We were up at 0500 hrs listening to the weather channel for conditions at West Sea Otter.  Swell height is now down to .8 meter at West Sea Otter.  The sea was calm at Egg Island, and there was no mention of fog.  Sounded great, so we’re underway by 0540 hrs. 

I put in a course for Miles Inlet, just in case things got ugly.  Winds were calm, seas were flat, and no hint of fog.  

The tide is ebbing, and the current is going with us.  And, since it was just 2 days after a spring tide, we had quite a kick. When we got to Richards Channel, we were making up to 10.4 knots of speed at times, and loving it.

Before we knew it, we were off Miles Inlet.  Slingsby Channel was still ebbing, but would turn to flood in about an hour.  Since there still wasn’t any wind, and the seas were quite tolerable,  we continued on, passed Slingsby Channel, headed for Cape Caution.  

By now, a light rain was falling.  The seas were still very tolerable as we rounded Cape Caution and headed across Smith Inlet.  

The swell was a bit higher as we crossed Smith Inlet, but still not bad, so we kept going.  I put in a course for Fury Cove.  However, when we got off Fury Cove, the going was so good we decided to continue on to Green Island Anchorage, in Fish Egg Inlet.

Once in the lee of Cape Calvert, the seas continued flattening out.  By 1230 hrs, we had our hook down in Green Island Anchorage.  We couldn’t believe our good fortune.  This is usually the worst passage all summer, but today it was a piece of cake.  

For the past few years we’ve been celebrating the safe rounding of Cape Caution with a good bottle of wine.  This year we brought 3 different wines to blind test, in order to determine which wine we preferred:  Gundlach Bundschu Merlot 2015, Cuda Ridge Merlot 2014, or Belle Glos Dairyman Pinot Noir 2016.  So, today, with Al’s delicious clam chowder, we tested the Merlots and determined that we both preferred the Gundlach Bundschu.  When we round Cape Caution in September, heading south, we’ll test the Pinot Noir.