We’ve spent the past week slowly getting from Port Angeles to Nanaimo. We had some decent wind while crossing the Strait of Juan de Fuca so we were able to sail for a few hours and loved it.
Roche Harbor was enjoyable as usual, ate out a few times, did some walking on the trails, visited the sculpture park, and hid out on the boat while it rained hard and steady for an entire day.
From Roche Harbor we sailed north to clear customs in Bedwell Harbour. After 40 minutes and four phone calls to sort out some confusion between ArriveCan and Canadian Nexus we were cleared into Canada.
We stopped at Montague Harbour, arriving late in the day. Usually, the bus ride to the Hummingbird Tavern is a must do, but this time we decided to just overnight and head to Nanaimo the next day.
From Montague the wind cooperated by blowing SE, 10-14 kts, so we sailed all the way to Dodd Narrows, then jibed back and forth while waiting for the current to slow 2.8 kts in the pass. The trip through was overall smooth with just a bit of turbulent flow just north of the narrows.
Nanaimo is our provisioning stop and we are going to be here for a couple more days than we originally planned. The forecast winds for the Straits of Georgia are NW up to 25 kts., so we are going to wait it out before heading to Pender Harbour.
Sailing First Light 