down Moresby Island and across to the mainland

Once again across the bar and out into Hecate Strait for about 20 miles and then into the protection of Thurston Harbour.

 Here I met Norton and his Farrier 30 trimaran. This is a boat that I have contemplated for a while. Norton kindly gave me a tour of his boat and we had a long discussion about the pros and cons of owning a trimaran.

Later I revisited Echo Harbour. It is a great place to poke around, always with and eye out for bears.

My jumping off point was Murchison Island. It is a great place to hang out.

While there I met Evan and Sarah on their CS 27.

 They were headed to Queen Charlotte City and were going to end their trip there. 

Ultimately it was time to head across Hecate Strait. The forecast was for 15-20 from the North. Turned into a bit of a rough trip. I think the wind hit 25 but the main issue was the confused seas. For the first time ever I felt a little queasy. I put two reefs in the main sail and reefed the genoa and set a course across the strait. For 44 miles I plodded along at about 4.5 knots. I lay below with my timer set to check things every 45 minutes. Later in the day things started to calm down and started to take the reefs out of the sails. As darkness approached I turned the motor on and motored in calm the last fifteen miles or so. I arrived at a small cove that was a bit complicated to get into in the dark. 

Come morning I discovered that there was a massive fishing lodge close by. A helicopter was disgorging fisherman every hour or so.