22 June.  

Now we were on familiar territory, and 3 weeks into our trip, we finally started kicking back and relaxing.  AFter a good night's sleep we had another putz around the amazing shell beds and then headed over a couple of miles to the Pinkertons in rainy weather.  It was great being back at 'Hummingbird Cove' again even with the rain,  We went out in the Dinghy again though and found lots more amazing clam beds - we couldn't believe that we had missed them the first time we were here!

23 June

We were still socked in with overcast weather and so instead of sitting around in the Pinkertons we decided to push on and explore a little further afield.  We left the Pinkertons in drizzle and then ghosted along in light winds.  We got the fishing rod out with high hopes of catching diner as we went past what was billed as one of the hottest fishing spots in the Broken group; Swales Rock.  After drifting around for an hour though, we didn't have any nibbles so packed up and headed to Nettle Island.  Although it looked like there was lots of bays they were all pretty deep.  We ended up tucking into to a very tight anchorage as the sun finally came out.

24 June

The day dawned bright and still and so we decided that we should do a bit of exploring. First off, in the morning we headed over to JArvis bay to investigate what is listed as an amazing anchorage, if you can get in due to a very shallow entrance.  Even on the dinghy we were a bit shocked how shallow it was and we were surprised to find a couple of fairly big cruiers tucked aroudn the back.  The lagoon was definitely worth the trip though, with more massive clam and oyster beds in a fantastic setting.  I'm not sure whether I'd ever want to take BeTrue in though - it was very shallow and tight on the way in

After a bite to eat we went exploring again in the Dinghy, this time heading around Dempster Island to visit the big sea caves on it's ocean facing side.  This was probably the longest journey we had done in the Dinghy.  Even with only a gentle swell it was quite the ride.  The caves were amazing but what really shocked us was the way the water dropped into them.  We went as close as we dare but there was no way we were going to venture inside!

On the way back to the boat we found some wonderful bays that begged out for more investigation

25 June

The next day we continued exploring aroudn the Broken group, this time heading across to Joe's Bay; a great anchorage with lots of room.  Once settle we again got out the Dinghy and toured around the Tiny group - a fantastic set of islands which seemed hardly touched since the first nations used them for harvesting muscles, as evidenced by the extensive shell beaches.