We left Port Harvey at 6:15 a.m. as we had to make it to an area of water called “Race Passage.” There is 6 knots of current through this passage. One does not want to go against the current. We needed to get there by 11:00 a.m. and leaving at 6:15 gave us 5 hours to travel 18 nm against the tide. We made it in perfect time. We reached speeds between 7.5-8.6 knots (even higher at times). This is pretty fast for our boat.
Soaring through Race Passage. The blue arrow is our boat.
Along the way, we saw a pod of 5 killer whales traveling north pretty fast.
Sugar found another place to hang out so Marty will have to be careful where he steps.
Thankfully, we were passing Kelsey Bay instead of docking there. The last two times we ended up docking at Kelsey Bay as 25 knots winds slammed quickly into us, forcing us to dock there. The waves from Race Passage beat into the docks, causing our boat to rock back and forth over 30 degrees. This can rock you out of bed.
Anchored in Elk Bay on a windy evening but we were in a protected bay and we were well hooked as Marty worked hard the next morning to pull the anchor.
