Desolation Sound - Anacortes via Texada Island, Nanaimo, Gabriola Passage, Sucia Island.
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| Boat passage, Winter Cove, Saturna Island running at a 10kn flood current. |
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| On top of Bold Head, Desolation Sound. The approach to Tenedas Bay and the waters clear to Sarah Point is visible. |
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| Playing in powerboat wakes, Chivers Point, Wallace Island |
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| Near Entrance Island lighthouse the winds are almost always exciting. Here 16-18 knots of following breeze. |
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| Arbutus and drift logs, Sucia |
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| Guests aboard |
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| Unnamed narrow cove near Half Moon Bay, Sunshine Coast. Merry island in the left background. This snug anchorage is guarded by rocks, even in the entrance, and dries on spring ebbs. |
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| Porlier light and Turnstone in the background. |
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| Stretching the capacity of the 8 foot Achilles dinghy |
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| Finally the wind eased and the sheets were let out after beating into a 15-17kn headwind for two hours in the early morning. Lawrence Point, Orcas island. |
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| Portland Island, Gulf Islands, BC |
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| Faint trails and careful route finding let us to the empty south shore of West Redonda, Desolation Sound. Bjorn with flotsam. |
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| Teaching the new helmsman the ropes |
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| Becalmed in the Strait of Georgia |
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