Making our way to the Broughtons

By Aaron

From the Octopus Islands we transited a few sets of rapids and meandered northward to Blind Channel.

Nicole driving through some whirlpools in Whirlpool Rapids.

There is a resort there that we were intrigued with by the guidebook’s descriptions of a store and restaurant.  We were arriving on a Canadian holiday and fretted about being able to get a slip in the small marina. 

Fortunately, moorage wasn’t a problem.

Unfortunately, we’re still a bit early in the season – the restaurant isn’t open until June 4th and the store didn’t have much, certainly no produce.  At least we got some beer there.  Our available food is beginning to resemble that of a bomb shelter, but Nicole still manages to cook up good stuff.  I especially love when she puts the galley in IHOP mode by installing the griddle thing on the oven.

After Blind Channel we stopped in Forward Harbor for the night. 

And what should I find on the beach but a brand new stern tie spindle mounting pole!

We were underway the following morning and got the custom mount all setup.  Often it’s several hours of travel between anchorages so it’s nice to have little projects to work on.

Tada!  Cut to fit and tied on with some pink Spectra line.  It rolls out much nicer now.

We had a long run and actually did some sailing in Johnstone Strait.  We stopped in Matilpi for the night and anchored off a shell midden.

We’re trying to land on 100 islands before the end of the summer and there were a couple here so we took the dinghy around to each of them and crawled around on rocks.  What else are you going to do?  So far we’ve landed on over 20 islands so I don’t think we’ll have any trouble getting to 100.