Hotham Island - North Channel August 1/2, 2006 Man is it hot!! (36 degrees) There seems to be a constant small craft thunderstorm warning being issued. We found the swimming to be cool and private and have spent 2 nights hidden away behind Hotham Island. We put the hammock up on deck in a very secluded and beautiful cove that we're sharing with a belted Kingfisher bird. He's quite good company however their was a rather noisy visitor on shore through the night. We didn't get a look at him but another boater reported sighting a mink and there have been reports of bears and fox. Very funny story on the Cruiser's net this morning regarding a bear, a boat and a fisherman. It went something like this: the fisherman was out in his boat trowling along when a bear swam up to his boat and proceeded to board it, the fisherman therefore chose to get out, swam to shore and since the trowling motor was carrying on, on it's own, the bear could be seen fishing from the boat by the fisherman on shore. This is a true story.