Anniversary Cruise III

Summer Cruise of July 1 – September 1, 2006

Leg 1

 

Telegraph Harbour

 

Mark Bay, Nanaimo

 

Hotham Sound

 

 

 

 

 

*    Before we head north we must play with our friends and family

*    Picked up Peter, Dave and their girlfriends, Tanya and Toni

*    Rendezvous with the Corona

*    Canada Day celebration on Thetis Island

*    Clams and Oyster in Hotham Sound

 

Leg 2

 

Cortez Bay

 

Charles Bay

 

Matilpi Indian Islands

 

Mound Island

 

Port Hardy

 

 

 

*    Farewell to the Corona

*    Meeting acquaintances from past voyages

*    New anchorages

*    Unseasonable weather upon us

*    Ready for Cape Caution launch

Leg 3

Clam Cove

 

Smith Sound

 

Hakai Pass

 

 

 

*    Meandering our way to Port Hardy

*    Cape Caution transit to Smith Sound

*    Bill and Linda Irons rendezvous

*    Meeting the MV Anderson Cove and her friends.

*     Hakai Pass Beaches

 

Leg 4

 

Green Island Anchorage – Fitz Hugh Sound

 

Rattenbury Island – Hakai Pass

 

Pruth Bay – Calvert Island

 

Hurricane Island

 

Horsfall Island

 

New Bella Bella – Denny Island

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*    Kayaking Hakai Pass

 

*    Wolves on the prowl

 

*    Hakai Resort and West Beach

 

*    Spider Anchorage

 

*    Rait Narrows

 

*    Shearwater/Bella Bella

 

 

Leg 5

 

Lizzy Cove, Hunter Island

 

Codville Lagoon Marine Park

 

Kisameet Bay

 

Rock Inlet

 

Sea Otter Inlet, Hunter Island

 

Fish Egg Inlet:

Narrows Cove, Waterfall Inlet, Fish Trap Bay, Joe’s Bay, Gildersleeve Bay, Mantrap Inlet,

 

Fury Cove, Penrose Island Marine Park

 

Takush Harbour, Smith Inlet

 

 

 

*    We encounter a lake with a sandy “Fiji” beach

*    Blazing a trail to Kisameet Lake

*    We meet Bruce and Lois onboard the Hideaway

*    Namu and its future??

*    Exploring the recently charted Fish Egg Inlet

*    Back to Smith Sound for Salmon

Leg 6

 

 

Port Hardy

 

Beware Cove

 

Port Renfrew

 

Shoal Bay

 

Octopus Island

 

Buccaneer Bay

 

Gibson’s Landing

 

Back up the Fraser

 

 

 

 

 

 

*    Back to the Southern Heat

 

*    We meet Captain Ron and Sue onboard the MV ‘Popeye’

 

*    Gold at Shoal Bay??

 

*    We finally do the lake trail to Newton Lake

 

*    Buccaneer Bay rendezvous with our southern friends