August 21st

August 21st the charm of Shawl Bay continues to hold us.  The long term mooring yacht owners that stay here for most of the summers add immensely to the entertainment value.  “Jacara Maru” with Larry and Nancy add spice to the joint.  They have come here for some time and Larry is a prawn fishing guru. He has only just discovered catching salmon but is wary of staying in his limit.  Darn now he has to hang out with Nancy again. 

GREEN BAY 

In last year’s Blog we talked about the condition of the marina. It was one of the thriving focal points of the Broughtons.  It is sad, very sad that as a cruising fraternity we are rapidly losing this resource.  I think by this time next year most of the docks will be torn away by the winter winds.  The good thing is that the marinas such as Echo and Sullivan have had a banner year.  The mega yachts have come in droves particularly for the pig roast, the turkey fry, and the FREE PANCAKE BREAKFAST.  WHAT WITH GETTING OF A MEGA YACHT TO GET FREE PANCAKES?

When in Green Bay we check out the Broughton Lagoon tidal bore. 

Broughton Tidal Bore

It is great fun to run the rapids and swift water.  We must be getting old as when we neared the white foaming over fall we backed down and idled away.  In previous blogs we posted some great pictures of the Pacific White Sided Dolphins doing the leaping thing in this lagoon.  Mom and Dad Dolphins sometimes come here to calf as the Killer Whales would not feel comfortable in the narrow pass and swift water coming and going during tide changes. 



Greenway docks

We checked out what is left of the Greenway docks and talk to people of the two visiting yachts.  They say that the dam has been compromised and there is NO WATER here. 
 

More Greenway

Forestry dock

We went to the Forestry dock and started to think about a walk to the lake above.  After a climb up the first flight of stairs I feel the burn in my thigh muscles and I give it up.  Penny would continue to carry on, as she is the goat in the family and me (the crab) gets nervous just leaving the close proximity of water).I managed to deflect her concentration on going UP the mountain and turned her attention to going to Sullivan Bay to rectify our shortfall of supplies on OA.

Sullivan Bay

SULLIVAN BAY     

Sullivan Bay is truly the destination for the rich and famous yachts men.  It is Mega yacht city Broughton style.  It is justified in been called POSH.  The word POSH comes from the “White Star” passenger ships going to the Orient.  The preferred side of the ship during the passage there was Port side out Starboard side on the return voyage. 

Signs to Everywhere

Some of the amenities at Sullivan Bay include a floating golf driving range, general store and restaurant.  All on a cool quaint board walk.  Float homes that could grace the pages in the most POSH interior design magazine.  I think there is one with a helipad on the roof. It does my pride in county well as there is a huge CANADIAN FLAG there gracing the sky line.

Many years ago when my brother was flying an executive float plane and this was one of the main stop overs for clients of his boss.  We did not go in but I think there is a photo of him with his Beaver float plane on the wall in the restaurant.  We toured the floats admiring the floating gin palaces (giant yachts) noting there ports of registry as places like Hawaii, Grand Caymans etc. 

On the way out we putted passsing the bus stop (AIR PORT for float planes) and talked to a young man and his parents. The family was from Pittsburgh and I thought what a cultural shock it must be coming to this place at the end of the universe, jumping on to a small float plane and within hours landing in a city called Pittsburgh with a million or so busily going about their busy stuff.