Everything is going great - We left Port Orchard on May 8. Stayed overnight at Port Madison then on to Roche Harbor/Henry Island. We left for Nanaimo where we cleared customs and provisioned with fresh stuff that we could not bring into Canada and spent the night at the Nanaimo Yacht Club. From Nanaimo, we ended up having an 11 hour day so that we could get all the way to Shoal Bay since the tide change was at 7:00 at night. We were with Chris and Tom and we voted for going all the way in one day as the other option was to get up at 4:00am to hopefully catch the morning tide which did not sound good to any of us! It turned out to be a great call as we really did well on fuel consumption - we were pushed thru the 3 rapids and got into Shoal Bay before dark! We had a great cruise to Port Harvey and enjoyed an early day. The other Roche Harbor Yacht Club (RHYC) boaters met up with us there later in the afternoon. We had been behind them by 1 day until we went on to Shoal Bay. They opted to go for the crossing during the day and it was a long 7 hours for them bucking the currents. We had appetizers of fresh clams on the dock and caught up with everyone. Thanks for the clams Linda! The next day Chris and Tom(Steve's sister and brother in law), Glen and Liz Dodge and Steve and I went on to Mound Island where Chris saw the first black bear of the trip. We spent the night at Anchorage in a beautiful spot - steaks on the barbeque with fresh asparagus and an evening movie on Liz and Glen's boat the Magic Moment. The movie was Flight with Denzel Washington and I have to say I would not recommend it! The next morning it was on to Port McNeill to meet up with everyone from RHYC and a dinner out at Gus's Pub! Great fish and chips and company.
The picture is at Shoal Bay - Nelsea on the Right and Miner's Debt with No Debt on the left! Miner's Debt is Chris and Tom's boat- a 43' Mainship.
More to come later - Steve and Michelle
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