June 24, 2019 - Mound Island to Fury Cove, to Codville Lagoon

We pulled anchor around 9:00AM at Mound Island with the intention of motoring to Blunden Harbor to spend the night.  But as we motored toward Blunden Harbor in flat waters we decided to push further and round Cape Caution headed for Fury Cove.  It was a bit rough at Cape Caution.  We were the only boat out there.  We slogged through ocean swell and chop.  Zappa got sea sick, and Kevin was not feeling well either.  

We spotted two humpback whales in Fitz Hugh Sound.  Here is one of them.

No Vacancy

We arrived at Fury Cove around 8:30PM to find it quite full.  About a dozen boats there, which is approaching the limit of the bay.  But we found a safe spot to drop the anchor.  Much to my amazement, there was another Hatteras 48LRC anchored in the bay.  Since they only made 49 of these vessels, and most remained on the East Coast, it is very rare to see another one while cruising the west coast.  We saw one in Puerto Vallarta in 2015 while cruising in Mexico.  Other than that, I don't recall ever seeing one since we have owned Adagio.

Anchored in Fury Cove.  Another Hatteras 48 LRC here

Our sistership.

A typical Canadian lighthouse

We left Fury cover around 6:30AM but several other boats had already departed before us.  Cruisers definitely are early risers.  That waters got very flat and conditions were perfect for the trip to Codville Lagoon.

Reflecting on the cruising life

Unbelievably calm Codville Lagoon

Can't get much calmer than this.

Entering Codville Lagoon.  It's a narrow entrance.

Hugging one side of the channel due to reported rocks on the left side.

In Codville we rowed to shore in our small dinghy and hiked to a lake.  It was very pretty although we did have a few rain sprinkles in the air.  We had a few heavy rain showers in the afternoon, which washed a good deal of the salt off Adagio.

Tomorrow we will stop at Shearwater/Bella-Bella for some groceries, then continue north. 

So far the trip has been going as planned, if not better.  The boat has performed flawlessly for the entire trip.  The engines have only required a little oil to keep the level topped off.  The transmissions are running cool.  The watermaker is keeping our tanks full and the solar panels are keeping the batteries charged in the afternoons while anchored.  All of the electronics are perfect and even all 4 people are happy  :-)  With spectacular scenery and almost perfect weather, who could complain?