Pierre’s Bay to Viner Sound

1 hour  3.7 miles
We always like coming to Viner Sound because it is right in the middle of the Broughton’s and these nice little marinas but feels like true wilderness here.  The sound is narrow and deep and shoals out very quickly at the head.  On previous visits we have always seen black bears and caught Dungeness crab.  There were two buoys in the north bay and one had to anchor in the south bay.  Now we see that there are two new buoys in the south bay and the one closest to the shore is free.  It sure looks like it is too close to shore but we creep up on it and we moored there without any problem (unless you call Fred having to stand on the bow in the pouring rain to hook a line to the buoy a problem).  It is really pouring rain so we will set the crab pot in the morning.