Ship's and Dive Log
Date	Location	Activity	You Tube Video
June 30/10	Wake's Cove	departed RYC 1730 arrived Wake's Cove 2130 - Peter, Tanya and Emma onboard
July 1/10	Wake's Cove	Got up a 700 had breakfast and walked to Grand Ma's house. Upon return got CA trained up on the new Yamaha and then she took Peter out for training too while I geared up for a dive. All of us went the Breakwater Island (except dogs) for the dive 1. I experimented with a float and line. Worked out well but need better deployment method. Dive Computer went wrong which turned out to be battery replacement required. Corona will meet us tomorrow near Active Pass tomorrow.	Emma's Story
July 2/10	Horton Bay	Left approx 1030 from Wakes', seas were fine but Kona and Tana were stressed. CA asked that we take a break at Wallace Isld where Peter and I and the dogs just sat ashore. Then it was decided that we continue to Horton Bay at approx 1630 where we met Corona and Anarobic. Happy Hour type acitvity and late dinner.
July 3/10	James Bay, Prevost Isld	Departed approx 1000 to Ganges where we visited the Vet for a problem with Kona's eye resulting in no treatment necessary. After shopping for supplies we continued to James Bay where we indulged in some beach sun tanning on the beach behind the spit.	Active Pass Dive
July 4/10	Monteque Harbour	Took off from James Bay shortly after getting up 930. Arrived 1000 with Ron and Monique behind us. Dive 2. Peter took me diving to Mathew's Point in Active for 1130 dive. Found the tunnel. After dive all of us went for a beer picnic on the beach after saying goodbye to Ron and Monica who wanted to make the Dodd Narrows tide. Had a snooze after picnic (good dive) and then took Peter and Tanya and Emma to the ferry by Catchup since the taxi is not in business anymore. Saw whales in Active near Ferry terminal. Approached by Strait Watch in fancy rib.
5-Jul-2010	Thetis Island - Telegraph Harbour	We left Monteque at with plenty of time to spare to meet Running Bear and Rosie at Thetis. We stopped off at a bay north of tent island for picnic. We arrive in Telegraph at about 1700. Anchored amongst moored boats with a short anchor and kellet. Had dinner on the Corona, walk to the public float and then returned to Sea Foam.
6-Jul-2010	Nanaimo Yacht Club	Left in time to make slack at Dodd Narrows for 1300. There was 15 - 20 kt winds but just chop before Dodd but after seas built to 4-5 ft past Jack Point. Tacked into Nanaimo Harbour. We got the last spot on the recip dock. I dropped CA off in the rib for shopping and then I did laundry. $1 per washer(1/2 hr) and dryer 40 min). $5 for power - good deal. We wait for the NW to calm for tomorrow.
7-Jul-2010	Anderson Bay, Texada	We departed approx 1100 from NYC. We were expecting a sea due to the NW's. Encountered 4 ft seas at the worst splashing the wind screen. It got better after a hour or two. Dive 3. We decided on route to visit Anderson Bay where CA said I could dive again there. Last year I dove there, there was great vis (maybe 150 ft), this time it was a bit less maybe 100. Hot and sunny, seas flatten the closer we came to Lasquiti and Texada. Ater the dive a accidentally dropped my dive computer so I had to dive again to retrieve it. I marked it with a lead weight and the tow line.
8-Jul-2010	Refuge Cove	Departed 0830 arrived Refuge Cove approx 1530. Very hot but slight breeze in the pilot house where I am now. Watch out for tiny reef at head of bay - Good Call from CA.
7/9/2010, July 10 and 11	Shoal Bay	Departed 1315 to catch the tide at Yuculta. Overcast but started sunny in the morning. Still warm. Smooth run, perfect timing through the Yuculta's. We decided to dock at Shoal Bay dock. We were informed as soon as we arrived that there was a potluck dinner happening so CA after walking Kona ashore prepared a chicken stirfry and salad. It was a great gathering. People we met were: Mark - owner Mike and Zdenka onaboard the an Nordic Tug "Kissmet" Guitar player is Kelly and wife Linda stays on the sailboat for the summer Craig and Annie on the "Mary Kay" Christina and Nick (english guy leaving for home July 12) are there to help Roger aboard the "Silent Sam" "Sailor's Toy" George and Louise Martin aboard "Surf Scooter" Dive 4 Dove Hall Point - Good Dive - keep near the point. Ling Cod, only saw one, yellow rock cod, good rock formations for clingers.
