Passage Island straight ahead marks the entrance to Howe Sound.
In the distance, Vancouver Island a few of our fabled Gulf Island – they’re the lower ones (darker) on the horizon. That’s Gabriola to the right of Passage Island and Valdez on the left. The higher ridges in the distance are part of Vancouver Island. And to the far right of the frame you can see the tip of Bowen Island (Cowan’s Point).
Its been weeks since we’ve seen any kind of cumulus clouds in Howe Sound.
With a bit of a weather change the last couple of days, we’re seeing some lovely picture perfect cloud formations, like this one over Vancouver, framed in the foreground by Passage Island.
Weather here can be extremely localized. When I left our house in North Vancouver, about 10 km away from where the boat is moored, it was drizzling slightly. At Horseshoe Bay, it was all sun.
With a nice southerly at about 12 knots, Madsu was doing 5 knots SMG beating to windward, against the flood tide current, as we headed out to the Straight.