July 30 to August 2nd - Clayoquot Sound (#44)

Peter, Graeme and I went to Clayoquot Sound for 3 nights. We were trying for our annual flyfishing for coho but had very little success - 2 coho in 3 days! The three of us were able to camp and live on board without too much trouble as well as fish. I modified the bimini so that it can easily be raised out of the way when fishing and the new set up works well. We decided to go and visit Kyle in Hot Springs Cove so we made our way around Flores Island and spent a wonderful our in the springs - all to ourselves! We also got to check out Kyle's property. I was happy with how everything worked on board, and the camping was good - nice weather - but the coho fishing was disappointing.

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229 km, 172 l, 1.33 km/l or 3.13 mpg (port engine 272 hrs, starboard 274 hrs)

July 24-28 - Ladysmith and northern gulf Islands (#43)

Monica and I went up to Ladysmith to participate in the C-dory gathering there. We had a great time getting together with other C-dory owners and then went over to Pirates Cove for Sunday lunch and then Silva Bay for Sunday night. We then made our way down to princess Cove on Wallace for Monday night, exploring the cliffs of Valdez on the way. When we left Ladysmith there was a very darl cloud behind us over Vancouver Island. The heavy rains in Victoria and area missed us!
I was able to test the Torqueedo and the Kaboat, both of which worked well. The key for using the Torqueedo is to keep the power to under 150 Watts and then one has plenty of range and a reasonable speed. The Pelican 45 quart cooler works very well as a food cooler.

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232 km,

July 18-20 - Quatsino Sound (#42)

Kyle and I went up to Quatsino Sound for some Chinook fishing and stayed in Robson Cove in Koprino Harbour. We made several trips to Kains Island, offshore and also to Cliffe Point looking for fish. The first 3 days of fishing were hard, with just a few mostly small fish being landed. However, on our last night we lucked out at Cliffe Point were we had 3 double headers of 15-20 lb Chinook and several more singles. We spent a lot of time on the water and had to go into Winter harbour twice to get gas!

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376 km, 319 L so 1.2km/L average (2.8 mpg)