Our intended destination today was Discovery Harbour in Campbell River.
I had stopped there briefly when I was bringing the boat home right after taking delivery in the summer of 2007.
Here is a link to their website.
Discovery Harbour Marina
The 3 shots below show the intended route for the day. It was only about 23 nm, so not a long run for this day. This route is mostly West to East, with not much northerly.
We needed to stage for passage through Seymour Narrows, and Campbell River is a great place to do that since it is only about 7.5 nm from the harbour to the narrows.
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| Westernmost portion of route |
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| Middle portion of route |
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| Easternmost portion of route |
After making a quick shore excursion to de-water Bina we pulled anchor in Grace Harbour and headed out at about 9 AM in rainy weather.
Just before arriving into Campbell River we ran into very strong opposing currents.
I was making about 4 knots at 2000 RPM.
At that RPM in little or no opposing current I would expect to be making close to 9 or 10 knots.
It is frustrating to burn so much fuel and make so little forward progress.
But it is what it is.
If I have Internet access I can analyze currents along our route and perhaps time things so that we don't hit strong opposing currents like this.
But sometimes you just have to take what comes and deal with it.
In any case, we arrived into Discovery Harbour at Campbell River at about 1 PM.
308 nm to this point - not quite halfway yet.
I apologize for not taking any photos of Discovery Harbour.
Not sure why or how that happened.
It is a great marina, very close to Discovery Centre which offers lots of services.
I did laundry there and Lisa got a big load of groceries from the grocery store there.
To commemorate my first visit there in 2007 I went back to the very same A&W and had a burger, onion rings, and of course an ice cold root beer.
Tomorrow, Seymour Narrows.
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