I expected to wake to fog this morning (as predicted), but
instead found sunny skies. After a quick breakfast I pulled the anchor around
4:30, worked my way out of the Broken Islands, and headed into Dixon Entrance.
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| Fog in the distance |
Winds were light and seas were just a small groundswell. I
spotted a humpback tail slapping and slapping the water with its fins. Then the
fog rolled in. Until just a few miles from Prince Rupert, I was in dense fog.
Because the Craig-Prince Rupert route is much less frequently traveled than the
Ketchikan-Prince Rupert route, I hardly saw a radar target until Chatham Sound.
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| Porpoise and calm water. |
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| A humpback waves goodbye. |
The most frustrating thing was the current. The
current arrows on the charts showed seemingly illogical, swirling currents. For
much of the day my speed was down 5-6 knots, fighting a nasty current. Finally,
it backed around, and I saw speeds in the mid-9-knot range for some of the second half
of the trip.
I cleared customs by phone as I approached Prince Rupert.
Easy. It’s just frustrating that even with Nexus I have to go into Prince Rupert when I’ve already been given a clearance number by phone. Oh well.
84.12 nm today
1992.18 nm total
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