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| Broken Islands to Islet NW of Klaoitsis Island: 22.3 nautical miles |
The camp in the Broken Islands was
obviously on the route for boaters and water taxis and there was a
lot of traffic. I was down at the water when a boat went by particularly close, so I gave him a wave. He stopped, turned his
boat around and asked if I was 'ok.' I said, "Yeah, thanks
man." He had a dog in his boat.
I had a lot of miles to do today, which
was hard after yesterdays fight against the wind but I got help from
the current and only had to push hard in one short, exposed section.
Johnstone Strait really funnels the wind, especially during sunny
weather, and there is a lot of fog as well.
This morning, while headed up Hannah
Channel, I got a look up the passage which doesn't quite separate
East and West Cracroft Islands. There were a lot of houses and lots
for sale. I think it is far enough away that it has escaped the real
estate boom. Between Call Inlet and Chatham Channel, at Hadley Bay
was an abandoned looking Hamlet with a dilapidated fish packing
plant.
I got a ride on the current in Chatham
Channel. This was not what I was expecting; I must have been
out-of-it from all the recent hard labour while working out the
tides. I thought I was going through at slack so the help was a nice
surprise. There are no rapids in this channel so nothing to worry
about.
The Minstrel Island cluster of
buildings were all painted an ugly, aquamarine colour.
I got a bit turned around trying to
find Clio Channel, not having a chart for the area and ended up
paddling deep into the bay that separates East and West Cracroft
Island on the North Side. Then, when trying to find a camping spot,
the site that was described in John Kimantas's book was not useable,
so I just had to make do at a random spot. It wasn't to troublesome,
though I felt lucky that the weather was so nice. This type of event
makes it feel more like an adventure.
I will need to paddle less miles
tomorrow so hopefully I will get some down time, though I do need to
find some water and not get lost in 'Beware Passage'.
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