Klewnuggit Inlet, Grenville Channel
This morning we lifted anchor around 10:00 am and motored by the settlement at Hartley Bay to see if we had cell phone coverage. No joy, so we continued up Grenville Channel, the highway to Prince Rupert. We had the current with us and at one point we were doing 9.6 knots over the ground, 6.0 knots of which were boat speed, the other 3.6 knots was current.
We listened to a report from an 85 foot powerboat, Moonshadow, that had lost both engines and was adrift in Graham Reach at the north end of Princess Royal Island. Now having your engine go out, no matter what type of boat is a bad thing. To have both engines go out, is even worse, especially when you don't have any sails either. A boat in the vicinity, helped them to Coghan Anchorage, where we were last night. Later we heard they were looking for someone to tow them to Prince Rupert, about 75+ miles away. Ouch.
We are now in Klewnuggit Inlet at the anchorage far in the back, about 4 miles from the entry. We are in 21 meters of water and the surrounding hills go up from sea level to July snow level. There are only 2 other boats in the anchorage, and more than shouting distance away. The sun is out, it is warm, dinner will be ready soon, we are having cocktails and enjoying shrimp cocktail courtesy of Margie on SV Dreamcatcher.
It doesn't get any better than this....
No worries,
SV Windarra
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