After four days re-grouping at Port Hardy we cast off in a thick fog about midday. By the time we got half way out of Hardy Bay the skies cleared and we had brilliant sunshine for our crossing of Goletas channel, and good visibility in fog across Gordon Channel.
As we approached the Walker Group we were escorted by a pod of a dozen Dall Dolphins that played in Teals bow wave for 10 minutes or so. The visibility across Queen Charlotte Strait wasn’t all that good and the wind was building, so the captain chose to go into the anchorage between Kent and Staples islands (50° 53.918’ N / 127° 31.879’ W) in the Walker Group for the night.
There were two other boats anchored there, but we found room to anchor. Just before dark another boat, a sport fishing rig, squeezed in and anchored just as it started to rain. Little did we know those were the first drops of a 5-day rain session.
July 19, 2007
We awoke to rain and fog,. We waited until mid day to follow the other boats out of the cove. We retrieved our crab trap and found two good-sized Dungeness, our first of the season. The eating is superior to Rock Crab, sweeter and meatier. We experienced good visibility and easy seas across Queen Charloote Strait to the Southgate Group.
We worked our way through the Southgate group
and on to Miles Inlet (51° 04.034’ N / 127° 34.877’ W ). One of the boats in the Walker Group Anchorage was anchored at the tee in Miles Inlet. Later that afternoon he departed just before a large sailboat came in and anchored in the south tee. In the mean time we had a wonderful crab lunch.
George & JoAnne
