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| Cape Scott |
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| Our Sailing Buddies |
We left Hope Island at 7:50am – destination, Quatsino Sound on the northwest coast of Vancouver Island, but first we needed to cross over the Nahwitti Bar and then round notorious Cape Scott. Conditions for passing over the bar consisted of 8 knot winds and 4 to 5 foot ocean swells. The rolling seas continued all the way to Cape Scott, where the winds subsided to 1 knot. As it turned out, the most challenging seas were between the Bar and the Cape. The seas increased to 6 feet and then steepened to 7 feet further out at sea. Three sailboats were headed south on the same route, it didn’t seem to matter what kind of boat was out at sea, everyone was rocking and rolling. We later caught up to the sailboats and passed them even though we were taking somewhat of a “zigzag” course or angled approach to the steep waves – indeed, our most challenging seas to-date. After rounding Cape Scott, we entered the beautiful, rugged bay of Sea Otter Cove and tied-up at one of four storm buoys provided for boaters and took a lunch break. The entrance to the cove is rocky, narrow, and shallow; but once inside, it opens up, revealing pebble beach’s backed by forested mountains. We took the dinghy to shore thinking we might find flotsam from China; indeed we found a can marked in both Chinese and English letters, indicating the contents as cigarettes from China. After lunch, we headed back out to sea and reached the entrance to Quatsino Sound, arriving at the small community of Winter Harbour around 6pm, totally exhausted.
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| Sea Otter Cove |
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| Sea Otter Cove |
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