Millbrook Cove, Smith Sound
Winds 4-10 knots, Seas 1-2 meters
We weighed anchor at 7:00 am this morning, and out the Queen Charlotte Straits. As we headed northwest we started to experience the swells from the ocean, sometimes slowly rising up and down and other times going up and then splashing down with the bow with water coming over the bow and washing down the sides. We had a push from the current most of the way which helped. Almost all of the boats we saw were heading the opposite direction or across to Vancouver Island. Are we missing something?
Mandu did very well, trying to sleep in his bed on the floor of the cockpit. I don't think he was enjoying it but at least he did not get sick.
We came around Cape Caution and continued into Smith Sound. We heard warnings of gale force winds (34-47 knots) in western Queen Charlotte Sound. We are glad we decided to put in a long day today and get around the Cape. We saw blow and the black fluke of a whale but it was too quick for us to identify.
We are in a small anchorage at the north side of Smith Sound called Millbrook Cove. It has a small entry and you go around a protection island into the cove so it is almost hidden from the sound. We joined a small powerboat called Sea Eagle from Anacortes.
Tomorrow we hope to continue up Fitz Hugh Sound, towards Bella Bella.
No worries,
SV Windarra
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