12-Jul-2010	Sidney Bay, Loughborough Inlet	Left at 815 but at Loughborough Inlet we encounter sharp 4-5 ft waves (wind against current), so we decided to dock at Sidney Bay where George intended to go. We radioed them and told him are intentions. A boat (Sandpiper) already docked broke into our conversation to tell us that there was plenty of dock space. The dock owner lives across the bay charges $1/ft so now we are paying double to stay and wait. Sandpiper and Half and Half helped us in. Dane Campbell, dock owner, lives across bay.
13-Jul-2010	Forward Harbour	We decided to poke are nose out mid afternoon and we were happy to see that the flooding tide had flatten the waves down considerably allowing us to get the Forward Harbour.	Heading North
14-Jul-2010	Port Neville	Next morning we found the two sailboats that we with us on the dock at Sidney Bay were anchored nearby - Sanctum and Vera. We got up at 930. Dive 5 I managed to get a dive in at Whirlpool rapids where we had previously tried in the past year. I found a wall which angled outward - large sponges, some ling cod and general life. grade 7 dive. Right after the dive we got going and made it as far as Port Neville. Waves were manageable but we turned in for Kona.
15-Jul-2010	Weddington Bay	Got up and left at 530, made Chatham narrows at near slack, seas were quite tame. Arrived approx 1200 had lunch and a snooze. Wind picked up in the afternoon and into the night.
16-Jul-2010	Muirhead Islands	We left at 730 to make Stuart Narrows slack at 1030. Anchored in Richmond Bay back end. Good shelter from NW winds. Had a snooze in the afternoon, when I got up tried 247 one more time and got April who reported that they were anchored in Muirhead Islands. We decided to relocate there. We were met by them on the way by Stinger. We towed Stinger and had a beer together on the bridge of the Sea Foam. We anchored at a more secluded area near the 247.	Mark and April
17-Jul-2010	Davis Bay	We took the Stinger to the end at Tsibass Lagoon had lunch at the dock near there. Also stopped off at Creasy Bay to see the old steam ship aground. Upon arrival back to our anchor spot we decided to relocate to Davis Bay. Davis Bay tended to be exposed to the NW's but lucky they were not strong.
18-Jul-2010	Turnbull Cove	Dive 6. Dove Surgeon Islets. 58 pinnacle/reef. Great dive rated 9, large sea bass in shallows, sea perch (hundreds) deeper, large rocks and very dimensional, many white plumpose. Relocated next morning to Turnbull and anchored near the avalanche area. There was about 10 other yachts there. Next day we went into Nepah Lagoon for a short visit during the slack at Kenneth Passage. Didn't stay long, boring there, didn't set any prawn traps. All other trap sets yielded nothing. CA and I went to the lake for a lunch and a swim. Upon return we located to Napier Bay. I met 3 yachts from Burrard Yacht Club tied to the dock. Neil on a GB.
19-Jul-2010	Napier Bay	Took off early the next morning for Port McNeil. Smooth crossing
July 21-22	Port McNeil	2 nights, stormy but never rained. Happy hour with Ted and Cheryl from the Bizzare a 47 ft. Kona checked out, blood panel results due this weekend.
7/23/2010 and 24	Pearse Islands	Cleaned boat while we waited for the tide. Left at 1330 and arrived at the Pearse Islds at 1530. We determined that I could still get a dive in judging by the Wenton Pass current tables. Dive 7 Stephenson Ilets 18 islet - garden dive rated 8, good wall heading EW, usual life lots of plumpose. 247 and Bizzard Ted and Cheryl Turton with us. Had salmon dinner (caught by Mark early morning) onboard Bizzard.
25-Jul-2010	Dead Point	Dive 8 East tip of 88 isld. Wall near shore goes down to 80, saw a wolf eel young male, hundreds of sea perch, basket stars grade 9 dive. Tug underway Blackfish Sound - Polar Storm, 24 beam x 15 draft x 128 length. We intended to anchor in Native anchorage off Village Isld but 247 didn't like the wind. We went to Dead Point instead where there was just as much wind. During anchoring Sea Foam gain to much speed going back of the anchor that it cause the steel clip to bend and snap back and hit me in the knee. Just a small bruise. We went to Monk's wall (show Dianne) and then later to Mamaliaculla. Dock was dilapidated, Stinger aborted, we turned back because of over grown paths.
26-Jul-2010	Goat Isld, Crease Island	No 24/7, anchored in bay behind goat island. The girls went kayaking, I tried a prawn trap outside the anchorage, no luck. We had no luck with ours using cat food.
