Princess Louisa Marine Provincial Park

The day began at the Public Dock on the Sunshine Coast, where the gathering came together aboard JUN II, a 100-foot boat stocked with food, drinks, and entertainment, bound for Princess Louisa Marine Provincial Park.

Out on the water, two dorsal fins broke the surface close together, dark and tall against the grey sheen of the sea, a quiet and striking sighting for everyone aboard.

The boat carried on toward Princess Louisa, settling in for three nights at anchor, with the open invitation standing for anyone passing through to come aboard, share a drink, and take in the scenery together.

As evening fell, the fleet lay still in the inlet, the mast of a catamaran lit softly against the dark water, other boats resting nearby, and the forested slopes rising up into low cloud drifting across the mountains.

The day closed in calm, the water barely rippling beneath the anchored boats, the mountains and mist holding the last light of a peaceful evening in Princess Louisa.

It was a gathering marked by stillness and welcome, from the whales glimpsed on the way in to the quiet blue hush of the anchorage at night.