2022 Haida Gwaii Boris and Yammy

 We have arranged to keep the boat in the Nanaimo downtown marina for a month while we whip on home and deal with things there.  Downtown Nanaimo Anchorage across from Nanaimo at Newcastle Island The pulp mill at Crofton So I may continue this fascinating blog when we get back in November or it may fade away into obscurity.

 More Gulf Islands, more clear calm hot weather.

 In Nanaimo we met up with old friends and arranged to keep our boat here for a month. The weather continues hot and sunny.  I won't bore you too much with our travels in the Southern Gulf Islands. We are traveling to all the same old anchorages as our previous trips down here. The only difference is the summer like weather and the increased amount of boaters in the anchorages. We are used to shittier weather and having the anchorages to ourselves.  Princess Cove , Wallace Island  Now we are in Ganges on Saltspring Island living the decadent life. Tomorrow we are off to Winter Cove on Saturna Island. Hopefully people will stay home to eat their turkey rather than go boating.

 This family owned this whole remarkable Island and sold it to the governmnt at a below market value with the intention of turning it into a park. Which it is today.  There is  an old homestead and many trails to get around the island. We were a little disappointed that we had to share our anchorage with two other big sail boats. We spent two days here and got to see the left over sheep that have gone wild.  These sheep are remarkable . Some of them are exceedingly ratty looking but these particular sheep have evolved to eat driftwood. There is so much competition for food that the sheep have started eating logs. This pile of logs will be reduced to sheep manure in just a few days.  Jedediah is also home to deer and feral goats. According to our friend, Angus.The goats were left on the Island by the spaniards when they were exploring in this area a couple of hundred years ago. Not sure what year the spaniards were here. We also saw some deer , Big deal !! When w...

  The Campbell River Fishing Dock There is a ton of water that moves past Campbell River. Out by Cape Mudge when the tidal current opposes the wind it can get downright nasty. We left Campbell River prepared to sail south in a forcasted North wind 5-15. What we got was dead flat calm for thirty miles. The most we had to contend with were a few swirls in the water. Rather than go into Comox and pay for moorage we decided to anchor off Sandy Island . Not a great anchorage but probably all right for this weather.  Night started to settle upon us. I shot into bed only to be told by the trustworthy more observant first mate that we were on the verge of going aground. I thought bullshit but was startled by our depth of 9 feet with the tide still dropping. Well let us get that three million watt flashlight and find the mooring float out there in the darkness. We turned it on shone it for one minute and the battery died. Things worked out and we found and tied to a mooring buoy. While...