Sunday, July 8 Shearwater to Rescue Bay 3 ½ hours 35 miles

We have lovely weather to travel in again today.  We waited until 10 am for the store to open to get something I still needed and of course a latte from Rosies’.  We had up to 20 knots of wind of one foot chop in Seaforth Channel.  This is really fortunate since this channel opens to the sea.  We then traveled through Reid Passage.  This passage is very narrow and rocky, but spectacularly beautiful.  There are several navigational markers along the way to keep us off the rocks.  We then entered Mathieson Channel.  This waterway is huge and bordered with mountains.  Rescue Bay is another beautiful anchorage.  It is quite large with many acceptable places to anchor.  There was only one other boat here with us.  We put the dinghy down and explored the bay and Jackson Passage just outside the anchorage.  Jackson Passage is very narrow with bull kelp marking the rocks.  It is best traveled at high tide.  We will not take Emerald Star through here tomorrow.