Our plan was to head to Carmichael Passage and drop the anchor. First we travelled back out to Cumshewa Inlet which was flat calm.
Jim did a little fishing from the cockpit and caught a rockfish.
The forecast was for the wind to come up from the SE in the afternoon - 30-40 knots.
So you have to go where the winds take you around here.
We were thinking of anchoring up in Carmichael Passage but by the time we got there the wind was blowing straight down the Passage at 15-18 knots and since it was supposed to come up later in the day. So we decided the tide was high enough to go through Louise Narrows.
We had less than 9 feet of water under the boat at one point. The most we had was around 12-14 feet. The channel is well marked though.
The channel is marked but it's pretty narrow and shallow.
And just in case you didn't know you need to keep this on your Port side there is an arrow -- this way! Haha. There was a big area of water there with depth of maybe 2 feet!
Out the other side!
Once through Louise Narrows we traveled along Selwyn Inlet and anchored in Thurston Harbour. It was supposed to offer good protection in a SE blow.
We still got quite the wind blowing around the corner and up Thurston Harbour. But it the holding was very good and the swell settled by the top of the harbour.
The difference in 12 hours, from that beautiful morning
Evening anchorage in Thurston anchorage. It has been cold. The mornings have been only 7-10c and 11-14c inside the boat. The heater has been getting a good workout!!
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Great to see the updates here. Oh what an adventure you have been on...will you find your way home again?!
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