27-Jul-2010	Alert Bay	Spent the night in Alert Bay. Did some grocery shopping and found out that there no longer laundry services. Next morning CA and Dianne went to the museum while I rewired the Catchup, bad connection on bilge pump.	Diane Arrives
28-Jul-2010	Pearse Islands	We left about 1300 from there and anchored Bauza Cove and delivered Dianne to Telegraph by Rib. Dianne bought us Lunch. After goodbyes we took the Sea Foam to same anchorage in the Pearce Islands.
29-Jul-2010	Safety Boat Cove	Dive 8 North point of Stephenson. White carpet dive, saw 3 ft ling cod with struggling green ling in its mouth. 80 ft vis, lots of rock outcroppings and walls. No basket stars until very end of island near end of dive. Rating 8. We moved off to Double Bay to find MaryMac, no contact on radio, and they were not found to be there. We decided to move on, too much wave action in the bay, and locate in SBC.
30-Jul-2010	Safety Boat Cove	Dive 9 Off Isld 69 in the Plumpers. Wall starts at 80 ft and then I was down to 110 ft. Wall is too deep for the novice. On top of the walls, with canyons to 160, were hydro coral which I was unable to find attached to small rocks. Lots of sea perch, basket stars and black bass at the shallows. Vis 80 ft at least at depth.
31-Jul-2010	Safety Boat Cove	Dive 10 Rock in passage in front of SBC. I was a little late getting in for current. Garden dive. Lots of hydro coral. After dive we went to Stubbs to take photos of the sea lions. After that we went to Pierce Rocks for dive checkout. It was determined to be flat with wall starting deep.
1-Aug-2010	Safety Boat Cove	Dive 11 Kuldekduna Isld Isld 37 wall heading East. Shear wall bottoming to only 100. Rated 9. Brought up some red coral for CA. We toured around in the Catchup around the Plumpers and Stubbs.
2-Aug-2010	Port McNeil Anchorage	CA in bed with a fever. I went for a tour with the Catchup and then returned to go kayaking. Went for an 1 1/2 hours and upon my return I was greeted by CA in tears. Her illness had escalated to the point that she wanted to leave immediately for Port McNeil to seek medical attention. I packed up the kayak and untied we made way to Port McNeil. During voyage I tried to contact the clinic and hospital but no answer. Message said to call 911 so I did with CA's confirmation. An ambulance was waiting when we arrived. Vital signs taken in ambulance and hospital. I left CA in the hospital to return to Sea Foam anchored in the P McNeil basin to tend to Kona and stay the night
3-Aug-2010	Port McNeil Anchorage	Next morning I did laundry. Finally got a call from CA that she would be arriving by taxi.
4-Aug-2010	Port McNeil Anchorage	CA returned to hospital for checkup. Doctor wants here back next day for re-ex so looks like we will be in for another day.
5-Aug-2010	Port McNeil Anchorage	Doctor today gave CA prescription for special antibiotics after reviewing lab results. He also recommended that we stick around for a couple of days until the result of the antibiotics is known.
6-Aug-2010	Port McNeil Anchorage	I went grocery shopping and laundry for CA. Afterward fuel and water up at the dock. We plan to head north tomorrow. Good shore for landing, rock ledges, by split tree standing at least 20 ft tall.
7-Aug-2010	Clam Cove	Arrived Clam Cove 1400. Some sharp chop on the way up bring some splash to the windscreen but otherwise good voyage. Saw one private boat diving Browning wall and John' DeB boat off Croker. He later brought back at least 10 divers. He has a new float house now.	Browning Passage Dive
8-Aug-2010	Clam Cove	Dive 12 Seven Tree Island Met other diver heading for Browning Wall Tom and Paulette Sheldon, We visited them onboard MV Ananda which was tied up to John's D'B Browning Pass Hideaway dock. Squatter "Harold" dock used for Kona's regular shore duty
9-Aug-2010	Clam Cove	Dive 13 Rock of Life, nice wall right off rock, usual garden dive. Quick hike to Port Alexander with Kona in the morning. Had Tom and Paulette over for dinner.
10-Aug-2010	Clam Cove	Dive 14 Browning Wall - Best dive, not so many sponges, saw 1 ft long orange peel nudibranch. Walk with Kona up part way to logging road.
11-Aug-2010		Dive 15 Browning Wall at low tide in the morning, viz not good but still a good dive. CA and I went to Port Alexander in the morning.
