Festivals

Bute Inlet

HERIOT BAY, MANSONS LANDING & REBECCA SPIT

We arrived in Manson's Landing on May 18.  We tied to the public dock.  This is another pretty place. We walked the sandy beach and the lagoon.  The lagoon pretty much dries out at low tide.  There are all kinds of shell fish species in the lagoon.
We hitched a ride to the Seafest activities at Squirell Cove.  The people here are very friendly and there was no problem getting a ride.  The Seafest was very busy and the food was fantastic.  We had oysters, clams, prawns, all cooked in many different ways. My favorite was the Thai Prawns, yummy!!
There was local entertainment and it was very enjoyable.
When we got back to the boat, there was a local prawn fisherman there selling live prawns.  Yes, we had prawns again for dinner!!
We chatted with a couple that were there buying prawns and the lady was originally from Grand Falls NL and her daughter was one of the entertainers at the Seafest. 

Beginning of new adventure

On July 23, we finally are ready to start sailing south.  We have lots of time to stop along the way and enjoy more of this beautiful BC coast.  Anchored in Roscoe Bay for a few nights, it is such a pretty anchorage. Lots of other boats here.
Sailed to Lund on July 25 and spent two nights at the marina there.  We were here last year and really enjoyed the little town! It is very busy and very friendly. We had beautiful sunny weather.
July 27, we sailed to Texada Island.  Had a bit of a bumpy ride at the end of the trip but everything turned out just fine.  Met other boaters and went for dinner.
Lance & Anita(it was Anita's birthday), Joyce and Howard, Denise and Murray.  We all came back to Genesis for drinks and a sing along after dinner.  Murray played the guitar and sang and Denise played the harmonica.  It was a very nice enjoyable evening.  Hope to meet up with them again 
sometime on our journey!  July 28 we are in Pender Harbour!

TURNBULL COVE

We put crab pots out in Turnbull Cove and also decided to try out our prawn trap.

When we pulled the crab pots the next morning we were thrilled to find one trap had 26 crab. Paul said he could taste the 'crab cakes'!! Here in BC you can only keep the male species of crab so there is a "catch", 25 of the crab were female.  No crab cakes today but better luck tomorrow maybe.  We checked the prawn trap and had 7 prawn.  So steak and prawns for dinner, that's not a bad combination.  We have to get to Port McNeil to buy the steak though.  No provisions here on this part of the coast.  The marinas are open but not yet stocked for summer.  Their season starts June 1.
Heading back to Port McNeil today.

Viner Sound

 This is the black bear that we watched for over an hour while we were on the hook in Viner Sound.  He was eating the grass and moss and was oblivious to our presence.                                     

Black Bear

  This is our first prawn catch. We were excited and hope there will be more in the trap tomorrow.                                                        

Our first Prawn

  Genesis in the background as we are headed out the Sound to try our hand at ground fishing.  The scenery around this Broughton Archipelago is breathtaking.                                                            

Heading out in the dinghy

  This location was very good for crab and we had more than enough to keep us fed!  The starfish are plentiful and usually always end up with one or more in the pot.                                                     

Crab and starfish

  

                                                                                                                              

    We took a dinghy ride up to the mouth of the creek and there were several spots where air bubbles were coming to surface.  It was something to see and we will have to do some research to find out what it is all about.                                                                              

Mysterious bubbles

                                                                                                                       

Under sail

                                                                                                                      

                                                                                                                           

View from our anchorage

                                                                                                                  

First Mate on the job!