Surfin' in Shearwater

Ahoy! We're watching soccer, drying out, and cleanin' up in Shearwater before heading over to Bella Bella for some supplies, fuel, and water at the band store. The two 'towns' are separated geographically, socially, and psychologically, so we're planning on checking out the Bella Bella side before heading out to St. John's Harbour for the night (if we get all our errands done!).

As for a route update....We've decided, after picking the brain of our experienced friend Morgan who is here doing research through SFU, to take the interior route north and go up the fjords east of Princess Royal Island. Word on the water is that is where to find spirit bears, the albino genotype of the coastal black bear, who only live in a small area of the coast. From Hartley Bay we'll head west and cross Hecate Strait within the next 4-5 days over to Haida Gwaii.




Food for thought...Some more photos of the past week!

We had some lovely evenings, thanks to great tips from my Mom - a whole route planner, complete with distances!

 Seriously, a great help. Our 1984 Coastal Sailing Directions is a good guide, but a bit dry.

 Thankfully, we have Peanut, the Ship's Navigator, to guide our way.

 Although sometimes we have to default to meals ashore....Darn! This is a lovely little bay off River's Inlet where we found shelter through Safe Passage...

 A successful first pressure cooker loaf for a decadent breakfast by Cpt. Lisa - feta spinach omelettes in the sunshine... Our early success has made us overly confident - dreams of pressure cooker cinnamon buns are in our future. Wish us luck!

 Sometimes there is no wind. So we row!

Peanut the Navigator, hard at work

Some beautiful views were to be had in Hakai Pass, West Beach.

 Beauty (hmm....after a week at sea? Maybe not.) and the Beast. Seb, hard at work doing 'manly'
 things. During a break from his other tasks, which include fishin', huntin', and crabbin'. And grumblin'.

 Cheers for now!