Heading to Bamfield via Nettles Island - July 5, 2011

Waters on the west side of Vancouver Island are unpredictable at best.  We paddled down with ease to Nettles Island for lunch.  Left over salmon and prawns made the pull worthwhile.  En route to our lunch destination, we saw the "Eagles Circling Above" dugout canoe and the "Dimetre" Montreal canoe from a distance.  The fleet did not start paddling from the same beach.  The two large canoes started their paddle from a boat launch so that time and energy was not spent lifting these canoes to across the beach with the rest of the canoes.  It was an easier options.  Our skipper, Ed, from the SD45 canoe pointed out the canoes from a distance.  He pointed out the blinking of light formed from the shimmer of the paddles moving up and down in the water.  Ed noted that not only can you see canoes coming from far away, but you can also make not of their timing.  In time, the fleet was reunited with the two canoes to take a break on the beach and eventually meet up with the barge and zodiacs to head out to Bamfield.