This morning I left Nanaimo at 9:30 so that I'd arrive at Dodd Narrows around the time of the 10:40 slack current. Lots of boats had the same plan, so there were lines of boats traveling in both directions. A half dozen or so boats would pass in one direction, typically with a VHF channel 16 announcement from one or more of them to alert boats at the other end. Then a group of boats would pass through in the other direction. Mostly it was orderly, but sometimes I'd hear someone get on the radio to scold a boater who'd been deemed to be too impatient, jumping a turn or running too fast.

As I expected from the weather forecast, southeast headwinds built as I traveled south. I'm anchored in Montague Harbour, where I stopped on the way north, and it's breezy in the anchorage with winds to 25 knots forecast for the evening. The wind is supposed to lighten mid-day tomorrow, so I may delay my start to let the headwinds die. My intention is to cross the US border, stop at the customs dock at Friday Harbor, then move to a nearby anchorage for the night.