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Airship | Saycuritay Cove to Racey Inlet/Bone Ache Anchorage

by Laura Domela and Kevin Morris 28 Aug 2024 16:16 PDT
Bone Ache anchorage in Racey Inlet (Airship in foreground, another Canadian boat just joined us so now they're in the pic too!) © Kevin Morris

I set the alarm for 6am this morning, thinking we’d get an early start, but it was still fully dark (oops) at 6am, so we snoozed and left at 7am instead.

We had a beautiful cruise down the east side of Campania Island (Squally Channel, not squally today) into Campania Sound and Caamaño Sound before tucking into Racey Inlet and cruising all the way to the head of the bay (about 5nm). We anchored in “Bone Ache” – northeast of Wale Island, and then dinghied around to explore a bit. This is a gorgeous anchorage.

Just around the corner (marked Bone Anchorage on the chart) is a dramatic waterfall hidden behind these trees…we went as far as we could by dinghy and then later Kevin took the mini drone up for a better view.

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