Not windy in Windy Bay

Saturday, June 29, 2024

At noon on a very still, damp, misty, showery day, Braesail’s crew motored out of the twisty tricky passages around Tofino and arrived in quiet, secluded Windy Bay at about 1:30 pm after an uneventful trip past numerous islands with sinuous sandy shores. In the bay we encountered no wind, but there were unusually-shaped rocks at the head of the anchorage

and soaring granite cliffs along one shore, off of which one’s raised voice echoed magnificently.

We experienced some difficulties with anchoring, though the cruising guides indicated that the bay’s bottom was muddy and should provide excellent holding. On our third attempt, we successfully dropped the anchor onto the bottom and dragged it securely into the mud. This small bay reminded us of Dixie and Julian coves, which were cupped by thickly forested, hilly shores, in contrast to West Whitepine Cove, which was lighter and more open.

Before dinner, Karen and Martin toured the bay in Coracle and laid our crab trap near the mouth of a nearby stream. They went out again later to see if the trap contained anything; it did not, and so they raised it and moved it to another location. Throughout the evening, gentle rain washed the boat and the bay, and we played a long, somewhat silly, but entertaining card game called “Phase 10.” When we finally decided to call it quits and go to bed at the end of a tranquil day, we saved our scores for a continuation of the game on Sunday evening.