Prince Rupert Finally

Position   N 54 D 19.145

                W 130 D 19.284  Cow Bay Marina

Well there was supposed to be a break in the weather today.  If we didn't leave today, our next break wouldn't be until Saturday.  So at 0400 this morning we pulled up the hook and headed south.  By six o'clock it looked like the weathermen were playing tricks on us because the wind piped up to thirty knots on the nose, the seas not overly large but very short period, made the ride a bucking bronco and we had a counter current as well.  Oh and just to make it a little more miserable, we kept getting hit by rain squalls.  We crossed the border line at 0928 Alaska Standard time 1028 Pacific time.  And we were going a whopping 2.8 knots at full cruising RPMs, did anyone say this is miserable? !!!!!  We turned on the weather report to hear them tell us the wind was only 15 knots and the temperature was 8 degrees C.  Mark kept thinking the rain was about to turn to snow.  However, eventually things subsided a bit and we made it in to the Marina just before 1800 and checked in with Canadian customs, so we can leave.  By making the jump early it looks like we have access to an earlier weather window so we hope to be back underway on Friday morning.

Entering the Bay into Prince Rupert