Sailing the Northern BC Coast

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My home slip. Almost ready. Clean and ready.

L was great powerwashed painted spent hours repainting the name mostly in the rain.

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L was great powerwashed painted spent hours repainting the name mostly in the rain.

At last some Sailing. We had been butting our noses into 20knots got sick of the engine so turned around and ran North up another channel for 5 hours until the wind died, then blew the other way so we sailed for 8 hours and ended up basically in the same spot. Still it was great sailing.

This is getting annoying! I'll call it a night and try again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kingwilly]

lovely looking boat.

[Loy Toy]

Not a boat person myself but really respect those who are and when battling the ocean and mother nature.

I'm really looking forward to viewing pictures of your voyage and hopefully some whales, amazing creatures.

Travel safe.

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Luksana, worked hard in rain and wind, power washed, painted and spent hours stubbing the topsides and re-painting the name.

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Well the sun did shine from time to time, but never got warm. But when the sun does shine this place in my humble opinion is paradise(apart from the flies)https://teakdoor.com/Gallery/albums/u...8/IMG_3716.JPG

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Lowe Inlet,

Home of migrating salmon, bears, seals and billions of biting things!

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Rain forest, full of big things that bite and much worse millions of insects that love white meat!!! The green stuff hanging from the trees is great for lighting fires

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First day we met up with an old friend Kuan Dave! He is one of the old characters of the coast here. Great guy very active on the water and has lots of stories.

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Luksana trained as a chef at the Oriental Hotel in BK. Sort of added a bit of class to the BS journey. After she saw me make a sandwich once that was it. Banished from the galley. Can life at sea get any better he wonders.

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Hump back whales are a very common site. Very active feeding on salmon this one swam under the boat so close you could see it on both sides at the same time! Interesting thoughts enter your mind at this point

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Next few are Orca, Killer Whales, Black Fish.

These are called transient whales and hunt other mammals.

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Now for something entirely different.

BEars fishing for salmon. Lowe Inlet is a small inlet well sheltered that has a river that meets saltwater by a low waterfall. The falls are the feeding ground of several black bears. A brown will show up from time to time, the creeks and streams that are the spawning grounds further up the lake are easier feeding grounds so the grizly stake their claim there. Here the feeding revolves around high tide. The water comes up as much as 24 feet here!

Forgot to preload the photos so post on next page. God this is slow work! How do you post several pics on one post?

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Sorry about the pic quality! Camara women was very excited. Boat driver was trying not to die in the white water! Lots of bouncing around and spray coming out, Plus the lighting had the bears in shade so hard to get good pics.

Couple dolphin shots!

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And one of the salmon hitting the falls.