Octopus Islands or Bust!

 

Blind Channel Rapids viewed from the Resort's docks.   You can't really see it, but the water out there is moving at about 4knots and it sounds like river rapids.

Capt. Ross had us off the docks by 0900.  We headed towards Octopus Islands Provincial Marine Park, about 22 miles away.

The challenge for today and the next few days is wind. The forecast is for 30-35knots from the NW.  In Johnstone Strait we can expect significant acceleration that could double the wind speed. So, we left fairly early to try and beat the winds, while still timing the Okisollo Rapids to be there near slack.

There is a lot of spray on the windows...

The lighthouse at Chatham Point in Johnstone Strait.   This is the dividing point between the Broughton Islands to the north, and the Discovery Islands to the south.  It is also the unofficial dividing point in the weather which tends to be significantly windier north of here.

These are the Okisollo Rapids at slack.   There is a reason we very carefully time these tidal rapids and we are happy when they look like this.

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After dinner of Chicken Tikka in a Indian butter sauce, it was time for full contact Uno.   Unimaginably, I won!

Getting on towards sunset looking east over our anchorage in Waiatt Bay at Octopus Islands.

It was pretty blustery today, with gusts to about 25knots.  You can see the wind on the water in this picture. Tomorrow we are supposed to have even higher winds!

Good Night...