Weather: Sunny and warm. Winds: Light. Seas: Flat.
The predicted high winds did not materialize, at least on the east side of the Georgia Strait. Boring motor north.
Departed Westview around 0800 and motored the 25nm north arriving at Roscoe Bay around 1300. The bay seemed crowded. We motored around, checking out the place and settled on a small nook on the north side.
Had a bit of trouble anchoring/stern tying. Got set up intitially with about 5:1 scope and about 100ft of stern tie around a large cedar tree. However, the two point set up allowed the building afternoon inflow winds to vibrate us from side to side, making the anchor walk and decreasing the distance to the boat behind. Add in the 14ft spring tides and...this just was not going to work.
So, repositioned the anchor from the dinghy and switched up the stern tie from a single point to a two point, stringing the stern line to two trees about 100ft apart. This put Strider in the center of a stable triangle and we did not move.
With the boat secured, we rowed to the head of the bay and made the 10min walk to Black Lake and enjoyed a warm, fresh water swim!
That evening, as the sun went down, we got our first experience with moon jellies, a stingless jellyfish filling the bay. They were everywhere and far too many to count! We also saw large schools of herring circling the bay. These dark schools looked like cloud shadows moving across the surface.
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