Fury Cove

May 22, 2013

Fury Cove, BC

Latitude: N51.48737°

Longitude: W127.75806°

We left Port Nevis at 07:00. The wind was by the stern and the current was with us for the better part of 3 hrs and the sun was out...all good. We followed a tug and tow for almost 7 hours... It made me think of the saying, "When you are not the lead dog the view never changes." It was one of the nicest trips up the Queen Charlotte Sound you could imagine. Around 03:00 we thought about stopping at Miles Inlet but the weather was good and we decided to push on to Fury Cove which is on the North side of Cape Caution... The trip around Cape Caution is one of the places where you are exposed to the open Pacific Ocean and it can be rough. As we got further out in the sound we picked up bigger swells from the West. They were 10-15 meters high but the surface was smooth. Not bad going. 

As the afternoon progressed the wind picked up so as we made the turn North it was rough going and just as we were getting closer to the shelter of the shore the wind backed to Northerly and beat on us all the way into the bay. Bob's dog,  Inga the German Shepard, did not like it. When it gets rough she likes to wedge her self in at the base of the helm but even that was not working for her this afternoon. 

We got to the anchorage and Inga got a kayak trip to shore to finally get to do her  "dog duty". After 12 hrs under way I am sure she felt "relieved." There's no connectivity here so this will post when there is a connection.

Next stop, Shearwater and Bella Bella.