Prince Rupert to Ship Anchorage - 7 ¾ hours, 48 miles

We have another long day so we left Prince Rupert at 7 AM. In the past we have had to dodge fishing boats as we leave Prince Rupert Harbour. Not today. Our only challenge was foggy patches. Fortunately there is very little boat traffic. As we entered Grenville Channel we had 25 knot wind and about 2 foot chop. It was also pouring rain. Bumpy but not too bad. We are heading to an anchorage about half way through Grenville Channel. We were going to go back into Klewnuggit Anchorage (about 5 miles) which would take us an additional hour to anchor. Instead we decided to go into Ship Anchorage. The area is not far off the channel and would not be acceptable in bad weather. The anchorage is narrow and quite deep. There was a sailboat already in the best spot at the head of the anchorage. Fred putted around the edges until we found a likely spot in about 70 feet. He got a nice bite on the anchor. It is still raining hard but there is no wind. I hate when it rains all day like this because poor Merlin can’t run freely in and out on the decks. Who wants a soaking wet dog on the furniture? Fred has found the Pac-10 station on the XM radio. He is a big Cal Berkeley football fan. Their season opener is on at 7 PM tonight at Berkeley. We listened to 3 quarters of the game and Cal was up 46-6 points so we figured we knew that they beat Maryland pretty good. Hope they don’t get too full of themselves. It is so strange being in a small anchorage in northern British Columbia listening to a live broadcast of the game come in loud and clear. We can’t even receive marine weather here…