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Aug 29, 2013

Princess Louisa Inlet - Chatterbox Falls - Skookumchuck Narrows - Malibu Rapids - Bad weather

     How we toured Princess Louisa Inlet and Malibu Rapids.    


Next summer our primary boat trip will be up to the Desolation Sound area, which we may skip and just go to Princess Louisa inlet.

There, I've taken my own advice and nailed it to the wall. Well actually I don't nail plans to the wall,  I have a pirate chart there. Posting on this blog will have to do.

Nail down that trip!    (Read my advice to myself)

No I don't have a chart yet, at least not a navigable one for the laptop, but I said I was going and that's the hard part. I really do feel a sense of relief  now that I have made the decision.


My next step is to make a mark on the calendar, oh boy, I'm hesitating, I don't know what date to go.

I need a calendar quick before my trip falls apart.
Chart - map showing sunshine coast from Vancouver to Malibu Rapids and Princess Louisa Inlet
If I did my homework correctly, that red mark near the top is where
 Chatterbox falls and Princess Louisa Inlet is located



Anyone interested in a cruise up here will want to go to Active Captain and read the reviews.

My plan so far is to trailer the boat to Squalicum Harbor in Bellingham and then run the 135 or so miles up the coast to Jervis Inlet.  

I think 2-3 weeks is a good time frame, but family plans may interfere.
Read about the trip here >Malibu Rapids and Chatterbox Falls intinerary


Update: We did the trip in one week, including a bad weather layover in Vancouver.

Click below to see a satellite view of Princess Louisa Inlet and Malibu Rapids