After our virtual non event travelling Johnstone Strait to Port Harvey, we were humbled by our trip from Port Harvey to Owen Bay. The weather forecast predicted the winds to pick up later in the day & as we left just after first light we thought we were in for another quiet transit. Wrong! Oh well, we did have the foresail out for a little while, so enjoyed that until the gusts became just too much. Johnstone Strait was at its finest in some areas with wind gusts to 40 knots! The seas developed to 4 meter haystacks, and then thankfully died down to a 1 meter swell just outside of Kelsey Bay. After we rounded Chatam Point we were able to raise our sails again & enjoy a few hours of sailing to our next destination of Owen Bay.

It is a beautiful secluded anchorage, surrounded by cabins of all sizes & stature on land with boat access only. The winds picked up here and the forecast was a gale in both Johnstone Strait & the Strait of Georgia so we decided to just lay low & enjoy the sunny, windy weather for a few days. This spot proved to be a spectacular spot for star gazing, as we found ourselves waking in the middle of the night to enjoy the scenery from the cockpit!

During our stay there, we awoke one morning to find a new neighbour & from our viewpoint almost up on the rocks of the shoreline! This being every boater's nightmare, Darren hopped in the dinghy & went to knock on their boat to offer assistance in pulling them away. They had apparently woken a few moments before as they heard a huge bang & scrape as their hull settled against the rocky shore. This rescue was a great testament to our solar dinghy, as Darren pulled them off of the rocks & into the centre of the bay where they could re-group!

We left later that day timing our exit with the rapids with our destination being the Octopus Islands.

Love & hugs,