Middle Watch Musings
• Mar. 22, 2007 - The Plan
I do have a plan. It is quite loose and allows for lots of freedom to manouevre. I retire from the Navy 3 April. We will spend the following weekend on a club cruise. Once we return our preparations will begin in earnest. We hope to have our boat hauled in mid April so we can do the requisite husbandry. It needs some bottom pain, an oil change, tranny fluid change and other things. A couple days will be spent on bright work and waxing and polishing the "frozen snot" to make it respectable for our club's Opening Day.
We hope to set off in mid May and wander north to be up around Campbell River in mid June. The goal is to be somewhere along the route of the Van-Isle 360 so that we can leap into the fray and enjoy a party or two as the race goes by. Having competed in the race twice, as Captain of HMCS ORIOLE, I can vouch for the huge fun the racers have. We will follow the race west (at a more stately pace) then turn north to wander up into the Hakai Pass Recreation Area. Once around Cape Caution we will spend some time fishing and exploring the wilderness of central BC and position ourselves somewhere up near Bella Bella for the transit across to the Queen Charlottes.
We have arranged to enter Gwaii Haanas on the 15th of July and have a permit for the rest of the month. Booking into the park early is neccessary because of the limited number of boats and people who are allowed in at any given time.
We will cross back to the mainland from Cape St James around the end of July and spend the next couple weeks exploring the new Great Bear Rainforest. From there we will wander south along the coast and through the Broughton archipelago to be in Desolation Sound by Labour Day. We plan to be back in Victoria for the Easter Seals Reatta on the 15th of September.
That is the plan...........
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