2025 Flotilla to Alaska Day 2 - Ganges to Clam Bay
by Laura Domela and Kevin Morris 30 May 2025 22:44 PDT
2025 Flotilla to Alaska © Laura Domela
Day 2 and we've already resorted to a Plan B. Originally our plan this morning was to leave Ganges around 7:30am to make Dodd Narrows by noon, just prior to slack, and then continue on up to Tribune Bay on Hornby Island — a long day (67nm).
However, the forecast looked like we might very likely get beat up a bit from Nanaimo north. We've learned from experience that if the Environment Canada forecast for Strait of Georgia North of Nanaimo calls out the conditions and then adds "except off of Qualicum Beach," it's often even worse there than the forecast promises. We made a last minute call this morning to head 16nm up to Clam Bay (southeast corner of Thetis Island) instead. No sense starting out with any more drama than we need to!
The forecast right now is a little frustrating, with a low pressure system causing increased winds (and not moving through the area very fast), and it seems like the forecast is different every time it refreshes, which is making long term plans tricky, so we'll just take it day by day and adjust along the way.
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