On July 27, we left Vancouver at 7:40 a.m. The morning was calm with very little wind and we did not set sail until 9:40 a.m. We were only traveling between 2 to 4 knots but we did not mind the slow pace through the Strait of Georgia. We were on port tack pretty much most of the way towards Galiano Island. Every time we slowed down because of the lack of wind, Marty put out the fishing rod with the buck tail and it never failed that the wind picked up.
We took our time because we had to go through Active Pass on the high slack and catch the ebbing tide through. The current can be strong through Active Pass. Active Pass is heavily used by B.C. Ferries and often there is one ferry going each way. We did not want to be caught in the middle and fighting the current.
When we did go through, a large fishing boat was cutting the corner going in the opposite direction. He was using the current to get through. He was in our path. It was a good thing there was enough water under us to pull aside to let him through. There are some very crazy boaters out there.
On this day, we traveled only 47 nautical miles, (1.8 km/nm) in thirteen hours. We anchored in beautiful “Otter Bay” on North Pender Island. There was a very nice marina and many homes all around. We did not go to shore as we had a late dinner because we arrived at 20:30 hours. We had the most fabulous sunset ever!
