Leg One - Point Roberts to Comox
After a whirlwind weekend of retirement and bon voyage parties, house cleanup for renters and trying to figure out how to get ALL THAT STUFF into he boat, we managed to push off the dock at Point Roberts at high noon on June 1st. Since then we have been incredibly lucky with the weather - not a drop of rain so far and sunshine every day. Not the BC coast we've known in the past!
We are slowly working our way north towards the Queen Charlottes - we hope to be there by early July. The first stop of our trip was Mayne Island where we picked up Beth's Mom, Sally. We then headed to the Sunshine Coast and to Princess Louisa Inlet, located up Jervis Inlet north of Pender Harbour. You enter this magical place through the Mailibu Rapids at slack tide. Beyond the rapids is a lagoon surrounded by granite cliffs and snow capped mountains that soar straight up to 6,000 feet. At this time of year the high alpine snow pack is melting fast creating hundreds of waterfalls that cascade over the cliffs into the sea below. At the end of the lagoon is Chatterbox Falls, a huge waterfall that is like a small Niagara! This area is a BC Marine Park with a dock near the waterfalls. We stayed here for a few days, hiking, kayaking and visiting with other cruisers. The cool mist from the waterfall was refreshing in the 30 dregree heat!
From Princess Louisa we headed for Lasqueti Island, en route to Comox where we visited family and dropped off Sally and our pooch, Tessa. We decided to leave Tessa with Sally for the summer - good company for her and we thought Tessa's bladder might be challenged by some of our long, overnight passages that are planned!
We are slowly working our way north towards the Queen Charlottes - we hope to be there by early July. The first stop of our trip was Mayne Island where we picked up Beth's Mom, Sally. We then headed to the Sunshine Coast and to Princess Louisa Inlet, located up Jervis Inlet north of Pender Harbour. You enter this magical place through the Mailibu Rapids at slack tide. Beyond the rapids is a lagoon surrounded by granite cliffs and snow capped mountains that soar straight up to 6,000 feet. At this time of year the high alpine snow pack is melting fast creating hundreds of waterfalls that cascade over the cliffs into the sea below. At the end of the lagoon is Chatterbox Falls, a huge waterfall that is like a small Niagara! This area is a BC Marine Park with a dock near the waterfalls. We stayed here for a few days, hiking, kayaking and visiting with other cruisers. The cool mist from the waterfall was refreshing in the 30 dregree heat!
From Princess Louisa we headed for Lasqueti Island, en route to Comox where we visited family and dropped off Sally and our pooch, Tessa. We decided to leave Tessa with Sally for the summer - good company for her and we thought Tessa's bladder might be challenged by some of our long, overnight passages that are planned!
The boat is working great - no problems to date. We have done some sailing but winds have been light and are often on our nose, blowing down the long coastal channels. On our way back from Prncess Louisa we had about 22 kts on our bow and a few knots of flood tide against us. Needless to say we just powerd straight into it rather than making a thousand tacks back and forth to get back to the ooast. Sarah Jean II motors al atong up to 8 1/2 knots which is great in such conditions.
We are now heading north to the Broughtons, a region of thousands of islands, bays and channels across from Point Hardy.
We've posted some photos of our first leg on our Flickr site. To see the picks go to the link below.
We've posted some photos of our first leg on our Flickr site. To see the picks go to the link below.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39357204@N04/sets/72157619514891385/
Wishing you all well. Will send more updates as connections permit!
Wishing you all well. Will send more updates as connections permit!
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