Summer 2018 cruise to Haida Gwaii: The route and the stats

1401 nautical miles over three months (well, 88 days), an excellent cruise with excellent weather (albeit little sailing: 170 nm... 238 engine hours😞).  14 new-to-us anchorages.

                              zoom in on Haida Gwaii

We've posted our photos into an "album" on our FLICKR account: here


2018 DETAILED ITINERARY
*=new-to-us anchorage
Day#    EVENING STOP    DAY'S NM    SAIL NM
1          Van to Pender Harbour     47.3             12.4
2           Cortes Bay                        45
3           Cortes Bay                          0
4           Laura Cove                      12.7   
5           Laura Cove                        0   
6           Handfield Bay*                 44   
7           Handfield Bay(Thurston)   0   
8           Cracroft Inlet*                    59                  8
9           Cracroft Inlet                      0   
10         Cracroft Inlet                      0   
11         Sointula                             30   
12         Sointula                               0   
13         Sointula                               0   
14         Port McNeill                       3.7    [Michelle flies east for family emergency] 
15         Port McNeill                       0   
16         Sointula                              4.3   
17         Sointula                              0   
18         Port McNeill                       4   
19         Port McNeil l                      0      [Michelle returns]
20         Miles Inlet                        38   
21         Fury Cove                         33   
22         Pruth Bay                          21   
23         Codville Lagoon               29                  7.1
24         Codville Lagoon                 5   
25         Shearwater                        17   
26         Wigham Cove*                 11   
27         Lady Trutch Inlet*            16   
28         Meyer's Narrows Cove*   37                   3
29         Coward's Cove                    8   
30         Chapple Inlet lagoon*       33   
31         Weinberg Inlet                   32                   8
32         Weinberg Inlet                     0   
33         Coulby Bay (Banks Is)*    36                 11.2
34         Larsen Harbour                  17   
35         Sandspit                             62
36         Sandspit                               0   
37         Queen Charlotte City           8      [docks]
38         Queen Charlotte City           0   
39         Queen Charlotte City           0   
40         Queen Charlotte City           1      [move to anchorage]
41         Thurston Harbour              52   
42         Anna Inlet                          28      [with visit to Skedans]   
43         Anna Inlet                            0   
44         Anna Inlet                            0   
45         Sac Bay*                            18      [w/ stop for water at Hoya Passage]
46         Sac Bay                                0   
47         Murchison Island*             14                 5.2
48         Murchison Island                 0     [dinghy trip to Hotsprings Island]   
49         Island Bay*                        20     [kayak through Burnaby Narrows]   
50         Island Bay                            0   
51         Poole Inlet*                        16   
52         Slim Inlet                            11   
53         Bag Harbour                         5   
54         Ikeda Cove                          11     [morning kayak trip through Burnaby Narrows]   
55         Ikeda Cove                            0   
56         Louscoone Inlet                   28     [with stop in Rose Harbour]
57         Louscoone Inlet                     0     [Dinghy trip to SGang Gwaay]
58         Rose Harbour                       14                5.9    [w/side trip to water buoy]
59         Rose Harbour                          0   
60         Hecate Strait overnight       105               54
61         passage to Berry Inlet* 
62         Shearwater                           14   
63         Kakushdish Harbour*          18      [via Bella Bella and Beales Bay]
64         Fancy Cove                          17      [via Shearwater & Lizzie Cove]  
65         Pruth Bay                             31   
66         Pruth Bay                               0   
67         Pruth Bay                               0   
68         Millbrook Cove                    32   
69         Miles Inlet                            25   
70         Sointula                                38   
71         Sointula                                  0   
72         Sointula                                  0      [Dinghy trip to Port McNeill]   
73         Sointula                                  0   
74         Port Harvey*                        34            10.1
75         Cordero Islands*                  37            13.2
76         Cameleon Harbour               15   
77         Cameleon Harbour                 0   
78         Owen Bay                             16   
79         Von Donop Inlet                    19             6
80         Von Donop                               0   
81         Von Donop                               0   
82         Von Donop                               0   
83         Cortes Bay                             24            5   [via Refuge Cove]
84         Cortes Bay                               0   
85         Ballet Bay                              38   
86         Plumper Cove                        41          21
87         Port Graves                              6   
88        end of trip: VRC/Vancouver   20   
          

2018 Cruise Completed... Pelagia back in Vancouver.

We have now finished our Summer 2018 cruise to Haida Gwaii and back, and Pelagia is back in her berth at the Vancouver Rowing Club.

After our enjoyable stay in Sointula, we had an easy cruise down Johnstone Strait, sailing about half of it, with stops in Port Harvey, Cordero Islands, and Owen Bay. After Owen Bay, where crabs were plentiful, we joined the "Desolation" crowds, staying 4 nights at Von Donop Inlet, then 2 nights at Cortes Bay. Water temperatures were as high as 24°C, making for great swimming.

After Cortes Bay, we headed to Ballet Bay, then had an enjoyable sail to Howe Sound, catching the last available mooring buoy at Plumper Cove. One last night at quiet Port Graves, and then a return to Vancouver.

A follow-up post will give more details.