Nanaimo Harbor

The taxi riding cat!

The big catch that got to return to the sea.

Ian the fisherboy

View of Harbor from boat - very busy

Day 1 and 2

We made Nanaimo Harbor in 8 hours with choppy seas. We were a bit surprised by the traffic and small size of the harbor on arrival, but secured a nice spot on the large vessel dock. We quickly headed out to provision the boat. We got back to watch a 130' yacht squeeze in front of us. Caterers were waiting for them with enough stuff for the "Golden Boy II" to party hard all night long. We hoped to take off first thing in the morning, but found I was way too sleepy and Potter (cat) was too sick. Once I shook the sleep from my eyes I spent half the day finding a vet and taking the cat in a taxi to be looked over. We came back with a dazed cat and a packet of antibiotics. What a start to our adventure. 

Meanwhile Ian has been fishing and I have attached a picture of his first catch. We hope to head across the Straits tomorrow and get to the south end of Desolation Sound. Not sure whether we will have internet for a while, so keep checking.