Effingham Bay

Woke up at 5 this morning to the sound of the four fishing vessels getting ready to depart. We didn't leave dock until 11:30. It was a little tense coming out of Robbers Passage. The tide was ebbing and the course tight. I could see the bottom from the bow. Brad said the minimum depth he saw was 20 feet. It just started to sprinkle as I was bringing in the dock lines and fenders. We're heading down Treavor Channel and over to Bamfield. Bamfield looks very interesting and might be a nice stop over spot if it weren't raining and we didn't have other plans. We're thinking of making out last stop in Barkley Sound at Dogger Channel which is a little area west of Diana Island. We had planned to stay here last year, but had to shorten the trip, so it was cut. The wind has picked up to about 17 knots at times. The weather is calling for gale warnings in this area. The predominant wind will also be coming from the southeast for the next couple days which really isn't what we want to head into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. We alter course for Effingham Bay which a proven good ancorage in a storm. There are already two sailboats tucked into the spot we had wanted, so we anchor a little further out in good holding ground. We are joined later by another sailboat and three power boats ranging in size from 26 to 96 feet. Today's stats: sea temp 57.7, air temp 60, rain 0.47 and counting, engine hours 2.6, Nautical miles 14.4, total trip miles 998.9, GPS coordinates 48.52.507N / 125.18.469W.

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