Positioning Ourselves In Prevost Harbor Off Stuart Island in the San Juans

Peaceful Night On the Hook in Prevost Harbor

From Anacortes, we headed straight to the northern end of the San Juan Islands to spend one night on the hook in Prevost Harbor before we checked in at customs in Bedwell Harbour, British Columbia. Stuart Island was just south of  Boundary Pass and Bedwell Harbor and just short of a heavy fog bank that just seemed to hang around the western edge of Stuart Island.

As we arrived in the harbor, we immediately spotted this Fathom 40 trawler (below – just like our previous boat, same color too), we cruised by to say hi to the owners, thinking maybe we’d know them, but we didn’t. Fathom yachts are beautiful boats and easy to handle. We loved ours, but find we can do even more cruising with our trailerable Ranger Tug. We can cruise as we did before on a bigger boat, but also a trailer and launch her in many desirable inland lakes, such as Lake Powell and Flaming Gorge Reservoir.

This pair of eagles were perched near our boat all evening. It appeared they were keeping an eye on the activity in the harbor.

When I began to take stock of what items we might have on the boat that would not fly during our check-in to Canadian customs, I got the bright idea to make potato salad with all the potatoes we had on hand. Potatoes were on the NoGo list we checked, but cooked items would be fine. We also had tomatoes to eat, some limes, and cherries. It made for an interesting dinner. We had potato salad for lunch for many days after.

Love nights on the hook when the water is glassy and reflects everything it touches. Prevost Harbor was picture-perfect for our one-night stay.