Date : September 1
Log: 56245
Bar: 1012
Sky: Cloudy
Location: Plumper Cove, Keats Island
Comments:

We left Pender Harbour at the crack of noon, and in hindsight, probably should have got moving a little earlier.

The wind had gone southeast and stayed on our nose as we motored all the way through Welcome Pass and down the Sunshine Coast, and by the time we got down to Trial Islands, there was an uncomfortable chop in the water. Abby even stopped patrolling the foredeck and curled up in the cockpit (on the feet of whoever was driving).

We had intended to look at Trial Islands as a possible anchorage (we hadn't looked closely at them in the past) but given the wind and sea conditions decided to continue down to Howe Sound. We came through Shoal Channel between Gibsons and Keats Island shortly before high tide, and snagged a mooring buoy at Plumper Cove, Keats Island. The mooring buoys are a bit of a challenge; the rings heavy and difficult to pull up on the chain. The first one we tried didn't move at all, and the second required both of us to pull up (and we could have used Abby's help as well!).

The upside is that we now have bandwidth!!! We are able to catch up on tons of email and publish the blog finally.

Cheers,
Turicum