July 9: Lord's Pocket
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Log Entry: Friday, July 9th, 1999

Red Bluff Bay to Lord's Pocket: 25.6 nm

Red_Bluff_Bay_to_Lords_Pocket.jpg (53692 bytes) Lords_Pocket.jpg (83134 bytes) click on an image to see details
(Chart: route)

(Chart: anchorage)

We had been headed for Kake, but it was a very disagreeable ride, so we changed course and headed for this anchorage, which turned out to be a real find.  We had trouble getting ourselves organized to anchor: we've yet to do a line to shore, but this was not to be the place for it either.  We pulled anchor and reset it just as one of the boats from Red Bluff Bay arrived, and asked us about the wind forecast.

Later, a fishing boat and a small sailboat joined us.

Jane's log:

"Pulled up the prawn trap as we left: another 20 prawns for dinner tonight.

"Motored across Chatham Strait in an unpleasant chop. The seas calmed a little as we came around into Frederick Sound.

"Spotted two humpbacks travelling as we passed Saginaw Bay and a sea lion came out and called at us as we came by Payne Island on our way to Lord’s Pocket."

Lords Pocket, Frederick Sound.jpg (8117 bytes) Unusual light as we left Red Bluff Bay ...
whale diving; Lords Pocket, humpback 2.jpg (6169 bytes)
Lords Pocket, whale blowing.jpg (6146 bytes) spray left by a whale's blowhole

 

July 2: Taku Harbor July 3: Tracy Arm July 4: Tracy Arm July 5: Chapin Bay July 6: Warm Spring Bay July 7: Red Bluff Bay July 8: Red Bluff Bay July 9: Lord's Pocket July 10: Portage Bay July 11: Petersburg July 12: Petersburg July 13: Roosevelt Harbor July 14: Anita Bay July 15: Meyer's Chuck July 16: Klu Bay July 17: Fitzgibbon Cove July 18: Punchbowl Cove July 19: Punchbowl Cove July 20: Foggy Bay July 21: Prince Rupert July 22: Prince Rupert