South to Brooks Peninsula

Saturday June 21
Depart: Gooding Cove 0800
Very foggy, winds calm, 12 C
Arrive: Klashkish Basin 1415 Lat: 50 15.32 Lon: 127 43.97
Trip Log: 390.6 nm Day: 19 nm
Klashkish Basin in just on the north side of Brooks Peninsula. On our trip today we saw a couple brown pelicans, some minke whales and lots of sea otters and seals.

Friday June 20
Depart: Chapman Islet, Koskimo Bay 1330
Cloudy, raining lightly 12 C
Arrive: Gooding Cove 1700, Lat: 50 23.99 Lon: 127 57.19
Trip Log: 367.9 nm Day: 10 nm
We hung around all morning because we had a great connection on the internet. On our way out of the inlet, we tried fishing (no luck yet!) and then decided, despite the weather forecast of 25 - 30 knots of wind, that we would attempt to get out of Quatsino and head a little further south towards Brooks. As we stuck our noses out, we decided it was not worth the rough weather to get only a few miles, so we tucked into an out of the way bay for the night with a couple kayakers.
The winds are howling out on the coast, so this is a good time to enjoy our quiet little anchorage, do some looking around, even in the rain and nasty weather.

Koskimo Bay anchorage

Thursday June 19
This is another day of sitting and relaxing while the winds howl out on the coast. We are still at anchor in Koskimo Bay and it has been raining all day so far. I went out earlier this morning for a low tide exploration while Jerry got some time to himself on the computer. I have enough mussels for dinner tonight, they are the big California mussel, so I would think that 4 or 5 each will be plenty. I'll let you know how dinner turns out.
Hopefully the weather clears a bit and we can move on tomorrow. Our plan is to get to an anchorage just north of Brooks Peninsula in Klaskino Inlet. We may spend a day or so there, and then sail around to the south side of Brooks and do some kayaking around the Bunsby Islands.