Thursday 8/9/2012 - Pender Harbour, BC to Ganges, BC
The next morning we left Pender Harbor early during a low tide (again) so we would have enough time to get to Ganges Harbor before dark. We were extremely cautious exiting the resort in shallow water. The winds were light crossing the Strait of Georgia so we had a mellow crossing this time. The military operating area called Whiskey Golf, which is a large square area in Georgia Strait, was active. We made sure we stayed clear of it.
We arrived at Dodd Narrows early. We sailed around nearby while we we waited for the slack tide. When it was time to go through we heard on the radio that a boat towing something was heading north through Dodd Narrows. We waited until a boat towing a rather large dinghy came through and then we proceeded south bound. Only after we were already transiting the narrows, did we realize the boat that we had seen pass through was not the one that was on the radio. There was no time to turn around. Directly in front of us was a tug towing logs. We moved over as far as we could in the narrow channel and passed each other very closely. Why didn't he radio back when we radioed in that we were headed south bound. Arrghhh.