away. So we decided we would head out - 0630 and if we didn't like what we saw we would turn around and come back.
The entire length of the Burnaby Inlet was flat calm. But as we got closer to the outer area and had a view of Hecate Strait we could see some breaking waves on the shore.
It didn't take us long to realize it was WAY too lumpy for us - 2 metres on the beam. And we turned around and came back to our nice calm mooring bouy.
We were thinking of going into Island Bay - an anchorage just before the Narrows but the boat there was anchored up in there and I didn't want to go barging in at the crack of dawn.
It was a little tricky to catch on to the mooring ball with the poles down. But we quickly settle back in and I was ready to make some cinnamon buns. I figured we needed a reward.
About half an hour later we saw the Pelagic leaving Island Bay and heading out the exact same way we just had been. So we decide to go into Island Bay - and we quickly cleared of the moody bouy and made our way into their spot. They left about 8:30 am.
Island Bay is a lovely spot. A nice grassy meadow at the head of the bay. Good bear territory. There were some campers and hikers in there as well. No bears.
We have been seeing a lot of slides in and around the park and we are wondering if they could have be the result of the earthquake in 2014. They all look pretty recent an like they are all the same age.
About 11:30 AM a boat came and anchored up at the other end of the bay. I thought it might be Palegic - a North Pacific Trawler - thinking they would not be any happier out there than we were.
In the afternoon - after some cinnamon buns we took down the skiff and went for a little ride about. We were thinking we might go to shore when the tide came up a bit.
We motored over to the boat and sure enough it was - Pelagic - they didn't like it either. Although they went a little further. Thought it might be a bit better if they were a little further away from shore. I guess that it wasn't!
So we spent the night in Island Bay. We were going to go for a little walk on shore but the wind really came up in the afternoon. We saw some campers on shore.
I am having trouble with the BlogPress app that I was using to post to my blog. I am hoping it will start working properly again. This is a new app and it seems the photos are not as good of a quality. Technology!!
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