Pt. McNeill

July 20th- Today was the first morning of the trip that we headed out under a cloud covered skies. By noon however we were back in blue skies and sunshine.

The goal today was to navigate Johnstone Strait, which can be a difficult body of water with strong currents and often gale-force winds, causing wind-against -current conditions and rough seas. For us however, the experience was mostly smooth waters and beautiful sights. The water is about 10 degrees colder and in some areas of the strait the depths registered over 1500 feet. We had barely entered Blackfish Sound when orca whales (black fish) appeared around the boat. Max and I were manning the helm at the time and a whale surfaced so close to the boat on the starboard side that Max saw it out the window and barked at it!

We arrived in Port McNeill around 6:00.