Into the Broughtons

The Broughton archipelago is a group of islands between the north end of Vancouver Island and the mainland of BC Canada.  They stretch roughly from Port McNeill in the north to Kelsey Bay in the south and are east of Johnstone Strait.  The channels are narrow, rocky, and mostly shallow.   They are also subject to significant currents, up to 14 knots.   This is where we are now exploring.

We left Port Hardy this morning about 0900 for our 30-mile jaunt across Queen Charlotte Strait, up Wells Channel, and to Claydon Bay.

As we have come to expect, we encountered fog and couldn't see more than a few hundred yards, if that.

We played a lot of dodge-debris trying to miss these clumps of kelp, logs, floating rafts of seaweed, fishing nets, and whatever else makes up all of this flotsam.

Once we were in Wells Channel the fog lifted a bit, so we got a good 1-mile visibility, but not much further than that.

The Admiral at the helm!   And her crew.   Did I mention she hates having her picture taken???

Claydon Bay was a logging encampment that was abandon many years ago.   Nothing really is left in terms of machinery, buildings, etc.   At one point, this was home to a floating community of homes, but that has moved to Sullivan Bay across the channel.   We will head there tomorrow.

Tonight's dinner was a T-Bone steak on the grill, green beans, and baked potato.  This was preceded by a wonderful arugula salad (arugula, sun-dried tomatoes, shaved parmesan, lemon juice, and a bit of juice from the sun-dried tomatoes plus a dollop of robust olive oil).

And a bottle of 2020 Beringer Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon.   A well-structured relatively inexpensive wine, but it was too young by a few years.

Here is a picture of tonight's sunset.

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