June 14, 2008 - - Cortes Island, Desolation Sound

Tangleberry, the boat we are traveling with, is a lovely Hanse 37 with a self-tacking jib and mainsail stack pack, making it much more convenient to sail than our boat, so we motor along in light winds and take pictures while they sail.

We pass a native village and anchor in beautiful Squirrel Cove, Cortes Island (50-08 124-55). In the summer season this harbour sees dozens of boats anchored, but today there are only a few.

Cliff passes time jigging for bottom fish. We have installed a downrigger for salmon trolling and today spent a few hours learning to use it. Unfortunately we lost quite a bit of gear and caught nothing – but we did learn a few lessons!