Johnstone Strait

It is 11:30 AM on Monday morning, July 2. We are motoring up Johnstone Strait as I write this blog entry. Janet is at the helm and there is a steady rain outside with a light breeze on our stern. Earlier this morning, we awoke early to transit the Upper and Lower Rapids leading in to Hoskyn Channel (again, all of the rapids must be transited at slack and require careful analysis of the tide and current tables). Once thru the rapids, we rode a 2 knot ebb current out to Discovery Passage and worked our way around Chatam Point and into Johnstone Strait. The current is shifting around, sometimes on our stern giving us a good push and other times on our bow, slowing us considerably.

Our plan is to make it to Port Harvey by sometime later today (ETA is 5:30 PM). We will anchor out, but there is a small marina and store there. Last year we dropped a crab pot down off the back of the boat and had about four dungeness crab the following morning. We are hoping to do the same this time around.

Since the last post, we hauled anchor at Heriot Bay and made our way up Hoskyn Channel to transit Surge Narrows on the afternoon turn. Once through the narrows, we passed through Tentacle Channel into the Octopus Island Group and spent the night at anchor in preparation for today's passage.

Chatham Point Light House marks the south east end of
Johnstone Strait and the northern end of
Discovery Passage.

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