Leg 4: Final stretch back to Blaine, Washington
Day 12: Port McNeil - Port Neville 40 miles Sea otters like the islands south of Port McNeil. We saw several slowly moving out of our way as we past them by. There is an Orca sanctuary just south of the town. No orcas this time, even though the chinook salmon seemed to be everywhere. Several humpbacks surprised us. Day 13: Port Neville - Seymour Narrows - Gowland Harbor 47 miles This stretch of water is tricky. The morning forecast called for gale force winds blowing down Johnston Strait. But with the wind behind us the whole way, we made the harbor easily. However, with the wind blowing in the anchorage, we could not see the bull kelp. When the wind settled that evening, we were surrounded by massive kelp fronds that could again break the surface of the water. We slowly pulled up the anchor without using the propeller. I could not even see the anchor when it came out of the water it was so covered in kelp. We just let the current drift Iolair out of the kelp forest....
