Around Cape Caution

A bright sunny morning again in Port MacNeill, since the forecast was for better weather after noon in Queen Charlotte sound we had a leisurley breakfast then checked out of the marina and went to the fuel dock to fill up. We took on approximately 1500 liters of diesel (just under 400 US gallons) at $1.30 per liter or $4.92 per US gallon.



Local eagles in Port MacNeill

The local eagles are too lazy to fish so they just hang around the dock and wait till the fishermen come in . They perch on the lamposts  around the marina fish cleaning station and wait for the successful fishermen to clean their catch then they dive for the leftover heads and guts etc.

Crossing  QC  sound  was a little rough probably 1 to 1.5 m swell out of the North west. Going up Gordon Channel it was on our bow and we pitched up and down for an hour which wasn't too bad but after we turned north at Pine Island it was on our beam and we rolled pretty good for about 3 hours till we entered  Fitzhugh Sound.

Dock at Hakai Institute in Pruth Bay

There was only one other boat anchored in Pruth Bay when we arrived, only the second pleasure boat we have seen since Port MacNeill, it looked like 4 guys out for a pleasure fishing trip. They left on Sunday morning leaving us all alone.
Above is a picture of the dock and the institute buildings in the background. This used to be a luxury fly in fishing resort but is now the Hakai Institute owned by the Tula Foundation and involved in fisheries research, environmental issues and nursing for isolated communities . One of their objectives is to make West Beach more accessible to visitors and so they welcome boaters to their dinghy dock and they maintain a trail from there to West Beach. Will try it out when it stops raining.

Will stay over at least one more night here to catch up on laundry and paperwork etc.

Now that we have a better internet connection this may just work>