Lagoon Cove was a wonderful stop and I thoroughly enjoyed my
time in the Broughtons, but the weather forecast fro Johnstone Strait looked
perfect for today and lousy for the next several, so I somewhat reluctantly
headed out today. Leaving as the ebb
turned to a flood I was able to get a nice boost from the current almost all
the way to Shoal Bay.
The weather couldn’t have been better. No wind, sunny, and warm. I ended up cruising through Johnstone Strait
longer than I had expected because it was so nice. This way I avoided running through Greene
Point and Whirlpool Rapids. Quite a few
other pleasure boats were out today, all taking advantage of the weather I’m
sure.
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| No wind today on Johnston Strait |
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| This is as rough as it got! |
I arrived at Shoal Bay around 4:00 and was shocked to see
the docks full! And boats rafted off
each other! Spending the summer further
north really does recalibrate ones sense of crowds. I did find a spot on the dock that was just
big enough for me, and got tied up.
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| View from Shoal Bay dock |
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| The Shoal Bay pub |
A guy named Mark and his wife run the place and it’s a neat
stop. They’ve got showers, laundry
(which I desperately needed), and a small pub.
Hiking trails and a huge lawn offer either exercise or relaxation.
I spent the afternoon doing laundry and reading, then headed
to the pub with some other boaters after dinner. A crew from a nearby logging camp had come
over for the evening and provided plenty of entertainment for everyone else. They were a friendly, if a bit rowdy bunch.
A young German couple were working at Shoal Bay for a few
weeks. I chatted with them for a while,
compared notes on traveling in various areas, and learned about a website
called workaway.com. Apparently it pairs
potential employees and employers for short term, working vacations. I’ll have to check it out in more detail when
I get home…
51.4 nm today and 2,992.4 total
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