My first stop on my return southbound on the Inside Passage is Handfield Bay which is part of the Thurston Marine Park. There are a few adjoining larger bays, one of which is directly connected. Not as picturesque as Cordero but much larger in size. The NW winds also make it in here and they have been fairly steady since I arrived on Thursday. I decided on Friday it was time to rig the dinghy for sailing. The big open bay looked perfect and I had the place to myself.
It wasn’t as hard as I thought to rig it from the boat but it still takes some planning
I spent the afternoon exploring the bays under sail. The Spindrift sails very nicely. I need to improve a few things but the design is actually a good sailing boat.
The channels getting to this anchorage from the Cordero Islands were nice. Here are a couple images from that trip on Thursday morning and one sunset from the Handfield Bay itself. I plan to move on south again very soon.