12-Aug-2010		Dive 16 Rock of Life - afternoon high tide - saw my first ling cod. Walk up logging road in the morning and took video.
13-Aug-2010	Bull Harbour	We intend to leave today for Bull Harbour. Croker Rock dive first since wind has settled overnight so far today. Dive 17 Croker Rock: found the wreck (Themis) 2 min into the dive. I didn't see any wolfeels. Wreck is quite spread out. Only saw a mid size ling cod. Poor Vis Upon arrival in Bull Harbour we went to Roller Bay. It was high tide making it difficult to walk on the rounded rock. Apparently it is better to go at low tide.	Bull Harbour
14-Aug-2010	Kalect Island Cove	Dive 18 Quoini Island outside 8 rated got better further into the dive heading west. Poor Vis Travelled from Bull Harbour to get to this dive spot against SE waves. Dive 19 Pinnacle in front of Kalect Cove. Not much life, Sea Penns observed rated 4. bad viz Poor holding here, no bad weather expected. Used kellet for extra weight.
15-Aug-2010	Bell Island Passage	Fished for halibut with no success early in the day and then departed upon return. Smooth transit south. Our favorite beach was found to be occupied by German group and two locals next door to them.
16-Aug-2010	Bell Island Passage	Dive 20 Pinnacle off (11) Crane Island north of Bell Island. Rated 8.5 lots of life at 60 and less feet and wall deeper. A few basket stars, finger sponges, and hundreds of sea bass in the shallows under kelp protection. Went to the beach section for the afternoon. German kayaker is Holger Garthe.
17-Aug-2010	Bell Island Passage	Dive 21 Life in the shallows and off the wall starting at 60. Something for everyone. A few basket stars basically same life as Dive 20. Better to dive here due to protection of Crane Island with the same results. Went to the beach afterwards. We tried fishing off the pinnacle for Sea Bass before the dive but were unsuccessful. Kayakers left today.
18-Aug-2010	Port McNeil Anchorage	Dove the morning tide at 1100 Dive 22 Tribune Rock (see map for location) rated 6.5 good vis, not as good as Crane Island, walls and flora life east of entry not east as it turns into sand flat. After dive we weighted anchor and returned to Port McNeil. We will have two full days for reprovisioning and then pickup of Gordy and Rosio on Saturday.
19-Aug-2010	Port McNeil Anchorage	Laundry and shopping. Relaxation in the bay.
20-Aug-2010	Port McNeil Anchorage
21-Aug-2010	SBC	Gordy and Rosio arrive
22-Aug-2010	SBC	Fishing	Gordy and Rosio Visit
23-Aug-2010	SBC	Fishing Gordy caught one Sockeye Dive 23 SBC rock, tried to find Hydro Coral but failed to see any. Not as good as other dives in the area.	Heading South
24-Aug-2010	Forward Harbour
25-Aug-2010	Shoal Bay	Met Ron and Monica at Shoal Bay. No room at the dock, anchored with Anna Robic rafted but then NW started up and decided that we split and re-anchor. I think we were slipping while rafted.
26-Aug-2010	Octopus Islands	Hike to Gold Mine. RIB untied forward and swung around and bounced in the waves causing Yamaha cowling to be damaged by Sea Foam chrome fender.	Shoal Bay Gold Mine
27-Aug-2010	Octopus Islands	Hiked to Newton Lake. Picked up a good batch of prawns upon our return from Ron and Monica's trap, just shrimp in ours.
28-Aug-2010	Rebecca Spit	Traps left overnight yielded some in theirs but not much on ours.
29-Aug-2010	Gorge Harbour	Toured around the marina area. Trip to the lake cancelled due to pending weather.
30-Aug-2010	Muskett Park	Set trap for prawns and got nothing the next day. Location as per Mark W.
31-Aug-2010	Muskett Park	Dive 24: Alexander Pt rated 4
1-Sep-2010	Smugglers Cove
2-Sep-2010	Smugglers Cove	Dive 25: Fraser Rock, tried to find wreck as per Tom Sheldon, no luck. Ron took me out while the rest were on the beach at Buccaneer.	Beach and Return Home
3-Sep-2010	RYC	Went to dinner to the old Elephant and Castle, with Mark and April, Peter and Tania, Emma. Wind picked up from the west causing the boat to rock keeping CA awake. I relocated the Rib to a inside dock.
4-Sep-2010	Mission	Dodged native gill netters and arrived around 1600.