Seattle to Ketchikan Day 17

Friday May 20

The weather in Johnstone Strait finally calmed down so it was time to leave Blind Channel Resort and move on to our next destination, Port Harvey Marina.

We stopped in Port Harvey last summer and it was a pleasant place, so we wanted to stop there again.  I had learned that last winter the barge that support their store and their restaurant had sunk.  This photo below was on their website.  Oh my!

The above photo is what it looked like in August 2015 when we passed through.

I had e-mailed the owners last winter and asked if they would be open for business in mid May when we would be in the area.  The response was that while they wouldn't have many amenities they would be open for moorage.

Here are 3 map snippets that move from East to West showing our 35.5 nm route from Blind Channel Resort over to Port Hardy.

Eastern portion of route

Middle portion of route

Western portion of route

From talking to the folks from the Waggoner Flotilla I knew that they also were headed to Port Harvey Marina.  I knew it wasn't a large marina so I had called the marina and gotten confirmation that they would have room for us.

We left Blind Channel Resort at about 6:15 AM and had favorable currents for most of the way.

We arrived at Port Harvey about 11 AM in bright sunshine.
The Waggoner Flotilla boats arrived a short while after we did.

376 nm to this point, still less than half way.

Here are a few photos of the area.

This is the area behind the marina.
It's a great little cove.
We took a walk through the woods.

The marina got a bit crowded when all the Waggoner Flotilla boats arrived.