Lots of motoring, very little wind, lots of rain, and almost no other boats. Anchored in some very remote places this past week! The Hecate Strait was extremely sedate during our crossing, which is a lot better than its difficult reputation, so we didn't hate motoring across instead of being able to sail.

Spent three nights off-grid in the beautiful Spider Anchorage before heading to Bella Bella for a few days to resupply and do laundry before we continue heading north into even more remote areas. We've now been cruisers for 2 months!

Two beautiful days of cruising with some sailing and some motoring. Got around the notorious Cape Caution without issue and decided to skip our intended Thursday evening anchorage and go all the way to the Hakai Institute in Pruth Bay. Saw sea otters and even a humpback!

12-16kn at our backs made for a nice quiet hour

Super calm day on Johnstone Strait, so we took advantage of it and motored to Alert Bay

Two pretty chill days of motoring with little wind except when it was 15-20kn in our face. Anchored in Charles Bay the first night, now we're securely anchored in Port Neville.

We saw a lot of boats fishing just outside the entrance to Discovery Passage, decided to slow down and drop our salmon trolling rigs in the water, and *immediately* caught two salmon!

Didn't catch anything but I hooked one and got it near the boat before I accidentally let the line slack and it got away.

While the riggers work on our furling mechanism at their shop, we're going to relax.

Motored (and motorsailed) back to Comox on an day that got increasingly sunny. Getting some help from Blanchard Rigging tomorrow to replace bearings in our mast furling mechanism.

A very rainy morning in Desolation Sound got very windy (20-25kn) as we left and headed towards Lund. Taking Thulin Passage was a good idea as it protected us from the majority of the fetch in the Strait, but we were motoring directly into the wind!

Nice calm motor to Laura Cove in Desolation Sound

Didn't catch any fish or have any wind to sail on, but it's a beautiful calm day!

Nice calm sail then motor, we diverted over to Comox as our furling main is a bit stuck and won't unfurl all the way, so some riggers are coming by the dock to help us out.

We were able to sail most of the way, but had big swells on our aft starboard quarter rolling us around and making for an uncomfortable day.

A river otter used a coil of lines on the bow for a bed three nights in a row. Thankfully it was a polite guest and left no trace of its presence behind!

We'll chill here for a little over a week provisioning and doing minor maintenance tasks... Plus celebrating my partner's birthday!

Quick stop at Silva Bay for the night before we head to Nanaimo tomorrow