Today we’re hoping to round the dreaded Cape Caution. We were expecting to wake up to fog, which is the usual condition for this area this time of year. But, when we got up at 0530 hrs to listen to the weather report, we couldn’t believe our eyes. The sky was overcast, but no fog… hurray! And, the wind was dead calm. The report from West Sea Otter was 1.4 meter seas, not ideal, but the wind was only blowing 5 knots. We decided to take a chance and go for it.
Getting across Rivers Inlet wasn’t too bad, but by the time we got to Smith Inlet there still wasn’t much wind blowing, but the seas were still ugly from the storm conditions of the last several days, but they were on or stern, so we soldiered on. I was just thankful that we still didn’t have any fog. The uncomfortable seas didn’t bother me, but then I wasn’t driving. Al was hating it, because the seas were too big for the autopilot to handle, so he had to steer.
The seas were ugly until we got south of Slingsby, and then they flattened right out and we had smooth waters all the way to Blunden Harbour, where we anchored for the night.
Summer Cruise Aboard "Jubilacion" 2017 