Hope Island is a good start
Decisions, decisions… Hope Island offers many options to cruisers with a yen to explore southwest Puget Sound. It also the perfect place if you need extra time to ponder where to go next.
marine features
Blind Bay comes into view
Blind Bay’s excellent shelter and anchoring depths at a crossroads in the San Juan Islands make it the perfect place to rendezvous with friends who love the taste of fresh crab.
Sheltering in Quarantine Cove
If you are determined to anchor near Victoria, Quarantine Cove is a fine choice if the westerlies promise to be nasty. It’s also a nice place if you have to do time.
Hard times in Halfmoon Bay
There is decent protection from southeasterly winds in the northeast corner of Halfmoon Bay, but don’t blindly put your safety in the hands of electronic charts as we foolishly did.
Treasures of Newcastle Island
Newcastle Island is could never be described as remote, but feels like it is a world away from the nearby City of Nanaimo. Fun and comforted are probably better words of description.
Texada Island for arty sorts
Texada Island has few residents, and fewer visitors, and an undeserved reputation for odd characters. It might have the highest per capital population of artists in the nation.
Fragility of Francis Point
Francis Point, near Pender Harbour on the Sunshine Coast, is delicate. Human footsteps act like battering rams on the ecology of this tiny, undeveloped provincial park.
Best kept Secret Bay
Secret Bay, in Skookumchuck Narrows, is worth returning to again and again, but it might be a good idea to keep that to ourselves.
Reminiscence in Ballet Bay
A snug anchorage off Blind Bay on the Sunshine Coast, Ballet Bay is a wonderful spot to take stock of past endeavours and renew old friendships.
The purity of small
The Salish Sea Small Boat Rendezvous this weekend at Sucia Island will welcome lovers of diminutive craft, though one wonders what they will talk about without the usual list of costly, broken gear aboard.
