Port Macneill

We left CR at 7:30 to catch slack tide at Seymour Narrows just north of town in Discovery  Passage.  Missing the correct time to transit these narrows can ruin your day as currents can run up to  16 knots at a big flood tide and many boats have been capsized and lost here.

The Environment Canada weather forecast was for 15 to 20 knot winds in Johnstone Strait, a notoriously windy channel, but once again they were WRONG. We had no wind to speak of and even flat calm for part of the way. That is the third day in a row that they have been WRONG, they obviously are extremely conservative in their forecasts, probably figuring that people won't complain if the weather is BETTER than forecast rather than worse.
Like the boy who cried wolf too many times though it does not give you much confidence or comfort in their forecasts.
Arrived at Port Macneill  at 3:15 and, as expected,  had no trouble finding a moorage at this time of year . Total distance today was 86 miles.

The next leg of our  passage crosses Queen Charlotte Sound which entails a 30 mile section of   ocean open to the West all the way to Japan. As all the weather comes from the west it is important to choose a weather window to minimize winds and especially heavy swell and waves so not sure yet exactly when that will be. We may be able to go tomorrow afternoon or we may have to wait a few days.
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