Sunday, May 28 Octopus Islands to Port McNeill 89.7 miles 8 hours

We left our anchorage at 6 am to pass through Okisollo Channel at high water slack.  There was very mild turbulence and our trip to Discovery Channel was smooth.  We had a number of possible anchorages planned if the wind or tide turned against us.  As we rounded Chatham Point and turned into Johnstone Strait the wind remained calm and we had a 2kt current with us.  We passed seals out to get some rest.  We just kept going.  Johnstone Strait is another body of water that can knock to @#$% out of you.  We were amazed and grateful.  We passed Port Neville and then Port Harvey.  Near Alert Bay we were joined by 6 or 7 Dall Porpoises that played in our bow wake.  What a joy!  These are very beautiful animals.  They look like a dolphin sized Orcas.  They have lovely black and white coloring.  By the time we reached the North Harbour Marina in Port McNeill the wind had picked up to 10-15 kts that were pushing us off the dock.  We had three people on the dock helping and eventually when the hooked up the stern line Fred was able to use the engines to pull the bow in.  We took on 314 gallons of diesel fuel.  This marina has long fuel hoses that come right to your berth.  This is just one of the benefits of docking here.