June 22 Shearwater

The plan was to be in Gwaii Hannas by now but a new challenge ! has come up and delayed us a little. We have decided that this is the wake up trip! There are bound to be a few problems with the boat coming out of hibernation.

We had a great trip around Cape Caution despite the boys being a little seasick. We spotted a sea otter on its back having lunch about 8 miles before the cape and then at around 2 miles before the cape a Humpback came by and put on a display.

It`s very hard to capture the moment on camera. Click to enlarge


We spend a very calm night at Green Island anchorage as a SE Gale brewed back where we'd come from!!

We decided to head up the Fitz Hugh Sound to Codville Lagoon the next day. A humpback followed us up a bit of the way. We spotted him first a few miles off when he must have breached and made an incredible splash!

Ian and Conor at the bow in the rain.


Conor Navigating while I shelter from the rain!!

The rain finally stopped (it had been rainy for nearly 36 hours) when we got to Codville and the boys and I went out in the dingy. If there aren't great trails to explore onshore the boys love to scramble along the foreshore. I drop them off and follow in the dinghy so they can be picked up again when the way is no longer passable.


Seconds after we got back on the boat the heaviest rainfall came down .. we must have had about 2 inches of water in the dingy the next morning!!

On discovering the alternator isn't working we decided to go into Shearwater .

We came through Lama passage on the way with this cruise ship. Conor wanted to jump ship when we told him it had swimming pools, cinemas and resturants on board.

Its the weekend so Ian's been trying to get things sorted.. no luck so far. We'll see if someone can take a look in the morning. In the mean time the boys and I have been exploring. We took a muddy walk up to a lake today and the boys made friends with some local kids Callum and Desmond and played ball with them for a while.


The boys add a stone to what looks like an ongoing build!

The boys figured it was easier to get their legs muddy so the trousers came off.

The local Eagle has been keeping the boys amused and they also heard their first raven call when out for our walk today... we're pretty sure we spotted bear and dear tracks along the way also.