1998 Cruise of the QE Too

1998 Canadian Cruise

Yours truly at the upper helm

Minstrel Is. to Nimmo Bay.

Date	Day	Route	Overnight	Cruising Distance (NM)	Cruising Time Hr:Min @ 8.5 knots	Fuel Totalizer (GAL)	Refuel Stop
6-12-98	Fri	Narrows Marina to Kingston	Kingston	33.74	3:58	37	Start Full
6-13-98	Sat	Kingston to Cornet Bay	Cornet Bay	46.29	5:26	88
6-14-98	Sun	Cornet Bay to Skyline		5.77	0:40	94	Skyline
	Sun	Skyline to Bedwell Harbour	Bedwell Harbour	28.29	3:19	31
6-15-98	Mon	Bedwell Harbour to Nanaimo	Nanaimo	40.30	4:44	75	Nanaimo
6-16-98	Tue	Nanaimo to Pender Harbour	Pender Harbour	30.95	3:38	31
6-17-98	Wed	Pender Harbour to Copeland Islands		38.98	4:35	73	Across Thulin Channel from the Copeland Islands (see note below)
	Wed	Copeland Islands to Prideaux Haven	Prideaux Haven	10.92	1:17	11
6-18-98	Thu	Prideaux Haven to Toba Inlet		29.45	3:27	43
	Thu	Toba Inlet to Octopus Islands	Octopus Is.	25.93	3:03	63
6-19-98	Fri	Octopus Is. to Blind Channel	Blind Channel	21.21	2:29	84	Blind Channel
6-20-98	Sat	Blind Channel to Forward Harbour	Forward Harbour	14.87	1:44	21
6-21-98	Sun	Forward Harbour to Minstrel Is.		31.05	3:39	52	Minstrel Is.
	Sun	Minstrel Is. to Echo Bay		29.30	3:26	27
	Sun	Echo Bay to Eden Island	Eden Is.	7.30	0:51	34
06/22/1998	Mon	Eden Is. to Sullivan Bay		20.08	2:21	56
	Mon	Sullivan Bay to Mackenzie Sound	Nimmo Bay	12.00	1:24	68
06/23/1998	Tue	Mackenzie Sound to Sullivan Bay		12.00	1:24	78	Sullivan Bay
	Tue	Sullivan Bay to Greenway Sound	Greenway Sound	6.9	0:48	6
06/24/1998	Wed	Greenway Sound to Echo Bay		14.23	1:40	19
	Wed	Echo Bay to Cracroft Inlet	Cracroft Inlet	24.16	2:50	40
06/25/1998	Thu	Cracroft Inlet to Minstrel Is.		2.84	0:20	43	Minstrel Is.
	Thu	Minstrel Is. to Port Neville	Port Neville	19.95	2:20	19
06/26/1998	Fri	Port Neville to Forward Harbour		15.41	1:48	42
	Fri	Forward Harbour to Blind Channel	Blind Channel	14.90	1:45	54
06/27/1998	Sat	Blind Channel to Big Bay	Big Bay	16.53	1:56	70
06/28/1998	Sun	Big Bay to Refuge Cove	Refuge Cove	21.21	2:29	88	Refuge Cove
06/29/1998	Mon	Refuge Cove to Squirrel Cove	Squirrel Cove	3.80	0:26	3
06/30/1998	Tue	Squirrel Cove to Pender Harbour	Pender Harbour	43.00	5:03	43
07/01/1998	Wed	Pender Harbour to Bargain Bay		4.86	0:34	48
	Wed	Bargain Bay to Secret Cove	Secret Cove	6.78	0:47	54
07/02/1998	Thu	Secret Cove to Nanaimo	Nanaimo	20.89	2:27	76	Nanaimo
07/03/1998	Fri	Nanaimo to Telegraph Harbour	Telegraph H.	18.43	2:10	16
07/04/1998	Sat	Telegraph H. to Montague Harbour	Montague H.	15.31	1:48	30
07/05/1998	Sun	Montague Harbour to Ganges H.	Ganges Harbour	6.79	0:47	36	Ganges H.
07/06/1998	Mon	Ganges Harbour to Otter Bay	Otter Bay	8.49	0:59	7
07/07/1998	Tue	Otter Bay to Roche Harbor	Roche Harbor	15.10	1:46	18
07/08/1998	Wed	Roche Harbor to West Sound	West Sound	11.20	1:19	27
07/09/1998	Thu	West Sound to Friday Harbor	Friday Harbor	7.05	0:49	35
07/10/1998	Fri	Friday Harbor to Sucia Island		15.65	1:50	52
	Fri	Shallow Bay to Fossil Bay	Fossil Bay	4.51	0:31	57
07/11/1998	Sat	At Fossil Bay	Fossil Bay	0.00	0:00	57
07/12/1998	Sun	Sucia Is. to Bellingham		19.63	2:18	69
	Sun	Around Bellingham Bay	Bellingham	9.00	1:03	78	Bellingham
07/13/1998	Mon	Bellingham to Cornet Bay	Cornet Bay	26.06	3:03	23
07/14/1998	Tue	Cornet Bay to Everett	Everett	35.80	4:12	56	Everett
07/15/1998	Wed	Everett to Narrows Marina	Narrows Marina	48.95	5:45	49	Narrows M.
			Totals	896 nm		883 US Gal

Note: There is no longer a fuel dock across Thulin Channel from the Copeland Islands. The nearest fuel dock is at Lund.


Cornet Bay Marine Park	Nanaimo Inner Harbour

Crew of the "QE Too" in Pender Harbour	Former Hospital in Pender Harbour

Melanie Cove, Prideaux Haven Marine Park	Anchored in Melanie Cove

Toba Inlet	Another Waterfall in Toba Inlet

Church House, Calm Channel	Electrical Repair In Octopus Islands

Blind Channel Resort	Bear in Douglas Bay, Forward Harbour

House in Sullivan Bay	Refueling at Minstrel Island

Arriving in Port Neville	Cordero Lodge

Montague Harbour Store	Otter Bay Marina

Restaurant in Roche Harbor