38 miles covered in 5.5 hours of cruising
Highlights: Whales (with pictures); Snow-peaked mountains, sunshine, and an entire afternoon to relax and play on the water with kayaks and the SUP board.
When we approach a new anchorage, one of the critical pieces of information we glean from Seaquel's Garmin Chartplotter is daily Tide activity. This is needed to assess how much anchoring rode we need to deploy to account for depth changes during the expected period of our stay.
In this example below, we have arrived just prior to noon and just after Low Tide, which happens to be a minus tide of -2.1. High tide earlier (around 5 am) was at +14.9, representing a tidal change of exactly 17 feet during the day. The next high tide will hit at 6 pm of about +13 feet while we are anchored, so we need to accommodate a scope that will take into account the water depth changing to about 15 feet deeper than what we actually encounter as we place the anchor. We would also check the next day's tide detail as well, particularly if we planned to extend our stay in this location.
With all due respect to "Chapin" (whoever she/he was), this amazing bay should have been named "Whole In The Wall". How often do you see this sort of land formation?
Wow!!! Incredible pictures. What a journey.
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