Perceval Narrows to Moss passage through Sloop Narrows, we saw a humpback whale ,very close to shore ,he looked to be rubbing on the rocks, but dove a bit later, but a bit later , in Mathieson channel we saw a gigantic tail smacking the water, over and over , we came as close as we could, so i could take a few pics, I think that he did this, to get rid of the barnacles on his tail,or whatever else might be growing on it,  he sure was at it for a long time. One whale, later on, sure seemed to be a Minke whale, by his dive sequense, the tail did not show every time he came up for a breath, and the humpback show their tail.  The Minke whales usually travel alone, and they have been seen on the coast, but they are very elusive. In Finlayson channel we saw a mother humpback with her calf; big spout,tiny spout!!

July 18, close to Shearwater, i had the thought that SV THEA might be close, she is owned by our friends Martha and Doug, i called them on VHF 16, and sure enough, they had just left Shearwater, they turned around, and we met and  tied up to the old, old dock, well, kind of a dock, to visit and catch up . They had lots of great info for us, for places to anchor once we headed more north, they went to the west coast of Princess Royal Island, as we wanted to do too. We had dinner together that night in the pub, and had a very good time, we love their boat, she is very well laid out, beautiful wood inside, with lots of room. The next morning they were south bound and we north. July 19 was bright sun, good breeze blowing, we tried to sail in Seaforth Channel but again, the wind was on the nose…..In Reid Passage we motored to Oliver Cove marine park, beautiful spot , with red throated loons waiting for us, i kayaked that night , and Bert tried to catch a fish.