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