Gowlland Harbour

I slept in this morning, as I think it was this morning when I finally got to bed…Sometimes being a night owl gets the best of me… Also, I need to get to bed early tonight, as I plan on pulling anchor tomorrow morning at 4:30am. So I just stayed here in Gowlland Harbour. About 12 miIes south of Campbell River, is Mitlenatch Island. The importance of this island is it is where the two tidal zones (I’m in) from the ocean meet. While Discovery Passage is flooding south, the southern portion of Georgia Strait is flooding north. I have about 40 miles to Comox, where I am headed tomorrow. While Discovery Passage tidal currents are stronger, I have more distance to cover in the Strait of Georgia currents. Trying to conserve fuel, I prefer to “slow boat”. By leaving at 4:30am, I will pick up the last two hours of the Discovery Passage flood, and then pick up the Georgia Strait ebb the rest of my day tomorrow. Also, while not always, the rule of thumb on Johnstone and Georgia straits is the winds don’t tend to pick up until late morning or early afternoon. So if all goes well, I’ll have a tail current all the way to Comox, calm winds which means calm seas, and get in to Comox around noon giving me the rest of the day to explore the city.
Today I did some cleaning inside the boat, and peddled my kayak around. There is some kind of broken up barge or ship at the south end of the bay I’m in. There are some nice homes here on Quadra Island. I did drop the crab trap in yesterday, but nothing in it today. And the bait boneless, skinless, chicken was gone. Guess the tiny fish had a meal.Read more