Raccoon in Tasu Sound

from Pacific Yachting - September 2023

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BY NANCY CARLMAN

Diana M. Davidson’s COCKPIT CONFESSION (July, 2023) about her fear that a grizzly might come aboard their anchored Liza Jane in Jervis Inlet reminded me of an animal encounter we had in Tasu Sound, Haida Gwaii.

About 42 years ago in June 1981,

Dwe were cruising Haida Gwaii on our yellow Contessa 32 sloop, Akvavit. We had come through Skidegate Channel between Graham and Moresby islands (at high tide, of course) and were cruising down the Pacific Coast of Moresby Island. After anchoring in Armentieres Channel and in Kaisun—experiencing williwaws along the way, we had entered Tasu Sound, through the narrow but deep entrance channel. We explored the sound, anchoring in various places, fishing successfully for flatfish, rock cod and kelp greenling but unsuccessfully for crab. We then stopped at the dock of the Wesfrob copper and iron ore mine to take advantage of the showers available on shore. This mine, with its accompanying village, operated from 1967 until the mid1980s.

While waiting in Tasu Sound for a weather window to continue south along the outer coast, we anchored in a small bay, unnamed on the chart, near Horn Island.

In the middle of the night, we were roused by a rattling on deck. A flashlight through the Perspex drop-board revealed a raccoon trying to open one of our snack boxes that was stored in

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