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6/2/2019

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This is Sunday evening, June 2nd, and we are quietly sitting at the dock in Refuge Cove. On May 30th we headed up from Westview Harbor in stunningly calm conditions and favorable currents. Things continued well as we rounded Sarah Point (that’s it’s real name), the iconic entrance to Desolation Sound, and took a leisurely course into Prideaux Haven, there to anchor, relax, play, and thoroughly enjoy Sarah’s birthday. And we did it well.
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Desolation Sound Ahead!
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Prideaux Haven
This morning we woke to muted sunlight, pulling up a clean anchor. It was only about two hours to Refuge Cove, less if the current was going our way, and it was. Once tied to the empty dock we did a little shopping, laundry and took showers. We filled water, propane, and fuel tanks.
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Birthday Cake too!
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We leave in the morning (at an unhealthy hour) in the hopes of making it up Calm Channel and through Yuculta Rapids before the current starts fighting us. These are dangerous waters so the timing is important. If we are slow on our morning passage we’ll be forced to turn around and head down to Von Donop Inlet for a night on anchor before trying again the next day.

It’s wonderful being up here again. The area is just waking up from winter. There are so few people and everything is spring clean. The marinas are opening for the season, Refuge cove just this weekend.

I’d like to urge you to come and experience this, but I won’t. You can’t drive here, nor take a train. They do have a float plane dock, but there are no hotels, B&Bs or rental cars. There are no roads. This experience requires a boat and some time. There really is no other way.

For those who can’t be here, we’ll keep reporting on what we find and all the new adventures that challenge and delight us.

If you can, find a boat, learn to use it, and then untie the lines. We guarantee a lifetime of memories, even if you can only make it one season. British Columbia is worth it.

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Pam Pettigrew
7/13/2019 04:50:08 pm

Wow pictures are amazing...especially the birthday cake! Hope you had a great birthday Sarah♥️

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