Two nights ago we anchored in one of our favorite coves, at the end of Viner Sound. There are two small coves you can tuck into, each with two buoys. If you don’t get a buoy, you have to do a stern tie because there isn’t enough room to swing. We have never been there when there was an empty buoy, so were speculating on whether we’d be lucky enough to come up with one.
Miracles do happen! Not only was there a buoy, there was no one else there at all, so we had our choice of buoys. We secured ourselves to the one that’s furthest from the channel and spent a very peaceful night, all by ourselves.
Viner Sound is also a good crabbing spot, so I set both my pots and unfortunately had another first for Viner—no crab at all. However I had a crab in the refrigerator that we enjoyed for dinner that night, and we had a delicious ling cod dinner the night before with a piece of cod that was given to us. We’re certainly not hurting for seafood.
Many boats are headed home this time of year, as we are, so the crowd thins out quite a bit. Yesterday was our “do or die” day to get down Johnstone Strait. We were hoping for the predicted 10-15 NW wind, but it was flat calm, as it has been on most of our transits. We now back at Shoal Bay, gazing up Phillip’s Arm, where we’ll stay for another night before heading to Von Donop Inlet (on the northwest side of Cortes Island) in Desolation Sound. There’s definitely the nippy feel of fall in the air mornings and evenings.
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