There is an S-turn to negotiate about half way through the rapids. The bottom is all exposed rock, so you don't want to go astray:
What we had gotten as drizzle for the last 36 hours was snow at the higher elevations. Here is a fresh cap of snow on a distant peak. Very pretty:
We cruised slowly down Queen's Reach and Princess Royal Reach, feeling like we were in a Norwegian fjord. The sides of the embayment were high and steep and there were places over 600 meters deep (about 1900 feet). "Beautiful" doesn't even come close to describing it.
The rains had brought many waterfalls to life. Here's one we passed a little way down the Prince of Whales Reach near Princess Louisa. It must have been 70 feet high:
We continued to cruise toward our destination for the night, Blind Bay in the Musket Island Marine Park near Hardy Island and Fox Island. The forecast was for more rain and fairly strong winds, so we planned a very safe way to anchor for the night.
Deception led us in to the anchorage and dropped her anchor about 200 feet off the bank. Then, Brian took a long line ashore in his dinghy, and passed it around a substantial tree and back to Deception. Then, we came alongside in Grand Adventure and nested to Deception's port (left) side. Brian took our anchor in the dinghy some 150 feet out ahead of us at an angle of about 10 o'clock and dropped it. We hauled it tight. Then, Brian took a long line from our stern around another tree at an angle about 7 o'clock behind us and back to our stern. Next, Victoria came in and tied to Deception's starboard (right) side and again, deployed an anchor and a stern line. Once done, we were "spider-tied" to the bay's bottom and the shore line. In a diagram, it looks like this. Can you decipher the drawing?
Anyway, here are Brian and Harry setting Harry's stern line:
And here is Grand Adventure's stern line after tightening and securing it:
Once we were settled in, we shared a happy hour and supper (aboard Victoria, as we recall). It was fun, and as we all turned in, the weather was quiet. However, we were ready for whatever came during the night.
