July 19. Pulled anchor about 10 am and even found two keeper crab in the trap. Fueled up with 113 lts and tried to get moorage at the civic marina that we had stayed in on our way north but it was booked up. The Harbour Master there said we might be able to find room next door at the Prince Rupert Yacht Club. We wanted to stay close to town so we made inquiry and were able to fit into the Yacht Club for two nights. It was quite a bit more expensive than the Prince Rupert civic marinas but the showers toilets and laundry was much nicer. $125CDN per night including electrical hook up. Compared to about $80 at the Civic Marina. It is the busiest time of the year for marinas and we felt lucky just to get a spot within easy walking distance to all that the city of Prince Rupert has to offer us. A nice sourdough bread, some good cheeses at the local well stocked Safeway was first on our list and some wine for a lunch on the boat was first on our agenda. After lunch we had to contact Canada Customs who sent three officers down to our boat. Not as convenient as the online clearing of Customs on our entry to Alaska but not very onerous. It was also time for the 150 hour oil change for the boat’s engine which took most of the morning on day two. We had a nice crab dinner on the boat on day one and an equally nice sushi dinner out, on day two. We did a fairly large resupply at Safeway, the Government Liquor Store, the pet store for Pi’s kibble Shoppers Drug Mart and I even got an overdue haircut and did a large laundry at “The Club”. Prince Rupert is the rainiest city in Canada with an average of over 200 rainy days per year. We spent 4 days there on the way north and 2 on the way south. Not a drop of rain did we see. Not a lot of sun but no rain.
