Hi everyone,
From Ramea we motored in dead calm conditions to La Hune Bay. Our plan had been to spend a couple of nights at the head of the Bay (in NW arm) and one at Deadman's Cove near the foot of the Bay. We're enjoying the head of the Bay so are spending our third night here.
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| Little boat, big country! |
Here are our tracks...
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| Track |
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| Arrival |
We anchored in 6m over coarse sand and perhaps a little kelp. We've had two wind reversals during a frontal passage and the holding is very good.
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| Departing Ramea |
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| Dead Calm |
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| Cape La Hume ahead |
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| Cape La Hume |
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| West Point (W side of entrance to the Bay) |
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| Motoring into the Bay |
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| View E into Deadman's Cove |
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| Heading up the Bay |
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| View out of the Bay |
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| Anchored at the head of the Bay |
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| View of the creek at the head of the Bay |
That afternoon we explored in the dinghy. It was low tide so we couldn't get far into the creek. We saw a bald eagle but the mountainous scenery was spectacular to view close up. Lots of kelp in the inter-tidal area (there's 1.5m of tide here) and moss on the rocks above the high tide line. There's a wide variety of trees on the steep hill sides with large areas of sheer rock faces and bare rock slides.
That evening at twilight we watched an otter hunting and eating fish for 15 minutes. It brought its catch out of the water and walked over the rocks only 50m from Zen Again. What a great experience.
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| Tall hills |
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| More tall hills |
Day 2 saw a front move across La Hune Bay. The Bay protected us from the seas but it was windy and rainy all day and overnight. During the afternoon the cloud base came down below the hill tops and into the Bay. Very atmospheric! Winds switched from S to N to S.
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| La Hune Bay under the clouds |
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| View to N from head of the Bay |
Today the sun was out again and the winds decreased. We again dinghied around the shore and this time into the creek since it was high tide. Spectacular views of the hills again and this time two bald eagles. In the creek we encountered two otters. They were very inquisitive, popping up out of the water to have a good look at us.
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| Morning sun on hills to W |
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| Dinghying around the head of the Bay |
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| View out of the Bay |
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| Into the creek |
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| In the creek - spot the otter |
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| Spot the otter |
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| Zen Again from the creek |
We've thoroughly enjoyed our time in La Hune Bay. Very peaceful amid spectacular nature.
Trust all's well where you are.
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