rochepoint
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- Apr 4, 2009
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- Location
- Sidney BC, Canada
- Vessel Name
- Roche Point
- Vessel Make
- 1985 Cheer Men PT38 Sedan
Oh by the way, its still friggin raining. LOL
But The day started OK at Calvert Island.........
Oh by the way, its still friggin raining. LOL
Are you getting anxious?
.We have a short exposed crossing to get back inside. !
John, where were you anchored?
Crusty, what passage are you citing that is exposed to the weather? From Shearwater going towards Klemtu and beyond it is fairly protected. Taking Reid Passage north off the west end of Seaforth Channel pretty well keeps you out of any weather with Ivory Is to your port.
Conditions for the next four days look good, likely all the way to Prince Rupert. Friday may be iffy. From Shearwater to Bottleneck Cove (bomb proof) which is just past Klemtu is a pretty nice run.
We've been in Shearwater many, many times and never seen wind like you experienced. Wow . Looks like you're tied up on the outside of the T at the marina. Ask Cristoff, the harbor master if he's seen anything like that before in May. Tell him hi from Hatt Trick and that we'll see him soon on our way up.
John, were you and Tom rafted together with one anchor down or with each having an anchor down?
Dave,
We decided to raft together, mainly cuz of a TV Series that Tom brought called "Game of Thrones" we were looking forward to a quiet night and 2 episodes.
We were on my hook, as we have done countless times before. I had 230 ft of chain "in the water" with my Mack Daddy Snubber. I build that snubber line last year and kind of went overboard with it. When deployed, it is 15 ft below the waterline and each end is routed trough the forward Port and Starboard Hawse Pipes and secured to the Samson Post.
Can't imagine trying to untangle 2 anchors in snotty weather, we had our hands full as it was.
I've never rafted up with anyone overnight before. The convenience is alluring but sure sounds like it comes at a price if you have to skedaddle. There must have been enough light to help figure things out, eh?
Last year, we rounded the corner from Seaforth Channel into Milbanke Sound, on what we thought was a nice weather window, we got caught in short interval 3-4 footers from the WSW with 15 knot winds from the North. Very confused seas and although it was a relatively short hour and a half to get around the corner to head North into Finlayson Channel, it was a miserable trip until we got into the protection of the Islands. Once we made it into Finlayson it was a smooth run from there. So, hope you can understand our reluctance to cross it again in the short snotty stuff.
We hope to cross around Noon tomorrow just before the winds change direction.
Then it will be smooth cruising North until we exit Grenville Channel for Prince Rupert.
Thanks.
I am NOT criticizing your decisions since the wind was greater than expected, but do you think that the two of you would have dragged if you had been anchored separately? That may be a question impossible to answer. Also out of curiosity, how deep was the water you were in?
I appreciate your sharing this experience as I certainly learn from it.
Edit: PS, Game of Thrones is worth having to up-anchor in the middle of the night. The series is very well done but as usual, the books are even better.
Now THAT is the kind of photo of the PNW waterways that we all like to see!
Smooth waters, blue skies. Carpe Diem!