We left pretty early this morning, before we could get
distracted by fishing or hiking or whatever. Fitz Hugh Sound was nice and calm,
but as we neared Hakai Pass fog rolled in and cut visibility down to just a few
hundred yards. Navigating Hakai Pass required careful radar use since small
fishing boats were zooming all over the place, presumably looking at their chartplotters
but oblivious to other boats.
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| Into the fog |
Pruth Bay is a perfect anchorage. It’s scenic, reasonably
shallow (50 feet), well protected, and has excellent holding. Ashore, the Hakai Institute
maintains trails to several ocean beaches (and they provide WiFi, now with a
300 mb daily limit).
We hiked fist to West Beach. The trail is flat and easy—even
the non-boardwalk sections weren’t muddy this time of year—and the reward is a
truly outstanding beach. Maybe a half-mile long, gentle grade, soft sand, few
people. The weather was warm and sunny today, and it felt a bit tropical.
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| West Beach panorama |
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| Perfect day for the beach |
We walked north on the beach, then continued on the trail to
North Beach. Historically this trail was pretty rough, with steep, muddy
sections. Either BC Parks or Hakai improved the trail. Now, boardwalks span
most of the muddy sections and stairs make the steep sections easy. I had no
problem doing the walk in flip-flops. North Beach is similar to West Beach,
just less visited.
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| Trail to North Beach |
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| North Beach panorama |
Back at the boat I poured over weather information. Tomorrow
looks like the best day in the foreseeable future for rounding Cape Caution.
Not ideal, with 1-2 meter seas and 15-25 knots of northwest wind, but acceptable
(meaning safe). Given that we otherwise might be waiting for five days or more,
we’ll probably head around tomorrow.
28.69 nm today
2838.9 nm total
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