Muirhead Islands to Sullivan Bay

It’s a relatively short hop over to Sullivan Bay, and we have reservations for two days. The only navigation consideration is timing Stuart Narrows to pass at or near slack. Our exit timing confirmed slack is 10 minutes after high or low tide at Alert Bay.

We had a non-eventful run up Drury Inlet and through Stuart Narrows. As soon as we emerged, we started to see lots of other pleasure boats.

We were joined by four other boats on the approach to Sullivan Bay. Seems most cruisers leave before noon and the new arrivals show up between noon and one. There were a few more arrivals in the afternoon, but not many.

Sullivan Bay Marina

We wanted 50amp power and things were busy, so Bill, the dockmaster, wanted to put us on the outside of dock 1, which is too exposed for Karen’s tastes. So we ended up at the outer end of Dock 3, in front of a tidy, vacant float home. We were basically alone on this dock for our entire stay and we liked it! Views were great!

Oceanflyer all alone on dock 3

Bill reported that the season had been a little slow, but it’s picking up and they are sold out for Friday Prime Rib dinner tomorrow.

We checked out the store, bought some odds and ends, did laundry, off-loaded recyclables and put in our order for cinnamon buns to be picked up tomorrow morning.

We always make it a point to walk the docks and inspect the float homes. They typically are quite nice and well kept. The big surprise this year was a bright red helicopter on a floating landing pad, moored behind one of the homes. Nice way to travel!

if you have a helicopter, why not make it red!