Seattle Trip Day 2

Sunday August 16 

The PRR&YC is a nice facility, and we were very glad to be here, but they have no breakwater to speak of so when boats pass by outside they tend to rock all the boats in the marina.

But we were so tired I think we slept well anyway – I know I did.

About 9 AM we fired up and moved over to the fuel dock, which is almost adjacent to the marina.  The tide was very low and the ramp was steep.  We were in less than 10’ of water.

The Canadian Coast Guard vessel Goddard had moved onto a portion of the fuel dock the night before and I thought that maybe they would fuel all or most of the night and pull out in the morning, but they were still there when we went over.

Here in Canada they dispense fuel in liters, not gallons.  1 gallon = 3.785 liters, so a liter is almost a quart.  I took on 374 liters, which is about 98 gallons.  When I was paying for my fuel I happened to see the ticket for the Goddard, at over 17000 liters.

On the way out of Prince Rupert I went pretty slowly and took a lot of pictures of the sights along the way.  Prince Rupert is a busy port.

 This is the yacht club marina from the water side as we left.

 Not sure what these are, but they were big and impressive, so I took a picture.

Looks like a container barge being loaded or unloaded.

This looks like some kind of conveyor belt from the main building, out the pier to the ship.

 

Our intended destination for the day today was a remote anchorage in Grenville Channel called Lowe Inlet.

I have many guide books that helped me plan this trip and they describe in great detail every little nook, bay, inlet, and anchorage along the route.  Lowe Inlet’s claim to fame was a beautiful set of falls.  We pulled in there to find a few other boats already there, with one of them anchored smack dab in front of the falls.  I motored around a bit and found a suitable place for our first night on the anchor.

 Lisa and Bina on the anchor in Lowe Inlet.

This is a Victory Tug that we would see again in Bishop Bay.
I tell Lisa that I remember every boat I've ever seen, but when we got to Shilshole Bay Marina I told her to cancel that.  Too many!

This guy got the primo anchoring spot right in front of the falls.

Fish were jumping everywhere around here.

Total mileage to date is 155 miles, meaning we only covered about 59 miles today, which is a more normal and realistic cruising day.

(Boat Geek Alert!  I have two Garmin GPS chart plotters, one is a pretty expensive and larger unit used as the primary, and a smaller, less expensive, but newer unit used as the secondary.  Both record trip mileage.  At the end of the voyage in Seattle they were off by about 100 miles!  Go Figure.)