My attempt at capturing the playful dolphins
June 5th
Departed 7:50 47degrees raining
RESCUE BAY TO KHUTZ INLET
An American Grand Banks “armada” anchored out with us last
night at Rescue Bay. They, like us, had come from Shearwater that day. We were
unable to access any weather information last night to make a decision as to whether or not to leave this morning and travel through Jackson Passage or find another route.
At around 7:00 am the “armada” began hauling
up their anchors and rounding up to carry on. We did the same and noticed that
they were heading away from Jackson Passage and heading north on Mathieson Channel.
David figured out their planned route thinking they, too, were headed to
Khutze Inlet.
Hitching a ride
It was a longer travel distance but we would avoid the narrow and shallow
Jackson Passage which was just fine with us. We don’t mind being boat
stalkers! The "armada" was made up of Grand Banks which are far more powerful
vessels so they quickly disappeared from our sight as we fought
through the approaching tide.
It took 3 hours of cruising against its force to
finally reach 6kts! We both had trouble sleeping last night so we were pleased
to have flat calm waters the entire 9 hours of our journey. Along the Mathieson
Channel we were awed by many beautiful waterfalls and had another visit from
playful dolphins at our bow. I wish my timing was better in my attempts to
photograph them…captured mainly the splash.
We cruised down Sheep Passage, across Finlayson Channel and
then into Hiekish Narrows. At the end of those narrows, there are two major
rock obstructions to navigate around. Dave did it perfectly. We did not
encounter any pleasure boats on our route, only some shrimp boats.
Khutze Inlet is not an easy anchorage. It is quite deep so
we had to cruise around a bit to find a depth that would work. A friend told us
to anchor in front of the waterfall, and we just about did that. The falls are spectacular!
When we have had such a long day of travel, it takes me no
time at all to get into a relaxing mode.
I had my wine glass full and book in hand within 20 minutes of dropping anchor!
The perfect view of the falls
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