20 June 2010
We took a morning jaunt into the village of Roche Harbor to use the free wifi that
was available at the maina docks. Afterwards we headed back to the Sea Crest to plan for the next leg of our journey. The Gulf Islands are the British Columbiaa equivalent of the San Juans. On Galiano Island, in Montague Harbor, there is a CanPass reporting station for customs entering Canada from US waters. Being CanPass members we are already prescreened for security clearance, making travel through Canada a much more straight forward process. A few hours before entering Canada, we phoned CanPass to inform them of our destination port and ETA. After a short verbal interview, we received our clearance # (to be placed on our boat window for reference). Once we arriced in Montaque Harbor, we awaited the customs official.. He/she didn't show, so we were then able to proceed. We have since learned that only about 1 in 1000 boats are ever boarded...that makes going through customs a very simple task.
was available at the maina docks. Afterwards we headed back to the Sea Crest to plan for the next leg of our journey. The Gulf Islands are the British Columbiaa equivalent of the San Juans. On Galiano Island, in Montague Harbor, there is a CanPass reporting station for customs entering Canada from US waters. Being CanPass members we are already prescreened for security clearance, making travel through Canada a much more straight forward process. A few hours before entering Canada, we phoned CanPass to inform them of our destination port and ETA. After a short verbal interview, we received our clearance # (to be placed on our boat window for reference). Once we arriced in Montaque Harbor, we awaited the customs official.. He/she didn't show, so we were then able to proceed. We have since learned that only about 1 in 1000 boats are ever boarded...that makes going through customs a very simple task.
Before finding an anchoring location we filled up our water tanks (they were getting low) at the dock and did a bit of shopping in the two gift shops. Dave bought us matching souvenir t-shirts, and I found a beautiful skein of sock yarn that is a product of the island. We enjoyed a beer on the deck of the local grill, and then set out to anchor in the bay. There were approximately 75 vessels anchored there without feeling crowded. A very restive spot.
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