The day started with a steady mist and wind, not at all pleasant. After consulting guide books, we decided to head to the resort at Sullivan Bay. This will put us in position to possibly get into Drury Inlet which has a narrow section that has to be timed.
We left about 10:30 AM. The anchor was in sticky mud (which is good) but it required that we pull the chain straight up. It took some pointing by Marcia for me to position the bow where it needed to be.
The cruising here is very protected through channels among many islands. The winds may blow but there isn't a lot of "fetch" for the waves to build up into anything. The shores are very steep so you can be a 1/4 mile offshore in 300 feet of water.
We arrived shortly before 3 PM. This being early season, there was only one other boat tied up here (May 26). As I mentioned, the shores are steep. Where we are tied on the dock, we have 140 feet under the keel. This is way to deep to drop a piling to tie a dock to so the docks are actually anchored with chains to large concrete weights on the bottom.
During the summer, Sullivan Bay is a bustling community. Besides the mooring docks, store, fuel dock and restaurant for pleasure craft, there must be a dozen floating homes that are either rented out or are used by their owners during the summer. Float planes land here regularly from Vancouver and Seattle, as well as water taxis from Port McNeill.
Marcia did her first successful "beg" of seafood. While talking to the resort caretaker, when the topic of crabs came up, we mentioned that we had a crab pot but no license. He gave us three baggies of cooked but frozen crab still in the shell. Two are in the freezer while one will be featured in tonight's meal.
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