I woke up at 5:00 AM, hoping to take advantage of calm winds
in the early morning. Unfortunately it
was quite blustery in the anchorage and listening to the weather on the radio
confirmed that the winds were pretty strong in Queen Charlotte Strait and Queen
Charlotte Sound. The forecast was
calling for weakening winds in the afternoon, though, so we went back to sleep
and figured we’d reevaluate conditions later.
Around 9:30 we pulled the anchor and headed out Wells
Passage. Conditions were choppy but
calmer than yesterday and we headed up Queen Charlotte Strait into moderately
spaced 2-3 foot chop. There are lots of
bailout points along the way, so we figured we could run for cover if
conditions got too bad.
Listening to the 10:30 weather forecast ended our hopes of
making it around Cape Caution today.
What had been predictions for 15 knots of northwesterly wind backing to
15 knots of southerly wind became predictions for 15-25 knots of southerly,
increasing to 30 tonight.
Ordinarily I would have continued up Queen Charlotte Strait
and explored some of the cruising areas on the mainland side while waiting for
good weather. But I had begun developing
a sore throat yesterday and was worried that the strep I had before leaving had
returned. The doctor at home hadn’t
given me any extra antibiotics, confident that I wouldn’t have a problem, so I
wanted to get to a place with a pharmacy quickly.
That made the decision to go to Port Hardy easy. The doctor here confirmed that the strep has
returned and gave me a couple of antibiotics in case the first doesn’t take
care of it.
Now we’re just waiting for a weather window to head around
Cape Caution. It looks like Friday
morning may be the time to go, but we’ll see how the forecast changes in the
next few days.
26.2 nm today and 311.6 total
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