Today, we moved down to Big Frypan, on Penrose Island, which is the first leg of our “Getting Around Cape Caution Without Rocking the Boat” plan.  We used this plan coming north and it worked very well.  Hopefully, going south the plan will work equally well.

Leaving Green Island Anchorage, we headed southeast, through Fairmile Passage, to Convoy Passage, then heading southwest to Fitz Hugh Sound.  We were in Fitz Hugh Sound for just a short distance before we got to Darby Channel, where we headed east toward the very narrow northeastern entrance to Klaquaek Channel.  Klaquaek Channel is commonly referred to as “The Lake”, because it is surrounded by islands that offer excellent protection from the wind and seas.  The narrowness of the northeastern entrance is a bit intimidating, but with electronic charts it’s not a problem.  Continuing just a short ways south in Klaquaek Channel is Big Frypan anchorage, where we anchored for the night.  By using this route from Green Island Anchorage, we had minimized our exposure to any strong wind or ugly seas that can come up in Fitz Hugh Sound.  Nice.

I managed to get in one very short paddle around Big Frypan, but found absolutely no wildlife.