pacific north west

[Jim_ME]

Thank you for the report, Frank.  :)

Look forward to seeing the photos. 

[Frank]

The cruise is over...hauling out next tuesday. Always go into a state of depression come this time....I'd much rather turn the boat around and head back N.  (yes CJ...I typed N)   ;)   Anyhoot...as all know...local knowledge is king while in new places. I spent some time poking around and found a fenced storage area with security cameras and controlled entry for only $50 mth as well as another guy to haul/launch for 1/2 of what I paid last year. It was time well $pent. Nice folks too. Once home...I'll post a few pictures but for now I'll leave it that if you really like nature and the PNW is within hitting distance...GO!!

[Godot]

Sounds great, Frank. The PNW is nowhere convenient, sadly. Might be fun some day, though, to find a small boat for sale in the area, cruise for a couple months, then sell it. If only I could find some way to make money without actually showing up at work...

Man, I found out about that post cruise depression thing. It took me a month and a half before I started feeling like myself.

[Frank]

Gets worst every year. I think I just gotta live aboard  :o

[Frank]

Humpbacks every crossing of BlackFish Sound..

[Frank]

Tacky marina weather..

2nd picture is Billy Proctor's place. A lifer...he logged and commercially fished. In his late 50's he became an enviromentalist and lobbied to protect wild salmon as well as Bond Sound (never logged) He is featured in 2 books, an encredible wealth of knowledge! I was lucky to be there and talk to him and tour his property and see his collection of...as he calls it "junk" that he's accumulated over his lifetime...a true historical museum. A wonderful unassuming guy!!

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No big story...I'll let the pictures talk....

[Frank]

Bond Sound was never logged or the feeder stream never ruined. It is now "saved" and never will be. We anchored and I dingy'd in close. There were a ton of different birds...the sounds were amazing! Salmon were nearly done but a few still swam up. There were seals and at one point I counted 76 Bald Eagles from the dingy. There are 17 in this picture alone!! (a few immature) Unreal when man doesn't F things up!!

[Frank]

We were a bit late for Orca...but often saw humpbacks. They can get to 78,000Lbs!!
We saw this guy later near Lund while returning. He breached clear out of the water twice!! One heck of a splash!!

[Frank]

It rains often and last year during a very heavy spell...Knight Inlet had over 60 landslides. When it gets too saturated, heavy and slippery...it just cleans off to the rock base on the way down. Must be wild to witness

[Frank]

Tahiti North   :D

[Frank]

We saw Dolphins often...typically in small pods of 5-10. I have video of us with more than 200 around the boat!!! It was a surreal experience. I guess they were feeding. The dolphins here are smaller than Florida or Abacos. They are light grey with white shades. We had large pods of porpoises as well...25-30. They are smaller, faster and look like mini killer whales (black/white) Videos...no pics  :(

Very few windy days. This was at the lower end of Bute inlet (snow capped mountains a lil further up)

Yep CJ....a few days we had frost till the afternoon   :o

[Frank]

We ended up with 1063 nautical miles (1222 statute miles)....all at about 6.5 knots. The amazing thing was we only saw one other cruising boat for one night! It truly is deserted this time of year. There are a few work boats running but even they are few and far between as you get N.
I didn't put town pictures on. We provisioned at Powell River, a bit at Lund, and twice at Port Mcniel while N (a great, boat friendly stop) I figured it was the scernery I came for and figured we've all seen town docks.
Lots more pictures but don't want to load up the site too much.

[Tim]

Absolutely Gorgeous, thank you thank you

[CharlieJ]

Really lovely but I'll enjoy the pics thank you. I much prefer warm. Bahamas sound nice- not the same scenery for sure, but no cold either.

Lovely pics Frank- glad ya'll had a good time.