After a restful night on the dock at Port Renfrew we were up at 05:30 for an early start to Berkley sound.  The day wasn't too bad and we left around 06:00 along with a host of sport fishing boats heading in the same direction.  Once clear of Port Renfrew inlet we set our course up the coast and sat back for another long motor.  Thankfully we managed to get our ahead of the fog that followed us up all day.  "Charlotte", the boat that we had come up the coast with the day before left about an hour later and didn't look so lucky - we never saw them, just the fog bank.

After about 5 hours we finally passed Pachena point which let us start heading into the sound a little.  Once past Cape Beale we could actually turn in and sail (the wind had been on our nose  - around 10- 15 knots all the way up) and we had a lovely couple of hours in fairly light winds crossing the grandly named Imperial eagle channel.  As we reached Effingham Island the wind suddenly picked up from 10 to 18- 20 knots.  Some smart taking in of sail soon meant we were back motoring for the last forty minutes in building wind as we threaded our way into Effingham bay.  As we headed in there was only one more boat in the bay and they were just moving to seek shelter behind a small island from the wind.  We knew the bay well enough though and anchored in what we knew to be a solid spot.  Even with the wind blowing up to 18 knots our anchor was well set and we settled in having completed our first major challenge - getting up to Berkely sound.  Now for a few days of relaxing!

Settling in in Effingham Bay