After our close encounter with the wildlife, we pulled up the anchor and started on a long day heading towards an old marina at Kwatsi Bay. We had heard it had been sold but were hoping we could still moor up there in what had been advertised as stunning surroundings

As we motor sailed north in the morning things were just peachy... until we both smelt a strong smell of diesel over our morning brew. I went into the engine bay to investigate and spotted the issue straight away; the fuel pump had shaking loose of its mounting and was spraying fuel all over the engine!

What happened next showed that perhaps we had learnt a thing or two about this cruising life in the last couple of months. We stopped the engine and sailed on serenly at about 2 knots whilst I found the bolts, but the fuel pump back together, and fired up the engine again - no panic!

Once the engine was back working we headed towards the Copeland Island for Lunch. As we pulled in there was a raft of powerboats there on the beach. We moseyed around trying to find somewhere to drop the hook and eventually had to drop in about 90 feet with a stern tie leaving us very close to rocks. Whilst we messed around getting our stern tie sorted, all the other boats left and by the time we got to the island to take some stunning photo's we were the only ones there!

After a wonderful lunch on our desert island it was back to the boat and my day's exercise heaving up all the rode and chain. It was one heck of a work out! We then headed off to Kwatsi bay passing an unfortunately dry Lacey falls.. The scenery was still stunning though

As the day wore on the weather came in and by the time we navigated into Kwatsi Bay it was overcast with the tops of the towering mountains wreathed in cloud. The old marina looked very dilapidated with lots of 'no mooring' signs on it so we headed off looking for an anchorage. It was deep and we took several attempts to getting somewhere we were comfortable with. We anted to explore but everywhere we went we found no trespassing signs so didn't get far!

Although we could understand why this spot was billed as spectacular, with the increasingly grey weather and the less than welcoming signage we were not awestruck by Kwatsi Bay. I hope the new owners can revitalize it.

The next morning we woke to rain and motored into a head wind pretty much the whole way down Tribune Channel. Somehow even though there s a massive dog leg in the channel the wind remained stubbornly on the nose the whole way.

As we emerged onto Knight Inlet there was a strong westerly blowing down the channel. We tucked into the coast as far as we could then launched ourselves across to get round Minstrel island and in to see our friends and Lagoon Cove Marina that we had met on the way up.