No waves in here but it’s blowing pretty hard from the SE. Jura is being jostled back and forth by the gusts, and there are mini white caps forming in the bay. Hoping it dies down by morning as predicted so I can head out.

I can see the gusts flying across the face of the water, not just through their wake, but as actual ghost like forms moving with terrific speed above the water. I suppose it’s water vapour being picked up and carried along. Jura swings and bounces, heels and jerks, like a toy boat bobbing in the storm of a bathtub.

Did not get much sleep due to the wind. The gusts would hit the boat with a profound wall of force that felt sure to break something. And then after a minute of sheer intensity, would disappear altogether. It’s died down quite a bit now and is less gusty, but is still blowing from the SE. I’m hoping conditions at Nahwitti Bar will be manageable, as the wind will be blowing with the current when I cross, and the worst is when the opposite is the case. Conditions at Cape Scott should be more moderate when I arrive there as the wind will be shifting from SE to NW.