Thursday, June 30, 2016 Octopus Islands to Port Harvey 6 hours 61.2 miles

Our AIS is acting differently.  Usually there is a black triangle around all vessels with AIS.  Emerald Star does not have this on our screen.  Is this because Fred programmed our MMSI number in the unit?  Fred called the Canadian Coast Guard and they confirmed that we were showing up on their system. Heather still can’t locate us on the AIS site on the web. 

We had to time ourselves to hit Okisollo Rapids at slack tide.  We entered a little early and had a 2 knot push.  Unfortunately we had to fight the current all the way up Johnstone Strait.  The wind was up to 25 kts. and 2 foot chop.  Our destination is Port Harvey Marina.  We are charter members of the Port Harvey Yacht Club.  This is one of the small, family owned marinas in the Broughton Archipelago.  George and Gail have done a lot of work to make this a nice destination.  They had a small store and the Red Shoe Restaurant on a barge adjacent to the docks.  Last winter the barge sank for an unknown reason.  This was a huge loss for them.  Many of the other marina owners came to the rescue.  They now have a huge tent on a barge that serves as their restaurant.  George can only make pizza and awesome cinnamon buns right now but that is OK.  Tonight we had the pizza and visited with other boaters.  The dock is full and George is having to turn boaters away.   Of course we ordered cinnamon buns for morning.