Blunden Harbour

 Position N 50 D 54.326

               W 127 D 17.327

We had our sights set on this Harbour (Canadian spelling) this morning and at 53 nautical miles with some currents to get right, we figured we'd better get an early start.  So at OH5Hundred we pulled up the anchor and headed out.  As we were rounding Cape Caution the fog set in and dropped the viz below a quarter mile.  We know because another sailboat passed us at a quarter mile and they were drifting in and out of view.  Pauline grabbed a pic to prove we saw nothing.  We were trying to get past Slingsby Entrance before noon as that is slack tide.  The waves ebbing out of Slingsby at 11 knots into a west swell can stack the waves up real bad in even light winds.  We didn’t want any of that so hence the early start.  Tomorrow we are trying to make it to somewhere close to Race Passage.  This means we are entering the infamous Johnstone Strait with its super strong currents.  We have the added problem that the winds build in the afternoon and one doesn’t want wind over opposing currents in such long narrows. At the end of all of this we get to the famous Seymour Narrows which we have to get our timing exactly at slack going toward ebb.  Seymour was really famous before because there was also a rock in the middle of it.  This very busy strait with its narrowness and super strong currents encouraged a joint venture with the USA and Canadians to blow it up.  If memory serves me correctly at the time was the single biggest non nuclear explosion in history.  

For those interested Google the removal of Ripple Rock from Seymour Narrows.  It should link you to some interesting reading.

Swear, Cape Caution is there

Blunden Harbour

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