Weather

• Visibility: 15 miles
• Wind: 5-15 knots NE
• Sky: overcast
• Water: calm

Ecological

• Noted two branded California Sea Lions.
• U503 and U400.
• Saw many others with brands but unable to view complete brand.

Maintenance

• Fixed the electric fence near the energy building which had been ripped apart again.
• Reorganized some diesel barrels.
• Cleaned the solar panels.
• The usual chores.

Boats

• It was neat to watch more than fifteen fishing boats head through Race Passage at 7:15 in the partial darkness of sunrise.
• Two boats were fishing in the Rockfish Conservation Area, mostly between the Rosedale Rock and the South Islands for several hours today.
• I identified them as best I could, and reported them to the DFO.
• At times there were other boats nearby, but they seemed to be making a conscious effort to anchor outside the boundary.
• The two offending boats made no such effort, drifting about all over the southern part of the reserve.
• Several ecotours came by today.
• In the evening one small aluminium boat ripped through the reserve well above the speed limit. Presumably he was late for supper?

Other

• From about 11:50 until 13:00 I felt a series of unidentifiable booming shakes.
• I can only assume it was DND blasting, although I saw no smoke, and it was Sunday.

Levitating boat optical illusion.