Sunday, May 26 Montague Harbour to Nanaimo 31 miles 2 3/4 hours

We had to time our travel today to get through Dodd Narrows at slack water.  This is the first of many spots in the Inside Passage where travel is only safe at slack tide.  The current gets up to about 8 kts here which can send a vessel up onto the rocks.  As it was we followed a sailboat through.  We were about 10 minutes to slack and he jumped in first.  Bad decision.  Most sailboats are not very fast on a good day and the current was still 2-3 kts against us.  The net result was that he was traveling about 3 kts.  That is on the slow side for us to keep water flowing under the rudders and allow us good control.  The consensus of opinion is that he was a rookie. We docked at Cameron Island  with a lovely view of the city front.  Of course it is raining and windy but at least the wind helped to push us onto the dock.  

Emerald Star with the kayaks on the bow