About the time we were getting ready to shove off for Bunsby Islands, Roly and Marianne on Tropic Isle came into the cove and tied to the dock. We visited with them for a while. He brought Marianne here to catch the plane and head back to work. We missed having a chance to get to know her. She’ll be back with Roly before the summer is over, so maybe our paths will cross again.
Late morning we headed out in a light drizzle for the Bunsby’s. It was a fairly smooth run and the sun was breaking through.
After getting through the passage through the reefs, we saw some interesting sea caves and water falls along the way. This is just one of several equally spectacular grotto's.
There are two nice coves in the Bunsby Islands, we took the west nook (50° 05.943’ N / 127° 31.557’ W). There was a US Grand Banks 32 at anchor in the cove and shortly after we set the hook, a US sailboat came in and anchored. It must be summer as we are seeing more and more boats, most all heading south. It really felt good to bask in the warm sunshine for a change.
Mid afternoon Roly came in and pulled along side, held up about a 35 pound Smiley (Canadian for spring run Chinook Salmon) and said “You want some?” I replied, ”Certainly.” He moved a short distance to anchor and cut up the fish. The skippers from the other two boats, who had been communicating with him on HAM radio, went over to Tropic Isle and visited for a while. After they left Roly put his skiff in the water and came over with a large hunk of that fish.
The three of us dined on that beautiful salmon and had a wonderful evening talking about our adventures. Roly has been cruising British Columbia Waters for 40 years, and routinely cruises north along the west coast of Vancouver Island to the inside waters of the Broughton Islands, where we first met him at Joe Cove two years ago, and north coast of British Columbia.
Roly returning to his boat after dinner)
More to come,
George and JoAnne
