The evening before we left Comox we met a fisherman who lives here during the summer and in Costa Rica the rest of the year. He is pictured above on his boat (the one on the left). He asked if we would like one of his prawn traps and gave us instructions on how to use it. He even gave us a piece of salmon to use as bait. When we offered to pay him he said,"just say thanks, that's enough." We left the harbour about 11:00 and after a brief visit to the Comox Reef (a coral reef that at low tide is under 5 ft. of water and our boat needs 6 ft.-you do the math!) we backtracked a bit and then set sail for Desolation Sound. The captain couldn't believe that we were at 5ft since we were a quarter of a mile off shore. Jim have been thumping on the depth gauge, saying, "What's wrong with this damn thing?", when we went bump. We looked overboard and saw several rocks just below our boat. We were certainly surprised! It only took a few minutes to correct this problem and we were on our way. The rest of the passage was smooth. The Strait of Georgia was like glass!
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