The sun was out this morning. A seagull was perched on top of some old pilings nearby, soaking up the early morning rays.
I spotted a couple of Common Mergansers fishing along the shore.
Today, we’ll be going through a few more serious rapids, where timing is everything. We’ve got to hit them as close to slack as possible. So, after checking the tide tables and doing our calculations, we determined that we couldn’t leave before 0930 hrs. Sounds good to me.
When we got to Dent Raids, however, we were early. “Better early than late, Al said.” But, we’d have to wait for slack, so we found a cove nearby where we could cool our heels. Al turned off the engines and we waited for the current to slow down. When the current got down to about 2 knots, Al fired up the engines and we headed through Dent. Piece of cake. Gillard and the Yuculta Rapids were smooth going also. We’d made it through all the rapids without rocking the boat. I spotted these Sea Lions basking on the rocks at Gillard.
Once through Yuculta, we only had a 3-hour run to Squirrel Cove where we anchored for the night.
Summer Cruise Aboard "Jubilacion" 2017 