Pruth Bay

Today was a very short travel day with only 10 miles to go. Actually, Bill and Mike added a few more miles to that as they went around the north end of Underhill Island, which was right next to Stirling Island that Lewall Inlet is in. They were underway by 7am, and I left closer to 7:30am. Had one barely legal Red Rock crab in my crab trap this morning. Maybe I’ll catch some more today. No rain when I first woke up, but by the time I left the anchorage the rain was starting. It’s very scenic going through the Planet group of islands on the way out of Edward Channel into Hakai Passage. Passage was choppy with winds blowing around 15-20 kts out of the SE. Turning into the passage going to Pruth Bay calmed things down. Pruth Bay is home to the Hakai Institute. There are several trails open to the public, and I kayaked over to the Hakai dock to do the West Beach trail. Lovely white sand beach on the Pacific Ocean on the other side of Hecate Island that Pruth Bay is located on. Bill and Mike are over there now, but hiking several of the trails. (They went over after lunch, while the rain had stopped for a bit.) It’s been raining off and on all day. In between the sun tries to poke through the clouds, but the clouds hang around. Only 52 degrees F today. And a stiff breeze continues out of the ESE, but we are mostly protected where we are anchored. The last couple of days mark the mid point of our trip, as we are now making our way back down the BC coast. Bella Coola was the farthest inland we went, while Eucott Bay marked the farthest north we got. Yesterday was the farthest west we got.Read more