After a rest day in Comox we were both now psyched up for the long haul up to Campbell River. We were out of our slip at Comox at around 7am to make the best use of the flood tide but knew that we would reach Campbell river marina, whose entrance is known for having a fast current across it's mouth. with the tide running against us. In addition we knew we would be hitting the point where the tides separate (flowing north and south) at an inconvenient time. There was nothing for it though so we headed out through the shallows of Comox bar and out into another trudging day with wind on our nose. As we headed up we saw another boat making use of it's Genoa and so we tried to and happily learned that motor sailing is a thing, with the sail adding about a knot to our speed!

As we headed north we were as ever passed by a number of other yachts with more powerful engines but our day was going by pleasantly. Things got a bit squirrely through the tidal change zone but we followed a bunch of other boats heading to the east of discovery passage and made good progress, passing Cape Mudge lighthouse around 2 pm.

It took us over on hour to get from here to Discovery Harbour entrance though (barely 2.5NM 'upstream'. Pushing the engine hard we cut in fast to get out of the tidal stream and then took a couple of runs at docking. We were squeezed in very tightly between a couple of other boats but happy to be finished before 4pm after a long day. We took the opportunity in Campbell River for a final stock up as north of here, we knew we were leaving civilization behind heading into the inside passage.

With trepidation of the next leg of our journey, and the knowledge we had to tackle the ship eating Seymour narrows in the morning, we settled down for an uneasy night's sleep.