"Hachiman" 1965 March 7 Journal Janus Island Finally sighted the island at 3:45 pm about 4 hours later than originally scheduled. This delay was due partly to the engine troubles, partly to the wind and waves and partly to a strong current. We ate dinner off at 4:30 and then quickly loaded the boats and headed in for shore. The twin channels looked fairly rough but not too bad from the ship. When we got in close they looked bad. Luckily for us, there was a long interval between waves as well as a calm period that lasted from 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 minutes. The biggest shock was the shoreline. On our two previous visits here the twin channels and the beach have been solid sand. This time a high rock shelf was exposed on the shoreline of both channels. There has apparently been a great deal of rough surf along the east shore of this island during the past three months. The landing, once an easy one, is now definitely dangerous because of the exposed rocks on the shore. Since it was late in the evening and the surf was running up to 10-12 feet in the channels we sent both boat crews out in one boat. This was also done because one of the boats is missing two of its cross panels which makes it unstable and definitely unsafe in rough surf. We waited until there was a calm period and sent them on their way and they had no trouble getting out of the channel even though the motor failed to start.