Showing posts with label Blind Channel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blind Channel. Show all posts

Saturday, 29 August 2015

BC Coastal trip to Shearwater 2015

A few shots I found on my Cell phone from our trip. 

Blind Channel Resort @ low tide



Evan using his cast net @ Blind Channel it worked well this time, no bait caught, but a good toss. 



Pulling into Bull Harbour @ Hope Island



You wouldn't think that such a nice place as Bull Harbour would have such crazy ass mosquitoes!


Greg just Chillin after a great morning of fishing, 5 coho in an hour




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Monday, 24 August 2015

Day 2 August 9th 2015
We woke up in beautiful calm Blind Channel Resort, if you have a chance to stop by this amazing spot, don't hesitate. They have a moorage with power and fresh water, a general store with a government liquor outlet, a top end restaurant, showers and a washer and dryer!  They even found a place to tie us up, even though they were completely reserved when we initially called. 


Evan trying his luck at cast netting...


Peaceful morning after a huge downpour the evening before


Fog still around and more narrows to travel through


A great mode of transport, when it is not foggy


Leaving Blind Channel behind


Folks anchoring near Hardwick Island


Islands near Port Neville



Near West Cracoft Island




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Heading into Seymour Narrows 
How do you like the Guest House? 
Just around Comox we started to have a bit of Starboard engine issue, we limped into Campbell River and changed out the Fuel Filter, the Netta Jean is back on track!


The Fog picked up going through Seymour Narrows, this is a channel notorious for wicked tides and currents.


Seymour Narrows is a 5 km (3.1 mi) section of the Discovery Passage in British Columbia known for strong tidal currents.[1] Discovery Passage lies between Vancouver Island at Menzies Bay, British Columbia and Quadra Island except at its northern end where the eastern shoreline is Sonora Island. The section known as Seymour Narrows begins about 18 km (11 mi) from the south end of Discovery Passage where it enters the Georgia Strait near Campbell River. For most of the length of the narrows, the channel is about 750 m wide. Through this narrow channel, currents can reach 15 kn.

Seymour Narrows was described by Captain George Vancouver as "one of the vilest stretches of water in the world."[2] Even after Ripple Rock was removed, it remains a challenging route. In March 1981, the Star Philippine, a freighter, ran aground in the narrows.


We were all happy for Sonar and Radar as the fog blanketed us in pretty good for a while... no photos, couldn't see...:o)

Out of the fog comes a few cabins, very cool to see.


A sailboat that was not quite as lucky, as seen here being towed to Campbell River for repairs



Robbie and Brian, happy we made it through the fog and the narrows...Little did they know, there were more to come.


We moored in Blind Channel our first night, it was now 7:35 pm which made for a long, but enjoyable first day.



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