Log Entry: Monday, July 5th, 1999

Tracy Arm to Chapin Bay: 50.3 nm

Saw lots of porpoises today.

[We're finding that our watermaker pre-filter collects lots of sulfur compounds.   Not sure why ...  Also, we were concerned about the engine oil pressure, until I accidentally turned on the night illumination switch for the engine panel: the lube oil immediately went to normal!  This was the day, also, when we discovered that our autopilot remote cable extension was a lot longer than we supposed: we can now operate it from almost anywhere on the boat!]

We have discovered that there's a name for the wind we have experienced for most of our trip: it's called a noserly.

Jane's log:

"Motored down Stephen's Passage to Frederick Sound with the wind on our nose.

"A school of Dall Porpoise played around us for about 15 minutes off Point Gambier.

"Admiralty Island having the highest population of bears in Alaska, we were delighted but not surprised to find a female brown bear with her cubs on shore when we arrived.

"Checked and filled oil on genset and engine.

"Watched a young deer on shore for about 20 minutes in the morning before she got downwind from us and went back into the woods."