Found an outstanding anchorage (and great weather to go with it) at Pruth bay on Calvert Island.
This is a pretty big island that separates Fitz Hugh Sound from the ocean. There is a long inlet that leads from the east side almost all the way to the exposed west side of the island. At the head of the inlet is what used to be a high end fishing lodge and retreat. It was sold to the Hakai Institute in 2010 and is now a scientific research and meeting facility. The Institute has done a really nice job keeping up the facility, and the buildings and grounds are immaculate. They also allow visiting cruisers to land at the dock and explore the area, including the most amazing set of pure, soft white sand beaches on the west side. There is ongoing field research happening here and we saw students and scientists doing their field work during our visit- kind of cool. We also saw a big school of squid swimming under the dock. If the weather is nice on our way back we might have to make another stop here.
Seaplane take off from the anchorage:
A lot of beaches to choose from on the west side- all are mostly deserted:
The hike to the beach:
Temps in the 80's- yes, we went for a swim:
Good crabbing here. Our first catch was a red rock crab and a dungeness. The red rock crab is pretty good, but dungeness wins the taste test. Caught a couple of more dungeness the next day.
Rock Cod caught around the west side:
Sunset
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