Day 1 - Port McNeill to Port Neville

Georgiy Shestayev

I have arrived to Port McNeill a day earlier - took Islandlink bus to get there - pretty convenient, can't imagine what people did before it existed. The boat - Tayana 45 was docked at North Island Marina, I met Neil (skipper) and Alex (another crew member). in the morning before departure I went to take a shower. It requires coins - loonies and toonies - to use it, so I got myself 6 minutes, which is doable. Left Port McNeill with no wind, and motored for about three hours. Then NW wind started funneling down the channel and we raised the sails to run wing on wing. Saw a few orcas at Robson Bight ecological reserve. Got passed by two cruise ships - tried to radio them to coordinate things, but they never responded and just went around us. In the evening the wind was over 20 knots and we were making good progress. Anchored near Port Neville under strong southerly wind.